The Wahpeton times., 1891-10-15
REPRIS.ALs.

best fortune they could give their sons
was Il good education, made many
sacrifices to keep me at college. |
shall not tell the name OF the special
seat OF learning, for obvious reasons,
but you mly be able to guess it. Its
professors were men OF renown. 1t
WIS II famous college for mnny reas-
ons, but there was more idiotic haz-
ing OF freshmen and more playing CT
practical Jokes on persons whose
years and positions ought to have
protected them than had ever been
dreamed OF III any college in exist
ence
We had talked this matter over be-
fore l left home, and had promised
my father not to be dr aggel into any
OF those affairs which had made the
gowns oi-ColeSe the terror OF the
town.
had kept my promise pretty well
not entirely; but still felt that
had not been mixed up in the most
dis.racefu! affairs that had been
bruited about by the papers since
entered college. had nothing to do
with maxim. the young freshmantrom
New Jersey eat soap, OF which he
nearly died. | had nothing to do
with hazing the young Texan, who
produced q pair OF pistols and
popped away at his tormentors,
with results more gratifying to himself
than to them. | did not put the
stuffed monkey. stolen from the case
IN the museum OF natural history, in
to the soup, nor had anything to do
with the old boots found one morning
in the cotfee-kettle. No townsnlan
had had his hat knocked over his eyes
by ME, or his windows broken, or his
door-bell handle twisted Off. | did
not tack the butchers sign over the
door OF Doctor Doseum, nor stuff the
chapel pulpltcnshion with explosive,
which the emphatic fist OF the preach
er would set otf-and did-nor was it
my brush that so touched up theport-
rait OF the respected founder OF the
college that he looked down upon the
dining-hall one morning adorned by a
white night-cap, oranse-colored whis-
kers. a patch over his right eye and
smoking a pipe OF the dudeen order.
Neither fel!owcolegians, professors
nor townsmen ever suffered at my
hands; but when it came to Bowles,
that was different. Bowles was an old
factotum OF the place, whose position
it would be hard to define. He did a
little OF every thing and seemed to be
under the orders OF no one in particu-
lar. He was as unpleasant an old fell
low AS can well be imagined. and sped
upon us very mallcously. His
duties" We're his excuse for being for
ever where he was not wanted, and he
could nett her be calolel nor bribed to
hold his tongue.
Imade an exception when it came
to Bowles, and was ready to help in
any practical joke played upon him.
By the time | had been ut college
four Years had raised Il very neat
mustache and had lost my heart to IL
young lady who was the admiration
OF the whole town. l wilinot attempt
to describ. her; but she was Professor
Parly's only daughter, Gertrude. He
had the chair OF mathematics, and I
was q favorite pupil OF his. having a
leaning in the direction OF his favorite
science. did him credit and | appre-
ciated him. was often honored hy
an invitation to take tea with the
family at their residence near the col
lege; and it was thus that learned to
know and love the professors daugh-
ter. In fact. we We're engaged, though
as yet we dared not speak of it to our
elders. and knew it must be q long
while before we thought OF marriage
1hoped this year to graduate and to
take mathematical honors, if not 9TH
ers. / was in a romantic and serious
mood, and never so little disposed to
join in pranks of any sort as was
&, then. When it was resolved to play
that last trick on Bowles, should
surely have washed my hands OF it
but that he tormented $50 in regard
Z to Gertrude.
Whenever I contrlved to take a
walk with her, we were always sure to
meet Bowles. Whenever l coaxed her
to come out upon the porch of her
residence and talk to me, Bowles came
3 bobbing up the path with what he
always spoke Of as. ian aren't to
Professor" Ii she wrote to me,
Bowles ofticiously took the letter out
of the place where he should have left
it, and brought it to me with an all
of knowing whence it came. If she
went alone to church and joined hel
in the pew, Bowles, suddenly grown
-@ devout, was seen near us, his ewes
turned perpetually in our direction
As he constituted himself advisory
counsel in every case and believed
that he knew more ON all subjects
than the whole college put together, 4
{ rather feared that he would take my
4, matrimonial affairs into his hands tt
Il their injury. And thus when Roe anl
6tephensT said to me that it wa.
81 shout time old Bowles had anothe
doe, ISagreed that it was, and addet
thatit should be a good one, if hat
arraneesnant, of il.
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