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Show C Professor's Everyday Life Too $ Strenuous for We5,ry Willie I wuz given de pleasure uv recltin' dat thrillin' epysode in me lifo when I covered 200 yards in 20 seconds, to say nothin' uv the bull-pup attached to me clus. Dis description wuz uv such thrillin' and elucidatin' in'trest to de merry sports dat were carvin' up de desks, dat wen me fren' passes round me lid for contributions it cum back full uv everythink from two bit pieces to chalk an' pawners. Well, dat is but an example uv de charmink time dat me good fren' gives me all along the line on yesterday. He feeds me an' wines me an' dines me, an say, it wuz great; but believe me, dat is not in de same category wid de joys uv the happy roads wot takes you aawy from de fly cops an' into the lands of Easy Graft. An' now I'm on me way down stairs to shake me fren' an' his fins at the same time. I'm a going to tell him dat any time he desires de-sires de companionship up Weary Willie, Wil-lie, de Wandering Walker, I am hij rite up to de limit, an' a little more; fer I remark wid emphasis dat In me experience wid the profes', wen we wuz graftin' it together on de road, never in me life did I converse with a hobo uv more charms uv manner. Dey tell me dat as a profes' he is a shinin' light; as a hobo dere Is no question uv dat luminous fac'." Princeton Tiger. "Dis academic life is not wot it's cracked up to be," remarked Weary Willie, the Wandering Walker, as he sadly dove into the pocelain bath tub in the professor's home, and shortly thereafter emerged in an unusual state of cleanliness. "In fac'," continued Willie, as he recovered his equanimity after this unique experience, "in fac', dis here life is too strennyous fer me. I ain't up to it, an' I'm agoin' ter pike fer de road rite after me and me fren', de profes', got troo our break-fus'. break-fus'. When de profes' foist met me peregrinatin' along de luvly roads contiguous con-tiguous to dis place uv academic learning' on yester' mornin', I never hed no ideer, so help me gravy uv de repellin' flossiness uv de life uv a profes'. pro-fes'. Wen he sees me, de bloke wuz so glad t' grip me fins dat I seemed to be rite in line fer de price uv a draft of merry sunshine; but such wuz not to be de case. De lac' must be recalled re-called de profes' had spent a day wit me in de recent past an' wid true politeness po-liteness insisted dat it wuz up to me to return de comp. Such bein' de case an' seein' an easy graft ready made, I sez, 'Sure,' an' off he trots me to de aforesaid adjoinin' academic town. Say! Yew otter see de way doze gazoozoos stuck out dere blinkers at me an' me fren! But it didn't faze me fren', de profes', in de least, an' takin' me to dis home uv his he rigged me out in a flossie line uv clus an' den ambled me to de lecture room, where |