The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02

late he had not seemed himself. On
the night Of tho election he was rather
pale, and a. he took his scat I noticed
peculiar expression in his eyes such
Is had never seen before.
After the usual preliminariss, the
ballotiug opened, the members Of tho
crew being proposed and elected in the
order Of their positions In the boat.
Whom number seven was proposed Har.
vsy's face became positively black, and
1t flashed upon me what that peculiar
expression had meant.
He did not hesitate y The boz WAS
passed to him, but cast his vote with q
cool and steady hand, though his count.
enanco betrayed tho agitation under
which he was laboring.
The secretary started upon opening
the ballot box. aud then leaned over to
Harvey and whispered in his ear. Har.
vey nodded gloomily, whereupon tho
secretary arose and said in voice full
of emotion, II regret to say that Mr..
Jordan has not been elected"
A dead silence followed. Every man
in the room looked at tho speaker in
utter amazement. Such thing as the
rejection of member of the crew, and
for no reason which any one would
dare to avow, was enough to create in-
tense excitement in that little company.
Number "eight" was proposed and
elected hurriedly, and the meeting ad-
journed in confusion. On my way to
my room I overlook Harvey, and step
ping quickly up to him Islipped my arm
through his, hoping might be able to
talk with him about the matter; but he
wrenched his arm from mine and turned
abruptly away without a word. Some
body had just left him and although
could not see very we'll in the darkness
l Thought it was Joe Stanley.
The next day it was rumorei that
Stanley had "cut Harvey dead" on the
campus. Jordan conducted himself,
meanwhile, with great dignity and
commanded tho respect of the entire
class, while Harvey kept studiously out
of sight.
1t leaked out, not long afterward, that
"High" Jordan was not only doing his
work in college, and trying for honor
and scholarship, but at the same time
was teaching night school in the town.
I don't know who it was discovered
this, but / remember very well that ]
waa with Harvey when ws heard the
news. Poor fellowl It was i'm possible
not to pity him. Evidently he had
long since repented of his action, and
this piece of news was all that was
needed to make him utterly miserable.
He was absent from prayers next morn
ing, and no one saw him all day.
But the next night special meeting
Of the III. K" was called by order of
the president, and whom tho mem bers
were assembled, Harvey arose and said,
briefly:
'1have called this meeting to repair
as far as possible great wrong which
l was mean enough to do the best man
in our class. I desire to apologize to
the crew, to the society, and to Mr.
Jordan for the insult; aud I beg leave
to propose Hiram Jordan for the
H. K"
That night I saw Joe Stanley and
Harvey walk homeward arm in arm, in
their old friendly way; and I learned
afterwards that they went straight to
"High" Jordan's room.
The day Of the races came at last, and
every man in the college, adorned with
his class-colors, went down to the river
early to get a good position from which
to view the great contest.
1t would be close race tho closest
ever known in college; we all &C
knowledged that, and though every
man in our class cherished a kind of
faith that our boat would win, yet no
one dared assert his opinion without an
'if'' or an ''unless."
The hour for the start was set at four
o'clock, and the crowd along tho banks
waited patiently under the broiling sun
until the last minute; but when . quar-
ter of an hour, and then half an hour
passed, and no boats appeared, tho
crowd began to grow restless Charlsy
Harvey in particular, was in fever Of
excitement.
''Why don't they starti" he repeated
dozen times. ''The time and body work
Of our men are perfect, but tho wind is
Ireshening and will tell against US more
than against any other boat for We have
The outside course. Why don't they
startf'
He was looking up the river through
. field glass, watching the course aud
by turns. Suddenly saw
ais face light up. 'They are off" he
cried.
Far up the course we could see the
lash of the oar blades in the bright sun
ight-that was all. Then four black |
freaks, each with two glittering lines
II oar blades, drew into sight. The
irst excited murmur died awav and |