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...Gee, that was a swell piece, wasn't it?" Nugent remarked to the weedy stranger beside him. "I wonder who wrote it." Thurber swallowed. "I did," he said in a dim voice. Nugent stared at Thurber, then introduced himself. The two became best and lifelong friends...
When pinned down, the workmen were for the most part at a loss. As one carpenter put it, "Gee, son, they've already given them to the man I'd pick...
Frosted Flag. After a cornet duet and a song (Indian Love Call), plump Mrs. Julia Bennett, the Chippewa historian, instructed the colonel in the "teachings and ideals in the ancient Chippewa faith," and the assembled braves and chiefs christened Bertie Me-Gee-See, i.e., "Chief Eagle." Explained Historian Bennett: "What it really means is that now he can come and dance with us any time he wants...
...page of the Chicago Tribune. Up in one corner fluttered a full-colored American flag - just as in the Trib. A four-column drawing of the colonel filled the center. And across the top were two red and black eight-column headlines: TRULY AMERICAN AND WELCOME ME-GEE...
Maple Syrup. By mid-evening Editor Chappie's ceremony had turned into a bear hug. Big Chief Me-Gee-See, crowned with a magnificent yellow, red, white and brown headdress, stood red-faced and short of breath in a deafening din of drums, jangling sleighbells and good-will whoops. One by one, the Chippewas stomped and howled past him to bestow gifts - a buckskin vest and a beaded belt (which he put on), a huge bow and quiver of arrows (one got stuck in his headdress and had to be extricated by a helpful squaw), wild rice, maple syrup...