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Seeking wild escape the Vagabond turned up into the net of quiet which stretches between the river and Massachusetts avenue. Until sundown he paced their pleasant and unchanging lengths, and absorbed in reflection forgot the pricking of spring...
Leverett managed a 4-3 win over a stubborn Eliot tennis team in the first of the inter-House court matches scheduled for this season. Play was erratic and rough on both sides due to a strong wind which whipped across the nets. With the wind behind it, the ball sped across the net for easy aces, while many attempts against it resulted in weak lobs...
...deposit in Union Trust the $10,000,000 he had been paid (on paper) for the bonds. Thus the Union Trust was able to add $10,000,000 to its statement of deposits. A week later it "sold" the bonds back to the Van Sweringens at the same price. Net result of these two transactions, according to the grand jury, was that the depositors and stockholders had been fraudulently deceived by the bank's statement. The jury slapped indictments not only on Mr. Nutt, who was once treasurer of the Republican National Committee, but on Union Trust...
...wives were quick to see the opportunities which lay in such a transaction. With a little judicious diluting of the consomme, a stretching of the buttered parsnips, and a stringing out of the beans a supper for two could be made into an attractive if limited supper for four. Net profit, $1.00. Again, if still larger game were sought, a simple, yet filling picnic of peanut butter and hot chocolate could quickly be provided by the dexterous house wife for a hilarious group of eight Sophomores, all for the price of a "Georgian Special." Net profit, $4.00. A little systematic...
...third. In games in the final series for the Stanley Cup, no ties are allowed. Black Hawks and Red Wings, tied 1-1, had started a second 20-min. overtime period last week when Romnes, Chicago's center, stole the puck in front of the Detroit net. Said he, after the game: "I looked up to see Paul Thompson sweeping in from the left. I fed him the puck. . . . And did you see him put it in?" Except for the mishap that gave Romnes the puck in time to pass for goal, Detroit's only mishap...