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of the Opera," which was thorough- ly enjoyed by all.
"It isn't as easy as it might be, is it, Charlie?"
''Xo,"' lle said simply.
Of late I had noticed that he was not so conceited, but I was cruel, ancl
Peddie continued tbe torture. If it was It was recently announced here necessary to complete tile work of tbat Mr. John D. Plant school humbling him, I could put some- physical direcJ:or for over 2o years, thing nasty about him in the
mtends to resign his post this year ''Comet".
m favor of a similar position at He decided to try again, so he set Bucknell University. Mr. Plant has to work on a puzzle story-One of made a name for himself in the win- these, "Who killed John Doe" ning of six ·straight New Jersey tbings. He 11·cakened, and let me S~ate Basket~ball Championships read this dying effort. It was hope- with the Peddie teams which he has less. Its main defect was that there coached. was no moti1·e for the murder. In
The committee for the Senior spite of this the villain "crept Promenade which is to be held on stealthily," and the Yictim was Feb. 11 has been selected and plans "stabbed to the heart."
have been formulated which if exe- "Is it good, Scribe?'' asked Charlie cuted will make it an epoch-making after I had glanced through it. dance. 1 I shook my head.
o_n Saturday, Jan. 9, the Yarsity 1- "Aw damn it! Scribe, you're go- basket-ball team defeated the White mg to put some poem about Con- Plains High School quintet by a ccited Charlie in the paper, and tbe
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19. The next game is with Adelphi, won't like it."
January 29th. Charlie went with doubt in llis
The play, "Foggerty's Fairy," mind, and returned with it confirm- will be given on Friday eYening, eel. He entered, and drawing him-
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We were silent for a minute; then ing, January 22. The following well what he 11·as about to say. I-Ie
Saturday will be a holiday. DANVILLE MEETS DEFEAT
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was going to ask me not to print anything about him. It was a fight
between pride aml conceit. Pride won and he was silent. As he left
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He paused.
" Tell me : shall I take it o1·er," he
. "Scribe, I'm sorry I made such a •o
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ently no sympathy from his feminine fl'iend. 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 ee hi.m muddled, as it were.
Er-He d1dn t seem to hke It, pose I had bet that I could make the he faltered. "I threw it away. He basket-ball team?
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"Well, clo I swim?" I greeted him
ch;,e:·ily. . , . . , 'a one-sided battle, wasn't it? Sup-
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mg, and when I said 1t was ongmal, admitted his defeat and on Friday 1h"'.
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Charhe reached the street, he threw .\round Athlete.
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tl1e "Comet" was delivered to our cloor. Charlie had been gloomy for
"Oh nothing," he rephed.
the past two clay , and when he pick- I suspected somethmg w~s wrong, ed up the paper he fully expected to and the next clay my suspicion were see something ludicrou about him- comfirmed. A fnencl said that my elf. Instead his eye. lighted up. worthy roommate was seen descen~- Tn the space I had ,aved for my mg the steps of the Hunter res!- poem there was a snapshot of denee ]Jursued by g:ales of laughter. Charlie. Beneath it was printecl- Accordmg to my mformant, when Char] i e Long, Prominent All-
his ma.terpiece into the gutter and
said ,omething, probably pro!ane. Our buddmg Maupassant s next attempt was. a luscJOus melodrama.
Charlie turned to me with a 1ew
light in his eyes. "Scribe," he said, "yo u big- hearted, generous rascal,
11-hy eli d you clo it?"
The very ongmal plot may be ex- "I d'l't ('] ·]· 1 I 1
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1an you, 1.e sa1 SllJlP y. - I- I think-I hope I am."
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rlubiou., but he went. . . ~laH been. en~~rely a chfiere~; person.
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\Yhen he returned I asked h1m 1f rhe wo1ds Cbarl1e Long mstead the Professor had 1il(ed it. of bringing to mind aconceitecl pest, "Hell no!" he replied this time. ·~~1ggest an all-arow1d good fellow.
"And when I asker] him how to wnte l wo ll1Cldents wb1ch bappened late- a good storv. !,e said, 'Don't'. He ly caused me to write th1s story. asked m e j ~·I knew that the plot was Charlie L ong was voted the most
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" d 'll ·l" d 1 the college athlete and mu puor e g1r was announce .
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