Morris tribune., 1895-08-07

AS d Sooo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, nave Occu sue
cessfully withstood thus far by the
native honesty of American youth.
The case of Lawrence Bangs is an in
stance of INSTRUCTED enthusiasm which
will sometimes work mischief in the
best regulated societies. 1t is valuable
only as an illustration Of the relative
popularity of the student and the ath.
lete. A recognition of this fact dawned
upon Lawrence very early in the game,
He resolved to make his name SO il
lustrious by scholastic attachments
that the work of Paddy O'Toole would
pale in comparison.
He had several months start. Harry
Bangs had decided not to allow Paddy
to be a candidate for the football team.
Paddy's public appearances during the
first three months were limited to a
few visits to the gymnasium. Harry
accompanied him on such occasions un-
til he became familiar with the build
ing. The deception was perfect. 1t
never occurred to anybody to doubt
the identity of the athlete and the stu
dent.
Meanwhile Lawrence burned the
midnight oil as he had never done be-
fore. He had sworn to make his name
known, and he succeeded. In a month
it was the talk of the college that the
brother of the famous Harry Bangs was
long haired grind.
This is term of reproach, and yet it
carries no bitterness. There is no
other place on earth where the individ-
ual rights of man are so perfectly rec
ognized as they are in a first-rate Ameri-
can college. One may do as he likes
there. And yet it is a fact that a
young man who spends fourteen hours
day in hard study has not much time
for making friends. Fellows who
called upon him at first found him al
ways knee deep in Greek or Latin, and
they ceased to come because they dis
liked to disturb him.
During this time Paddy was being
subjected to an educational discipline
which was equally severe, though the
curriculum was limited. He was being
taught to say few words in voice
which would not suggest the South
Cove of Boston to anybody who had
ever visited that locality The natural
tone of his voice was, happily, quite
similar to Lawrence's, but his vocabu-
larry was entirely different. He did
not say much, but when he did launch a
remark it whizzed through the air like
one of his mastery ''in shoots" and
left su1phurous trail behind it. Not
that Paddy was bad boy; no, indeed;
he was full of amiable qualities which
had never been developed. He ad-
hered to his own standard of morality
with admirable fidelity, and it was GER
tainly not his fault that the standard
was no better. He considered himself
bound in honor to please Harry Bangs
in everything, and it was he who first
solved the difficulty presented by his
of conversation which
suited so i'll with the character of Law
renee Bangs the student.
''See here, Mr.. Bangs" he said one
day when Harry had been looping off
a few excrescences from the South
Cove dialect, ''every time / open me
trap you jumps on me neck. I can't
learn that dago that you want me to
talk What's der matter wild me closin'
me jaw for keeps? I'm willin'. You
just call time on me, see? An any
body what gets word out O. me after
that is a beaut? Does it go?"
''But you've got to have something
to say when you get cornered."
whats der matter wild yes an no?
Dem two words will carry fellie a
long ways, I'm t'inking?"
"Some fellow may nail you on the
field and try to get points out of you
on the studies. Remember that Larry
is great grind. He's supposed to know
everything. Suppose a fellow should
ask you to translate a line of Greek?"
SID say, very perlitely: Don't be
after botherin' me wild that dago /
knows it meself, see? An / amt |
yivin' it away to the likes of youse.
How would that strike him? Do yer
link he'd be after me on that lay
again?"
''No, I don't think he would" re-
joined Harry, "but you'd lose your job
md I'd have to skip the country"
Would he tumble to me just from
hem few words?"
'Well. should say he would. But
your suggestion is good one, and /
believe you're the man to stick by it.
I'll give you just one sentence to say
ind we'll spend the next month in get
ing it down fine. just use it every
lime you get stuck, and don't say any
hing else on any consideration"
"Au right. You can gamble on me.
What's the sentence?''
Harry thought few minutes and
hen he said: Its hard to decide. 1t |
must be something high toned to fit
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