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Show Not An Astronomer. Jack 'London said in Vera Crui, where he was sojourning aa a war correspondent: "Some of these young war correspondents corre-spondents whom I see about me are as ignorant of war correspondence-ship correspondence-ship as old cal Clay was ignorant o astronomy. "I found old Cal Clay sitting in his shirt sleeves on his front stoop ons lay, puffing like mad on his pipe and aever" getting a puff of smoke from it, "As I drew near he struck three matches and held them to the bowl; he sucked and sucked till his cheeks seemed to meet inside; still never i puff of smoke. "And burnt matches lay all round his chair. There must have been a boxful of them. " 'Winy, Cal,' said I, 'what on earth are you doing?' " 'That chump of a Wash White'i een try-in' to fool me, I expect,' said IP, and he took another futile puff 'and put his pipe down in disgust That chump Wash told me If I smot-3d smot-3d a hit of glass I could see the spots an ,the sun.'" |