The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-02-28

| and procured him much trouble in
after life At home his slightest wish
was regarded as law, so when he went
out into the world, it cost him many
hard knocks to find his proper place in
life, as we'll as to realize that other
folks had just as many rights as he
had and were every bit as desirous Of
having them respected. My first ac
quaintance with him began when we
entered Chapel Hill together as stu
dents in the fifties. He was then a
handsome young fellow as you will
see in days ride. Tall, broad
shouldered, and with one of those
frank open faces which bespeak for
their owners good blood, good hearts
and good principles-he came, to col
lege well recommended and with
pocket full of money, consequently he
stepped st once into the society and
friendship of the leading spirits of the
institution. Chapel Hill before the
war was a very different place from
what it now is. There were five hun
dred students from all over the South,
who came to college as gentlemen and
not as students. There were many
classes and cliques of course, just as
there arc in every University under
the sun. There was the old fogies, so
called because they spent their time in
attending lectures and constituting
Latin and Greek. There was the
middle class who spent their time in
idling around the campus. 1t is true
that they did little studying, but on
the other hand they had no wild ex-
pensive habits like SO many others in
the college. On the whole they re-
garded themselves as pretty worthy
fellows, performing their cuty fairly
we'll in that state it had pleased fate to
call them. Then besides these was
that third and all important class, the
swelIs of the University. With no oc
cupation they had about as much time
on their hands as they had conceit in
their heads, and employed the one to
render themselves odious to the college
authorities, and the other to make
themselves ridiculous in the eyes of
the community. In both of these at
tempts they succeeded to perfection.
1t was to this band of good fellows
that Pillan allied himself"
here Interrupted Mr.. Strongto to in
quire to which faction he had lent his
timeand talents; but as the question was
decided to be irrelevant, it was ruled
out, and he continued:
"Pillan was never satisfied to take Sec
ond place in anything. Ifhe had Joined
the sober sided boys who we're working
for degrees, he would in all probability
havestudied himself to death; but hav
ingjoined the wild set, he determined to
do the thing up in style while about it,
and go to the dogs faster than any of
the rest of them. Drinking, gambling
and kicking up rows in the town COM
posed his choice pastimes. But with
all of their pranks and deviltry GER
tain amount of responsibility was main
tanned by these young gentlemen. The
boys visited around among the nice
families on the campus and in town
pretty much then as they do nov. To
have been lacking in gentility would
have forfeited students right to Wis.,
it the girls, and this of all others
was the occupation most acceptable to
the swell's heart. If this restraint
had not been brought to bear upon
them, the Lord only knows what they
! would Rave done. 81 am anxious" )"
continued Mr.. Strong with twinkle
inlhis eye, "that you should note that
l have given the girls the credit for
| keeping these young bloods in bounds.
1t is so seldom schoolgirl does any
good that for one will never let a
chance pass Of calling attention to the
few isolated instances that may fall
under my observation. l believe in
giving the Devil his due, my dear
boy; SO that in case he gets me here
sfter he wont to be prejudice. against
my soul.
"These same girls, however, were
the very cause which produced all the
suffering 1 am going to tell you about.
There being only a dozen or more of
them, each of course had perfect
army Of admirers in the college. Some
killed their tens and some their thous-
ands; but each and all of them were
engaged then, as they are now, and
have always been, in beau-trapping
and husband hunting"
just here Mr.. Strong made an obser-
walton which some people may doubt
the truth of.
"1'he average girl of eighteen years
old" he said, "has but two ideas in
the world: one is to catch beau, and
the other is to marry him" q par.
ticularly request that the quotation
marks shall not be omitted in prinhn,
the above.
Among the fair maidens of Chapel
Hin at that time there was certain
Miss Lucy Stile. She was seventeen
she had long yellow ringlets, her eyes
were as blue as June sky, her lipt
were as red as poppy, her waist wal
as slim as saPling, and two-thirdi
| Of the University students were ready
to swear by the great horned owl tha
| she WAS the daintiest, the dearest, tht
most innocent and the most beautiful
creature on earth. Pillan was one o
the first to fall down before this charm
or. The dear, innocent little thin,
| returned his affection with all her gen
tie heart, so she said; but nevertheless
it was whispered around by some tha