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 Red slept in Runt's bed, and Runt slept in Red's bed, and both slept together in first one bed, and then the other, so many times, and each was in the other's room so much during the day, that none of the class knew which room belonged to which, and one day some of the fellows made a bet on it. But when they referred the matter to Red and Runt, they did not agree, and therefore betted on it themselves. But Mrs. Glynn, who took care of the rooms, was not certain, and they finally appealed to the Assistant Treasurer of the college to decide it.

On Saturdays of the racing season they used to come to morning recitations dressed in loud linen and broad strap-seamed top-coats, and then steal out as soon as the roll was called and take the train for Guttenberg. If the day was lucky, they stayed in New York Saturday night and Sunday, that they might rest far away from the excitement and frivolities of the campus. If unsuccessful, they sneaked back sleepily on the "Owl" train, and told Tom, the carriage driver from the Junction, to hang it up. And if they had