Word: vagabondism
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...Vagabond came dashing into the Crimson building about six thirty last night, his hair disheveled, his the awry, and his clothes generally askew. On his face there was the look of a hunted man. The genial smile which usually characterizes the dapper old fellow was lost in an expression that can be described only as haunted. Terror, sheer stark terror gleamed in his eyes...
...said. "You'll have to write the Vagabond for me tonight. My nerves are completely unstrung, yes, indeed, unstrung. The Old Woman, that's bad enough; but Alice too! Dear me, bless my soul, these women...
...When the Turks had pulled those ships up the skids to the top of the hill--well, gentlemen, the boys all hopped on and rode down to the bay". The Vagabond muses on basking with delight in his chair, waiting for the deceptive cadences at the end of Professor Langer's sentences. It must have been fun taking Constantinople, even if everyone in those days had to carry musty spices of the East to quell his nausea. It is such little remarks that the Vagabond remembers from all these many, many lectures; surely such a one was worth the three...
...back in the Tower before a warm fire the Vagabond pores over the travels of that wily Spanish knight, Pero Tafur, who saw the corruption and all the false show of Byzantium eighteen years before it was taken. It was not the glittering, splendid luxury which dazzled the minds of the West...
...starting post in the race for the Arctic! For pack ice is good for radio stations and even landing fields. What a merry mess for the lawyers! If an iceberg with a radio station breaks away and drifts down to Alaska, will "the constitution follow the flag?" The Vagabond chuckles in secret glee. Professor Hopper buttons up his coat again and waves his hand airily. Government 30 has its first laugh of the day. Russia, planning, famine, struggle--but enough. Back to the Tower to mull the wine and dip the croissants...