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P ABBOTT Q 19 by 1 C e COLLEGE had not nor be beet been n opert vent vcr ven COLLEGE t- t for tor long yet et long enough Clarence Dudley to receive the namE by which he lie was to be known wn for the r rest st of hI his four fOll college ge years ars lI Prep rel school days nys had left Ernests Ernest's heart henrt ph uli scathed as tar far as ns the fair s. s sits x was co concerned con cony and nd he be had hall sta started ed in his liis hl col collee col collee lege lee le-e career r q quite duite fr free e troth tram even e even en thoughts of them w when en the strange thing had happened She sat beside him In French class and she was what was was known as a n shark She ate it u up those up-those those unde unde- irregular verbs she read It like an English primer that Jumbled mess of ot tr translation and Ernest to whom French was all so much Gre Greek l soon found It convenient to sit next to Lee In class Lee was clever clever clev clev- er and Lee knew what sh she was about To Lee Ernest was everything His tall angular frame spelled manhood and to her his rimmed bone-rimmed glasses d denoted noted deep thought and heavy learn learn- ing His leaning nearer to her to catch the tile correct ver ans answer to the occasional occa occa- occasional question thrown his way was the thrill thrill of f a ilie lifetime And so all all at aton once on once e Ernest found himself walking with Lee and when Lee produced a achum achum chum Ernest produced a n buddy and the four tour had great times The chum one Esther was vas vas a math grind and Ernest and his bud buddy Y Isaac D D. Love also struggled through trigonometry trigo Isaac did not wear car a troubled a I and learned l look ok for or nothing He Im knew w wI I Just enough to know that unless ss he got immediate help help lIE he would never pass the course and anti he l knew pew enough to remember the the- translations and to set down the he problems ms to tell fell all all ov over r ragain again to Ernest later Inter A And d' d so th the courSe course of ot their early loves ran smoothly until one day two new members were thrust into the same divisions of ot French and math that Isaac and Ernest had become very nearly the stars stairs of and by virtue o of the the alphabetical arr arrangement of o classes they were put next to Esthe Esther st and Lee In each class Trouble beg be- be g n I For alas the Cooks were all a as aJ dull dullas as Ernest and Isanc Isaac and al all m as a eager for help and there were Lee an anEsther and nd Esther well trained f for r the part part Honestly Esther I think they are aiu wonderful dont don't you Lee had COh cou tided amid blushes and giggles es And so looking good-looking Esther had breathed This one night when Esther was staying with Lee who was a town girl Lets make some candy candy want want to Ive I've been hungry for some all day Lee suggested Id love to make It ItI I cant can't make it fit to cat eat You make it and Ill I'll dothe dothe do dothe the translation Lee made molasses candy and they had great fun when the lime time came cameto cameto cameto to pull It They went out ont on the back porch and laughed and laughed Ernest wanted to come over o tonight tonIght to to- tonight night and bring Mr Love Loye but I said we were going to be busy I know It Isaac wrote me a note and they thought the Cooks were wore coming comIng coming com com- ing over Honest Bonest Well there are two cooks here bere The girls laughed In high glee Then the Inspiration struck them and the they y sent a box of candy to the tile fra fray fraternity house with the note nole inside For you ou two Cooks from tram us two cooks and went to bed in a happy glow of ot excitement Ernest rnest had nad kept close watch of the comings and goings of ot the twins ever since they had gained such a strong I footing In French class dass and It was not notto notto notto to be wondered at that the nc- nc next t afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon found him In their room As It happened the twins were out but on their table was a box of gluey candy and the note For you two Cooks from tram us two cooks Ernest knew the writing His wrath rose Also on the desk were scattered sheets of ot note paper and an envelope addressed to Lee Cooper It was rotten rot rot- rotten ten to do It but all Is fair in love and war and Ernest was at last In love loye so he read the scattered sheets On one was written We were proud to receive You may moy well believe Such lov er kisses From two such sweet misses And on another suit Kibby no better If It Esther knit him a sweater He says Bays If It the world holds a n worse cook I He never has met her It was plain to see which was meant to reach rench the ladles In question and plain to see which was the true send senti ments meats The envelope was wag addressed Ernest wasted no time He lie the last two scrawled scraps and nd mailed malted them and left a n note to uI and Chief No little wonder that Esther gave out no more knowledge to her once adorable Cook No little wonder that Lee Iee sat grimly by while Chief flunked his way through Fr Trench French The Cooks discovered the mistake done for them of course course but hut being tender tender ten ten- der hearted the they let the other boys have the right of way Ernest h hurl hud d written rou let Lec Lee alone Ive I've got an option on nu that girl and I. I Dewey Love will speak ak to you later Inter for tor himself From that day dRY on they were known as I Dewey Dewcy Love Lo and Ernie tion Option Op Op- Op- Op Sometimes In private the boys added the men whose misses made the worlds world's worst kisses But perhaps per per- haps Imps after all nU it neither was Jealousy for Ernie Option nor I Dewey Love round found P anythIng hr brand nn wrong With the or the quality And men are at it beat queer creatures |