The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-06

pied with matters of greater import
ance. Success had been now with one
class, now with the other, through the
year.
am aware that the sophomores are
always supposed to have the best of
these little affairs, and the freshmen
tamely submit to whatever their SUI
periors choose to give them, but this
freshman class happened to be I'M
usually large and particularly indie
pendent and very well able to take
care of themselves.
We seniors. as 1 have intimated be-
fore maintained all this time an atti-
tude of dignified neutrality, lending
assistance to neither of the hostile
parties. Our surprise was complete.
then, when it was brought to our ears
that a member of our class, Osborne
by name, had been guilty of aiding the
freshmen. advising them and even
helping haze one or two luckless sophs.
Now a senior, you must know, values
his dignity second only to his life, and
to learn that a classmate was so lost
TO q sense of self-respect aroused US
at once.
A council was Immediately called of
some half-dozen of the choice spirits of
the class. presided over by Teddy
IAngfits. the strategist of the council.
Teddy was the man in whom We placed
osar chief reliance to find a way to pun
ISL Osborne without the faculty or
anyone else finding it out. AS one of
the fellows said. TEDDY Langfit could
knock the spots off Machiavelh when
1t came to scheming."
It so happened that Barlow, who
was one Of the members of the self
constituted vigilance committee, was
rooming with Osborne at that time.
Aside from certain peculiar advantages
which that fact gave us in the carry
ing out cur plans, there seemed to
us to be q flavor Of Spartan justice in
thus choosing mans roommate and,
presumably, nearest friend to assist in
his humiliation.
The first difficulty we encountered
was in deciding on the nature of the
punishment. I'm tell you what We'll
do" suggested Teddy. I'VE don't want
to give him any more than a 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."
But hold on a minute interposed
Barlow. HE keeps a 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 are good enough to die yet"
I'VE can fix that all right responded
Teddy. well send you down ahead
You can pretend to be at the bureau,
undressing, and in the meanwhile get
mold Of the gun. Then you can easily
make some excuse for going out again.
and Wen be waiting for you at the
Corner
q This plan met with approval, and the
next night, being moonless, was Sc
lected. The appointed hour found US
on the corner above the house, waiting
the return Of Barlow, who had gone in
search of the revolver.
In the meantime, the latter, as we
discovered later, was encOuntering
some unexpected 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, step
ping softly, he. crossed the room and
began to search in the top drawers Of