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of all the students without
exception, of all th alumni
to a man and a woman,
and of all the faculty except,
of course, this miserable
humbug of a Budd,
and he meets me on the
streets of Ames, every day,
and just as often protests
his interest in my welfare.
[?], shallow head, what
will become of him, and
such as he? It is a singular
way to get out of Col.
especially after such long
and may I say faithful
service (I believe I never
missed an engagement).
But the desperation on the
part of my friends generally
is to contratulate me.