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Show THE SPANISH FOKft PRESS, SPANISH FORK. UTAH would see what tomes of being too predated It, darned fresh. night" Ill Just bid you good than I ever had thus far In my life. get canned out Do you think thut will help you? said Saunders severely. "Yes, sir," I snld humbly. Yon dont need any more? he " asked anxiously, I No," I suld, almost frantically. can take a hint. "Recnuse weve laid In n whole bar- rel," suld Saunders, "Just for your use. Now, has anyone else any complaint against Simmons? i. "Ills lieud Is swelled," said In tho winter term, said Ilrlggs. We cunt cure thnt in one night,"" I took my hat. I thought thnt would mild Suundcrs, but we can make I strolled over to tho lutid Murk, for ( wus the most Influtwenty-five- . Freshman,, able lines, curefully unconscious of the ential friend he hnd. I didnt really beginning; why dont you study? fuct thnt every one was looking at me, mean to go, nt heart. Rut he got up I got up stlflly nnd swallowed about eud nodding hero and there nt the fel- and opened the door for me. I hnvent flunked any Come back when lta all over, lows of our crowd and the other stuforty rtlmes. more than most, fellows, I said In a dents whom I knew, I always made Petey," he said soberly, and Ill be f bruised nnd battered little voice. It a point to speuk to a large number glild to see you. said' Better make It thirty-five- , Whats ull over?" I snapped. of students because I wanted to be I did. nails my to Whuta next dug In Ilogbooin. They the democratic. the you coming captain, Ilogbootn, Into my hands nnd swore thut If I . wus out of practice that day with a few months, he said soberly. cried I'd feed myself to a trolley car Oh, go to thunder!. I snld, and lame ankle nnd was sitting on the side Oh, awfully," said Allle Rungs, who thut night. lines, I strolled over to him, pushed went out. You can go any time you wnnt, you It wns after ten nnd 1 whs tired. I wns a freshman himself, but bud his hut over his eyes, kicked hlin In know, said Saunders after the treatthe ribs, and finally tackled him about went straight home. Four or five of eurly. Hes afraid to go through unytblng ment. the knees and put him down, neatly the fellows were sitting In the smok I got up nnd grabbed twice ut Ho-gos you pleuse. downstairs, which wus pe but a double door." There were seniors He talks about Us representative boom before I could get hold of hltn who would huve given their eyes to be cullnr, because it wns against the rules In study hours. When I came In they men.' " TIKUK comes u time In tin life rather a point to attend classes, that familiar with Iloggle. nnd hung on. I Im not a quitter, I. "lie wonders If we appreciate his suld. He rullcd me a fool and told me not all jumped up and Saunders went to every tyoung freshman whos though It was unnecessary, for I didn't suppose any professor would have to twist his ankle any more than the stairs. said every one so sudcoming here to school." goes to school 41 nd acquires "Hurrah Here he Is, fellows," he suld. lie patronizes the professors." and notice Hiid vurlous kinds dared to make trouble. Still, I was In could help. While he was picking up and heartily thut 1 got gulpler denly One by one they dlngnosed my feel than ever. of success in Ids class when nu college for the purpose, and besides, it Ills hat Reetns of the Fly Gams, a Come on down." wns a bud thing for us lenders to cut senior who wus f t ture so accurately thnt I shuddered. me. Saunders to said called Sit Ings down," Rut youre going to quit somenear, gives way under the strain Just sitting for behind I dont want to," I said sullenly. Never hnd I heard whnt I thought put things, arent you? said Saunders. he said, his curs, and the consequences classes and start that sort of business over. Ilogbooin," Say, Im Into words In that phonograph fashion. Im going to bed." are horrible In the extreme. I know, among the student body. Lit. was a havent you salted your freshmen You cant spunk them out of mo" He took me without a word and sat When the Indictment wns finished I I flashed. si, because I was that kind of a fresh- ghastly bore. It wns nothing but a yet?" 'd man and I had that kind of trouble, hunch of obituaries and a boost for a Were not trying to, snld SaunEverybody lunghed, and I saw he me on the davenport. I struggled nnd wanted to tnke the first kick at my b r and I was oieruted upon for it by my lot of books on the back shelves of thee meant to Insult me. I could feel my- cussed him, but Ilogbootn and Allen self. ders. "Were Just calling your attenit elders and betters. It wus a success- - libraries. Beowulf wus about as Are we agreed thnt Simmons hend tion to them. You know, we've self getting red, and It made me mnd, came over and sat beside me. They " to me as the duke of Bucking- for If there Is ful operation. Most of them are. Ilut a long time on some of them. anything I detest it U were on the football squad, nnd I wns Is too large?" usked Saunders finnlly. y ft makes me writhe still to think of It. ham's head would have been, and I the wny my fuce butts In and tries to a toy In their hands. The room filled We nre," wns the chorus. You were sassy to a professor to1 Then soak It, said Suundcrs. A day, continued Saunders, after giving f all the cruelties on this savage old didnt cure a holey sock whether Chau- advertise my feelings. I Just shot It up with men. Suddenly I wasnt In il own chapter house with my loving large pall, the kind they used In stn trth the custom of operating upon a cer lived In the thirteenth century right back at Reems. me plenty of chnnce. my Why? vlnces. I dehi .'eshnmn for doinus balloonleus, with- - or In hoc slgno Heres one you fellows didnt get a brothers. I scented to be In a court hies, was brought In filled with water. Because I wns a fool, I guess.' ut giving him ether, Is the most heart-I'- clined to bone on the stuff, but It chance to salt," I said. of Justice. I wns and lowered head first Glv him ten, shouted some one;. less and Inhuman. The Humane so was easy to stall through It, and It Whats the matter? Some fellow bnck of me snickered, Somebody Into this about a dozen times. Then, I object, growled Ilogbooin. You was a good class, In which to study but of a sud- dead? I asked, just to show them that while I sat nnd coughed and wheezed can't spank a man for telling and all nj'dety ought to broaden Its scope Ina nobody laughed, were folks lot a of There types. queer I very Httle so that It could take wasnt impressed. and spattered water from my aching den It occurred to me thnt I would freshmen and give them the protection In It people who seemed to think that have given a lot more money than I Shut up, frcshtnnn." snld Saunders, lungs and nose, Saunders addressed If you dont mind," I snld, rd like We me severely. vet It Is lavishing on the dumb varieties 8ort of thing was Important folks had not to have snld thnt. Nobody who wns president thnt year. tnke to a, few for that professor busiyou'd never meet in the ordinary said anything, and I stood around nnd dont want you to talk except when we hoi o i anlmuis. Simmons," he snld, "you are re- ness. It will mnke me feel better." life. course of college whistled a minute to show the whole tell you to. Were tired of you tyid garded us one of the college marvels. mi, Looking back from this period of So they gave them to me. They also I was sitting In Lit class one day crowd that i, t riper wisdom, I cun see every excuse they could go to grass, In- were going to try to Improve yc a Your head Is ao largo thut the fuculty gave me five for criticizing the food In feet with late November, my hatband I for the freshman whose dividually or collectively. Just as they good deul so you will be fit tC huve doesnt know whether you are a hu- nnd ten for talking about my father man being or a satellite on legs. You bank, and a dozen for being cond- eI breaks with a loud crack along In the stretched out, thinking rather Intently pleased. I turned around and walked around the house." on a little stunt I was working up for over and examined the teams sweatIf you dont want to have me huve got to reduce it ubout three thou scemllng to outsiders, nnd a few misTlnter term. Freshmen are young banjo club, when I suddenly heard ers. After thnt I went up the field and around the house you do&N hnve to," sand sizes, and we are going to help cellaneous swats for small crimes.. rwie of them inconceivably young, the he bones of the head, you know, are a silence funny bow loud a silence looked critically at the sunset, and I snbl sullenly. you all we cun. We wont churge you Then Saunders looked at me be. I looked up quickly. Every then I went Saunders went over to the door anything for our services, either. Now, nnd jmlnted to the blackboard. severely and walked around away rift and elastic in the very young, can There" wns glued on me, and Professor Want to go?" he whut other complulnts are there I was. 'mirrored to ntjself the town a white. I felt awfully funny and opened IL Lley huvent the stern resisting power eye Inconsidme with was looking at cl the older noodle cuses. You take a Timmons something like a eat thnt hns killed asked me. ugulnst Simmons? erate." a punster," fnzy," Impufreshman with wide queer smile. aeventeen-year-olIt suddenly occurred to me that I the cannry. I couldnt understand IL He dresses too loud, said half a dent, boastful," "condescending and on. called hnd been Then I knew I sutures In his green young skull and I was too big a man to feel that way. was perfectly crazy to stay. Rut I dozen men at once. There was Petey Simcomplaining. to I I the said beg and your I pardon," 11 his hend full of compliments was mighty uncomfortable where And yet, was I? You cant hear the college bell for mons as others saw him the Petejr on me? Did I call you I didnt want to go up to the house was. Whats the matter with me? I him, suld llogboom, Simmons whom a day before I could responsibilities and admiration and professor. for dinner that night because I didnt asked, twisting my hat around In my success; churn these all up and mix was very polite and considerate. The clothiers buy horrible things scarcely think of without a reverent "I said Professor did, Timmons, feel sociable, and J finally decided ,to hands. them with a few cigarettes and a little und bet on him whether he'll buy them admiration for the works of nnture.. class laughed right Whats the mntter with him, fel or not, suld Wilbur. ispare time In which to think about still smiling. The go down to Mark Smiths room and And as I saw the list I shrank and a me I out. It hut let nettled it eat supper with him. I would have to lows? asked Saunders. little, himself, and what Is the result? The He sticks and and dissolved and shriveled., rolls buys shouting I What wns it? I asked, nes fresh," said Ralley. He had Ids trousers up to show them, suld shrank, kness begins to ferment and put a pres- pass. nnd fell away, and. became a littlethelp get It and it would be a lot of I clnss Professor The laughed again. sure on the skull. And what hnpens Anyway, I hadnt seen much of been one of my best friends. my old friend Bulley. rembling freshmnn with a sore and' then? That young chaps hend begins Timmons laughed too. Im sorry to whnt shaken body and a mind the Rlze of a. well," said Saunders, Very lie Mr. disturb said, Simmons, you, to expand and swell and get vast and shall we do for It?" pinhead, weighed down with the tnRk-o- f bulbous and full of gas. and it leaks but will you kindly tell us upon whnt came the answer. becoming endurable and possibly "Barrel, barrel," down into his conversation, and pres- tlie fame of Cowper chiefly rests? to my fellow men. thinks the frnt enjoyable Simmons, youll I was perfectly frank. Til be ently he Is firmly convinced that if look better In a barrel," snld Saunders. I wns little Petey Simmons, a I If I said know, pleasantly, hanged you were to set him in the center of s who hnd wasted Just step into the other room, take If the class had hnd any sense It darkest Africa and let him talk for a barnnd those off reinnrks the all the Intq get learning things few hours the monkeys would be wear- would hnve laughed at my Joke ns well rel youll find there.' Petey Simmons, the college-jokens at the professors. Rut there wasnt ing dark glasses and quoting Latin. I felt my wny out of the room with the campus nuisance, the loud Its a a giggle. Professor Timmons didn't , It isnt the freshmans fault. of Hurry up! nnd on the streets, the pest of the noise cries Lively, minute ten about for JO f disease of his youth. I have no pa say anything to me. I my chnslng you!" stripped chapter house. I had always been Ittence with the people who think thnt or maybe ten seconds. Then he cleared Into the barrel. retry Simmons, an undersized conunderclothes and got bis throat uj j When a young fellow of .eighteen gets I sumer of perfectly good oxygen,-bCome ouL called Saunders. You havent favored us with very making funny noises about himself nnd some one had patted me ' on barrel the the grabbed by edge Mr. Sim much this wnit-Iterm, d knowledge horizon on land the stands around reljt came I room. Into As head the a few months ago and It' the a shivering in he said dlsquletlngly Ing for science to come and determine limns, stood there with perspiration stains hnd swelled heavens, how It had ' reto Are way. you Is planning quiet he his going height by trlangulatlon th, and snlt on my face, bare arms hold swelled. Suddenly all my grandiose with me permanently? t jg ' to' be a lifelong annoyance and ought main Ing up my costume with a deathlike doings of those insane months rose up wns Rut It wns Thnt all. enough. a he like drowned superfluous jto and bnlf a ynrd of bare legs pro- vividly before me. I gagged1 at the grip, finished Timmons with Professor W Isnt the first time In his life It from the lower end of the bnr-re- thought of then). Oh. how stclr T hnd1 me. truding when I didn't and mouth, my open he been loud and has unnecessary, that a(j I more enthusiasm than been! But I was better now. awakened The out was dismissed I the rlnss stalked not be will Into jjn ' hnd if he goes Of politics It is a I hnd ever dreamed of Treating, even swelling was going down. Explode bunch as If they had that Inst he time. the through course, very ,ou, In my most ambitious flights of Imagbomb In almost any swelling-nnam in favor of been red ants. I never hnd bcn so ljen. fereat nuisance, and I ination. It will be materially reduced. Shrieks, yells and cheers, compelling him to go around with his mad in my life. I hnd been called You wouldnt care to say a word, gnsps, howls and hysterics came from ' bend In a grain sack for about six down before the class me, Petey Sim my loving brethren. As they quieted would you, freshmnn? said Saunders knonths. Rut he will get over it ; and mans. Its president called down by a down they began to comment on my after a long silence. be has a better chance In college than cheap professor, who wasnt anything I got up, very stlflly. I guess not. appearance. but a warehouse for dates. anywhere else, because the upper-clasIs thnt the way a god looks In his I stammered. "I don't know enough For a minute I men In college hnve studied this mat- I simply boiled. to say anything except except underwear?" ter And have given it their careful at- thought of quitting school. I dropped "I thought he was mostly clothes." thank you. tention. Let a young man who Is try- the Idea, however. It wasnt the col He looks a lot better, though, withHurrah! snld every one. That ing to wear one of the rings of Saturn loges fault Rut when I met ARhcroft, out thnt vest. for a hntlmnd escape from college into who was leader of the bnnjo club, I Jolt was too much. I cried. IT doesnt strut as much In thnt Then they let me go upstairs to bed' the world In this condition and It will burned thnt bunch up good and plenty, barrel." and called down Wnnsworth, who was probably kick him to death trying to I told him just whnt I thought about IN THAT RIG. HIS YOUNG LADY FRIENDS OUGHT TO SEE HIM He ought to wear It all the time, a freshman, too, and cure him. Rnt leave him in school for the whole business. If I hadnt been far gone In MIGHT SAVE A LOT OF BROKEN HEARTS." ne wouldnt be able to pound his ac- !t. The next morning very a few months and at the end of this too much of a gentleman, I stormed, he ate very little I would hnve shown up that old fos- Mnrk for quite a while, and I didnt Hes darned fresh." suld Whipple. quaintances on the back." more than I did and acted like a man time. If he has not been overlooked Nor smoke cigarettes on the who hnd fallen 4,000,000 miles out and hns had proper enre and treat- sil right before his class. I would want him to think I was feeling su- He hnd proposed my name to the banof campus." ment. he will be wearing a thimble for hnve asked him whnt he wns doing for perior. So I bought a pie nnd some jo club. a blissful dream, landing very hnrd. see to His friends Hes so fresh that tlie other frnts young lady ought a skull cap and it will be coming down the coll., besides trying to flunk the stuff and went up to Marks room But we never confided In each other. over his enrs at that. students who nre putting up a fight for and told him I had come to supper, are asking us If he lets us sleep In him In this rig. It might save a lot of When you take a young man who I Ref ore I had attended SI wash col- It. Rut I didnt, and It wasnt because and for him to get a big hustle on ami the house nights," snld Allen, who hnd broken hearts." contented with himself and reduce "All right, touch off the flashlight. him to the mangled renmlns of everylege three months I hnd mlslnld my I wns afraid of the faculty either. get It ready and I would fielp. We bad been kinder to me than anyone, nnd Thnt was Ashcrofts chnnce to come a nice supper and I felt better. Mark who I dearly loved. Rang!" shyness and modesty and was a roar-la- r thing he hnd Imagined himself to be, Then they let me go up to my room you cant expect him to recover at Do you hear thaL freshman?" suld Rut he was feeling great because he had a unmitigated nuisance. .When I In with a little sympathy. considered what I had accomplished didnt. When I had finished there wns chance at a laundry agency that would Saunders. They think youre fresh. and put on some old clothes. I want- once. I was quite low nnd miserable In those three months I felt so proud another of those stillnesses that you net him $4 a week and let him go to Does every one here think this (point- ed to stay there nnd Inhnle Illuminatfor a week. Every little thing thnt I that It was difficult for even me to can almost chew up and swallow. a boarding club, nnd we had a Jolly ing at me with his thumb) Is fresh? ing gns. but when ITogboom called to hnd stepped carefully over during my anu imagine the Yes, yes, yes," came the answer In me I got out of thnt room In two Colossus dnys rose up and towered I looked at Ashcroft. lie was smll old vlsIL Mark was square, anyway, respect to which I was entitled. I hnd come to SI wash, young, Ing in a sort of queer wny. Finally he and a lot more of a fellow than some a thunderous chorus. Every one was Jumps. Somehow I couldnt bear to above nip, and kept me sfretchlng my thet .unheralded, unknown, bashful, timid, renched over and think of disappointing thnt crowd In neck nnd dodging like an ant under a patted me me on of the bluejays I was trotting with. against me. iava undersized and Ignorant, and I hnd, by the back Just as if I hnd been a yellow He had Then salt him, said Saunders se- anything they might want. and understanding, and lodge pnrnde. Suddenly SIwnsh was depth rout my own When I returned there was a large a mighty It was with perfect confidence thnt I verely. sterling worth and ability dog. college again, as It ni Two men brought In a saucer with blackboard In one end of the room. hnd been when I wns In forced Immediate recognition. I was Never mind, Fetey," he said. We told him about the Insult I had gotten high nvlwas president of my class. I hnd led the air have our brainstorms. Youll be thnt afternoon. I wanted to put It up some snlt In It. Get down on your Saunders standing before It. school, and It was full of busie,n rooters through the football season nnd better to him as strongly as I could, so I knees and lap that up, said Saunders. Brothers, said he, hnve you any nesslike young giants who would pretty soon." other fault to find with this fresh- have to he encouraged to tolerate me. yr ; hid Invented four new yells. I had Nice thing to hand ont to a fellow, told him the whole thing how I felt Rut," I began. pl wide the banjo club. I was mentioned wasnt it? I was furious. Ashcroft about It and everything. . Now," I "He needs persundlng," said Saun- man?" But finnlly I did something that made ork' ne borrows clothes," snld Shall we persuade I hnd got over wasnt so much, anyway. If I hadnt asked when I had finished, what do ders mildly. cotillion, loader. me feel better. It was lonely around - Jj.f't ige- iicj fear of strange girls and was so come Into his old bnnjo club that fall him?" the house not because the you think I had better do?" You bet he does," snorted Ralley, wouldnt notice me, but because I boys Me first." No, me." populnr that It almost broke my heart It would have hnd hard pulling on the Yes, yes." Mark was busy dnrnlng a sock and hnd ore-- when I took a young lady to n pnrty to solo part. I Just turned on my heel evidently thinking the thing over. Rut There was almost a row for the priv- who roomed with me. I can't keep a to keep so quiet to keep them from inn, think of the blighting disappointment as conspicuously as I could and left when I asked him he looked up. Oh, ilege, but It was soon settled and I was tie to myself ten minutes." doing It. So I put on my hat about me- - that would conker In a dozen Thats a bnd fault," snld Saunders. nine one evening and went down to' gentle him. I ilgnred thnt about five months I wouldnt worry about It," he snld persuaded. I cant bring myself to desvef. bosoms. I belonged fo the finest frnt of eoW It It ought to be worth five." Mark Smiths room. I knocked timidpoliteness on my part would carelessly; every one makes a break scribe this painful performance. No, ten," shouted Rnlley. , rln college hnd chosen It myself after teach him a few things about courtesy. now and then." brought bnck my very young days vivly. Two weeks before I would hnvo Make It seven." said Saunders. kicked the door In. het 'Carefully considering the merits of oth-g- ; idly. I strolled over to the football field, I know It," I snld eagerly. I tef applicants. Are you persuaded?" snld Saunders, Freshmnn, get down over Hogboom's where tbe team wnsAhnvIng flnnl pracProfessor Timmons Isnt a bnd felCome In, Bald Mark. knees." mil, i The president spoke to me by name. tice before (the Thnnksglving game, and low." snld Mnrk. finally. I edged In cautiously and said Ilel-l- o. Seven swift, stinging slaps Jnrred me 5 to 'The college paper Joked about my I got sorrier for myself nt every stop. Yes," I gasped with difficulty, for I "nes a No," I snld generously, had been fnce down for quite a while. from truck to keelson. What else?" pf aence. SI wash wns a better college for No matter whnt a fellow does In the real good old chap. I went all the wny tn and stood! jx f coming. Of course, I wns wasting world, he Isn't appreciated, ne can If you went up to him before clnss I was released, and, getting down on asked Sounders. watting. Nothing happened. He mnkes bad Jokes. at the table," ime jr I time, but I was no snob, nnd even work himself Into the grave for his tomorrow and apologized lied laugh my hands nnd knees, I lapped up the Im bnck again, I said finally. school a I Intended to school, and the yaps who stand around at the whole thing." little wag snlL' while the assembly commented snld some one. lnt So soon? said Mark. i Il k to It until my Junior year, He does, he does," came a general nrennd do the light yelling will kick him 1 with awful brutality on the performMel I gnsped. Apologize!" I snld, Its happened.! Yes," It up give It some tone, the first chnnce roar. l.v, and a tie gpt. Ry the time saw It all In a flnRh. Mnrk wns on the ance, ; Whnts happened?' If d herever I went to Yale or liar-J- '. I hnd reached theyfield "Does It well for a great man, doesn't I hnd a right other side, too. Tt made me so mad the 'Ten," said Saunders. Whnt was coming to me." or ird Columbia to finish I ' KMr. PresIdenL I protest," shouted up, Id good notion to cease all my activities In n second thnt I could hnve bitten he? nes not a bnd fellow on bis hands Alien. "Ive suffered more than thnt I Oh!" ,ft wild always think kiudly of SI wash for a few months and Just lot the SIwnsh college out of the map. edged over to a chair and sat t td defend It. school sweat along. In fact, I decided myself from those Jokes." I was so mnd I couldnt think. I nnd knees." down. jl jAfter I hnd reflected In the end I got twenty-five- . "It will take a barrel to make him along these to do It. It made me feel better. I got up. Hob The whole bunch of you They Sure Its a cure? asked Mnrk sus.Lies for a couple of hours along hegnn to picture to myself the plena thlr.k were endurable." ' awful. They Jnrred my spine snld I hat smart," pretty youre spub piciously. about the middle of November I used nre I would take In explaining my rea- - j You wouldnt think a little runt like nnd my soul. They Jnrred tears into s can go chase In but teringiy, you remarked with emphasis. I Sny," ito look doubtfully at a couple of trolto the delegations from the bnnjo that could be so loud." my eyes. I wanted to cry, but I ."If you see any signs of It coming Im through with you." 0ves. ley poles and fold my enrs hnck before club nnd the rooters chorus nnd the There wns a lot of the snlt. I didnt. I would hnve let them dis- bnck, will you kindly take u baseball' JTe wns "Too bnd." said Mnrk. dared to edge through between them. freshmen class nnd the cotillion club. on.1 p4 sick, but member me first. nnd gurgled, me gngged, made If Thnt madder. laughing. bnt and flatten It? I remember, oh, how plainly, the I would be Just ns Wlint else? asked Saunders. plensnnt ns I could possible. I struck out blindly. iuM they didnt seem to.w'.vl it. I finnlly Tve Yep," said Mark. "Have you got: shadow that fell across my be, but firm. And when they hnd jH.on wasting a lot of time with finished nnd ;.oKPd up, cold sweat He doesnt study. Hes endanger- your Livy pounded out?" at first little was you." In It Lit. ulwsq. I made it wormed itho reason out of me thpy jbHrt. and feeling more miserable ing the reputation of the frnt. IIoll (Copyright.) j gnid, You cfon- seem to hnve on- - or u, I thought it all out nnd It made me good-nature- llog-boou- -- lug-roo- of-e- 1 vulu-abl- been-hintin- s.- rj up-cud- the-trutli.- ? d greet-freshmn- n three-month- , ut ? -- -- pup-wu,l- lr l, t,- . d , cold-storag- s e c . J I - , Win-thrn- p. I In-re- al N-jf lt - any-pu- ll , your-son- , - M |