Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 332
while the audience waited for thecrowning event of the evening—the announce-ment by the senior president of the class sta-tistics. There was more delay than usual. Some ofthose in the rustic benches had begun to wonderif the sudden puff of smoke could have presagedany misfortune, when the curtain… … OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL—PHYLLIS BARTON. All was hushed in expectation as she began tospeak: Friends of Raflear College: You will, I hope,pardon this slight delay. Before I announce theclass statistics I must explain that the disturbancewhich just occurred was caused by the explosionof a…
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