The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-12-17

though you expected The floor to fallin
the cellar, or the roof to blow of, or q
can Of dynamite to explode any min
ute. Whore have been? Been to-
college. have got an education that
would surprise YOU. Look at my
head Bumps haye grown out on it.
all over, as big as hickory nuts. That
is brain, enlarged from study. Oh, |
have drank from the fountain Of know
ledge until it is a wonder have not
got the educational dropsy. Studies
that it takes ordinary pale boys years
to master, | have tackled and master
ed in IL single day, ! am loaded for
bear"
"You look it," said the groceryman,
as he reached over and felt Of some OF
the bumps on the boys head Say,
this bump may be from an enlarge
ment of the brain, but it looks to me
as though you had been hit with a
sledge hammer"
"Shl Don't give it away" said the
boy, as he winked out of his left eye.
You are right. In our class in gym
hastics there were some fellows very
handy with their fists, and at the
graduating exercises | was Knocked
silly. One of the amateur Sullivans
in our class knocked ME all around
the recitation room. But you ough
to see me recite in lawn-tennis and
baseball. / graduated in baseball a.
lie head of my class, and at rowing
ook a medal. Football is my besi
holt. Look here" and he hauled of
ne foot and kicked a small Hubbard
quash clear to the ceiling, where il
truck some baskets, wash-boards anG
clothes-pins, and they began to rail-
own on the groceryman, the squash
alling on the back Of his neck.
For heavens sake, let up said the
I'D man, as he gathered up lot Of
,lothes-pins. II understand you.
without any demonstrating in anato-
Iniy. But how did you come to leave
oIlege2"
I. "Well, between pa and the professor
had to- There was some bad bors
here, and all the deyiltry was laid or
ne. They hazed me, first, and then J
nd to haze the Others
flazed youl Now, tell me all
bout it. | have often read Of hazina
ii college, and have thought | would
Ike to know how it was done. Shov
ne, won't your"
20, YOU would get mad" said the
oy. Pa wanted to know about. il
lst night, and hazcd him, and thh
uruing he wouldn't speak to me &
hp breakfast table Hazing is a sci
ntiic experiment and most men d
rot understand it. Pa thinks he i
smart, but he didn't catch on. y |
there is anything l hate it is to see
man get mad at little thing
"I swear | won't get mad, . said tn,
groceryman. "Show me how hazinl
goes"
"Well, couldn't only give you Al
idea of it, here in the store, because
nave not got the proper conditions
E Butif you will get down on your hand
: and knees, with your head close up t.
: chat barrel with the water pail on it,
will try aud demonstrate to you tn
s first degree" The groceryman go
a down on his hands and knees, wit
: his head against the barrel, and tn
e boy took up zinc wash-board an
belted HIM across the pants, when h
IS run his head in tc the barrel and til
IS ped the pail OF water all over himsel
: AS he rose up dripping, with or
n hand on his pants, and looked {
e though he would like to kill his youn
't friend, the boy, who peeling an app
n unconcernedly, said, "there, kne
D. you would get mad. No man wi
II, has not got a brave heart, has a rigl
n to ask a gentleman to haze him. Bl
II you will like the second degree be
t? tor"
'e No more degrees" said the grocer
k. man. "Not another single degre
u How long do you tarry with us?"
"Well, my stay here is short" 81
if, the boy, as he took rag and sopp
he some Of the water off the grocer
ce mans back, and tucked 4he wet +
m in the damp pistol pocket OF the Q
man. "Pa's liver is troubling hi
ht and the doctors have ordered him
dy travel and get excitement, and
asst wants me to go with him. | sh
lat try to give him excitement enough
an shake his liver loose. We go
DE Washington first, then to New (
nd leans and later e California, q
ide etch upin Utah along toward spri
we Watch the papers. You will h,
th- Fl N me, Ta-ia,' and he was go
A The groceryman feltof his wet cloth
nod groaned, and said
ian well, the Lord have mercy on
oy, Old man. and thn Mormons. III