Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
DAILY STORY.
A STORY IN FOUR LETTERS.

|
College student sits in his room
| smoking and writing letters.
First letter, Percy Walker to his un-
| Gle, Samuel Walker:
MY Dear Uncle-I write this my
| fortnightly letter to you TO tell you
| that 1 am still doing very well in my
DEMONSTRATING hard, devoting my
| whole time to my college duties. 1
| haven't missed a lecture so far this
term. You know. 1 am very fond of
athletics, but remembering your advice
| to be careful about letting sports in
| terfere with my studies l have hung
up the racket and the golf stick, con-
| tenting myself with porting over books.
1t is very hard now that the spring
days are on to see the fellows going
out in field costume for practice; but.
| remembering your valued advice, l
| resist the temptation.
Then, too, l have taken advantage
of your warnings about drinking and
smoking. Cold water is good enough
for me, and as for smoking, the smell
OI Iue SlCh.
Il hope you and my aunt continue in
your usual good health and that your
eyesight has improved. Tell Aunt
Caroline that l am taking all the
spring medicines she sent me. 1 am
really quite fond of the herb tea, and
the liver mixture is doing wonders for
me. Tell her that 1 am needing her
advice not to throw off my overcoat
too early in the spring and not TO go
out on damp ground without my rub
bers The muller she so kindly sent
me at Christmas time 1 have worn
constantly all winter.
BE assured, my dear uncle, of my
affection for you and my aunt and be-
lieve me your devoted nephew,
PERCY"
Second letter. Percy Walker to his
fiancec, Miss Ruth Stevens:
Dearest Ruth-Have just written
uncle, and now comes the delight of
writing to you. (Stop till light pipc.)
l have to tell you the glorious news
that L am. first in winter practice in
tennis and have Won Il place ill the
university crew. I've had more time
for sports this term because I've !
chosen elective studies that don't in |
terfere-the lectures, 1 mean-with the !
hours for practice. l am having Il |
hard time in the spring examinations |
and for the last week have been |
'bOning night and day. l hope to !
slim fhrnI1Crb-if nnninS 1nn't on
back on me-but regret that the con-
fnement and lack of exercise may |
throw me- in my candidacy for a !
place in the football team.
by the bye, was forgetting to tell /
you that / gave Il wine in my room
last week, ut which two baskets of |
were consumed. There
We're twelve Of us, each man drinking
two bottles. The gang was too high
mucky muck for pipes. so l had to buy
a box of cigars. This took my last |
dollar, and uncles next check isn't due
for two weeks. l wish dared ask the
old rooster for an extra. He'd send it
quick enough, but it would give me
away. I'm telling him / have only L
term and hash bills to pay. and he
knows my allowance is plenty for that.
mind. sweetheart, when you see I'M
cle to tell him that I've taken a prize.
It's for singles in tennis, but he'll think
it's for Il thesis in Greek. And tell
Aunt Caroline that I've been invited
to take the superintendency of the
Sunday school at the Third Presby
erian church. Iney'll consider me TOO
modest to write them these things and
will think all the more of them com
nS from YOU. Goodby. lovey. With
| billion kisses, your loving
PERCY"
Enter Il gang of students to discuss
he nlnkcl1n of the hnsphnIl tenm for |