Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-09-04

game he had been wildly careerin,
about, trying to find Lawrence in tim
to avert the catastrophe, which, at tina
moment, he saw precipitated before hi
eyes. He made no effort to prevent 1t
full elimination. The situation wa
evidently hopeless.
Come in here, both of you," he said
throwing open the door of reception
room on the right of the hall. They
followed mechanically.
sits all up, Lawrence" he said
"We might as we'll tell the whole
story" ~ ~,
He told it with wonderful clearnes:
and brevity. To paint the fathers
grief would require too firm hand. II
will not be attempted here. Indeed
that was a very hard case. No pride
was ever higher and no humiliation
deeper than John Bangs. He had be.
lieved himself the father of a hero, OF
the ''Speechless Wonder" of "Old Ellis
Favorite Son." and when the mask was
stripped off, there remained nothing
but a creature of books and rank lists,
not laurel crowned, but with halo OF
stale lamp oil smouldering upon the
dark background of obscurity.
It is greatly to John Banks credit
that he was able to stife all upbraid-
ings, and to come at once to the prac-
tical consideration of the case. r
81 will not burden you with useless
reproaches," he said. Neither will
make hard conditions. There is only
one thing which insist upon, and that
is that this deception must cease. 1t
is not honest will not have two Of
you at Yale any longer" .i #p alt
"But, father" interposed Harry,
chow can we take Paddy away? 1t
will simply cripple the nine, and Har-
ward is going to have the same old bat
ting gang next spring." II
''No," replied John Bangs, 'the uni.
versity cannot spare Paddy, but l can't
see that she will suffer by the loss OF
Lawrence" n,s.e
':Then I am not to graduate" said
Lawrence, sadly. 81 am not to have
my diploma
"Have you won it?" asked his father.
81 don't wish to be unnecessarily severe,
but must ask what you have given to
the university in exchange for it,
Lawrence hung his head. IT. 3D. W.
!, ''It's true" he said. II begin to per-
ceive that am not fitted for modern
collegiate life. Let Paddy have the
diploma. Palmam qui meruit ferat. ="
"And what do you intend to do?"
II have an ambitious plan" returned
Lawrence, ''and if you are generous to
me in the matter of money believe
that / shall bring it to success. have
dfeamed of starting a purely educa-
tional institution in Central America.
It is much too hot there for either base
ball or football, and there is no water
for boat-racing. In that favored eli
mate / shall hope to concentrate the
mind of youth upon purely intellectual
attachments, but do not believe that
that can ever be done again in the TEN.
perate zone. Have l your consentw
"You have" said John Bangs, ''aud
think that's the best way out of it.
Go, my son, and found your school. II
you run it on that principle it can
never be rival of Yale. I'll back you
with all the money you need"
''And ! say, Lawrence" said Harry,
''if you strike any fellow over there
who looks as if he could play football,
ship him across to me. They say some
of those natives grow to be seven feet
high, and Yale will need two or three
men like that after Paddy leaves"
The subsequent adventures of Paddy
O'Toole are well known to the reader.
twill be remembered that the so-called
Larry Bangs, during the last months
of his stay at Yale, suffered from an af-
lection of the eyes which made it nee
essary for, him to be accompanied
whenever he took an examination by
an amanuensis, who recorded the an
swers to the questions on the paper. 1t
was fortunate that this private secre-
tary possessed an excellent collegiate |
education, for otherwise he might have
been bothered by the fact that Paddy
never said, any thing which related even
remotely to the subject mentioned on
the examination paper. AS it was, Pad
dy secured excellentrank. \
F1G was even MOrG 1Or GuudGo UQdG QlS1
eyes did not trouble him except at ex-;
animation time. He could see the home]
plate and get his eye on the ball as WE'LL
as ever.7as8 gsot 4
sHe was secretly adopted by old John
Bangs, and after graduation he ac-1
,epted the post of athletic INSTRUCTOR
d western university at a salary
much larger than that received by its
president. a, t# i
The reader will have no trouble att
Ill in predicting that he will marry
Florence, with whom he is deeply in
owe, and that she will be proud and
lappy always. /
! @ 1.-THE END. d
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