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...speaking of Ghosts, have you seen Don Perkins haunting the barracks of late? Poor "Perk"--as the other pale men call him--was last seen riding a local gust of wind, so prevalent in Boston. Pool shark, as well as the distinguished buddy of his namesake roommate, Smitty Smith spent a quiet weekend resting--as he termed it. Maybe he hasn't heard about Scollay Square--or is it "triangle...
Later, Robbie, in all innocence, took Charlie's hat, wondering at the size or lack of it. Just as he was crossing the bridge along comes a gust of wind-you guessed it. Well, Robbie ran along the river bank for a half a mile, until finally Rityen's white war bonnet sailed glibly in to dock up below the footbridge. Ruffies and flourishes for Charlie...
...starlings, gulls circling over the city. "Only the people scurrying along the streets looked dead and gray and driven. They were warmly dressed, they looked well fed, but still as they passed by they looked helpless and fragile and faceless as dry leaves, blown along the gutter by a gust of wind. It's tough on people to live in a time of too many changes, I was thinking...
Those who received official Letters of Commendation are as follows: Ensigns A.W. Bornfriend, Robert L. Callahan, John D. Gust, Lewis H. Levy, Harry A. Livermore, Claude E. Love, Gordon E. Marks, Virden M. Mitchell, J. Stanley Nants, Benjamin M. Stephens, John R. Taylor, James H. Templin, William P. Trenkle, Don A. Turner, Frederick C. Turner, Lieutenants (jg) Carl A. Fischer, James W. Fowle, Charles E. Van Voorhis, Lieutenant James J. Flynn...
...could point to any organized sabotage, though the unfounded rumor that the herd had the dreaded Bang's disease looked suspiciously like a dirty Republican trick. But the strong gust of wind that blew the tent down, making it necessary to hold the auction in a crowded, drafty barn, was definitely an act of God. Even so, for a registered herd, the bids were suspiciously low. Jersey cows went at $100, and the owner stomped off in a huff when $10 was bid for a young bull. Squire Henry Morgenthau Jr.'s whole herd of 100 purebred dairy...