Kathleen
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By Christopher Morley 2 Mar, 2020
The Scorpions were to meet at eight o'clock and before that hour Kenneth Forbes had to finish the first chapter of a serial story. The literary society, named in accordance with the grotesque whim of Oxford undergraduates, consisted of eight members, ... Read more
The Scorpions were to meet at eight o'clock and before that hour Kenneth Forbes had to finish the first chapter of a serial story. The literary society, named in accordance with the grotesque whim of Oxford undergraduates, consisted of eight members, and it was proposed that each one should contribute a chapter. Forbes was of a fertile wit, and he had been nominated as the first operator. He had been allowed the whole Christmas vacation to prepare his opening chapter; which was why on this first Sunday of the term while the rest of Merton College was at dinner in hall, he sat at his desk desperately driving his pen across the paper. Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. It fell into the hands of one of the Scorpions, the group turned it into their grand literary effort, and so the great Kathleen expedition was organized.  Less
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Christopher Morley was an American journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. Morley began writing while still in college. ...
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