Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-08-15

of course, got the. scholarship. In re-
turn he promised Knollys that he would
not go in for the Junior Latin the fol-
lowing year. This suited Bert very
we'll, as he wanted to put his hard
work on his readings for the science
medal Under these circumstances,
you see, he has been taking it rather
easy in the Latin; and have reason to
believe that Wright has been working
extra hard at it. Mark my words, he'll
go in at the last moment, and catch
Bert mapping. But there's not another
man IN college that would suspect Of
such caddish trick"
'Well, for my part, said the senior,
Il don't greatly care which of them
gets it. Igrant you that Wright's a
cad; but I'm disappointed in Knollys!''
Indeed! Poor Knollysl'i murmured.
Allison.
YES" continued the senior, loftily,
ignoring the sarcasm; Tin my opinion
Knollys funks."
ut seems to me, JONES'" retorted
Allison, you forget certain incidents
that took place when Bert Knollys was
freshman and you sophomore"
"Oh," said the senior, calmly, look
ing over Allison's head, "the worm will
turn! But what I'm thinking about is
his refusal to play football last fall.
He's quick, and sharp, and tough; just
the man the team wanted for quarter
back, if only he had the nerve! Said he
was too busy to train, indeed!"and Jones
shifted contemptuously as he turned
away to join some members of his own
class, leaving Allison in q fume Of in
dignation.
At this moment Jack Wright, chanc-
ing to stroll past the big black dog,
gave the animal careless kick The
dog sprang at his assailant with a Zero
cious snarl. Much startled, Wright
evaded the attack by lodging into "a
knot of his classmates; and the dog
lay down again, growing angrily.
Bran doesn't seem to be quite him
self!' remarked senior, eying him
narrowly.
"He'd be an ugly customer to
handle If he started to run amuck,"
commented another senior, chu ckling
at Wright's discontinue. 81 wonder
where he got that bite on his leg'
This was something which nobody
knew; and the incident was promptly
forgotten by all but Jack Wright, who
thenceforward gave the animal wide
berth.
AS soon as Knollys came out of the
laboratory Will Allison told him his
suspicious in regard to Wright, and
urged him to put his energies upon the
Latin. But Knollys was always slow
to believe that a comrade could be
guilty of treachery.
Il don't think Wright is really such
bad lot, old man." said he. "Only
his manner is unfortunate, and he isn't
popular"
Just three days later appeared on
the notice board the announcement
that B. Knollys and ]. S. Wright were
competitors for the junior Latin schol-
arship! The examination was to take
place on the following morning. Bert
Knollys was hurt and indignant, his
friends were furious, and Wright
looked craftily triumphant over the
prospect Of so neatly getting ahead of
a rival.
Knollys was by no means prepared
for such contest as he knew Wright
was capable of giving him, but his
anger nerved him to the utmost effort.
Returning in hot haste to his home in
the outskirts of the town, he shut him-
self into his little study. All through
the afternoon he toiled nightly over
book and lexicon. About teatime he
took short walk, and then settled
down for night of solid grind He
was bound that he would win if it was
in him.
Toward two o'clock, however, eyes
and brain alike grew dim, and the
meanings began to mix themselves
most vexatiously. He sprang up,
snatched his cap, let himself out of the
house noiselessly, and set forth to
wake his wits by a brisk run.
For the sake of the freer air he took
path traversing the hilltop toward
the college. The path ran through
the open pastures and reached at
length rocky ridge just back Of the
cottage of DR.. Adams, the professor of
classics. Here Jack Wright was board
ing. AS Knollys swung past along the
ridge he glanced downward to the
professors study window; and as he
did so light appeared therein. He
halted acknowledgement the next
moment his lip was curling with as
tonished contempt as he saw Jack
Wright seat himself before the study
table, and stealthily search the draw
ers. The top of the ridge was so near
the window that Knollys, where he
leaned against the fence, could see all
that went on as if he had been in the
room. At last, after going through
almost every drawer, with frequent
guilty, listening pauses, Wright found
what he wanted-an examina ton pa
per! After making hurried copy of
it he returned it to its place; and then,
with his lamp turned very low, he
stole out of the room.
Bert Knollys' first thought was to go
at once to DR.. Adams, lay his COM
plant, and have Wright's room
before he could have time to
destroy the stolen copy. Then it oc-
Cured to him that this would lead in
evitably to Wright's expulsion, and not
to his ruin. He therefore
dismissed the idea. He fastened back
home; tried to study, but found the eff
fort vain; went to bed and fell asleep
having arrived at any solution
Of the problem. In the morning he.
was equally undecided. Perhaps his
best course would have been to go to
the professor. declare suspicion that
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