Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-11

want it known. though, and we expect you
to keep still about IL. Pve put that In the
receipt
sob, you don't want me to mention I'll
Very well; won't, of course, il you'd pre-
fer not; though Pve done nothing, I'm
| sure, that Pm ashamed Of
THE treasurer bit his lip. will you
please sign that paperf said he.
The stranger sat down to the table and
drew an inkstand toward him. Then be
looked up again with quizzical air.
Upon my word, gentlemen, you have q
queer way OF doing these things over here
I've pulled good many races-I was stroke
oar In the Oxford boat in the last two races
with Cambridge-but don't think l was
offered pay for it before
You may be sure that when he said that
that he had been stroke oar of an Oxford
| crew-those fellows there pricked up thei,
ears and looked at him. And all at once il
! dawned upon them that he was very
gentlemanly appearing fellow. Not that
he appeared any different or looked any
| different. He had appeared well enough
all through, very much for that matter, as
Jennings himself would have appeared
But they had, up to this moment, carried
the idea that he was a professional or some
thing very near that.
However, the stranger went on. rI
sign it of course
He dipped his pen in the ink and then,
after moments more hesitation, signed
his name to the paper-a very long name
as the treasurer, standing by, could see
Then he got up and handed the receipt to
the latter. He handed him something else
with 1.-THE roll of hills
You'll permit me to hand you this,
said he, as a small contribution to your
college boating fund. Pm very much in
terested in rowing Cndeed came over here
almost on purpose to see your race, and l
think I've seen it very satisfactorily. and
Pm always glad to help the thing along
Then ne stepped to the door. There he
| turned again.
Gentlemen, bid you good day; and 1
wish you success in hundred coming
races
! HE made very grand bow as he
backed out of the room; and somehow or
other there wasn't man of those left be-
hind that didn't at the moment feel cheap.
Billings, the treasurer, looked after him
until the door closed, and then he looked
at the receipt. His eyes seemed to grow
big as they dwelt ON it.
"'What is it: Billings" cried the others
What's his name? Read it up
"Then Billings read the name from the
paper-'George Frederick Allan Hervey
! Walmer.' And he read card that was
, there with it, Lord Apsley, Brevoort
House.
by jovep exclaimed he, the mans an
English lordp
"'Sure as you're saying it, he is cried
nr,fft "a. 81 ~
Apsley. l saw by the papers only yester
day that he was over here
We'll, upon my word declared CHS
wick. This is a joke on us. We've NOR,
reasons than one for keeping the matter
! quiet. They'd laugh us out of college il
| they didH't kick US out, if this thing were
known"
| The young Harvard fellow paused again
1 This time he was through. The otbel
! young fellow-not either of the youns
| Yale fellows, but the third young fellow
rose from his seat. The train was JUS
stopping.
81 believe change here" said be- Gal
low to me observe before 1 go, though
that If what you've told US is sample o
! the way you do things at Harvard, then
don't think you'd best say much to u.
Princeton fellows about the men we pla,
on our football team" Then he was gone
The two young Yale fellows looked sur
prised.
81 didn't know that was Princeto,
man." one of them said.
| 81 did," declared the young Harvard
fellow. II knew it all the time. caugh
sight of a Princeton freshman pin under
his coat. 1t was he 1 was telling that stor,
to. 1t wasn't true, you know. We dom
do things that way at Harvard. Dom
you believe it'll But just made that stor.
up-reeled it off out of my own head. yo,
kuow-for his special benefit. He is pleaset
to death to get hold of such a thing; ant
he'll take it back to college with him, an,
they'll have a big talk over it, and it'll &c
into the New York papers, and it'll be al
over the country what wicked fellows W
Harvard men re.''-Charles Remington
in Boston Herald.