Scribner's Magazine, Volume 45Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan Charles Scribners Sons, 1909 |
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... Miss Lilian Poole . She was the daughter of a banker in the capital of the State , and by all accounts was a tearing belle . She had created a sensation at the Mardi Gras the year be- fore , and one who could do that must be a beauty ...
... Miss Lilian Poole . She was the daughter of a banker in the capital of the State , and by all accounts was a tearing belle . She had created a sensation at the Mardi Gras the year be- fore , and one who could do that must be a beauty ...
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... Miss Poole was directing her steps , and I took a gait that I judged should meet her at the intersection of the walks . I was doing some hard thinking , for I knew the window behind me was crowded with faces . As I approached her , I ...
... Miss Poole was directing her steps , and I took a gait that I judged should meet her at the intersection of the walks . I was doing some hard thinking , for I knew the window behind me was crowded with faces . As I approached her , I ...
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... Miss Belle Henderson ? " I asked in a mystified way . " No , I am not Miss Henderson . " " Oh ! I beg your pardon - I thought- " I began . Then , as I moved back a little , I added , " Then you must be Miss Lilian Poole ; for there ...
... Miss Belle Henderson ? " I asked in a mystified way . " No , I am not Miss Henderson . " " Oh ! I beg your pardon - I thought- " I began . Then , as I moved back a little , I added , " Then you must be Miss Lilian Poole ; for there ...
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... Miss Poole was by no means indifferent to public opin- ion , and a shaft of satire could penetrate her mail of complacency . So when she re- turned later to the classic shades of the university , as she did a number of times for Germans ...
... Miss Poole was by no means indifferent to public opin- ion , and a shaft of satire could penetrate her mail of complacency . So when she re- turned later to the classic shades of the university , as she did a number of times for Germans ...
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... Miss Poole's manner to me . That girl was like autumn weather . She could be as warm as summer one minute , and the next the thermometer would drop below the freezing point . I remember I was her escort the evening of the Final Ball ...
... Miss Poole's manner to me . That girl was like autumn weather . She could be as warm as summer one minute , and the next the thermometer would drop below the freezing point . I remember I was her escort the evening of the Final Ball ...
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