The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-30

A1b0IW0tOs anu No never IetuIuOQ - - IN
nuAl commencements, though pressed to |
do 20 whsn he became famous. Il vas dn-
ferent with ''Gris, . ~ he il known By his
classmates and intimate friends. h nv
quently attends the commandments and .
always very welcome guest. OF ooursa,
he 10 always required to speech at the big
alumni dinner, and it is always very funny,
making very pleasant Offset 70 the studisd
and heavy orstions delivered % that oeoa-
sion. Indeed, speech must b funny Whsn
it will shake the mortar board and black
silk gown Of dignifed Presldent Henry
Darling.
Mr.. Griswold never fails to explain his
expulsion from the college. Every gradu-
ate Of Hamilton College with drop Of
blood in his veins knows Peter Blake. For
thirty years he has presided over pleasant
little resort where good cheer - dispensed
for all, but particularly for students. Girls
void knows him, and 60 does the beardlss
boy in the class OF '94. One evening ''Gris''
and party of friends were enjoying
pleasant hour at Peters. The fun reached
the pitch Of hilarity and finally to insbriety.
The fellows except the Fat Contributor re-
NAMED down town for the night, but he
was an industrious student and wanted to
be at the mornings Rotations. But there
was the hill in front Of him or rather four
hills piled on each other. He started from
Peters at midnight and at four O'Clock in
the morning had reached Senior hill in
front OF the presidents house. He was not
entirely sober at that time but he tried to be
when old President North came out Of the
house for his diurnal morning walk. OF
course he caught poor Griswold and in
quired what he vac doing at that hour.
The student tried to explain, but explana-
tions would not 70 and the old gentleman
walked down the hill.
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That afternoon Mr.. Griswold was invited
to attend meeting of the faculty. He
sneaked into the room and then found him
self face to face with star chamber court
of twelve judges. When asked to explain
his condition at an hour that morning
named by the president the defendant re-
piled that he was unable to sleep on the
evening in question; that he walked down
the hill to drive away the insomnia and
that it occurred to him to drop in Peter
Blake's for gin cocktail. Dut that in a
moment Of abstraction Peter had put some
gin in the cocktail. That was all there
was TO the explanation. But it didn't go
and Griswold went instead.
| Nv
| I met an ex-baggageman ON . through ex-
press the other day. He had been on the
road six weeks and was very glad to quit.
Not because the pay was not sufficient, be-
cause the tips alone made fair living.
But the hours were long and the work was
hard. man might eat dinner at noon
and not have another meal until the next
day, that is on this particular run. He told
me something about spoilers" They
come mostly from big detective agency in
Portland. One Of them will side up to q
baRgaReman, hand him IS and ask him to FL
things with the conductor. II the arrange
ment goes the heads of both bagaeeman
and conductor are chopped of after the
report goes into headquarters. year Of
so ago certain we'll known 'spotter" got
on train at a small station ON the Oregon
Short Limo. The next station was only ter
miles away, but when the train arrived there
the "spotter'' was missing nor has he since
been discovered. Anyone passing over thu
road will notice long and high bridge be
tween the two stations. It il an admirabl,
place for crank to make reputation as
bridge jumper.