of time
and space which hashish and other drugs produce in us. This was the sort
of thing which the Professor had wanted from his students: free comment
and discussions, the spirit of the course, rather than any strict
adherence to the letter. He had constructed his questions to elicit
as much individual discussion as possible and had been somewhat
disappointed in his hopes.

Yes, Bertie and Billy were astonished. But their astonishment did not
equal that of Oscar, who had answered many of the questions in the
Professor's own language. Oscar received seventy-five per cent for this
achievement--a good mark. But Billy's mark was eighty-six and Bertie's
ninety. "There is some mistake," said Oscar to them when they told him;
and he hastened to the Professor with his tale. "There is no mistake,"
said the Professor. Oscar smiled with increased deference. "But," he
urged, "I assure you, sir, those young men knew absolutely nothing. I
was their tutor, and they knew nothing at all. I taught them all their
information myself." "In that case," replied the Professor, not pleased
with Oscar's tale-bearing, "you must have given them more than you could
spare. Good morning."

Oscar never understood. But he graduated considerably higher than Bertie
and Billy, who were not able to discover many other courses so favorable
to "orriginal rresearch" as was Philosophy 4. That is twenty years ago,
To-day Bertie is treasurer of the New Amsterdam Trust Company, in Wall
Street; Billy is superintendent of passenger traffic of the New York
and Chicago Air Line. Oscar is successful too. He has acquired a lot
of information. His smile is unchanged. He has published a careful work
entitled "The Minor Poets of Cinquecento," and he writes book reviews
for the Evening Post.

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