Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-27
THE BLUFF FAILED.
BROUGHT ABOUT THE DESIRED
 RESULT AT LAST.


 an Inscription Poker and Bottled Re.
 freshments.
 It frequently happens. said col. Iege graduate, that different chapters of the same Greek letter fraternity, sit uated at different colleges, develop diff. felent characteristics All of these 20. cieties, think, are organized to encour. age literary pursuits l mean that's what the constitutions say AS a mat ter of fact, the literary element Is reth- CT lost sight of ill most cases ill tha stress of having jolly good time When convention time comes round, however the chapters that have main tained their literary quality come 10 the fore, and the others have to put up bluff by sending IS delegates men who have high standing as scholars or else take a very back seat
 The chapter to which belonged was located tt q country college. and i'll some way or othsr t had acquired ] reputation in the fraternity of being es= sentially nonlisarary, and, ii fact, rath- CT sporty ih character This was SC much the case that in ny junior year there was movement en feet tu expel or suspend our chapter from the ffater- nity. he weren't very strong in high stand 1aen and conldn even scare up two to go as delegates 10 the eonven. tion. Another nun and myself were finally selected fer this function as the most unsophisiicaJed looking members of the chapter
 As usual in sach cases, I special train was made tp 10 start from tic westernmost chapter and to pick up as many of the ether delegations IS could be arranged oil it's way to tile convention city. Ne were among the more remote chapters, and when we boarded the train there was only one other delega- tion oil board, composed of three mem bers. We sighed when We sag big boxes of bottled beer in the freight ear and reflected en the elaborate instructions we had received from our constituents. We were prined for the occasion. Ny companion, Forbes had classical vol ume in eaeh side pocket of his coat and there we're ink stains oil his fingers. had borrowed from elassmate medal given for scholarship, and this 1 had rather esteptatiously hung on my watch chain
 We eoon made the acquaintance of the other three delegates and joined them in their stateroom. Before long they proposed game of poker, and one of them produced a pack of cards. Forbes said he didn't play, retired to q corner, pulled out copy of Gladstene's landmarks of Homerie Study and after gazing thoughtfRlly eat of the window for moment or two apparently became absorbed in t. l admired his conception Of the part, but 1 couldn't bring myself to break up the game, and that's what 1t meant, for everybody knows there's no fun ill three handed poker. Besides, there were only three delegates en the train to witness my fall said l didn't play. bGt had seen the game and thought 1t looked inter- esting. ] was willing 10 learn
 ''When We got started, there was a demand for buck, and l unhitched ike scholarship medal and dropped 1t into the pot as q good means of calling at tention to 1t. Everything went on swimmingly for awhile. 1 had out1a- geous luck and won pot after pot, so they were confirmed i'll the idea that i was a beginner. After awhile one of the other delegates got away with a jack pot, and while he was waiting for the cards tu be dealt he picked up the medal and glanced carelessly at the obyerse side. l hadn't examined it particularly, but I found out aftcrward that it bore tbia neat inscription; Garrett ]. Gardner. Weymouth University, Glass of '87.
 The delegate started and looked at me with glance that was first mysti- fled and then suspicious
 "z' beg your pardon, Brother Gard. ner, he said with touch of sarcasn.. l thonght you said your naaGe was Hawkins, and we've all been calling you that right along.
 There Was q smothered gatfaw from behind the Landmarks of Homerie Study amt saw the Jig was ap. We made clean breast os it, and Forbes sat into the game, making it five hand. ed, which, oi course, Is the ideal game. We didn't loae aay time sending for ward for consignment of that bottled beer, and the floor waa strewn with dead Indians when the train filled up with other delegates, and they crowded around to watch the game
 Our elaborate bluff hadn't worked, and the convention opened with our chapter in just as bad odor as before, but we had made staneh supporters of the three delegates and some other kind ly spirits who had joined us on the train. They all went to work like hea- yers, and when our ease was taken up in the convention We had good work ing majority which sustained onr char ter with q whaop. "-New York Sun.
 
 Must Have neen vsry uaa.
 Tn this day of siano and slinchnd