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TT WAS during his freshman year at
Harvard that first became acquaint-
ed with Harvey. lie had come to col
lege from a thriving western town,
where his father was n banker and
leading citizen. Harvey was remark
able fellow in many ways. In the first
place, he was one Of the handsomest
bellows | have ever known. He was
possessed Of rare talents, and bore upon
his face the unmistakable stamp Of
good breeding.
And vet, when / first 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, for all that, but IL was
of such as boy sees under the chaper-
onage OF fond and indulgent mother.
His experiences, while quite varied in
their nature, were of tame variety, so
YOU will not deem il strange that when
he arrived ut Harvard, with an allow
ance Of $500 per month and no chap
erons but sophs and seniors, a new
world was opened TO him.
Like all freshmen of his type, Harvey
fell in with fast set, joined n swell
fraternity and went right TO the bad.
And what winding and melliiiuous
path his satanic majesty has provided
for his college deyotees. OF course llar-
Ney's apartments were the best In the
city. His dog had whipped everything
that had been pitted against him and
his wine suppers 10 the fast set of which
he was a part were the talk and envy
of every cheap Cholly man in the col
lege.
Long before the end OF the first term
Harvey was an Acknowledged king Of
the bloods. He was a greatly changed
lad; all that simple charm and 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 part. AT the
junior hop occurred little incident
which was 10 mark an epoch In the uf-
fairs and life OF the freshman, and, In
fact TO give birth TO this story. The
Junior hop is the social event Of the
wear AT Harvard, and az all great Amer
ican colleges, for all that. This is the
high tide OF the year when the fresh
man sends home for his girl 70 show her
something Of college life and 70 show
her how important he has become In
one term. A few months before n
beautiful young lady, the daughter OF
one OF the Back Bay millionaires, had
made her debut In Boston society Bees
sic Hill was so refined and so charm
ing that Il was but a short time before
all of the young me=, both In Boston
and In Cambridge, were wild about her
she was model Of beauty, but 10 stop
here and say no more would be doing
her great injustice, for she was not
only possessed of all the other quail
ties necessary 90 make her n type OF
nerfect womanhood. OF course she
Vould be Mt the hop. and every fellow
who had not already met her had set
his beart upon an introduction. Every
swell fraternity In the college attended
An body. and every big fraternity man
fpdividually did all In his power "a
hiring Bessie Hill 90 his booth and
make her a part OF his Greek letter
circle. Harvey looked that night MS
hod neyer seen him look before. With
The efforts OF nature and the tailor
combined he was by far the handsom
est man In the ballroom. He was In
Produced 20 Bessie Hills II was Greek
meet Greek. They exchanged glances,
Harvey bowed low; she extended bet
hand. while the polite audience OF stu
dents' mammas and sisters held Their
breath in astonishment. Never before
had Bessie Hin extended her hand &c
any new acquaintance. She had beer
with Harvey but a short time wher