Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21
NOVEMBER
A FRESIIMAN.
Experience of IL New Boy at the Univcr-
sity.


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Yes I'm n freshman. | have enrolled
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can now nc suIelN oPcHe" "'" inc ""II"
breathcs easily once more.
/ reached Ann Arbur at night the Uni
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cries OF Hack SIR, mack any part Oh the
city only quarter and an unusual
number Of Young men were standing
r,,,,d thn dnnnt .nIotfur,n notvithstnnd-
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ing the l''' tnu' "''N "e.V'' cum !
had written To the Mayor OF the city, tell
ing him that desired no public demon
stratipu of any Kind ON my arrival. One
of tur crowd approrchcd me a. got off
The car
CAR, Won a fresh p" said he. addressing
me.
no. I'm not fresh"
"NOu misunderstood mean are YOU
uOiur tO the 'NprSitr >"
"Wcl YES. rnlhrl---'
"That' : ripEt--Wp'rp IL rcCpptiOn com
mittrr sent tO receive Won RIGHT this
way. SIR. here's II carriage in waiting
wen take YOU right up to the Pow Wow
House"
"Thc Pow Wow House? Not much. |
want some civilized hotel, if any at all. "
you mistake me again. sir the Pow
Wow House is first class all the Detroit
boys stop there and some of them are eX-
pecting you now here's our carriage"
This was sufficient
The driver on the RIG was fast asleep
even in the midst of the hustle and yell
ing of his professional brethren and his
Indifference seemed to indicate that he had
been engaged beforehand
Rather an odd name. should think,
the COW Wow House. ! said. as we drove
of. addressing one of the three who had
taken seats beside me. lis the Pow Wow
House IL political rendezvous -
"Oh, no. the Pow Wow House is not
Bangs 80 broke i'll another, let him
judge for himself :"
Correct - said Bangs, "lct him Judge
BY the way. this is Il lively town. and he
proceeded to divert my attention to other
topics. After five minutes of general
conversation the trio assumed moody
silence, and as we drove on for at least
two miles without a word being uttered
began to have misgiVings that mcthng
was wrong. What object could these tcl-
lows have in taking me up town, as they
said, ON Il dark might Robbery. murder
Did they believe me to be one of untold
millions le gods | had with me less
than half Million pawn check for my
tons and would be murdered for such
trash Was this all my existence was
worth And if they took me for one of
lavish means how disappointed they
would be, What a joke it would hc ON
them, Thought, when they found out
their mistake What a joke it would b"
On--uu-lt wouldn't be So with me: must
lrt this golden opportunity siip.aud again.
| thought if they mediate murder and
robbery could not hUmHnciN save them
what know will be useless cNcrtiOnS ON
their part brotcss labor, by revealing to
them my destitute condition How
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But hoId-thc next thought made me take
courage perhaps they mean murder only
and not robbery at all perhaps they are
medical students from the University who
are in need OF Il fit subject for dissection
in their daily work and have selected me
and are driving me out to some lonely
spot where will be murdered in some
horrible manner and not robbed nj all :.
This was encouraging, but was it any
more So than the idea of Combined muir
der and robbery No Well Well, |
must escape, must fight if necessary. !
must accept the most ghOStlN chance
was getting restless and was Just cOnsid-
cring which of the three was the smallest
and easiest for me To begin on in my work
of destruction, when the vehicle suddenly
stopped,
"Ah, here we are, said Bangs. We all
got out and | looked around \ lonely
street of plutonian darkness no one in
sight Il dense grove near at hand ii
house in the trees of the grove Some one
opened the door of the place and Bangs
left Us and ran up to him and had Il con
VersatiOn IN Il low tone, Then he hallocd
To one of the two ! was with, whom he
called Bailey, and asked HIM to bring up
my satchcl. Bailey snatchrd it up and ran
to the open door The other began
move or. ! hcsitatcd. ! must have that
Satchcl. The Greek would die with his
shield or on i'll would die withmy Satch-
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