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the early days of his college course Reddy Armstrong was known as "The Lucky Red," and it is said that he gave racing tips to sporty upper-classmen, although he was only a Freshman. The reason the teams were so successful in athletics that year was that Reddy was there to bet on them. It was a great blow when he reformed.

He generally worked with Runt Ramsay, because Runt was near enough like himself to be congenial, and not enough so to be desirous of bossing the firm, and because they had always been together ever since they were suspended from "prep" school for dumping a bucket of coal on a new under-master's head because he held it too high.

Runt did not have red hair, but they made