Word: vagabonde
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During the holiday the Vagabond planned to take a motor trip from New York to Washington. Now despite his numerous roamings and rovings, the Vagabond has long been the victim of two middle-aged tyrants, called parents by facetious sociologists and naive maiden aunts, who are cruelly solicitous for the health of his molars as well as the cyst beneath his right shoulder blade. These two, who conceal their despotism under a jacket of social charm and kindness (so that all but himself considers them as unusually fine specimens of humanity), ruffled their feathers in immediate response to the Vagabond...
...last Circumstance came to the aid of the Vagabond in the form of an insurance agent; he was a friend of the family and, like most agents, he wanted to protect the lives and property of all his relatives. He suggested in his bland, almost unctuous way that the Vagabond be provided with an accident insurance policy; thus, when he got hurt or killed, there would be money to cover the situation. It was a brilliant idea, worthy of the high ideals of material civilization; the family embraced it quickly, and the Vagabond was bundled off to be examined...
...chemically-inclined household; his secretary had the look of a woman who had taken one look at the attic and refused, on practical grounds to tidy it. The doctor opened his mouth in a smile and pointed out a chair. Assuming that he was offering a seat, the Vagabond sat down. No, the doctor said, I want to know if you can see that chair; this is my own preliminary eyesight test...
...Vagabond is one of those energetic souls who has a healthy dislike for people who spend their lives telling others how to conduct themselves and yet never manage to accomplish anything worthwhile themselves. Of a temperament eager and alive to things new, and yet not blind to what has come down from ages and generations past, he delights in old works which have so breathed the breath of life that they still cast their influence on people today, and he takes pleasure in the men who interpret these old works to a new age, a new generation, in the light...
Today at noon, the Vagabond will go to the Fogg Large Room to listen to Kirsopp Lake, professor of History, lecture on Ecclesiastes and Tobit...