Word: vagabonde
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the aeolian depths of the Park Street subway station, the Vagabond emerged into walls of rain and one of those incomparable Tremont Street typhoons. During a moment of vexation, he wondered if Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith were really worth all this. But Vag fought to subdue his sudden spurt of misanthropy and pushed on. After all, he told himself, he was about to have an opportunity to absorb the liquid words and sly wit of two great Thespians, and absolutely gratis, to boot. True, it wasn't a performance of "The Five Kings," but it was an interview...
Suddenly, with a grateful sigh, the Vagabond found himself in the blessed aridity of the lobby. He moved his toes and heard in unpleasantly decisive "squoosh," and he knew that he would have to go somewhere immediately and dry his shoes; he had heard rumors of Stillman's newly-adopted exclusiveness. But suddenly Vag completely for-got about wet shoes and infirmaries for there directly in front of him was a gigantic board, studded with pictures of his secret love is Hepburn, Vag mooned and sighed and fell into a cataleptic trance...
...Vagabond reached for the usual coat...
...dull buzzing stirred the sleepy Vagabond...
...Vagabond's free flow of thought...