Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26


with Paddy seemed to have faded all of his
face. The first man al the bat in Harvard
seventh inning was so exceedingly fortunate
as to miss Yale man. He put the ball into
right field for two bases The next man
scored him with a pretty single; and then
Bangs lost the head which Wilkes had not
believed to be present at all on that occa-
sion. He knew that this was emergency
calling for what Paddy would have denomi-
mated head work" He tried to think of
the counsels which Paddy had given him.
but 1t seemed as If he could remember
nothing except some fragments Of Greek
grammatical rules. He pitched the ball
without the faintest attempt &c 'siKe up"
the batter or to meet the necessities ST
either. but he would have felt. and that
would have been much better.
1t seemed to Lawrence that the ball was
not fairly out Of hts hands when he be-
chasing 1t in the direction Of Mount Au-
burn cemetery. Then a hundred or more
red-legged demons began to run around
him In dizzy circles. amid loud jeers Of
this scene. There were eleven base hits
and three dispensations Of Providence, the
last Of which sent Harvard to the field.
Whitley pitched the last two innings, and
Never mind. Larry" said Wilkes, in a
husky but sympathetic tone, Everybody
has an off day once in a while. I've played
like jackass myself. and know how you
feel
you got out Of 1t better than I expected"
said Paddy, when they met in Lawrence 8
room in New Haven. 1.-The luck was with
you, and II that head Of yours hadn't to-
made q fight for IT. All the papers say So"
And he pointed to a large number Of them
on the floor. Lawrence groaned.
II feel" he said the combined agony Of
a murderer and his victim. have both the
injury and the remorse."
you've made your play" said Paddy
end now it's my turn. Just watch me.
Tomorrow night I'm right In 1t with the
sweIIs."
Lawrence had kept his agreement with
Paddy, but he had shaved 1t down a little.
1t was not an event of the first rank In
which the young man from the South Cove
was to make his debut. But then. he didn't
know that and was never likely to find 1t
out, so it Is hard to say that he was cheat
ed. Besides II was a very nice affair after
ala spread given by the Gamma Delta
In the handsome residence OF Gilbert Par
sons. whose son was the president Of the
Yale chapter and some Of the bluest blood
in New Haven were there
There was a crush Of pretty girls and
among them was Florence Lorne, who had
come down to New Haven on purpose to
attend. Lawrence had selected this affair
because he felt sure that Florence would
not be present He was still Jealous Of
Paddy.
1t must be admitted that the moment
chosen for Paddys experiment was not
suspicious. The Harvard game was the
great topic of conversation among the
friends Of the New Haven college, and the
name of Larry Bangs did not shine as
brightly as heretofore In the galaxy OF
fame. But Paddy did not mind that bit.
sailed forth. They'll see that I'm all
right"
Lawrence was too sadly crushed to care
what Paddy did in his name except so far
aN l,n..l A. rxskkN Al -
that he was deeply interested, so much so
that he watched the parsons house till the
rout broke up, patrolling the sidewalk be-
fore II, clad in a costume strongly suggest
ing the youthful detective OF fiction. He
had a SLOUGH hat and false mustache, and
he imagined that he was prepared to DO
something desperate.
OF Paddy's advent into society there is
only a word to be said There j. a strange
and grotesque character in fiction which Is
called the college student. By fiction" Is
meant pretty nearly everything that Is writ
ten about college life whether In books or
in current news paragraphs. This character
gets into courts; he assaults peaceabie cftf-
zens and always gets the worst OF 1t; he
disturbs the audiences at theaters; he
speaks In a dialect so full of slang that only
the police can understand 1t; in short, he is
as near like the real student as Paddy
O'Toole is.
The character is so strongly fixed in the
public mind that II Is very hard for real
student to do anything bad enough to ex-
cite remark. Paddy's eccentricities fitted
this character so nicely that even those
who knew Lawrence well did not regard
them as extraordinary. In fact, Paddy
succeeded much better than Lawrence, for
he was so much more like a real. live col
lege boy. There was "stand-up feed"
that night and Paddy supplied the needs Of
dozens Of girls.
Nobody stood any chance against him in
the struggle for salads or ices, and when
he appeared with about forty plates piled
on his right arm as he had seen the wait
ers in South Cove restaurants carry them,
he was loudly applauded. 1t was the hit of
the evening and did much to retrieve the
honor lost at Cambridge. Also In a mo-
ment of inadvertence when he forgot that
his name was no longer O'Toole he as
serted that his ancestors were kings of Ire
lend and thereby added the only luster that
the name OF Bangs had lacked.
He succeeded In accompanying Florence
to the door Of the house in which she was
staying, which was only a stones throw
from Mr.. Parsons Lawrence trailed them
In the style of the best melodramas and
heard Paddy promise again and again to
retrieve the awful disgrace OF the Cam
bridge game.
Don't you be afraid" said Paddy, when
the tie Is played off l shall be myself
again"
BE your true self always" replied Flor
ence, FOR my sake"
ITO be continuedO