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Then, one shining afternoon, a kindly, pink-cheeked gentleman strolled into the office, faultlessly dressed except for a coat pocket that broke the contour of his well tailored person by sticking out in unsightly bulge. Forthwith a sheriff, stationed in the office, pounced upon this benevolent oldster, searched him thoroughly. The bulge turned out to be a large, red apple. The kindly gentleman turned out to be Herman W. Booth. Straightway he was marched to gaol...
...catch me" and before long young Sweeney is far away in the woods and forgetful of the match. Consequently things look bad for Luke who has bet his roll on the former intercollegiate prom trotter. Not to let his money go so easily, he accepts the challenge and forthwith begins another battle of the century in which every comedy gag in the versitile pair's bag of tricks is uncovered. In the end, Luke wins, of course, when the two of them roll down a declivity and Cannon-Ball meets a stump halfway down with Luke...
...President informally suggested that the Assistant Secreta- ries-for-Air of the War, Commerce and Navy Departments might in- vestigate transoceanic flying by civilians. Assistant Secretaries Davison, MacCracken and Warner met forthwith, decided that public opinion was a better deterent to foolhardiness than Government regulation...
...bunting and the banners of welcome all over the city. Signposts in English would direct the former doughboys to the sights of Paris. And immediately those sights began to take on colorful decorations. From base to summit the Eiffel Tower would be a blaze of electric lights. And forthwith the Champs Elysees began to erect two chains of bulbs, six inches apart, from the Arc de Triomphe clear down to the Place de la Concorde. Far more than 100,000 extra electric lights will be used in la ville de lumiere on this occa-sion?perhaps the most brilliant occasion...
Great Britain seized Egypt as a protectorate during the World War and forthwith Zaghlul arose as the prophet of Nationalism. Eloquent, he whipped the natives into riotous frenzy against their new overlords. Twice he was deported by the British. After independence (with reservations) had been granted in 1922, Zaghlul returned in triumph to be elected Prime Minister, and later President of the Chamber of Deputies...