Varsity Stories

Excerpt from Varsity Stories: Gathered From the Student Publications at the University of Michigan But why linger on the details. Spain appeared with its snow-covered moun tains visible behind the dark, rough, and forbidding coast. Then the African coast rising from the low plain first sighted to a lofty summit just opposite Gibralter. As the ship rounded the great rock fortress and entered the bay, Bibber and senorita. Side by side, leaned upon the rail and viewed the long stone sea-wall, the white and yellow houses above it. Beyond the town was the steep hill covered with burned vegetation. At the summit was the broken edge of the lofty ridge. But Bibber and the Span ish maiden did not seem wholly lost in admiration of this grandeur. If they were, there was a remarkable gentleness in Bibber's eyes which nothing in the stern. Rock seemed to justify. When the tender from the shore came alongside the boat, Bibber tarried an unreasonable length of time saving goodbye to sen orita. The two friends watched the tender leave the ship's side and steam away to ward the wharf. Then Bibber turned to Hoxie and said with suppressed emotion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.