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entreaties could she be persuaded to leave him and return to the one whom she had so unceremoniously forsaken. You wish to hear about her two-cent dne letters? \Vell, she is accustomed to receive once a week or oftener, a letter from some one in the Sunny South who fails to place sufficient postage on the envelope. 'vVewill leave it to the reader to surmise the cause. For live years Margaret Fuller Reese has wended her way over hill and dale to be reckoned as one of the "{mmortals." She comes from the neigh- borhood of "Roop's Frog Dam," where she early of her life, free from urban restraint. It is a wonder she did not herself long ago for, blessed with a dare-devil spirit, she could always be found doing all manner of outlandish things. She was a "holy ter-r-or"indeed. But Provi- dence spared her from an untimely fate, and she has survived to become the "tomboy" of the class, the impersonation of mischief, the SMIIIIIlflll gf'llllS of stubbornness, and the embodi- ment of independence. Maturer years have not destroyed her love for adventure, but the frolicsome days of her youth find imitation in those of womanly dignity. She has always taken a deep interest in those affairs of the class which have incurred some risk or excite- ment, in regard to the effigy. connection with this that she showed her bellicose spirit. The Freshman girls attempted to steal her hat-she is the prophetess of the class-and then the scrimmage. It was indescribably indescribable, one against many, but the might of that one. Hat pins, hair-pullings, scratches, bites and all the horrible accessories of girlish warfare. Numbers finally prevailed, but her reputation as a "scrapper" was established. Witnesses of the magic charms of .1901still appear. Cora May Schaeffer is the last, but by no means the least, especially in stature, to sever her rela- tions with another class for that of 1901. She saw the error of her way in time to thrust the burden of her presence upon the class in its Sophomore year. It is wonderful how that girl became attached to the class, for ill the Senior year she left her home in town to board at the college in order to be more closely associated with her classmates. What a self-sacrificing spirit that required. Everybody, however unimportant he may be, is of some use -f- 53-t-