Inventions: Bret Harte's Mary Mcgillup

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Inventions 1.)Box 2.)Drill 3.)Monologue 4.)Jokes 5.)Sewing Machine CANDOR Jeanette was wearing a new frock when her dearest friend called. "I look a perfect fright," she remarked, eager for praise. The dearest friend was thinking of her own affairs, and answered absent-mindedly: "Yes, you certainly do." "Oh, you horrid thing!" Jeanette gasped. "I'll never --never speak to you again!" CALMNESS In Bret Harte's Mary McGillup, there is a notable description of calmness in most trying circumstances. " 'I have the honor of addressing the celebrated Rebel spy, Miss McGillup?' " asked the vandal officer. "In a moment I was perfectly calm. With the exception of slightly expectorating twice in the face

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