The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-08-23

/ College StUr,

| Arthur lloyat looked At himself III the
glass seriously, and without scltlove ol
seH-prciudcc. He saw there d frank.
good naturcd face, pair Of blue eyes,
and mass Of curly brown hair As fir
- tc could Judge there was nothing par
ticularly out 3f The way with bi- rountc-
nance.
SAY Dick" hc began, 10 lis room
mate, io was puzzIing over page ol
Aenophon, I've been taking account Of
stock, and ! don't sce anything unpar-
| eonabIy wrong abont NY features. They
ARC not angular enough to he called sharp,
nor level enough to be Justly styled fiat
- can exactly See the ~uitabencss of
the expression which has somehow come
to be my college cognomcn"
Don { bt tool @rowled Dick with
ont looking up from his book
~ have always been Il great sticxlcr
fer the fitness Of things e.crnai and tenn
poral, continued Arthur: ',and III to be
y Flat is really applicable as ii correct
description Of the impression my person
al appearance makes on my companions
al right. Id rs soon respond 10 that
name rs any other; hut il its mol mine
then, old fellow, its cot to be stoppcd.n =
If you'd rob hen s-roosts, and steal
the housekeeper's preserves, and lay traps
;stehtss,4 al l.A.A. l,;s.
Cain generally, you'd be the most pop,l-
lar feliow-in college said Dick, with d
disdainfnl grimace, still with his eyes.
fixed on his book : ssThcy let me alone,
you see, because don't care hang for
EN-, and because they know'Ym as poor
as poverty and as dull as "a hard shell
clam. You get ahead OF 'em in class.
Im,aluays in the rear. You have money
to subscribe to everything there is going,
and you refuse to spend 1t in rfotous liv-
ing. / havn't any money, and therefore
I'm OF no consequence. Whoever says
that there isn't compensation for every
thing don't know what they arc talking
about
"You're IA patient old soldier. said
Arthur, with merry laugh, 'and I-wish
| iiad something Of your philosophy
But the fact is, every time I'm called "A
Flat, | feel the fight tingling al over
me. | am afraid that some time my fist
will become unmanageablen
II guess not' Dick replied. You'd
only get yourself in worse muss, beside
having something to he sorry for all the |
days OF your life, perhaps. But there's |
the bell, and I'm out Of the bolt-ropes
as usual
There's a row in the camp said Ar
thurs right hand neighbor, as tie young
men took their seats in class. Some of |
the boys scared old Mrs. Allen into fits
last night and they say it is a liner
Nobody thinks she'll pull through. One
OF the fellows dressed up in white. and |
rode the Ola Woman's COW clear into the |
kitchen. They let out the pig, and stoned I
the house and broke the windows. and |
goodness knows what they didn't do.
There won't he any show for the bows
that cut up those capers."
well, there oughtn't to be- said Ar /
thur, Indignantly.
just then the Greek Professor entered /
the classroom. and, after surveying the I
students moment, sud with great seri- /
ousness
II am requested by the President to
say to Arthur Hoyt and Richard Denham
that they We're to repair at once to the
library, where the Faculty Of this college
wait to see them
AL right, str. responded Arthur, /
Conscious integrity made
him bold. Dick rose slowly, and walked
out in his usual logged manner.
Say, a Flat you're in for -itl' said
one Of the class, in a low tone, as the
young man passed him. You're turn
has come now, "A Flatr y said another.
''Mcbbe yo,l won't be 50 high and
mighty now that you're found out at
last ~ f
What do You suppose it is? Dick
inquired, as he came up with Arthur.
"Some contemptible trick Of the boys, y
said Arthur; "but we shall soon know,
Brace up old fellow, for here we are.
A few words sufficed to put the visitors
~ possession Of all they wanted to know.