After five years : the quinquennial record of the class of 1908, Princeton university . certainstages placed in a square. Among these it was possible to noticeone of special diminuity, wearing the uniform of our men, and fromspies and merchants it was learned that this was Fellus the Younger—the noblest Roman of them all—whose duty it was on that day tohurl forth the ball which the young men of the country were to useas their chief weapon against the other young men—certain savageswho painted their skins blue for the battle. And so, having beentutored until he was well versed in what was expec
After five years : the quinquennial record of the class of 1908, Princeton university . certainstages placed in a square. Among these it was possible to noticeone of special diminuity, wearing the uniform of our men, and fromspies and merchants it was learned that this was Fellus the Younger—the noblest Roman of them all—whose duty it was on that day tohurl forth the ball which the young men of the country were to useas their chief weapon against the other young men—certain savageswho painted their skins blue for the battle. And so, having beentutored until he was well versed in what was expected of him andnow being threatened, commanded, wheedled, urged and cajoled,Fellus the Younger drew back his arm with all the mightiness at hiscommand and hurled the ball a tremendous distance, causing theblue savage nearest to him to reach to a great height to secure from the place where MCMVIII was gathered went up a greatcheer at his prowess. Chap. VIII.—So engrossing was the excitement that followedfrom this time, and so humorous were the comments of Edi Ongus, 303. the wit, who sat divested of so great a share of his uniform that hisfellows remonstrated with him [fearing] that in the heat of the dayhis entire body would beburned to a crisp, that it wasnot possible to record theevents as they happened , there are thosechroniclers who have alreadyset these things down more or^ /^^^^^^^ Pless, mainly, as they occurred, r^, ^iX;^ ^x/But presently, when a scarce aii^^Mi^iB^four cycles of the combat had been completed, so great was the overcasting of the heavens and soimminent appeared the downpour that a great share of the onlookersgathered their draped skirts above their silken ankles and beatit for a fare-ye-well. Yet the greater part of our men, undauntedby the forces of nature and determined that they would stay whileyet there remained one combatant on the field, remained where theywere. Until at length, miniature sand-storms having preceded theda
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