Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-11-27
.HARyEY'S ROMANCE.

1t was during his freshman year at Har-
ward that / first became acquainted with
Harvey He had come to college from q
thriving western town where his father
was banker and leading citizen. Harvey
was remarkable fellow in many ways.
In the first place, he was one Of the hand
somest fellows / have ever known. He
was possessed of rare talents and bore up
Oh his face the unmistakable stamp of good
breeding.
And yet, when 1 first knew Harvey, he
was a freshman in every sense of the
word You could hardly call him green
He had seen quite bit of the world and
society," too, for all that, but it was such
as q boy sees under the chaperonage of a
fond and indulgent mother. His expert
ences, while quite varied in their nature,
were of tame variety. So you will not
deem it strange that when he arrived at
Harvard, with an allowance Of $500 per
month and no chaperons but sophs and.
seniors, new world was opened to him.
Like all freshmen of this type Harvey
fell in with a fast set, joined swell fra
ternity and went straight to the bad. And
what winding and mellifuous path his
satanic majesty has provided for his col
lege devotees! Of course Harvey apart
ments were the best in the city. His dog
had whipped everything that had been
pitted against him, ard his wine suppers
to the fast set Of which he was part were
the talk and envy of every cheap Cholly
man in the college.
Long before the end of the first term
Harvey was an acknowledged king of the
bloods. lie was a greatly changed lad.
All that simple charm and frankness that
had markd him when he came were gone
His manner, talk and dress had all
changed and now conformed strictly to
the ideas of the set of which he had become
a part. AT the junior hop occurred little
incident which was to mark an epoch in
the affairs and life of the freshman, and,
in fact, to give birth to this story The
junior hop is the 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 impor-
tant he has become in one term.
A few months before beautiful young
lady, tho daughter of one of the Back Bay
millionaires, had made her debut in Bos-
ton society. Bessie Hill was SO refined and
so charming that it was but a short time
before all Of the young men, both in Bos
ton and in Cambridge, We're wild about
her. She was model Of beauty, but to
stop here and say no more would be doing
Nor, n,
queen of beauty, but possessed of all the
other qualities necessary to make her a
type of perfect 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 in
dividually did all in his power to bring
Bessie Hill to his booth and make her q
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 byrfar tho
handsomest man in the ballroom. He was
introduced to Bessie Hill. 1t was Greek
meet Greek. They exchanged glances.
Harvey bowed low. She extended her
AeiiNtt WiliC tllC DoilQC duSlCiIC VI SUllN
dents, mammas and sisters held their
breath in astonishment. Never before had
Bessie Hill extended her hand to any new
acquaintance. She had been with Harvey
but short time when the cold and steel
like glitter left her eyes and her cheeks
were suffused with the rose of natures
rarest red.
They danced together Harvey was a
perfect terpsichorean. They glided off to
the conservatory. Harveys heart beat
faster than usual and 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. The
freshman had won the greatest Of all so.
cial triumphs. 1t cost him wine supper
at Harvard and no little notoriety in Bos.
ton. Their meeting at the ball had caused
quite a sensation. The daily papers re-
viewed his life and family history, and
Bessie Hill was convinced that she had
made no mistake. But Harvey was "a be.
ginner. He could not understand that q
social triumph and love affair were ono
and the same thing, and that at best
should last only SO long as people talk
about them. Like foolish freshman that
he was, he allowed his head to be turned.
He underwent u change. The wine at tho
midnight reveiries grew insipid; the songs,
however spicy, lost their charm. There
would come stealing into his mind now
and then a fancy that he should study.
But who ever heard Of Greek and love
uniting in the same characters
Philosophy be id, he used to say.
x,,il1 fhn ors1,I T xxrt11 Ixa n
man Of business. Let other freshmen
wreck their bodies, sell their eyes and lose
their souls trying for degree l will
merry the woman / love. Philosophy be
d----d."
Harvey spent the major portion of his
time in Bessie's company. They read to.
gether, compared notes and spent theft
time as all lovers do in that delicious pleas
ure of doing nothing.
Harvey came home one night on car
from Boston. He rushed violently into
my room. His face was flushed. He was
somewhat wrought up thought he had
been drinking. Congratulate me, old
fellow" he exclaimed, II have won her,
but keep 1t still. The wedding is to be in
June. / know father will consent. Well
lldtC bllC III DOnpOIl SO til tiO lCl-
lows can be there. Well go to Europe fot
the summer, and I will go into business
with father when we return | came to
Harvard to scale Parnassus, but find my.
self worshiping at the shrine Of Diana.
Blast it, old man, brace up and congratu.
late me, and let's have bottle. II ]
had only stopped with one bottle, I prob.
ably would have done better in my philos.
ophy examination next day. I only cele.
brated occasionally in college, and this
was one of the occasions Oh, what
night!
As it neared the 1st Of June Harvey was
almost constantly in Boston He and his
bride to be were ever together. The fel.
lows all wondered what the freshman was
going to do when examination day came
round. Harvey, however, was preparing
q surprise for them, but, alas, for the poor
old chap, there was In store for him the