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Miss Brooks, sorry, Eve Harden. The life of an average school teacher attempted to run along a fairly smooth and even path. But if that teacher's name is Constance Brooks and she teaches English at Madison High School, that path is apt to be not quite so smooth and even.

Somehow, while most girls go through life attracting boys, I go through a detracting accident. Wednesday, as I was leaving Clay City High after a visit with a friend, I hit the jackpot of all accidents.

I was walking toward the elevator, my mind, off in space, when a few seconds later so was I. I had stepped into an open elevator shaft. The next thing I knew, I was hanging by my fingertips.

Jason Brill, Clay's principal, had rushed up and pulled me to safety. The newspaper photographers had taken our pictures and we were so busy I didn't have a chance to faint until I got home. The next morning, as my landlady and I sat down to breakfast, breakfast I slipped the newspaper casually under Mrs. Davis's eyes and waited for her

reaction finally it came in tones quivering with excitement she said honey what's a two-letter word meaning sun god Davis look no dear look as four letters maybe I should try it vertical now let's see what's a three-letter word for feline I'm the mystic animal.

Yeah. Oh, no. Quiet men are then finish your milk. Now, three letter word for feline domestic animal. Yeah. It's no use, Minerva. Yeah. Hey, if you forget that crossword puzzle for a moment and look at the front page, you might see a story about a person you know that will interest you.