Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-13
HARVEY'S ROMANCE.

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at Harvard that I first became ae-
quainted with Harvey. He had.
come to college from thriving
Western town, where his father was
a banker and leading citizen.
Harvey was a remarkable fellow
in many ways. In the first place he
was one of the handsomest fellows
have ever known. He was pos
sessed of rare talents, and bore upon
his face the unmistakable stamp of
good breeding.
And yet, when I first knew Har.
vey, he was freshman in every
sense of the word. You could hard
ly call him green he had seen quite
bit of society, too, for all that, but
it was of such that a boy sees under
the chaperonage of a fond and indul-
gent mother.
His experiences, while quite var
led in their nature, were of a tame
variety, so you viii not deem it
strange that when be arrived at Har-
ward, with an allowance of $500 per
month and no cbaperons but sophs
and seniors, a new world was open
ed to him.
Like sll freshmen OF this type,
Harvey fell in with fast set, Joined
a swell fraternity, and went straight
to the bad. And what a winding
and melliauous path his Satanic
Majesty has provided for the college
devotees.
OF course Hsrvey's apartments
were the best IN the city. His dog
had whipped everything that had
been pitted against him, and his
wine suppers to the fast set of which
he was a part, were the talk and
envy of each Cholly man in the col
lege.
Long before the end OF the first
term Harvey was an acknowledged
king of the bloods. He was great
ly changed lad all that simple
charm and frankness that had mark.
ed him when he came was gone. His
manner, talk and dress had all
changed, and now conformed strict
ly to the ideas of the set Of which
he had become part.
At the junior hop occurred little
incident which was to mark an epoch
in the affairs ard life of the fresh.
man, end, in fact, to give birth to
this story. The junior hop is tie
social event OF the year at Harvard,
and at all great American colleges
for all that.
This is the high tide of the year
when the freshman sends home for
his best girl to show her something
of college life, and to show her how
important he has become in one
term.
A few months before a beautiful
young lady, The daughter Of one of
the Black Bay millionaires, had
made her debut in Boston society.
Bessie Hill was so refined and so
charming that it was but a short
time before all of the young men,
both in Boston ard in Cambridge,
were wild about her. She was
model of beauty, but TO stop here
and say no more would be doing her
great injustice, for she was not only
queen Of beauty, but possessed of
all the other qualities necessary to
make her type of womanhood.
OF course, she would be at the
hop, and every fellow who had not
already met her, had set his heart
upon an introduction. Every swell
fraternity in the college attended in
body, and every big fraternity
man individually did all in his pow
er to bring Bessie Hill to bis booth
and make her a part of his Greek
letter circle.
Harvey looked that night as had
never seen him look before. With
the efforts OF nature and the tailor
combined he was by far the hand
soonest man in the ball room.
He was introduced to Bessie Hill;
it was Greek meet Greek. They ex-
changed glances; Harvey bowed
low; she extended her hand while
the polite audience of students,
mammas and sisters held their breath
in establishment. Never before had
Bessie Hill extended her hand to
any new acquaintance. She had
been with Harvey but a short time
when the cold and steel-like glitter
left her eyes and her cheeks were
sufused with the rose of natures
rarest red.
They danced together. Harvey
was perfect Terpsichorean. They
glided off 10 the conservatory. Har-
vey's heart beat faster than usual
and his bosom swelled with pride.
But surely he lad good reason to
feel proud, for he had By bis side
the most admired woman. The
freshman had won the greatest of all
social triumphs.
It cost him wine supper at Har-
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