Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17
THE BLUFF FAILED.
BUT TT BROUGHT ABOUT THE DsslRst
 RESULT AT LAST.

Bad Repute = 4 Medal That Contained
 an Inscription -Y Poker and Bottled Re
 treatments.
 cit frequently happens, D said col lege graduate, that different chapters of the same Greek letter fraternity, sic. uated at different colleges, develop diff. ferent characteristics. All of these SO. cieties think, are organized to encour- age literary pursuits. l mean that's what the constitutions say. As q mat. ter Of fact, the literary element is rath. CT lost sight of ill most cases ill the stress of having a jolly good time When convention time comes ronnd however, the chapters that have main. tained their literary quality come to the fore, and the others have to put up a bluff by sending as delegates men wha have high standing as scholars or else take very back seat.
 ''The chapter to which I belonged was located at country college. and in some way or other it had acquired q reputation in the fraternity Of being es sentially nonliterary, and, ill fact, rath CT sporty in character, This was SC much the case that in my junior year there was movement on foot to expel CT suspend our chapter from the frater- nity. We weren't very strong i'll high stand men and couldn't even scare up two to go as delegates to the conven- l tion. Another man and myself were finally selected for this function as ths most unsophisticated looking members of the chapter.
 As usual in such cases, 8 special train was made up to start from the westernmost chapter and 10 pick up as many of the other delegations as could be arranged OH it's 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 tho elaborate instructions we had received from our constituents. We were primed for the occasion. My companion, Forbes, had classical vol ume ill each side pocket of his coat and there were ink stains on his fingers. ] had borrowed from a classmate q medal given for scholarship. and this 1 hat rather ostentatioasly hung on my wateh chain
 We soon made the acquaintance of the other three delegates and joined them ill their stateroom. Before long they proposed game of poker, and one of them produced pack of cards Forbes said he didn't play, retired to a corner, pulled out copy of Gladstone'a < Landmarks of Homerie Study and after gazing thoughtfully out of the window for moment or two apparently became absorbed in 1t. 1 admired his conception of the part, but couldn't bring myself to break up ths game, and that's what it meant, for everybody knows there's no fun ill three handed poker Besides, there were only three delegates on the train to witness my fall. I said didn't play, but had seen tine game and thought 1t locked inter. esting. I was willing to learn.
 When we got started, there was 4 demand for a bueli, and I unhitched the scholarship medal and dropped it into the pot as good means of calling at tention to it. Everything went oD swimmingly for awhile. 1 had outra geous luck and won poE after pot, so they were confirmed ill the idea that was a beginner. After awhile one of the other delegates got away with jack pot, and while he was waiting for tho cards to be dealt he picked up the medal and glanced carelessly at the obyerse sides l hadn't examined it particularly, but found out afterward that it bore tbis neat inscription: Garrett ]. Gardner. Weymouth University, Glass of 's7.
 t'The delegate started and looked as mo with glance that was first p9ysti fled and then suspicious.
 '' [ beg your pardon, Brother Gard. ner, he said, with touch of sareasn I thought you said yeur name was Hawkins, and we've all been calling you that right along
 "There was a smothered guffaw from behind the Landmarks of Homeric Study, and l saw the jig was up. We made clean breast of it, and Forbes sat into the game, making it five hand eu, WulClIf u SoulsS, ls tiio lutst1 Sa1ue' We didn't loSe any time sending for. ward for a consignment of that bottled beer, and the floor was 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 orksd, and the convention opened with our chapter in just as bad odor as before. but we had made stanch supporters of the three delegates and some other Eind- ly spirits who had joined Us on the train. They all went to work like bea- vers, and when our case was taken up ill the convention we had good work ing majorit. which sustained our char ter with whoop. "- New York Sun.
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