Italicized text is indicated by enclosure within tildes (‘~’). HIS OWN PEOPLE by Booth Tarkington I. A Change of Lodging The glass-domed “palm-room” of the Grand Continental Hotel Magnifique in Rome is of vasty heights and distances, filled with a mellow green light which filters down languidly through the upper foliage of tall palms, so
Beasley’s Christmas Party by Booth Tarkington
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