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Solved By Radio Norbert Fa I veil, High School 24 I. THE night was dark and gloomy without—Epsom Alexander was dark and gloomy without and within. Nature had done her part in imparting the ebony gloss to his body; fortune, cruel fortune, was responsible for the rest. The fire in the hearth was warm and bright; the sitting room comfortable; the chair, in which he sat, soft and yielding; the company, for there were two others present, chatty and even boisterous. But tin fire did not warm him or dispel his gloom; comfort had taken wings; the chair could be compared only to that of a condemned criminal; talk, and even laughter, only added to his misery. 4 Yhat troubled him?” you will ask. It was Euclid; the knotty problem of Euclid. It confused his mind, it made an ice chest of his breast, and yet. Luxor Dawes, whom he considered in everything but size to be his inferior, seemed to have solved it easily and satisfactorily. At least anyone would have thought so that had heard Luxor chat and laugh, as his great big eyes rested on Euclid. He himself seemed to have no doubt. Epsom would have gladly doubted, for Euclid was everything to him ; and he fretted to think that all his thoughts, and worry, and labor, had been in vain; and that he must cede the palm to his hated rival. Now, the Euclid that was bothering Epsom, was not the Euclid with whom we have wrestled more or less successfully in our high school days. Epsom had never heard of him; nor had the problem anything to do with any of the theorems invented by that old Greek to worry youthful hearts. His Euclid, the only Euclid, was Euclid Lillyfoot Moody, the third and principal part of the company; and the problem
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8 THE 1GXATIAX that attracted him. puzzled him, urged him to desperation, though newly set forth in the gleam of the firelight, was nearly as old as the human heart itself. He had been the first to call upon Euclid that evening and had been well received. The problem then had simply been how to make two one. A word from Kuclid would have solved it. But the appearance of Luxor Dawes shortly afterwards had, for the time being, at least, robbed the problem of its simplicity for Epsom, and subsequent events only tangled it for the future. 11 is rival, on entrance, had shown a set of pearly teeth; Epsom's pearls could match them in lustre. His rival haw-hawed, Epsom did likewise. Euclid giggled. These were preliminaries. Then Luxor gently intimated in no uncertain terms that Epsom should vacate the chair at Euclid’s side and take his departure into the night. A matter of six inches excess in height and corresponding broadness of shoulders mutely added their persuasiveness to the suggestion. Euclid tactfully took the matter in hand. Epsom was to yield the chair; Luxor the matter of Epsom’s departure. While she was not averse to as many strings as possible on one beau, yet she preferred to have several beaux on one string. Epsom remained to constitute an audience. Euclid and Luxor held the center of the stage. Now it was not merely out of prudence and coquetry that the siren had given her decision; feminine curiosity was peeping from the background. Epsom had just informed her that he had become the possessor of a radio. It is true that it had long seen its better days; true that it ran about as smoothly as a badly spavined horse; true that it was liable to cough and sputter and wheeze at any moment; Epsom had been interrupted in speaking of its merits, was it any fault of his that he had not gotten down fully to details? His conscience clearly answered, “No.” Whatever its class was, it was a radio, and Euclid realized the social prestige she would acquire were it first exhibited in her home. So while she giggled and gurgled with Luxor and enjoyed
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