Untitled Page 170

certain number of them, if he fails in one or two, or at most three of them, it means that he has "plumbed out," or, to translate the expression into comprehensible English, he has "failured," and consequently must sever his relations with his Alma Mater.

I answer to your letter:

I do not see why the Library should send a notice home; for I wrote a postal in time to renew the book and thus save the fine. If you forget to give the notice to Claude immediately, I can not see who else could be to blame for the increase of the first day's overdue charge of 5 cents.

If papa can spare five dollars will you please tell him to forward it at once, so that I may receive it by Tuesday.

I shall probably be home next