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THE GALLEON
WHEN BENJAMIN
>FRANKLIN CAME BACK
TO EARTH.
By Virgil Gore
After I had finished my col-
lege course-that is to say, I
had written themes on every
subject I couk) think of; I had
memorized the entire Spanish
vocabulary, not to mention
idioms, conjugations, etc; I
knew all there was to know
about Math, and science; and I
had learned all of Professor
Holden's hobbies well enough to
,ut up a passing examination
paper without burdening my-
self with the knowledge on the
all-important subject of His-
tory.. At the close of the four
years, or five, maybe six, I
found myself with a "diploma in
one hand and a bouquet in the
other," and they toldi me that I
was an A. B. (I don't know
what that stands for, but confi-
dentially, I think it means ab-
normal boob). I received an
amazing lot of flowers, pres-
ents, etc. But after the mo-
mentary triumphs had given
way to the hum-drum of daily
life I heard the stern voice of
father Duty calling; so I pro-
ceeded to the woodshed; that is,
I went to the Texas Technologi-
cal College, at Lubbock, for
some.more hard work. I bent
my energies towar learning
electrical engineering; however,
I didn't bend them enough to
warrant any fear of breakage;
that isn't my style.
After a comparatively short
sojourn with those eager seek-
ers after knowledge, I found
myself the proud possessor of
another "sheep-skin," more
flowers and presents. I was al-
so on the receiving end of a
string of congratulations. After
all these conquests it was some-thing of a "come down" when
old man Duty called me again
and informed me that it was
time to hoist my mainsail and
launch out in the sea of busi-
ness.
I was not long in securing
work as the West Texas Utili-
ties Co. needed a man who knew
electricity from A to Z. It was
while I was on this job that a
stranger came into the store
late one evening in the fall (not
the rise) of 1930 or '31. Of
course you want to know who
this sinister figure was. Sup-
pose you just be patient and
"keep your shirt on" and in due
course of time you will know.
He was short, stocky, and more
graceful than the celebrated bo-
vine. He had a broad nose in
the exact center of the middle
of his face. (I obtained that bit
of interesting and important in-
formation by a series of mathe-
matical calculations which it be-
hooves me not to impart to an
unsympathetic and unsophisti-
cated reader). But to return to
the subject in hand-you under-
stand, that is not to be taken
literally; I have the subject in
hand, not the man. Well as I
was saying you could hardly call
him a sheik or a jelly-bean, or a
dude, or a fop; he was dressed
in the conventional attire of an
old time Quaker. I had seen his
smiling countenance in many
pictures on the walls of various
homes. I had even seen him in
advertisements so I knew at
once that it was Benjamin
Franklin.
Instead of sauntering over to
the counter like any normal per-
son would have done, he stood
in the doorway gazing at the
electric lights. His jaw dropped,
his elbows were akimbo, and his
legs were bowed as usual. At
last he stepped to the nearest11
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