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Thus the consociation of Mr. Depew and the class of '89 might have seemed simply a flocking of like-feathered birds but for a letter written last week by Mr. Depew to his new brethren on the occasion of their annual dinner in Manhattan. This letter gave the impression that '89 had had a secondary motive, akin to the kindly one that actuates hospitable neighbors who invite a lonely widower to share their Thanksgiving turkey...
...Depew wrote...
...Signed) CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW...
...Unfortunately this letter appeared in public print?unfortunately, because in it Mr. Depew was guilty of a most uncharacteristic error that might well have injured the feelings of three persons; unfortunately, because the three persons had grounds for regret on two accounts; unfortunately, because the three persons were all classmates of Mr. Depew in '56, two the existence of whom Mr. Depew had patently forgotten or overlooked...
...failing to state which of his classmates he did recall, Mr. Depew left each of the three prey to the impression that Mr. Depew knew him for a living man no longer. And to each of the three it was quite apparent that Mr. Depew had lost his heart, if he had not sold his soul, to healthily, vigorously mature '89. So that even were a '56 reunion patched up after all, they could hardly hope to find their old classmate the contented, wholehearted companion of years gone...