Word: vagabonder
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...sooner did the Vagabond reach Honolulu and became friendly with Shirley Temple than he flew north and west to Kauai, advertised by The Hawaiian Tourist Bureau as the "Garden Isle." There were not many gardens, as far as he could see. Then again he could see little but what the native Louis pointed out from the depths of a Model A which rattled as if it had been to Pike's Peak and busted. Louis was a years character; he had twelve children and eleven years of marriage. "One each year of wedlock," he said, ignoring the first born. Louis...
...Thus the Vagabond sailed...
...that every one has returned from the summer vacation full of exciting stories about running into a New Bedford steamer in a blinding fog or chasing some lovely female up and down the hills of Bermuda on a bicycle, the Vagabond feels inclined to interject his peseta's worth. He too has traveled and done things...
Sneaking out of Chicago, the Vagabond spent the weekend traversing Missouri and Kansas and annoying farmers in Model T's and roadside cows with bits of dynamite that went "Bang!" and sometimes "Bang! Bang!" or just "Phfft!" Safe in Colorado Springs, he cheated the most ritzy hotel out of fifty cents for the use of their tennis courts. He headed for what he thought was Albuquerque and grew excited when two girls waved at him from a train that was chugging up a mountain. He followed the train sixty miles, only to discover he was going East...
...Generally," replied the Vagabond, "and I think this holds true to a surprisingly large extent, others are fond of the Freshmen and anxious for them to do well. The upperclassmen, particularly the Seniors, see in the Freshmen, themselves living over again the first year at Harvard, one of the happiest of their lives. Officers of the University, some of the Faculty, and others, not undergraduates, who love Harvard are likewise anxious for the Freshman to do well. For they know that the entering Class is the most important part of Harvard, that without which this Harvard that they love could...