Riverview Military Academy - Orbit Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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I took Ernst in my car with me and together we went as far as the Falls, where, for some unknown reason, Dr. Russell thought he had better leave me. On the Main Street corner at lvappin- -4. ' 1 455- H f I gers, my at- tcn tion was attracted to a short, exceed- ingly thin fig- ure, clad in a b utch er's garb, stand- ing behind a booth strung with la r g e , German sau- s a g e s . I thought that that face looked somewhat familiar to me. As soon as he noticed me, he shouted a word of greeting and I recognized old Sausage Harcourt, whom I knew when a boy and with whom I went to school. I stopped and conversed with him for a short lime, during which conversation he informed me that he was living a dog's life, but that his business was certainly increasing. Do you know, he said, only last week I sold three thousand sausages to Dr. I3artlett's school for girls at Dobbs Ferry. You remember IVolly, don't you? After wishing Sausage every success in his business, I continued on my way, fully determined to stop and see Dr. Bartlett and his school at Dobbs Ferry. I drove up to the school at about Q P.M. and en- quired at the office forthe prineipal. They informed me that just at present he was teaching a class, but that I might see him if it were absolutely necessary. Someone took my card down to Prof. Bartlett, and brought back the reply that I should come down to his class room. I was ushered into an enormous room, in the center of which stood Ivolly, just as cheerful as ever, clad in a 5? M I sg Q ' 1 3- 39. M white linen suit and cap. teaching a class in DomestieScience. His particular theme for thc

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cloud of dust, and speeded up my car a little, so as to overtake the cause of the disturbance. As I drew nearer, I noticed that it was the Wappingers car, going at the rate of about six- ty miles an hour, regardless of the fact that just in front of it was an exceedingly sharp curve. I knew that if the motorman did not slow down, the ear would certainly leave the rails. And sure enough. As the car struck the curve, it leaped from the tracks, jumped the stone wall on its left, and landed in an open field. I shuddered at the awful sight, and immediately stopped my machine, and ran to the spot of disaster. Three of the passengers were killed instantly, and a nmnber severely hurt, among which number was the motorman. I was particularly curious to see who the motorman was who had conducted his car so carelessly, and ran to the spot where he lay, helpless. Great was my surprise to find he was no other than Clapp, the famous drill master of my prep. school days. Not knowingjust what to do, I looked about to see if perhaps there was some one of the passengers who was not hurt, and who possibly could assist me. Just in back of 111e, I heard a husky voice exclaim Courses omittedb, I'll be late-I know I'll be late! I thought the bull-like voice sounded familiar to me, and on turning around-sure enough, it was Ernst Russell! After a mutual exchange of Wlldfs 4 W W Im 1 Q AW? M N .. , I U- , Y 1554 ,..-- ,. - .1- ' s i . 7? y , as i if I T, 'x it I fjf my J im ff! ,....-- Q-f greetings, I suggested that we had best begin to lend aid to the injured. VVell, said Ernst, I'm a veterinary doctor myself so ean't be of much assistance to many of these people. However, I can work on Clappf, After giving him a few doses of horse medicine, Clapp re- vived sufliciently to be removed to the nearby cemetery. After the remainder of the injured ones had been taken care of by a real doctor,

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day was How to cook a hard boiled egg. Fortunately, I arrived there near the end of the period, and did not have to stand the strain for long. As soon as the girls had left the room fand there were some three hundred of themj, I went up and shook hands with Dr. Bartlett and asked him with what success he had met as the principal of a girls, institution. He started to laugh. Still at itf' he said, here I have been demonstrating the method of cooking hard boiled eggs, and the girls never noticed that I was using a china egg as a demonstratorf' After having been shown around the buildings, I bade Yvolly farewell, and again started on my way. In due time I E reached New York City, and started down 5th Ave. at I a good rate of speed. Suddenly, a big, burly, curly- headed policeman held me up for speeding. As soon 25 as he recognized - i- an feng st x X me, he started to smile-that gave him away. Well, Dutch, I said, 'fwhat have you been doing since I last saw you at Riverview in 1911. He in- formed me that after he was graduated from Cornell, where he had won his C for break- ing the smile record, and where he had been put out of sixteen boarding houses for robbing the pet dog's breakfast every morning, he had joined the police force in New York City. Since that time, he had been diligently working on the mystery of the Empty Taxicab, and had Hnally come to the conclusion that there was nothing in it. Y0u'd better stop and see Judge Crum, Ciara -, QM? he concluded, ' whose office is just across the way theref' As ' ' I entered the court room, I C could tell by the A strained expres- sions of the faces of all present, v that a very im- ll ----Y portant case was -F + being tried. - Judge Percy sat