Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-07
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 eiety Chapter That Was I. 6nA 1psu That Contained and Bottled Re It frequently happens. y said col. |a'' graduate, "that different chapters Eallae same Greek letter fraternity, sit q at different colleges, develop diff. |' Ut Characteristics. All of these so- ies, think, are organized to encour. |n literary pursuits. l mean that's III t tha eonstitutions say. AS g mat |>>of fact, the literary element is rath- ost sight of i'll most cases in the IS ss of huying 8 jolly good time. sn convention time comes round, b ever, the chapters that have main ed their literary quality come 10 the and the others have to put up l by sending as delegates men who high standing us scholars or else a very back seat.
 rA T Aso s.sss;; ss..ssss;;;;tter to which ! belonged located at a country college. and
 ome way or ether it had acquired a "A ltafion in the fraternity Of being es- [n ially nonliterary. and, in fact, rath- R &orty in character. This was so Il the case that in my junior year Q was a movement on foot to expel uspend our chapter from the frater-
 Ne weren't very strong in high d men and couldn't even scare up to go as delegates to the conven- Another man and myself were Ily eelected for this function as tia |9a@I9it unsophistieated looking members |RGAe chapter.
 E11sgAs usual in such cases, \ special \ Sa was made mp to start from the Essll ernlnost chapter and to pick up AS |hsa Y of the other delegations as could Es ranged on it's way to the convention [RI Wewere among the more remote K, ,ters, aud when we boarded the there was only one other delega- or ls ss., acts-l.osed of three mem- Fs- No sis..ed when we SAW big boxes eftled beer in the freight car and ctsd on the elaborate Instructions rad received from our constituents. In were primed for the occasion. My IN panion, Forbes, had a classical vol | in each side pocket of his coat aud l, g were ink stains an lis fingers. l f borrowed from classlaate 4 meda ! n for scholarship, aud this I has CT Internationally hung Oil my watch n.
 Ne soon made the acquaintance of other three delegates and joined in their stateroom. Befote long proposed game of poker, and one |-shem produced pack Of cards. sss said he didn't play. retired to a fer, pulled out 8 copy of Gladstone's aalmafks Of Homerio Study and Egr gazing thoughtfully out of the |uddow for 8 moment or two apparently ! tsaIae Absorbed isi it. I admired hia ! septipn of the part, but I couldn't t g myself to break up the game, and aas what 1t meant, for everybody Ws there's no fun in three handed asr. Besides, there were only three |Hs 8ztss on the train to witness my |H { said l didn't play, but had seen |nb game and thought it looked inter- N. ng l was willing to Iealn.
 When we got started, there was aand for buck, and I unhitched the larship medal aud dropped it into pot as gcod means of calling at ion to it. Everything went on mmingly for awhile. l had outra- aa lslek and won pot after pot, so they 2 8 eondrlned in the idea that was 8 lnnex After awhile one of the other Ratee get away with & jack pot, and 3e he was waiting for the cards to tealt he picked up the Inedal and h Icad carelessly at the obyerse side dn't Examined it particularly, but l d out afterward that it bore tbis 1nseription: Garrett J. Gardner, mouth University, Glass of '87. Eh6 deiegate started and looked ae With8a glance that was first nlysti- and then suspicious.
 |a 1hes your pardon, Brother Gard pR ae said, with touch of sarcasm. |uP hon9ht you said your name was !a fkla1, aud we've all been calling fhatfight along
 There was smothered gufraw from nd the Landmarks of Holnerie anu saw the jig was up. We |I 2 clean breast of it, and Forbes ! pr nto tue game, making it five hand. |oa Rnich, of course, is the ideal game |. t Q1dHt lose any time sending for RI 1orsa consignment of that bottled Alia the floor was stre,yn with luflians when the train filled up other delegates, and they crowded aalQ watch the game.
 hl 2Nr Elaborate bluff hadn't worked, II convention opened with ouI yb 3n just as bad odor as before, aeu made stanch supporters of 4aeiegates and some other lind- HILL who had joined us on the ney all went to work like bea- lls wheh our case was taken up n "a n, |