Grind, grind, grind,
With never an end to the work.
Because he had cut all the first of the year,
He sang the song of the shirk.'
"Worse and worse," cried Digger. "I am going crazy." And he rushed down the stairs, and out into the Yard. He was prepared for anything, and therefore was not surprised to see the College pump advancing to meet him with outstretched handle.
"Are you Tacitus, or Pliny?" asked the Pump.
"I hardly know," said Digger. "I may be the younger Pliny; at any rate I'm a Junior."
"You've been drinking," said the Pump.
"No; you can't get it in Cambridge. But I've been grinding."
"Very much the same thing," replied the Pump. "Young man, I preach temperance in all things. Take my advice. Give up working late at night, and play lawn tennis."
Digger went sadly back to his room, and while preparing to go to bed, made a great many good resolutions for next year.
MR. LUCIUS L. HUBBARD, '72, has in press a practical guide-book to Moosehead Lake and vicinity, with illustrations and a map of Northern Maine. It will be ready by July 1.