Show STUDENT LIFE 196 refused to see the passing While he was not born of illustrious parentage nor midst the pomp and splendor of an heir apparent to the Spanish throne Jack Murane was not the more proud In the days that were gone he had not been a stranger on Regret’s 'and Sorrow’s trails The handling of these vicissitudes tended only to further develop and brand his sterling worth as a character and his personal integrity as a man Through the development of disrough encretionary years in the vironment of a little north-westemining camp appreciation’s certain intellectual power was occult surely but modestly assuming recognition The passing time that stood for a cycle of progressive development for Jack was but a few short years from the awakening in n the little mining he when sat on this to night camp a pole bench with Jim Garret lawyer in the Alaskan music hall The period of happy moments was gliding away to music sweet in that primitive land It was a dollar a dance but even at that the cost was in no way commensurate with the infinite joys that it bought The silverv ring of the coin and dead plank of gold dust poke on the bar mingled strangely midst the noisy din of happy reveller and siren The “houch” — “damn good stuff” — drunk down and again to orchestral rythmn the fur clad miner with favorite swung on Jack Murane was restless but well-trodd- en rn north-wester- sou-bret- te silent Neither man had anything to say — everything appeared to nave been told Murane shifted again on the bench for comfort crossed his knees and leaned against the mud chinked log wall He tried to wander back he thought — a moment — abstractedly md with an expression of promised contentment felt for man’s best inIn joy or in animate companion sorrow it is ever the same Having filled and lighted up solace was long sought in the sweet fragrant blue smoke that arose from the bowl of his nicked and batHe had forgotten he tered pal had a friend Garret was growing lonely It was distressing to withstand tne engendered silence longer The counsel turned to cheer his losing client whose cause he had fought so hard in that memorable case to defend but — he stopped —mellowed silence mastered still That fraternal consolation was hushed and strangely borne away He would look to see admire — while it lasted Away down deep to that magnificently balanced character he mentally proposed and drank to him who then entwined in the labyrinth of dreams approached a certain ideal Way back in plebi-a- n days the freshman year Garret recalled the expressive sunhat burned face the and blue flannel shirt no suspenders — the Western dress that lie wore the first time that he ever saw him And they came together were college pals in the com- wide-brimm- ed |