Word: fountain-pen
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When debonair, mustachioed Elisha Huson Waterman last week became kingpen of L. E. Waterman Co., the 2,000 astonished employes of this famed old fountain-pen concern could well imagine his father, Frank Dan Waterman, turning furiously in his grave. Thirteen years ago, crusty, conservative President Frank Dan kicked Elisha out of his $6,500 job in the company and banished him from the family. Last month, when bitter old Frank Dan died, he left Elisha a mere $100. Scarcely was the Waterman ink dry on the will when Elisha quietly played the trump card he had held...
...fountain-pen until you see the whites of their eyes," is the advice of older students with high records for getting instructors' signatures, and they offer simple strategy. The student desiring a particular signature should dress himself as a member of the maintenance department and enter the teacher's apartment on the heels of the maid. Sooner or later the victim, too, will go into his room to get his mail, and, if the student's disguise is a good one, will not notice anything until the intruder grips him by the elbow and takes one of the three types...
...Dalton, Diamond's chauffeur, come to take Mrs. Witcher to visit in Acra. The visit was postponed .and all present were arrested, because under a Witcher bed was discovered a terrifying gangland armory, including bullet-proof vests, "pineapple" hand-grenades, tear gas bombs, revolver ammunition, several calibres of "fountain-pen" pistols, dynamite...
...table, drew towards him the blue book, fat and loathsome in its emptiness. A completely depitilated proctor advances, passing out examination questions. The indifference of a god. O misery, misery! Question One: cold death, like the shadow of a dark angel's wing, crawls rapidly over the stillness. The fountain-pen, possessed of demons, bounces obscenely on the floor...
1y.FOUND. - A fountain-pen. Apply at 4 College House...