Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-09
A HARVARD STORY.

his room in Holworthy, and fishing out
key from his pocket he was about to open
the door when he saw something white
upon it. Striking match-for the light
was dim-he discovered that it was some
sort Of legal document, with great red
seal in one corner. Yes, sure enough, that
scoundrel Of tailor, Selfedge, had at
tached his belongings for the $500 he owed
on his little account, and here he was at
nearly o'clock in the morning in evening
dress and shut out of his own room.
Enter the apartment he dared not, 80 he
YEARLY crossed the yard and climbed to
the top Of Thayer, where an intimate friend
of his, a budding attorney, had his lodg-
ings. 1t 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 that rig in this time of nights"
"Now that you are safe in Cambridge
again. why the dickens do you come over
here and wake me up instead of going to
your own roomi" ...You look troubled
better have bit Of something, and then
tell me what's the matter"
There was nothing to do but to make
clean breast of it. and this he did, his chum
sympathizing as he warmed up to the de-
nunciation of the blackguardly action Of
the tailor and expatiated on his own un-
fortunate condition. He wound up with
the hopeful suggestion:
Nov, look her, Jack; you are almost a
lawyer. What can dos"
well, come to bed now" replied Jack,
land in the morning I'll see If we can't get
that attachment dissolved. You leave it to
me. Here, take another swallow and then
60 to sleep and forget all about it,"
Tired out. the unhappy debtor slept well
into the morning, and when he awoke 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 it to restaurant, where
he managed to gulp down cup of coffee
and roll without unbuttoning his over
coat, although the room was oppressively
hot.
This experience convinced him that he
must get change of coats at least, and
family hoping that Jack had succeeded in
arranging matters all right he hurried to
Holworthy. There be rejoiced to find that
the legal document was gone and the door
was ajar. Probably Jack had planned
pleasant little surprise for him, SO he gayly
entered.
What henow beheld surprised and panied
him. A squarely built, determined look
ing fellow, with his feet on the center table
and cigar between his teeth, sat there re-
calling himself. Harry knew by the aroma
hot ~ Ia nh hot
the stranger was smoking, and that it was
not yet paid for. A bottle, glass and some
crackers testified to his visitors complete
and happy possession.
This was too much. The owner Of the
rooms was desperate. He decided he could
throw the intruder out-at least he would
try it, The other said he would be glad to
try scrap at some other time, but now he
was engaged on official business.
II guess wouldn't, young feller," he ex-
planned. II am a keeper, put in here by
Selfedge, the tailor. You can't take any
thing away. See?"
But I've got to have another coat.
can't go around in this thingv
swell, don't know, but perhaps if you
leave that one you've got on guess it'll
be all right. Have cigari" thoughtfully
suggested the new master. "Or perhaps
bit of this will set you up You look lit
tie rocky. There, how's that9 Pretty
good, ain't it? Come, brace up. Raise the
$500 and pay old Selfedge, and then you
can have everything-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
DrlJ;,,r, <;~oI ond nm 1sopk opl ~, ~ a1 ;n%,
ly found Jack.
'I've got the money" he exclaimed.
snow, what must do to get that feyow
out?"
PAY 1t over to the CREDITOR" was Jacks
advice. Maybe you can find him tonight.
Where does he liver"
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, exclaiming
every few minutes, II tell you, never
knew before what it was to have friends
when needed them"
As the narrative progressed the listeners
slyly winked at 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 a jolly good
dinner, was returned to the generous lend
ers, but even the spread did not close the
mouths Of the perpetrators of the joke, or
else would never have heard of it.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Colossal Recumbert Figure of Brick.