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...think it was generally understood that the tennis courts were not held over during the vacation, but were reclaimed every fall, so that until they were reclaimed the ground was practically vacant. As of late years it has been a vexed question as to who is the proper authority to whom should be referred points relating to the distribution of the grounds, the Lacrosse Association applied to the President, whom they recognized as having sufficient authority in the matter. Arrangements were also made with the Cricket Club, so that the Lacrosse practice would not interfere with the practice...
...Then you think we are in for a heavy storm...
...from the window. It was the little granddaughter of the old skipper in whose house I had spent the last two months. I had come there to recover from the effects of a long and tedious illness. I was strong and sturdy enough now; and I was sorry to think of parting from this genuine and wholesome New England family, whose quaint and kindly ways had much endeared them...
...have been partly her devotion that had restored me so quickly. A strong feeling of regard for the child had grown up within me; perhaps it was because I had never known what it was to have a younger sister. We were firm friends; indeed, I think she lavished upon me that sort of love which a boy may sometimes feel for a woman many years his senior. I knew I should miss her greatly. . . . But when I saw her in the doorway smiling at me, her pale face struck me with something like terror...
...mind the wind, Mira. What do we care? I hardly think the storm will carry us away, if the tide be ever so high...