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Stories from the Harvard advocate; being a collection of stories selected from the advocate from its founding, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to the present day

Paperback (RareBooksClub.com May 18, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...cuttingly: "You Freshman!" Nevertheless, he had to smile in spite of himself at his room-mate's remark, and went to the glass to see if the cut did look so very badly. It was a pretty bad cut, the worst he had ever given himself. But for some unaccountable reason, perhaps the Freshman's remark, he said no more about it; only now and then he went to the glass and examined his face carefully. She was a perfect study on the afternoon of Class Day, a study of life and motion, a harmony of color, a dream of loveliness; and as they passed through the college yard, she with Mr. Alfred Miles and another lady with Boler, her appearance was the cause of many conjectures as to who she was. A group of men they passed, who knew Miles, lifted their hats wonderingly and turned their heads to follow her with their eyes. "Who is that with Miles?" asked one. The rest shrugged their shoulders. "Awfully swell," continued the speaker, " whoever she is." And he was right. She was tall, rather slender, and she moved with a grace which, though perfectly natural, never failed to attract attention. And the attention once attracted to her, seldom cared to hurry to others. She was neither a blonde nor a brunette, wholly; she had some of the charms of each. Her hair was light, and would have curled had she cared to have it so, but she preferred to wear it after a style of her own,--a sort of loose knot. Her face was not simply pretty; it was more. It bore an expression of refinement and sympathy difficult to describe, while her blue eyes put the life and spirit into what she said, and her voice was as sincere and sweet as one could wish in a person who was really human. And Helen Rove was surely that. It was one of her chief charms, her realness;...
ISBN
1236127633 / 9781236127631
Pages
58
Weight
4.3 oz.
Dimensions
7.4 x 0.1 in.

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