The times., 1899-04-09
A COLLEGE STORY.
The Terrible Fate of Prep. Andcr-
From the Cincinnati Enquirer)

son.
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer)
Prep. Anderson having at last been given
the icy glare direct by Peachy Williams,
took his life in his hands and deliberately
ciambered up on the Sophomore fence.
where he sat and gloomed This was a
dangerous thing to do, bat the house that
enshrined Peachy was right opposite, and
she. at her usual post behind the parlor
window with her hair done up in curl pa
pers, would see the scrimmage in which
he proposed to shine. For he was strong
of limb and hard of knckles, was Prep.
Anderson, and If he could only have Elkins
in front of him he could be happy. II that
could only be his luck
You see Peachy Williams, obviously so
called in compliment to her pink and
rounded cheeks, was a newcomer and a
prize. Prep. Anderson had discovered her
by an accidental introduction, and she, ca
ger for the dignity of having college
man dangling, and not knowing, poor
child. the difference-oh the immeasurea-
BILE diference-between a real collegian
and forsaken prep, she went with him to
lecture, and SO placed herself as things
ordinarily ran. forever in the prep. cast. a
Pariah when she might have been a Peri.
therefore was Prep. Anderson happy. and
| bought a new cravat, SO that he might
the better shine before all men.
| Then came Elkins, the seIf-possessed and
suave, who saw that she was fair, and
saved her from her fate.
do you know. Mr.. Anderson? p" she ask
| ed him in their first talk.
Anderson. Anderson" replied Elkins,
thoughtfully. Sorry. but don't remem-
Der to have heard of him.
Why. he is college man." she said in
some surprise.
What class?"
Il don't know about that. He said he
was of the Hall. l remember
oh" said Elkins, with ineffable dis
dain. "a Prep
found out that Prep. was a student at the
preparatory schools, and that such had no
souls, and that finished Prep. Anderson.
Hence the despair and recklessness of
that youth in sitting upon the Sophomore
fence.
Except on purely abstract grounds there
was no particular qualification in this The
fence itself was rickety affair in the last
stages OF decrepitude, with one warped
board along the top and two strung on the
sides, and was on the most inconvenient
ana inaccessible portion of the campus
moreover, on this particular morning there
was snow upon the ground
NOW junior could never for moment
forget his newly acquired dignity long
Shou6H " upon Inat fence under any
pretext whatsoever. Having passed out OF
the sophomore class he relinquished all
right, claim, or desire to possess use or
| even 10 recognize the Sophomore fence
NOW and then senior. whose gigantic in
tellect was rapidly becoming burdened with
all the knowledge in the world might in
MS entire oblivion to merely material sur
roundings, sit there long enough to plan
the reformation of mankind and the m
I ofir rrcta
shortly after the granting of his sheep
skin, and in such cases an awed respect
was his only need "A senior was of the
salt OF the earth and might even harbor
thoughts of MARRIAGE rt
A Sophomore sat there as a king might
wear his crown. Not because it was COM
Portable, but OF entailed right, and because
IL was an emblem. An emblem of the
Lord knows what, but still an emblem
For Freshman to roost upon that sway
ing perch was tantamount to a declaration
OF instant war; glorious. blessed war. But
Tor a miserable Prep, worse that a plebe
10 mount the venerable structure. Oh We
gods! 1t was sacrilege, proclamation an
abomination, and an incredible presump-
tion, equivalent to a defiance cast in the
teeth OF Jove and bid for total annihila-
tion. For Prep. has no soul,
1t was setting aside of law and order. q
violence to the eternal fitness of things 50
monstrous that even a Freshman, natural
enemy of the Sophomores, since colleges
were, feeling keenly the encroachment oi
his own prerogatives in the defiance bust
ness, carried the news, like an honorable
foe. to Elkins.
Even Elkins, the imperturbable was Wis
IDLY shocked.
"a Prep" said he. "Has-has he q
| name?"
Its Prep. Anderson. Gum boots and
green and yellow sweater, you know
Prep. Anderson said Elkins. Il see
Go and tell the pumpkin to wait moment
until | can come and kill him.
Up in the lair Fairy was putting over ar
awkwardly handled pair OF dumb bells in
vain effort TO reduce his weight. Pie THE
Harkness was finishing an entirely per.