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           TherewereBurneandFredSloanearrayedtothelastdotliketheluridfiguresoncollegeposters.Theyhadboughtflaringsuitswithhugepeg-toptrousersandgiganticpaddedshoulders.Ontheirheadswererakishcollegehats,pinnedupinfrontandsportingbrightorange-and-blackbands,whilefromtheircelluloidcollarsblossomedflamingorangeties.Theyworeblackarm-bandswithorange"P’s,"andcarriedcanesflyingPrincetonpennants,theeffectcompletedbysocksandpeepinghandkerchiefsinthesamecolormotifs.Onaclankingchaintheyledalarge,angrytom-cat,paintedtorepresentatiger.

           Agoodhalfofthestationcrowdwasalreadystaringatthem,tornbetweenhorrifiedpityandriotousmirth,andasPhyllis,withhersveltejawdropping,approached,thepairbentoverandemittedacollegecheerinloud,far-carryingvoices,thoughtfullyaddingthename"Phyllis"totheend.Shewasvociferouslygreetedandescortedenthusiasticallyacrossthecampus,followedbyhalfahundredvillageurchins—tothestifledlaughterofhundredsofalumniandvisitors,halfofwhomhadnoideathatthiswasapracticaljoke,butthoughtthatBurneandFredweretwovarsitysportsshowingtheirgirlacollegiatetime.

           Phyllis’sfeelingsasshewasparadedbytheHarvardandPrincetonstands,wheresatdozensofherformerdevotees,canbeimagined.