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of the Opera," which was thorough- ly enjoyed by all.
Peddie
It was recentl,v announced here that Mr. John D. Plant school :phy ical director for over 2oyears,
mtends to resign his post this year m favor of a similar position at Bucknell University. Mr. Plant has
"lt isn't as easy as it might be, is it, Charlie?''
''Xo;' l1e said simply.
Of late 1 had noticed that he was not so conceited, but I was cruel, and
continued the torture. If it was necessary to complete the work of humbling him, I could put some- thing nasty about him in the "Comet".
I-Ie decided to try again, so he set to work on a puzzle story- One of these, "Who killed John Doe"
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made a name for himself in the win-
ning of six ·straight Ne"' Jersey
S~ate Basket~ball Championships read tlli dying effort. It was hope-
With the Peddie teams which he has coached.
The committee for the Senior Promenade which is to be held on Feb. 11 has been selected and plans
have been formulated which if exe- cuted will make it an epoch-nuking dance.
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less. Its main defect "·as that there was no moti.-e for the murder. In spite of this the villain "crept stealthily," and the Yictim was
"stabbed to the heart."
"Is it good, Scribe?" asked Charlie
after I had glanced through it. I sbook m y head.
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On Saturday, Jan. 9, the varsity I "Aw dam n it! Scribe, you're go- basket-ball team defeated tbe White ing to put some poem about Con-
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Plains High School quintet by a 50-10 score.
St. Paul's
The basket-ball season has been
opened with defeats by DeWitt Olin- ton, 42-16; and Jamaica High, 36-
19. The next game is with Adelphi, January 29th.
The play, "Fogg-erty's Fairy,''
will be given on Friday evening,
.February 5th, in the Garden City Casino.
The St. Paul's Day Dance will be lteld in the gymnasium Friday e>en- ing, January 22. The following
Saturday will be a holiday. DANVILLE MEETS DEFEAT
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ceitecl Cha rlie in the paper, and the fools will think it's funny."
He paused.
"Tell me : shall I take it over,'' he saicl anxiouslY.
"Y'es," I sa1·cl, "Go al1eacl IJtJt l1e
,,·on't like it."
Charlie went with doubt in his
mind, and returned with it confirm-
eel. He entered, and drawing him-
self together, admitted his defeat. ''You win," he said simply.
We were silent for a minute; then
he turned to speak. I knew very
well what he "·as about to say. He
was going to ask me not to print anything about him. It was a fight
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judge. He had bragged at me for two years- but wasn't there some-
thing not quite fair about it? I had almost known in the beginning that
he could not write.
whom he had been lately showering
w1th attentwns. I glan~ed at her
photograph on Charlie s dresser,
and when I looked back, Charlie, as the result of an untimely shp, was
sitting in a puddle with an awful expression on his face, and appar-
ently no sympathy from his feminine friend. To tell the truth, she seem-
ed to be laughing in his face. I be-
lieve she did not like him because of
his conceit, and it probably did her good to see him muddled, as it were.
This decided me. After all it was
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cheerily. . , ' a one-sided battle, wasn't it ? Sup- "Er- He d,~cln't seem to like It, pose I had bet that I could make the
he faltered. I threw It away. He ba ket-ball team?
asked me what book I was burlesqu- mg, and when I said It was ongmal,
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"What?" .
"Oh nothing,'' he replied.
I suspected sometlung w~s wrong,
and the next day my suspiCIOns were
comfirmed. A fnend said that my
It was Wednesday when Charlie admitted his defeat and on Friday
the "Comet" was clelivered to ou'r door. Charlie had been gloomy for the past two <.lays, and wben he pick- eel up the paper he fully expected to see sometbing ludicrous about bim- self. Instead his eyes lighted up.
worthy roomn1ate was seen descend- In the space I had saved for my
mg the step of the Hunter resl- poem there was a snapshot of
dence pursued by g:ales of laughter. C'l1arlie. BeDeath it was printcd-
~ccordmg to my mformant, wbeiJ Q h a r 1i e Long, Prominent All-
Charlie reached the street, he threw Around Athlete.
his masterpiece into the gutter and C'l1arlie turned to me with a new
said something, probably profane. Jio·llt in his eyes ''Scribe" he said .,-t't" .''
Our buddmg Jh aupassan s nex "you big- hearted, generous rascal, attempt was. a luscwus melodrama. why clid you do it ?"
The \'er?' ongmal P lot mday be lex- "I did it, Charlie, because I be- pressed m SIX ~1mp1e wor s: w1cow . 1 1 d,
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1e wores ar 1e ong. ms ea of bnngmg to mmd a co11ce1ted pest, "Hell 110!" ]1e replied this time. ~~~gest an all-ar~und good fellow.
When he returned, I asked him if the Professor had liked it.
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between pride aml conceit. Pride won and he was silent. As he left
the room, he turned and said: "Scribe, I'm sorry I made such a fool of myself."
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