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           AtSt.Regis’Amorystayedthreedaysandtookhisexamswithascoffingconfidence,thendoublingbacktoNewYorktopayhistutelaryvisit.Themetropolis,barelyglimpsed,madelittleimpressiononhim,exceptforthesenseofcleanlinesshedrewfromthetallwhitebuildingsseenfromaHudsonRiversteamboatintheearlymorning.Indeed,hismindwassocrowdedwithdreamsofathleticprowessatschoolthatheconsideredthisvisitonlyasarathertiresomepreludetothegreatadventure.This,however,itdidnotprovetobe.

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