Riverview Military Academy - Orbit Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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head put a dent in the asphalt pavement about a foot in depth. I jumped out and pulled the unconscious individual from under the ma- chine and-Horrors! it was Bone-Head DeOna! His head was sensibly not marred a bit, and he seemed to breathe freely. I took him to the nearest hospital, where, in about 15 minutes, he became conscious again. When I told him he had had a very narrow escape, he only laughed, and said he had had lots of things happen to him more serious than that, the worst of which was a railroad wreck in which he took part the week before, 15 cars and the engine were piled on his wiry sky piece, in which position he stayed for two days, after which the burden was removed from his head, and he was allowed to go his way in peace. I apologized for running over him, put my machine in a near-by garage, and contrary to my wishes, stayed in the city that night. It was some days before my machine was again i11 running order, and I could continue my journey. And this part of my journey was the most uninteresting of all, as far as my acquaintances were concerned. The scenery to be sure, was perfect, and as I went further south, I could not help but note the difference 'J f' -. In 1 J Nl! f , - !, v In in the habits and appearance of people with whom I came in contact. When I reached New Orleans some weeks later I saw an invention which dumbfounded me. There was a man, out on the Mississippi River, apparently walking on the water. As l1e drew nearer shore, I recognized him to be Rube Hiller. And what do you think old Rube had done? Nothing less than model his dainty shoes into gun boats, by the aid of which he was able to walk on the water. But this was not his only achievement. I learned froln one of the inhabitants of the town, that Gun Boats had won hundreds of medals in foot races all over the world, and that his record for the hundred yard dash had been reduced to 4153 seconds. Had I had more time, I would have certainly stopped and congratu-

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In the 1nidst of the A' crowd, came to my at- cf' -'WH .tention a tall, dark, .gf ' kinky haired individual whom I at once recog- ., 'W li gr' nized as lieak Quin- !-ii t. .1 A 12 . .' ,- ws I arc. s us name sig Q V mhes, the protrusion on 'f ffl' the front part of his face was by no means a small one, and as it seemed to , ll' me that day at least, had ,ii grown larger with age. He wore the same smile .iw f - on his face that I had known way back in '11, and with outstretched hand, which rivaled even Lauer's mouth itself in size, he advanced to greet me. During the course of the conversation, I asked him what he was doing for a living. Why, I've been dabbling more or less into politics, since leav- ing eollegef' Beak informed me. My latest achievement has been in passing through Con- gress a bill, providing that civilians may be allowed to call more than once in four weeks, on the girls at Tebo I'Iaviland's school just north of Poughkeepsie. I have succeeded in obtaining the limit of not more than four times per week, and am now on my way up to take advantage of my opportunity, he chuckled as he sped on down Broadway. Q if N 1. im.. xX . fc ,., . W X ,, ' 1 7 NN t 9- X As it was getting rather late in the day and I did not wish to remain in New York City over night, I decided to show a few signs of speed and vacate the angry village as soon as possible. The old proverb, Haste makes wasteu was certainly exemplified in my ease, for I had not gone one hundred yards, when a man started to cross the street just in front of me. I threw out my clutch and jammed on my brakes as quickly as I could, but in vain. My machine passed Cas I learned afterwardj directly over his head, breaking my front wheel all to pieces as well as the axle. Not only did it damage my machine severely, but the impression of his

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lated Rube on his success as an athlete, but I was in a very great hurry and decided that speed would have to be my middle name if ever I expected to get back home again. 'A' After some uneventful weeks I reached San i ' I Francisco where I re- mained but a few days I after which I started for home. The west- ern country was at its ' '- f best, at least so far as nature was concerned. I never had seen the 1 wheat fields in better ' trimv-in fact, all of the farm products appear- ' ed to be at their best. My attention was call- 4-4 Z. , I . f . fr I Z H- L-nv X I!! ed in particular to one farm where there seem- ed to be nothing but cabbages-cabbages as far as the eye could see. The apparent owner of the farm was weeding his field when I yelled- out to him, How are crops coming? Purty pert, was the brief response as he turned toward me and I recognized Silas Lee Husted, by gosh. Well, Leeu I said, this is a surprise. How did you ever happen to land out here? Wal,,' Lee replicdf, crops warn't very good back in Stanfordville, so I thought I'd git a-head of the people there and come out here and work. You see how I have prospered, as he proudly viewed his patch. You certainly have, I replied, as I hiked it down the road. . Wlhen I reached Chicago, ' ' 5 an individual conspicuous My because of his littleness of stature accosted me. Need- ! I less to say the gentleman was .ix 4. Dr. A. E.Ralston, more com- ii monly known as Pee Wee. - Of course, I wanted to know fi how he happened to be in Chicago, what he had been f doing, etc. I will not at- tempt to draw out his speech as he drawled it out to me, as Briefly, he had been crossed in love fpoor boyll which nearly wrecked his whole career. After this terrible blow, he life is too short. entered the ministry, since which time he had put many a weary man to sleep during the course of his long drawn-out sermons. I took lunch with the Dr. that noon. During the