The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-23

truth, JaSJlce. Virtue, mAnu-
ness, courage attributes Of his own
that his few small faults failed to OBJ
scure. sS # E8s So "a
Lord Byron often suffered, as such
men will, from the results Of misplaced
confidence, and whenever any one had
abused his faith, he would say to Mark
boy, We en- find honor an heaps FL
good p'ints bout q road-agent + any |.
other blame thief, but ye cant ind
nary one in q cussed traitor. 'More'n
all things on airth,S Boy, don't never
be ongrateful r go back on q friend.
an Bend Arnold they went back
on th'r friens, an whar be they now,
an what do folks think Of 'em T.
When Mark was seventeen, and had
finished his course at the Chloride
school, he was put in charge Of q tutor,
to prepare himself for college, and the
next year saw him of for the East
to enter one of the leading New Eng
land institutions Of learning.
Here, I am sorry to say, he failed to
conduct himself as well as he might.
Lord Byron kept him supplied with
all the money he could possibly find
use for, and Mark, as boys Of his ma
tyre will, did not take long to identity
himself with the rapid" class of stu
dents, and was soon known as one OF
the iveliest freshmen at college.
OF course, Lord Byron knew of all
Marks doings, but never word did
he write to him on the subject. The
weekly letter from the old folks, and
all called-for remittances, came with
unfailing regularity, and Mark went
Oh his easy, happy go-lucky way, re-
joicing. Once in a while, 1t is true,
his conscience rose and slnote him, but
it never troubled him for long; and
he went home, at the end of his fresh
man year, with a lot Of fashionable
clothing, large stock OF slang, an In
satiable appetite for cigarettes, and
class record of merit barely sufficient
to elevate him to the rank of Sopho-
more. ~ IT,. r..
In October, Mrs. Hutchins died sud
denly, and Lord Byron took her body
to Ohio to bury it on the old home
stead where she had lived when he
first knew her, and which had always
been ''home" to her. Mark met his
guardian at. Chicago, and together they
went on to attend the last rites
1t was all over, and Lord Byron was
'lost," he said. Ever since meeting
Mark at Chicago, he had chung to him
and leaned on him, so to speak, ana
now he felt as if he could not possibly
leave him. They sat in their room at
the hotel in Cleveland, whittier they
had gone from the little crossroads
town where they had left all that re-
manned of her who had been SO dear
to both. 3. =,
II reckon I won't go back yet a bit
not yet" said Lord Byron, unsteadily
II can't do it, Boy. Seems like it'd
plumb kill me t. go back an not see
| ma Y'r Aunt Lucindy was splendid
woman, boy 49,,
choked him, and he Gould not speak.
Il reckon I'll 'go 18th you, Boy, tn
I get sorter used TT bein' alone. She
loved We, Boy, ma did, jes like I do
an 'twon't seem nigh 50 lonesome e1
I en- see you once n awhile.
So together they returned to the LITTLE
college city, where Lord Byron coule
see "Boy'' at almost any hour ant
comfort himself with his company.
"Uncle By" stayed over q month
during which time Mark was hardl!
out of his sight an hour. when MS ot'
ties permitted him to be at liberty
. AS the time went on, the old man
presence grey irksome to the younl
fellow. He missed his larks with n1
FOSTERING fellow students, whose revei
were now carried on without the hgn
Of his presence. And few of the fe]
low students, with the heartlessnes
peculiar to certain of their kind, Oil
not hesitate to throw out sneerng re
marks about ''cow-punchers' an
| TAfQl
ence to Lord Byron as the ''sage-Drus
cavalier''-all Of which Mark failed t
resent Had any Of his fellows mad
any direct remarks about the old mar
he would have lost no time In silencln
them; but as the sneers came IN
rather indirect way, he could not mus
ter the courage to resent them.
One day, Lord Byron went to Me-
York on business, expecting to pe gon
about three days. On the second ever
ing after his departure, there was
s'soiree," as the boys termed It,
Marks quarters, in honor Of his ten
norary emancipation" as his room
mate called it. At midnight, the men
bers of the company were someWhs
the worse for wine.
sWhen. me boy asked Barton,
big sophomore, "d-do you 'xpect yor
, 'llustriously named nurse ito return
.. Tomorrow night answered Mar
sulkily,
"Ahv' said Barton, steadying himse
against table. 'And will he g-gladde
us with his ch-cheering p-presence Il
, some timer
,, ''Not if I can help it, returned Du
ton, feelingly Then, for he was qui
, sober, he felt he had said enough, ar
, turned away to bring more "refres
ments."
Lord Byron, standing just outsit
the door, through which he had bee
;. about to enter when he heard Il
: sounds of revelry inside, turned 50
. rowfully away without reclosing Il
! door, tiptoed softly back to the sire
= and returned to his hotel.
: ''Poor boy!' he thought, as he walk
= along; IT reckon tits purity tough t ha,
. tn OF man mopin' round n WATCH
= We. But-but I wish't We hadn't sa
it, Boy he said, brokenly, aloud
Il wish ye hadn't
. The early morning train bore the Q
> man West, and from New York
= wrote to Mark that he had been oblig
y | he h