The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-17
YOUNG RHETT's REVENGE.
How q Southern Student Punished
q New Hampshire Bully.

Yer heat, one OF the young hnetts OF
South Carolina was sent to Harvard
University, writes the Washington
correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record. At that time the students
at fair Harvard were pretty sharply
divided by Mason and Dixon's line.
The Northern boys were led by big
bully from q New Hampshire farm.
He thrashed everybody in both par
ties, but he displayed his Partially
by tbrashing the Southern boys twice
to the Northern boys once. The uni
versity has changed wonderfully
since then, of course. but at that time
it Was more like great English pub
lie school in some respects than like a
great English university. Young
Mr.. Rhett had not been there long
before he was knocked down by young
Mr.. New Hampshire. 1twas a novel
experience for the young aristocrat.
and he could thinkGf but one remedy.
He promptly sent the bully chal-
leuge. The young man from New
Hampshire made no immediate reply.
This naturally increased the curiosity
of the other fellows as to what the out
come would be. Next morning young
New Hampshire waited at the chapel
door for yonng Rhett. Quite crowd
had gathered when MIR. Rhet, arrived.
Ibid you write that p asked the
New Hampshire boy savagely, hold
ing the challenge before Rhett's face
Eyes, 1 did," said Rhett, pale of
face but defiant of heart. New Hamp-
shire said nothing more, but deliber-
ately tore the challenge into ships
and bits, and then threw the bits into
Rhett's white face. The New Hamp-
shire boy and the other fellows passed
into the chapel, and the dazed South
Carolinian was left alone. Mechani-
cally he stopped and bit by bit picked
up the pieces of paper lying at his
feet. Then he went over to Boston.
playing with the bits of paper in his
pocket as he went. In the afternoon
he reappeared, but he said nothing to
his nearest friend about his visit to
Boston. Nor did he disclose his plans
for getting even with his enemy
Every day for weeks he regularly
visited Boston, and when not away on
these trips occupied himself with his
textbooks. One day. when quite a
number of his fellows were standing
on the campus, among them the bully
from New Hampshire, young Rhett
appeared there for the first time in
many days.
"Come here" said he to young
NewHampshire, calling him by name.
"Come here yourself" said the
bully.
"Meet me half way" said Rhett,
and the bully consented. As soon as
New Hampshire got within striking
distance Rhett quickly knocked him
down. Surprised and maddened, he
rushed at Rhett like an angry bull
Rhett felled him like q butcher, and
every time New Hampshire approach
ed Rhett ski!lfully defended himself
and skillfully offended New Hamp-
shire. At length the latter, badly
used up, fell helpless at Rhett's feet,
Rhett Immediately put his foot on
his breast.
Let me up" moaned New Hamp-
shire.
mot just yet" said Rhett. "You
gota challenge from me once?"
Eyes" groaned New Hampshire.
''Instead of replying to it like a
gentleman" went on Rhett, "you
tore it up and flung the pieces in my
face"
Eyes" said New Hampshire, with
an effort.
"Well, said Rhett. cody. 81 saved
the pieces. and you've got to eat them
before you get up" Thereupon he
slowly fed New Hampshire the care
fully preserved bits he had picked up
at his feet in front of the chapel door
weeks before. And the bully ate
them all. Rhett had utilized his Bos-
ton trips to the best advantage with
the most scientific sluggers of his day.
1t was not until he had succeeded in
knocking one of mis- Instructors down
that he undertook New Hampshire.
Tradition has it in Georgia, where i
heard the story, that Rhett and New
Hampshire subsequently faced one
another on the battlefield, Rhett fall
ing then under New Hampshire's
sword, only to see New Hampshire
Frustrated by q rebel bullet.
He Would be q Gentleman.
Georgia Major.
The other day Miggs came down
town and iuhilantlv announced tnaf