Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24
A HARVARD STORY.

1t was after midnight when he reached
his room In Holworthy, and fishing out a
key from hia pocket he was about to open
the door when he saw something white
upon IT, Striking mateh-for the light
was dim-he discovered that 1t was some
sort OF n legal document, with great rcd
seal IN one corner. Yes, sure enough, that
scoundrel OF q tailor, Selfedge, had at
tached his belongings for the eSsO he owed
on his little account, and here he was at
nearly l O'Clock In the morning In evening
dress and shut out Of his own room.
Enter the apartment he dared not, so be
wearily crossed the yard aud climbed to
the top of ThayeF, where an intimate friend
OF his, budding attorney, had his lodg-
ings. IL seemed an age before he could
arouse his chum and get inside Of door
once more. Then came the observations:
"what are you doing, Harry, wandering
around In thas ris IN this time Of nightN
Nov that you are safe in Cambridge
again. why the dickens do you come over
here and wake me un7 instead of going to
your own roomW You look troubled.
better have a bit Of something, and then
tell me what's the matter"
There was nothing to do but to make
clean breast Of 1t, and this he did, his chum
sympathizing as be warmed up to the de-
nunciation Of the blaekguardly action OF
the tailor and expatiated on his own I'M
fortunate condition. He wound up with
the hopeful suggestion:
Now, look her, Jack; you are almost a
lawyer. What can do'"
well, come 10 bed now" replied Jack,
"and in the morning I'll see II we can't get
that attachment dissolved. You leave II to
al baYs n,,A 10,
go to sleep aud forget all about it."
Tired out. The unhappy debtor slept well
into the morning, aud when he invoke his
counselor was gone, Buttoning his over
coat tightly up to his chin in order to hide
the wide expanse of polished linen that
covered his troubled breast, the homeless
young sport passed out into the college
yard and across 1t to "A restaurant, where
he managed to gulp down n cup OF coffee
and roll without unbut;oning his over
coat, although the room was oppressiyely
hot.
This experience convinced him that he
must get "a change OF coats at least, and
family hoping that Juck had succeeded in
arranging matters all right he hurried to
Holworthy. There he rejolced to find that
tho legal document was gone and the door
was ajar. Probably Jack had planned
| pleasant little surprise for him, so he gayly
entered.
What honow beheld surprised and panied
him. A squarely built, determined look
ing fellow, with his feet on the cehter table
and cigar between his teeth, sat there re
! calling himself. Harry knew by the aroma
that II was one Of his choicest weeds that
the stranger was smoking, and that 1t was
not yet paid for. A bottle, u glass and some
| al -.
and happy Possession.
This wns too much. The owner OF the
rooms was desperate, He decided he could
throw tho intruder out.-at least he would
try it. The other said he would be glad 70
try u scrap at some other time, but now he
was engaged on official business.
II guess l wouldn't, young feller," he ex-
planned. ~ am keeper, put in here by
Selfedge, the tailor, You can't take any
thing away. Seer
But I've got to have another coat
can't go around in this thingp
well, don't know, but perhaps II you
leave that one you've got on guess it'll
be all right. Have oigarW thoukhtfully
suggested the new master "0r perhaps a
bit of this will set you up. You look lie
tie rocky There how's that' Pretty
good, ain'titi Come, brace up. Raise the
$500 aud pay old Selfedge, and then you
can have everythlng-that's left here"
Boiling over with wrath, Harry hurried
down stairs and began to hunt for funds
Along toward evening he turned up at the
Pudding tired and radiant and immediate.
ly found Jack.
"Iye got the money" no exclaimed.
"Now, what must do TO get that fcSow
outfn
PAY 1t over TO the credltor,r was Jack
advice Maybe you can find him tonight.
Where does he livei"
I'm Chelsea, believe"
The other fellows had been gathering
around the takers, and Harry, happy In
the possession Of the money that was TO re
lease him from his scrape, blurted out the
whole story, keeper and all, exclaimiug
every few minutes, 81 tell You, | never
knew before what 1t was to have friends
when needed them"
AS the narrative progressed the listener
slyly winked Mt one another, and as Harry
wound up with another burst OF gratitude
some one snickered, then everybody yelled
with mirth, and slowly it dawned on the
poor fellow that he had been tricked, and
that his chum, the seeding lawyer, had put
up the game and conducted both sides OF
the case
The $500, except enough for n jolly good
dinner, was returned 10 the generous lend
ers, hut even the spread did not close tn,
mouths of the perpetrators OF the joke, OF
else would never have heard OF it.-Bos
ton Herald