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206 are a bachelor, which state just suits our wants. Kindly wire us and come on before Thursday the 10th, if possible. The two thousand per year is, of course, exclusive of board and suite of rooms, which we provide for all of our instructors.
 * "Yours truly,
 * ", LL. D., President."

"If that doesn't make old Crabtree hustle then I miss my guess," said Tom after reading the comunication. "He loves money too well to let that two thousand slide&mdash;marriage or no marriage. Even if he wants to wed, he'll go West to try and fix it up to hold the position anyway."

The letter was posted to the friend in Chicago that very night. On the letter to Josiah Crabtree was placed an address in Cedarville which was certain to catch him.

On the following day Captain Putnam announced an election for second lieutenant of Company A. "Lieutenant Darman will not be here any longer, as his family have moved to England," he said. "I trust you elect the best cadet possible to the office. The election will take place next Wednesday at noon."

At once a lively discussion took place. There were half a dozen pupils who wanted the