Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-22
THE BLUFF FAILED.
BUT IF BROUGHT A30UTTf5E DeS!f5I.
 RESULT AT LAST.


 rae College saelety Chapter riat Was In
 Baa Eapate 4 Medal That ce,,tsiaed
 an Inscription FoEer and Bottled Re.
 rresAmsnts.
 It frequently happens, said q col. 1ege graduate that different chapters Of the same Greek letter fraternity, sit uated at different colleges, develop diff. felent characteristics. All of these SO. ciaties, 1 think. are organized to eneour- age literary pursuits. 1 mean that's what the constitutions say As mat. ter of fact, the literary element is rath. CT lost sight Of in most cases in the stress of having jolly good time When convention time comes round, however, the chapters that have main tained their literary quality come to the fore, and the others have to put tip bluff by sending as delegates men wha have high standing as scholars OF else take very back seat.
 Tine chapter to which l belonged was located at country college, and in some way or other il had acquired | reputation ill the fraternity of being esz aeRtiaIly Honliterary, and, in fact, rath= CT sporty in character This was SO much the case that in my junior year there was q movement on foot to expef CT suspend OUT chapter from the frater= nity. We weren't very strong iii high stand men and canIdn' even scare up two to so as delegates to the eonyen- tion Another man and myself were finally selected for this function aa the most unsophisticated looking members af the chapter.
 Is usual in such cases, . special train was made up to start from the Westernmost chapter and to pick up is many of the other delegations az could be arranged on its way to the convention city. We were among the more remote chapters, and when we boarded the train there was only one other delega- tion on board, composed of three mem- bers. We sighed when we saw big boxes of bottled beer in the freight ear and reflected on the elaborate instructions He had received from our constituents. We were primed fer the occasion Ny companion. Forbes, had classical vol uD1e in each side pocket Of his cont and there were ink stains on his fingers had borrowed from a classmate a medal eiyen for scholarship, and this I had rather ostentatiously hung on my watch chain.
 Nc soon made the acquaintance of the other three delegates and joined them in their statere8m. Before long they proposed 9 game of poker and one Of them produced pack of eards. Forbes said ha didn' { play retired to q corner, pulled cut | copy ef Gladsfoae' 3 landmarks of Hamerie Study and after gazing thoaghtfully out of the window for moment or two apparently became absorbed in it. l admired his conception Of the part, but conldn [ bring myself 10 break up the game. and that's what 1t meant, for everybody knows there's no fun in three handed poker Besides, there were only three delegates on the train to witness my fail l said didn't play, but had seen the game and thought it looked inter- esting. ] was willing to learn
 When We got started, there was q demand for buck, and l unhitehed the scholarship medal and dropped 1t into the pot as q good means of calling at tention to it. Everything went on swimmiHgly for awhile. I had oatra- geous luck and wen pot after pot, so they Were confirmed in the idea that ! was 3 beginner After awhile one of the other delegates get away with jack pot and while he WAS waiting for the cards to b. dealt aa picked up the medal aud glanced earelessly at the obqefse side. bailn examined ii particularly, but 1 found oat aftes#ard that 1t bore this neat iDserii iitioa: Garrett j GaTdner, Weymouth University Glass of 'e7
 ghe delegate staTled and looked It ine ' th . glance ihat VAS first mysti- fed aad thea suspicious
 !" beg y0ar pardon Brother Gard ner, he said, with q touch of saleasin. l thought you said your name was 5awkins, and we've all been calling you thaG light along
 Ihefe y9a8 q aalothared guffaw from behind tha Landmarks of Homerie Sfeay, and 1 saN the 1lg was up. We made clean breast Of it, and Forbes sat into tho ealae, making 1t i've haua- ed, which, Of course, ls che ideal game We didn't loae any 6ime sending foG- ward for consignment If that bottled beer, and the fioor was stfeWn with dead iuaiaas when the train filled up wish other delegates, ana they crowded agonnd to watcb tha 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 uf the three delegates and some other kind l ly spirits who had joined us on the train. They all went to work like bea- yers, and when our case was taken up in tho convention we had a good work ing majority which sustained our char ter with Whoop New York Sun
 Asnss Have Been Very Rad.