River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28
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IT WAS during his freshman year at
Harvard that first became aCquaiut-
ed with Harvey. lie had come To col
lege from thriving western town.
where his father was a banker and
leading citizen. Harvey was remark
able fellow in many ways. In the first
place. he was one Of the handsomest
fellows / have ever known. He was
possessed of rare talents, and bore upon
his face the unmistakable stamp of
good breeding.
And yet, when frs; knew Harvey,
he was freshman in every sense Of the
word You could hardly call him green;
he had seen quite bit Of the world.
and society too. TO- all that, bar Z was
of such as boy sees under the chaper-
ouage If fond and iudulgent mother.
His experiences, while quite varied in
sheir nature. were If a tame variety. so
YOU will not deem L strange that when
he arrived at Harvard, with an allow
ance Of $500 per month and no chap
srOEs but sophs aud seniors. "a new
world was opened to him
Like all freshmen of his type. Harvey
fell in with fast set. joined swell
fraternity and went right TO the bad.
And what a winding and mellihuous
path his satanic majesty has provided
for his college devoteeS. az course Har-
vey's apartments were the best in the
city Ills dog had whipped everything
that had hee1 pjtted against him and
ais wine suppers 10 the fast set Of which
he was part were the talk and envy
of every cheap Cholly man in the col
iege.
Long before the end OF the first term
Harvey was an acknowledged king Of
the bIoods. lie was a greatly changed
lad; all tina; simple charm aud frank
ness that had marked him when he
came were gone. His manner. talk and
dress had all changed. and now CON
formed strictly to the ideas of the set
of which he had become a part. ~ the
junior hop occurred a little incident
which was 10 mark an epoch in the af-
fairs and life of the freshman. and. in
fact. % give birth To this story. The
junior hop is the social event of the
year at Harvard. and at an great Amer
lean colleges. for all that This is the
high tide Of the year y hen the fresh
man sends home for his girl to show her
something of college life and 10 show
her how important he has become in
ono term. 4 few months before a
beautiful Young lady, the daughter Of
one Of the Back Ray miIlionaircs. had
made her debut in Boston society. Bes-
sic Hill was so refined aud So charm
ing that il was but short time before
all of the Young men both in Boston
and in Cambridge. were wild about her.
She was model Of beauty, but 10 stop
here and say no more would he doing
her great injustice. for She va, not
only possessed Of all the other quail
Ties necessary to make her a tvpe Of
perfect wOmauhood OF course She
would he al the hop. ana every fellow
who had not already met her mad set
his heart upon an Introduction. Every
swell fraternity IN the college attended
in a body, and every big fraternity man
Individually did all in his power To
Bring BESSIE Hill To his booth and
make her pa-t OF his Greek letter
circle Harvey looked that night as I
had never seen him look before. With
the efforts uf nature and the -ailor
combined he was by far the han lson-
est man i'm the ballroom He was in
trCduced 90 BESSIE Hill, IL was Greek
meet Greek. They exchanged gIluces;
Harvey bowed low: she extended her
hand. while the polite audience Of stu
dents mamUas and sisters held their
breath In astonishmeut Never before
had BESSIE Hill extended her hand to
any new acquaintance She had been
with Harvey hut short time when
the cold and >teel-like glitter left her
ewes and her cheeks were sufTuscd with
the rose Of natures rarest red.
They danced together. Harvey YVES a
perfect terps .choreau. They glided of
10 the conservatory. Harvey's heart
beat faster than usual ard his bosom
swelled with pride. But surely he had
good reason TO feel proud. for he had
by his side the most admired woman Of
all Boston. Tn, freshman had won the
greatest Of all social triumphs Il cost
him n wine supper at Harvard aud TO
little not0riety 10 Boston. Their meet
ing al TIE ball had caused quite n sen
sstiou. The daily papers reviewed his
life and family history. and Bessie Hill
was convinced that she had made no
mistake. But Harvey was beginner.
lie could no, understand that a social
triumph and a love affair were one and
The same thing, and that al best should
last only 80 long a people talk about
them. Like "a foolish freshman that he
was. he allowed his head 10 he turned.
He underwent a change. The wine Al
the midnight revelrisz grew iusipid;
the songs, however spicy. lost Their
charm. There would come stealing into
his mind now ard theu a fancy that he
should study. But whoever heard 81
Greek and love uniting Ia the same
character.
philosophy be hanged" be used 10
say. 4 Will win the girl love: will
be a man of business: let other fresh
men wreck their bodies. sell Their ewes
and lose their souls trying for degree
/ will marry the woman I love.
Harvey spent the major portion of his
time in Bessie's company. They read
together. compared notes and spent
their time as all lovers do in that de-
Hcious pleasure Of doing nothing.
Harvey came home one night on a
car from Boston. tie rushed violently
into nv room; his face was flushed:
he wsssomevhat wrought mp: thought
he had been drinking. Congratulate me,
old f.IEsE," he exclaimed, Il have Won