Word: vag
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Something is wrong with the Vagabond. He has not been the same lately and he cannot figure out just what is the matter. It isn't Spring, or Christmas, or Thanksgiving. Vag's been different lately that...
...instance Vag's reflections, stimulated somewhat by the Radcliffe girls at a joint Glee Club rehearsal, the other night proved to be more painful than pleasant. It all began when he alone held over a note two beats that was staccato for the rest of the chorus. Woody looked up; Vag joined the others in looking around and leered scornfully at the innocent man sitting next to him, then resumed singing. This time he would pay attention to the music, he thought. What was he singing for if he kept thinking about other things? After all, the "Missa Solemnis...
...different today. Vag didn't have any hens. And he didn't have a lot of other things, such as something to do when he got out of college or someone to pay him to do it, or a roof and three meals while he was doing it. And there was no place to go where he could shoot Indians or pan gold. He was going to have to do it the hard way. Security was no more, and even America's muchtouted opportunity was slowly vanishing. And yet somehow Vag was distinctly glad he had not been...
...perhaps there was something Vag could be truly thankful for, that he was privileged to live in this cruel, fascinating age. There was work to be done. The land had been cleared, tilled, peopled; it had been mechanized and industrialized. Silent, sullen breadlines had replaced the noise of stage-coaches and saloons; the shouts of congressional orators had given way to the quiet buzz of committee rooms. The pioneers and their heroics were laid to nest.: America had been made and it was being remade...
...because it fitted in and was fitting him . . . Perhaps he would have the chance someday to trace the steps of some pioneer, doing the job quietly, methodically, the way they taught him at Harvard, Perhaps someday he would even have some hens. Even more than for the present, Vag was grateful for the future...