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Then the whole affair will be but an episode,”—he dwelt on the word, which he had been treasuring in his mind for hours past—“simply an episode, only made to be forgotten.”

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

"Now, Mr. Kilian, pray don't let our admiration of the tutor drive you into any bitterness of feeling," cried Charlotte Benson, who had been treasuring up a store of little slights from Kilian.

From Richard Vandermarck by Harris, Miriam Coles

Wallie opened the can of pineapple he had been treasuring and Pinkey helped himself freely to the Christmas cake.

From The Dude Wrangler by Lockhart, Caroline

He opened his mouth, hankering to blurt out what he had been treasuring as dreams whose realization would serve as an inducement to her.

From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman

He went back into the office and returned with an ancient-looking document, four years old it proved to be, which he had been treasuring.

From Twelve Men by Dreiser, Theodore