Show THE THE SILVER QUESTION 3 1 J I. I An Attempt to Settle it With Gloves J J. J The laboratory was in a hush Mr Laker had gone to borrow a jack plane to to plane out the grooves which the boys i had worn in his checker board during the past few weeks when they ought to have been wrestling with sines cosines and formula Mr Borgquist who was thinking thinking thinking think think- ing of the long list of substances he had half analyzed but never finished heaved a deep sigh and gave a brown bottle a ac c shake to see how how- much solid matter had accumulated since he started to generate ammonium mm sulphide in it two weeks before Mr McDonald as he silent silently y shifted a apiece apiece apiece piece of rock salt from one side of his mouth to the other tried to satisfy himself himself himself him him- self under what circumstances lying is justifiable Mr Baird whose hobby is curing toothache with a tablespoonful of water and a seat on the radiator was wondering where he co could ld find a p patient tient to experiment on The local editor who plays checkers because he breaks less glassware when thus engaged than when making analyses was looking for some someone someone someone one to fix plenty Mr Ridges was canceling out two names on the leaf fly-leaf his and wondering wondering- why they wouldn't come out rigl right t Mr Ellerbeck vas v vas astride his hi's pony the CHRONICLE edito edis editor edi edi- tor to tor was s reflecting on the degener degeneracy cy of country newspapers newspapers' in general Mr l Io p s' s was studying the extraction of gold from fl 1 its while Mr Danvers I ores while hi e j i i i t i i I J r rt t i i tH f h giving an extra polish to the brass buttons of his uniform meditated on the plot of l' l lof his new book Military drill in the Uni Uni- What I used to know about it I At this point Mr Young oung entered the J laboratory and mounting the table broke the silence by announcing in n stentorian tones Gentlemen Mr Leaver and myself myself myself my my- self have at last found a solution to the silver question Silver and Gold are to o meet at once in the square ring and settle the matter with two ounce gloves But hist Dont Don't mention it out of school The faculty is afraid of injuring the reputation of the U University We shall now proceed proceed proceed pro pro- pro pro- to select a referee and two time keep keep- ers Mr hove in sight at this point and declared that he was entitled entitled entitled to the position of referee because he was the only dead game sport in school but Mr Gibson who prides himself on his extensive knowledge of the manly art disputed Mr claim and wanted the position himself He got it Hills and Sprague were selected as timekeepers for their long points and because they wore the best gold watches in the crowd Mr Decker acted as second for Silver and Mr Smith backed Gold up The ring was soon squared and the mill began The contestants advanced to the centre and after they had shaken hands the round commenced Both men sparred cautiously for an opening Silver landed a light one an on Golds Gold's wind and in return received a swinging blow on the head Gold made a lead for Sil Silvers Silver's vcrs vcr's chin but the latter ducked and got in one on Golds Gold's face which sent him down a few points but he at once arose to his usual position At the end of the round Gold seemed t to have the advantage Silvers Silver's face had suffered considerably but he stood a a fa fair r show to win in the end as' as as his wind was much better than Golds v 1 1 1 j i Just as the second round was was' about to begin Mr Swan who was listening at atthe atthe the door of the dark room loom suddenly announced announced announced an an- that the professor was coming down the stairs This meant an interruption interruption interruption inter inter- of the fight and probable punishment punishment punishment punish punish- ment for every everyone one concerned So the contestants disappeared and when the professor entered the room every everyone one was wasi i industriously at work at his desk and an anair anair ai air of serenity prevailed And so the silver problem is still unsettled pI y F |