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kid with his clothes or looks, say, he certainly come in the nick of time,” an- swered his companion whom we shall call Pat. ‘Td sort o ' like to know if he knows where old Chris. Kent lives,” said the first speaker. At the mention of his father’s name, Chris, sat up and put his ear against the wall. “We ' ll leave him in the trap until about five o ' clock, then we ' ll tell him that he’s got to watch old Kent ' s house while we open his safe. I heard it was an old fashioned one and 1 guess we can pick the lock with a hairpin in five minutes at the most.’ ' “And if he kicks about it? ’ “No danger of that, kids brought up with a silver spoon in their mouths ain ' t got much grit to spare.” Then the two crooks passed down what seem- ed to be a long hall for Chris, could hear the echo of their footsteps as they died away. “Oh ! I ' m a molly-coddle, am I ?” thought Chris., “Well, we ' ll see about it.” The first thing he did was to explore the room ; he moved noiselessly about and finally discovered an opening in the wall near a dry-goods box. He squeezed through the hole and found himself in a winding corridor. Fortunately for him no one was in sight and he soon reached the door. This led to an alley and he saw two burly men standing talking, with their backs turned to him. He crawled along on the ground, keeping close to the shack until he gained the corner, then got up and ran. Chris, had never ran so fast before, no, not even in the track races. He dodged policemen, dogs, and autos and even jumped fences until he finally came to a car line. He boarded the first car and in an hour found himself home. Just then he woke up. He was disappointed at not having been a hero, for all his adventures had been only a dream. —MARGARET A. McCARTHAR, ’22. Bergetta — “Leo, who is the highest officer in your training unit?” Trese (proudly) — “I am by four inches.” Teacher (in English) — “Edna, you have heard of Byron’s Apostrophe to the Ocean, you may tell us what an Apostrophe is?” Edna — “An Apostrophe is a comma used to show possession ; or the om mission from a word of one or more letters.” Teacher — “Have you finished your night work?” James L. — “No, I have not.” Teache r — “I am surprised and you one of the brightest in the class.”
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“Well, there’s one thing sure” said Ch«js. to himself, “Dad always gave me enough money and so 1 have enough to last me for a month or so.” After getting his bag ready, he put it out on the rose covered balcony that joined his room, then slipped a strong rope ladder into his pocket. At seven o’clock Jule stopped his car by the curb and entered Jerry’s drug store just as Chris, was about to phone to see if he had left. “Hello, Chris., you look like a thunder cloud ready to burst,” said Jule. “Well, I’m sure I don’t care,” snapped the unfortunate one. “I’m going to leave home tonight, anyway,” said Chris, as he climbed into the car a few minutes later. “What for?” questioned Jule. “You’ve been going to leave home every month for the last four years. What has offended your dignity now?” “Well, Dad insists that I go to college and I don’t want to, and so I thought it would be a good idea to sneak out now, because he wouldn ' t let me have the car tonight.” The chums joined the rest of the boys at the beach and Chris, forgot for awhile his intention. He arrived home about twelve o’clock and after quickly removing his shoes, he tied them to the bottom of the rope ladder with his bag and quietly lowered it to the ground. Just as he was about to spring over the railing, he saw a light near the garage. He waited breath- lessly for a moment, then as the light disappeared, ran nimbly down the lad- der.. Where to go now became the question of the moment. As he walked quickly down the driveway, many wild thoughts ran through his mind. “My! wouldn’t I like to be a villain for a month or so?” said the runaway to him- self. As the first streaks of dawn began to steal over the city, Chris, found himself in that part of Seattle that is known as “1 he Slums.’ It was his plan to remain hidden here for a while. He passed weather-beaten shacks that were sadly in need of paint and some minus the doors and window ' s, dogs seemed to spring from nowhere to bark at him; suddenly his ears rang; and he felt as though his legs were giving aw r ay under him. 1 his was the last he remembered. When he awoke he was lying on a filthy blanket on the floor. Chris, looked around the room which seemed to be about eight feet square with no windows or doors, but a small opening in the ceiling. “Well,” said Chris, aloud, “I’d give something to know how I got here.” Although he was not tied, he knew that escape was impossible at present. Some time later he heard footsteps and then voices outside. “He’s sort o’ young, don’t you think?” queried the first speaker in a loud whisper. ‘Wot more ' n seventeen, I’d say, but they’d never think of suspectin’ a
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