The Jersey City news., 1898-12-23
HAZING a SENIOR.


During my senior year at college the
freshmen and sophomores were CONSTANT
" trying to get the better of each other as
IS their nrerogatiye We seniors Of cotifse
maintained diqnifled neutrality. We
were surprised to hear, however, that one
Of our class, Osborne, had sided with the
freshmen
A council was Immediately called Of
some half dozen choice spirits. presided
over BIZ Teddy Langfit, the strategist Of
the council. 1t So happened that Barlow.
who was one of the members Of the self
constituted vigilance committee, was
roomiug with Osborne at that time. The
first difficulty we encountered was in de.
Gliding on the nature OF the punishment.
ssI,li tell you what we'll do, = suggested
Teddy sWe don't want to give him any
more than good scare. SO we'll just duck
him at the college pump, and then tie
him out for the rest of the night. It'll
do him as much good as though we half
killed him and it won't be so risky for
u.s.
ssBut hold on q minute,u interposed
Barlow. ssHe keeps big revolver IN his
bureau drawer, and. If he should happen
to hear us coming up the stairs he might
make things unpleasant. He'd be Just
fool enough to shoot, and none Of US is
good enough to die yet. =
I'VE can fix that all right, . responded
Teddy. tWell send you down ahead.
You can pretend to be at the bureau I'M
dressing and in the meanwhile get hold
of the gun. Then you can easily make
some excuse for going out again, and
We'll be waiting for you at the corner. 2
This plan met with approval and the
next night being moonIess, was selected
The appointed hour found us on the 'cer-
ner above the house waiting the return Of
Barlow, who had gone in search of the re-
yolyer
In the meantime, the latter, as we dis
covered later, was encountering some un-
expected obstacles When he entered the
bedroom that the two men occupied In
common, he found the gas turned low
and Osborne In bed and apparently sound
asleep.
This was the very chance he wanted,
and stepping softly, he crossed the room
and began to search in the top drawers of
the bureau where the revolver usually lay
Suddenly he heard d sound from the
bed, and, turning round, he found him
self gazing straight into the muzzle of a
very determined looking revolver Hehad
found the object Of his search, but 1t was
In the grasp of Osborne, NOW very much
awake.
You'd better come to bed, " the latter
remarked in quiet voice, and Barlow,
for once subdued and silent, obeyed with
out q Inurnur, not even stopping to re-
move his shoes or hat.
While all tflis was going on we were
cooling our heels on the corner above and
wondering at the delay. Finally Smith
broke out:
whats the use waiting here? Barlow's
got chicken hearted and WON'T come back
au ALL Let's 40 ahead and do it without
him."
The front door was unlocked, but the
stairs were as dark as pitch, and in our ef-
forts to go up quietly we made about as
much noise as a squadron of cavalry. Up
stairs we stumbled around and by dint Of
much cropping found our way into our VIC
TINS study. Here we stood for minute
or two crowded together and breathing
hard Somehow we didn't like the looks
of things little hit
The room was as dark and ouiet al the
y grave. and there was something 1avsteri-
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