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James Arbuckle Hyckup
JAMES ARBUCKLE HYCKUP
adjusted his sleeveless doctor’s
jacket and strode Into the op
erating room of the Vet Lab.
Jimmie was not a doctor but he
had aspirations of some day be
ing a great horse M.D. For this
reason he took only three things
into consideration in h^ life to
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the exclusion of all others* espe
cially women. These three things
were wine, horse-doctoring and
song.
At the same moment that Jim
mie entered Vet Lab, John Hen
ry Jive, Jimmie’s “old lady,” fin
ished that last sweet problem in
calculus and that last horrible
sip from a “Bottle of Pearl.” Now
as much as Jimmie liked booze
and singjng, Johnnie liked
dancing, ^s much as they ea^h
liked the other, they both de
tested females.
When the two roommates
went out to make a night of it,
Jimmie aljways got drunk and
called hirftself Doctor Hyckup.
Johnnie would dance him home.
In order -to stay out of the
clutches of the women (the
wolves) around the campus, the
two would go to Ed’s every night,
and they didn’t “bust-out” eith
er. So we find the heroes of the
case. / |
About this time a new Prof
had arrived on the campus and
with him had come a family.
The most Important part of this
family was a female of the spe
cies. Pat, who was as cute as
Jimmie’s idea of Hades. Pat was
about five-feet-six with .big
found eyes, like a mistreated
freshman, xlear complexion, like
Snow White’s, and an “oomph”
form like that of a blonde wait
ress. All this the boys did not
know.
As it would happen, Johnny
was dancing Jimmie hpme one
night and they stopped once to
get their breaths. When they
stopped, along came Pat on the
far side of the' street.
“Just another skirt,” said
Johnnie.
“Jus’ . nbzzle shirt,” agreed
Jimmie with a nerve-racking,
“hie!”
“Looks all right but you never
can tell,” rumored Johnnie.
THE BATTALION