If I thought the multiplication table would help me any I would recite it from now till tomorrow morning.
"I went down to see the other girls this evening.

On my way I met Moody Spurgeon wandering distractedly around.

He said he knew he had failed in history and he was born to be a disappointment to his parents and he was going home on the morning train; and it would be easier to be a carpenter than a minister, anyhow.

I cheered him up and persuaded him to stay to the end because it would be unfair to Miss Stacy if he didn't.
Sometimes I have wished I was born a boy, but when I see Moody Spurgeon I'm always glad I'm a girl and not his sister.
"Ruby was in hysterics when I reached their boardinghouse; she had just discovered a fearful mistake she had made in her English paper.

When she recovered we went uptown and had an ice cream.