Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale

"Ah, there, Merriwell!"
Frank Merriwell was crossing the campus at good old Yale, and this cry, in a familiar voice, sounded from Durfee Hall.
He turned his eyes toward the favorite dormitory, and seated at an open window on the ground floor he saw his classmate, Jones, he of the famous nickname, "Dismal."
"Hello, Dismal," called Frank, "aren't you going to come out and shake hands with a fellow?"
"I would if it wasn't for the shower," responded Jones, whose usually solemn face was graver t...