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I asked like a brutal bear, bringing the realities of life into my darling's girlish dream. "Can't you practice law in Foxcroft, and drive over there every morning? People do." "And because they do, and there are enough of them, I must plod along in the ways that are made for me already. We can make pilgrimages here, you know." "I suppose so," said Bessie with a sigh.
Thomas Foxcroft, pastor of the "Old Church in Boston," preaches from the text, "The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." "Long," he says, "had it been the common opinion, Delenda est Carthago, Canada must be conquered, or we could hope for no lasting quiet in these parts; and now, through the good hand of our God upon us, we see the happy day of its accomplishment.
Barrett Wendell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foxcroft and Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York. A number of women spoke every year who opposed the suffrage because it would take women into public life. The suggestion to get out a record-breaking crowd was made by Representative Norman H. White of Brookline, the first man for some years to lead a serious fight in the Legislature for woman suffrage.
Now we know that Mr. Greatrakes told this anecdote, at Ragley, first to Mrs. Foxcroft, and then to the company at dinner. Mr. Alfred Wallace, F.R.S., adduces Lord Orrery and Mr. Greatrakes as witnesses of this event in private life. Mr. Greatrakes. Here is a palpably absurd legend, but the reader is requested to observe that the phenomenon is said to have occurred in all ages and countries.
I was beginning to be uneasy. It was nearing train-time again. "Such lovely moonlight, I suppose, has tempted them, or they may be staying at Foxcroft to tea." Indeed? I looked at my watch: I had ten minutes. A sound of wheels: the phaeton drove up. "Oh, Charlie," said Bessie as she sprang out, "you bad boy! you'll miss your train again. Fanny here will drive you to the hotel. Jump in, quick!"
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