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SILV: What means" horse?" BUSH: "Eguo." BANT: Wait till I sharpen my lead pencil. STRAP: What means" not?" CHING: "Ne." STRAP: Well, what means "trust " then? TEL: Ohl "credite." FOR: Did you say "nev meantv trust ?'' BANT: We're going to have a dandy base-ball team down town this year. JERS: There it goes. DUTCH:Who's going to pitch? BANT: Oh, we're going to get a- TEL: Never mind the pitcher, but pitch into this Latin. BUSH: Twistednation, Tel, that pun was horrible. Quod equus falsus est,-bccause the horse is false. STRAP:Why is "quod" subjunctive? JERS: Substantive clause of characteristic. CaING: Well, that's a new one on me. Say, Bush, how about your being deprived of parlor for talking to a down- town girl. . SARTIE: Oh, that means he's to be deprived of parlor down town. TURP: This faculty certainly sends forth powerful ulti- matums. Guess pretty soon they'll have separate teachers f01- the girls and boys. BRAD:Are you going to kick, Bush? BUSH: I don't think so; I don't care for the demerits and I seldom go in parlor. BRAD: Oh, pshaw, kick for principle's sake. Besides it'll worry the faculty. CHING: Better hadn't, Bush, you'll have to apologize. SILV: 1 believe "Doc" did make you apologize because he shut you out of his office,didn't he, Ching? -149.;-
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