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These and kindred thought welled up within the Vagabond's soul as he stared up some nights ago at the clear harvest moon. Cambridge is a hard place for such gifts of nature, but the wanderlust was upon him. There dashed across his mind the swift thought that the dubutante season had begun. It was a tough thought, but classes had just begun and there was the moon. And, for a bit of rationalization, it is the Vagabond's business to have traffic with all peoples. Like the cat that walks by himself all places are alike...
Ironically, one of the first cases on his docket the next morning was the trial of a drunken driver. A jury found the man guilty, Judge Oakes sentenced him to jail for 90 days, but did not impose fine or costs, suspended sentence until the man could harvest his crops. Three days later Judge Oakes sent his driver's license to the State Registrar of Motor Vehicles, his resignation from the bench to Governor John Gilbert Winant. The following day he presided at the trial of a hit-&-run driver. As the trial got under way, a court attendant...
...minded but human. Seven years ago she married Rev. Theodore Penrose Fry, parson of the local parish. Five years later both were converted to Roman Catholicism; her husband gave up the ministry. They now live in a Sussex oast-house (hop-drying kiln). Other-books: Sussex Gorse, Green Apple Harvest, Joanna Godden, Joanna Godden Married, The Village Doctor, Shepherds in Sackcloth...
...burrowing his head into sand and pebbles. Generations and generations of ostriches have passed on the information that pebbles are essential to their digestion. When approached or frightened during such relaxation he will make off at great speed. Most of the feathers now being used are from the harvest of bygone years, for the feathers will keep from 30 to 40 years if placed in camphor...
...earned $407,000 (1? a share) against a $185,000 deficit in the same period last year. Six months figures showed a loss of $1,375,000 against the $2,503,000 deficit in the first half of 1930. The company's best business is, of course, after harvest...