The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-04-06

"a note for the lieutenant" said he,
darting i'll and then darting out, pos
sibly fearful of question. 1t was
queer note:
81 am total stranger to you. but wore
in brighter days the badge Of the same So
ciety that was yours at the university.
Three Of the fraternity are in my COM
pany-one is on guard and he urged me to
write at once to you. They know me to be
brother Delt. even though I dare not tell
my real name. What 1 have to say is that
the charge against me is utterly false, as
I can convince you, but could not con-
vince court. 1 am confined at the mo-
nent of all others in my life when it is most
vitality important that l should be free.
Grant me ten minutes interview this aft
ernoon and if do hot prove myself guilt
less will ask no favor-but when do con-
vince you, do as you would be done by.
"Yours in Il z x,
GEORGE MORTON"
"Well, I'll be blessed!" said Mr.. Gray,
as he rolled out of his gray blanket.
Here's n state of things! Listen to
this, captain" he called to his company
commander in the adjoining tent.
Here's Morton, back from 4S hours
absence without leave, brought back
by armed guard after sharp resist
ance, charged with Lord knows what
all, wants to tell me his story and prove
his innocence"
"You let him alone" growled his
senior. Remember what Canker said,
or you'll go in arrest. What call has
Morton on you, I'd like to -knowT"
The lad flushed. Fraternity was a
very sacred thing in the 4 z 4. 1t
was 1.-The most exclusive crowd at the
varsity" It's membership was pledged
to one another by unusual ties. twas
the hardest society for fellow to get
into in any one of the seven colleges
whereat it flourished, and it's mystic
bonds we're not shaken off with the
silken gown and mortar board" of
Undergraduate days, but followed it's
membership through many a maturer
year. 1t was q society most college men
might ask to. join in vain. Money. So
cial station, influence were powerless.
Not until q student had been under OBJ
servation two whole years and was
thoroughly known could he hope for a
IBID" to become a Delta Sig" Not
until another six months of probation
could he sport its colors, and not until
he formally withdrew from it's fold,
in post graduation years, could he con-
slider himself absolved from its mild
obligations. But the boast of the del
ia Sig" had ever been that no one of
it's membership had ever turned deaf
ear to fellow in need of aid. Who of
its originators ever dreamed of such
thing as it's drifting into and becoming
factor in the affairs of the regular
army?
No wonder Gray stood for moment,
the paper still in his hands, irresolute,
even disturbed. Not to answer the ap-
peal meant to run counter to all the ten
cts of his fraternity. To answer might
mean arrest and court-martial for de-
liberate disobedience of orders. Canker
has no more mercy than an Indian. 1t
was barely 40 hours since he had been
publicly warned by an experienced old
captain that he would find no guard
ian anger' in Squeers. 1t would Sc
riously mar his prospects to start now
with Squeers down on him." and as
that ly1x-eyed commander was ever on
watch for infractions of orders, Billy
well knew that he could not hope to see
and talk with the prisoner and Canker
not hear of it. To ask permission OF
Canker would only make matters worse
he. was sure to refuse and then re-
emphasize his orders and redouble his
vigilance. To ask the consent of the
officer of the day or the connivance of
the officer of the guard was to invite
them to court arrest and trial on their
own account. He couldn't do that even
to oblige a brother Delft. If only Ned
Craven were officer of the guard some
thing might be done-he was a college
man, too, and though not a "Delt," but
rather of a rival set, he would under
Standard possibly help. Guard mount
was held toward dusk, and that was
four hours away, at least. The prison
er's note and tone were urgent. An idea
occurred to Billy: What if he could
get Gordon to let him go on" this
very evening? 1t wasn't his tour. He
had marched off, only two days be-
fore, as he we'll remembered, for Canker
"had roughed" him up and down about
that little error in copying the list of
prisoners from the report of the pre-
vious day. Moreover, he had counted
on going to town right after retreat"
dining at the Palace, an extravaganza
not to be thought of at other times,
So as to be on hand when the Primes
and Amy Lawrence came down to din