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Professor Burns, an aged instructor, is reduced to poverty, and the story opens at his home, where he is receiving the condolence of his good wife. His book, on which he has been working ... See full summary

Professor Burns, an aged instructor, is reduced to poverty, and the story opens at his home, where he is receiving the condolence of his good wife. His book, on which he has been working for months, has been declined by publishers and he is in the throes of despair. He has no money to satisfy the butcher, but rather than part with one of his books, he endures the pangs of hunger. Unexpectedly he receives a note from one of his old pupils, inviting him to a banquet in honor of the seven surviving members of the class. He is not inclined to accept the invitation, as he has not the proper clothing, but his wife insists, and from an old trunk resurrects an old-time dress suit and silk hat and he goes away in high glee. He meets his old pupils and, after a college yell, they repair to the banqueting room. The professor, thinking on his starving wife, deftly secrets articles of food in the folds of his napkin and handkerchief, which he afterwards removes to his pockets, unseen by any of the...