Evening star., 1900-12-22

undersized ''pleb' pranced into him from
the drop of the flag. and the rataplan OF
jolts that he planted all over the third
class man for couple of minutes.
while the latter never got In a lick, was
sure a caution to pythons. 1t wasn't half
as. much of caution. however. as the
way the understood ''pleb" suddenly drew
back, when he ceased to extract amuse-
ment from basting the third-class man
all over the latters person above the waist
line and planted his left on the third-class
mans right ear. The third-class man"
toppled over like sack of oats while the
party or amazed cadets rubbed their eyes
and wondered IL It could all be true-for the
just-thrashed thrd-class man was the
top-notch bully and fighter of West Point
The cadet officer who had been so ont
rageously 'insulted" by the victorious nm
dersized ''pleb' on the parade ground was
the first to recover.
Seize him." he commanded his six rpatas
still on their feet.
Wait a minute" put in the shock-head-
ed pieb backing away a bit. his blouse
hanging over his arm. What for This
SeiZingp'' ~
'Sirrah. 'pleb.'" replied the cadet officer
with an attempt at impressiveness, iii Is
the custom here to take the conceit out of
'piebs You are to be 'braced' and 'exer-
cised' and spread-eagled' and 'bucked and
gagged and soaked under the pump and
then you are to drink a pint or so of Ia
basco sauce with your talow candles and
raw onions, and follow that up with a few
kerosene cocktails. and you are to an
nounce that you like these things
on l am hey?" said the chock headed
pieb, brushing little spot of dust from
his blouse. That'll be nice. BY the way
who's going to have all of this fun with
me?"
I'VE are" replied the cadet officer ad-
Eancing upon the understood ''pieb," closely
followed by the other.
The code of honor In vogue at the Vest
Point Military Academy among the cadets
forbade any of the latter from mentioning
what happened lust at this iuncture hut n
plain solder of engineers, who saw the,
Whole performance from behind a little
knoll short distance away, has told about
1t. The cadet officer didn't get hold of the
understood 'pleb" at ALL Neither did any
or the others. He knocked them down like.
nlne-pins. As soon as they scrambled 10
their feet he knocked them down again. .
After being knocked down the second time
they all remained down, quite indifferent to
what was going on around them. Then the
undersized 'pleb" stroled around the laid
out ones. gave each of them good swift
KICK where kicks are customarly admin
istered and strolled away. Nine cadets did
hospital stunt on the sick report of the
West Point Military Academy for periods
varying from ten days to three weeks after
that night.
friends met him when he stepped off the
gangplank of the West Point boat in New.
York on the following night
rms hazlng game remarked Terry
who had been designated a cadet by a
sporty" congressman just for a lark. and
to see what would happen to the feather
weight-"this hazng game isn't such
much of hard proposition. It's eastern
giving exhibition bouts any time. It's a
bully way to keep in training. at that I'm
going to try now to get Mr.. Amos J. Cum
mings to have me appointed to Annapolis.
l like being hazed.
NOte.-There are numerous "pine Dreams
that could with both profit and poetic JUS
tice, be converted into realities.