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Show MISUNDEESTOOD. j 'At the inauguration of Dr. Flavel 8. Luther, the new president of Trinity college, a student said: "I want to tell you about a mishap that ' befell Dr. Luther one morning last month. "He boarded one of our Hartford street cars, rode a mile- or so with his eyes fixed on his newspaper, and, close on the end of his Journey, looked up and spied one of his students crumpled in a corner. "The student aas in a wretched plight. His clothing was stained, his linen soiled, and his eyes were bloodshot blood-shot and dull. He looked ill; he looked a wreck; and It was easy to see what the trouble was. "Dr. Luther, fresh and vigorous from his bath and his good breakfast, arose to get off. As he passed the unclean student he said, grimly: "Been on a drunk.' I "The student's sleepyi eyes rolled Ian-guldly Ian-guldly toward Dr. Luther, and. In a dull and listless voice, the young man said: " 'So have I.' " |