WINTER LIFE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS 



NE autumn day three very odd look- 

 ing fellows strolled into the college 

 campus near which I lived. They were dressed just alike. 

 Each wore a long tailed gray coat, a white waistcoast, a tall 

 white collar and a black necktie. For trousers they had 

 white running pantaloons. They were bare from a little 

 above their knees down. Although strangers there, they 

 avoided the walks and driveways and spent the afternoon 

 in running foot races on the low open plot of ground at the 

 eastern side of the campus. A carriage came along, going 

 to the ball park. The dog which trotted behind ran out 

 and barked, whereat the three frightened gray-coats 

 tumbled over one another as they rushed off, each loudly 

 shouting his name as he went. The man in the carriage 

 said, "Killdeers, to be sure ; I should like to have a shot at 

 them." 



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