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before this winter I have had La Grippe and La Grippe said gleefully, "tag, you're [[double underline]] IT[[/double underline]], again!"  

On Friday and Saturday our storm seemed at its height and not a few of us left the seclusion and comfort of the library or smoking room to venture on the tilting deck for exercise and a look at the strange tumult. I got the exercise and many a look, but I also caught something else. Saturday night I went to my bunk with a shaky chill enveloping my frame and by morning I encountered the old familiar soreness and dispiritedness that marked the setting in of the old grippe.

"Why pick on me?" I asked. "Why should I suddenly be so susceptible to colds and undergo 3 of 'em, count 'em, in one