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Freshman Clas Prophe y

• :\I not goinl! to .lerp anti dream out thi prophe ) . a m t all prophrt
do. hut I 'II tell ) ou an e perience I h. d with a g\ p orturw teller a ew
da) auo. . I wa walking around, looking at the carni\ al h >W, I aw a
mall red tent off at one . ide with a Ill) teriou dark g, p ' \\om. n itting
out in front. I re oh ed to haH' Ill) fortune told. o I "t•nt in. The
7 ) p ) \\oman to d me to it down in a chair and wait until the pirit tartt'd working.
I did a he told me. and a I at there looking about m • a mall rq tal g:lohe caught
Ill) l') e. and I do el) watched the 111) teriou f1gu re in it. I hecam · l' ritl'd wh"n
the globe began to e pand. until it looked a large a an automobile ti rl'. Then th"
mo t wond ·rtul change ram~ 0\ er it. Th .. e word apJ eared in the lenter: "The
I· re hmen of '2 • ten H'ar hence". I really wa e cited th ·n, and tood O\ l'l' the glob ·
in complete awe. Pi~·tun· began to he dir~11) "l'n, th~n gradually hec:tm" clear. with
in. cription und\ r neath.
I t1r t aw a magnificent ho. pital. with white-rapped mrr.e waiting on the hundred
o patient. l\Iany were tr)ing to get in, hut th" building wa owrcrmnled. A big,
kindl) -looking man came out at a ide door, and I immediate!) recognized him a m\
old rhool friend. L;1urie J arne Arnold. He owned th·..' great ho pi tal, and had a a
partner \Iary lire Re\ icrr. A. the picture began to fade away I aw a lad) in
white rome !owl) to mee Doctor rnold, and they were partner f01 life .
• \ ... thr prrture faded away another came lowh· into vin '. I aw a he a uti ful hall-
room lighted with brilliant light. Beautifull) dn·.., ed Lulie flitted hither and thither.
<\t lttt 111) eH' re ted on a tall, magnif1rently d re ed lady, attended h) her hu hand. I
beh ·ld .tn old rhoolmate of mine, F\..atherine I led rick. I looked d<N'r and aw at the
farther end ot the room a tage, on which wa a girl dancing, more grau·fulh than
an) I had e\er . een. A I at enraptured I recognized Cl.tra Finla\ on. ,·h tT -
rei,cd much applaue. l nder .tht• picture \\.t the writing, "\Ime. 'l.tre l•tnl.t) on,
.<\me rica' mo t tamou dancer".
Thi . picture taded awa) before I wa a\\ .m.· of it, and anoth"r quickly took it
place. Thr trrne I aw the capitol building at \Va hrngton, then the enate chamber.
rfhere \\' t'l't' men and \\'Omen-one \\ .t~ 'opeak.rng, It eemed, and the other \\'ere re-
. pecttull) li tening. I looked at the peak.er and . aw that it wa. Leon :\leek . I no -
tired the other there, and in the group I aw .\lhert Dougla . and Julian 1 o .
Among th" \\omen were Oli H' Kilgore and ( ;enn a 'umm•·r~.
Thi picture faded a\\ a) a. the other~ had done, and a more h~autiful picture took
it · place. I aw a comfortable room \\ ith great arm chair , and in one of the e, before
.1 fire, . at a ltttle lad) with a big gra · cat in h:.- r lap. I ler knittin T had iallen to
the floor, and :-he ,,·as gazing teadih into th • fire. I recognized a t\ pic:d old maid,
and whom do )OU think it \\a.? \Vhv, Betty Dunbar, of cour c. Atter thi picture
I . aw a great train rollrng h). A htg, fine looking man looked out the window, and
I recognized ( ;rath :\Iarkham a engineer. A~ the train rolled h), 1 saw a big hank
dimly appear in the globe. I could ee hu \ men counting mom·). The man who
nt in the pre~ident' chair \\a. none other than :eiw\n J,e~. In them· t picture I
a\\ a \Vc ern ranch \\ith great herd of cattle grazing on the plains. Tending th .. •·

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