The Princeton union., 1901-01-03

roommate at college. Perhaps can
straighten him up.'' =. = =
e. The truth is, the trouble began last
September: He. came back from the
| continent, where he had been on an
errand, a changed man. Hillars al
ways drank, but never to an alarming
extent. On his return, however, he
was in a bad shape. 1t was nearly
|hNovemher before / got him sobered
up, and then he went under on an
| average of three times week. asked
him bluntly what he meant by it, and
he frankly replied that if he wanted
to drink himself to death that was his
business. When he isn't half seas
over, he is gloomy and morose. From
! the first l knew that something had
gone wrong on the mainland, but
couldn't trap him for farthing. No
man at his age drinks himself to death
without cause; / told him so, but he
only laughed at me. I'd give a good
deal to know what the truth is; not
from curiosity, mind you, but to find
| the disease in order to apply a REM
edy. DAMS father died of drink
"No," said coldly; che was shot"
"Oh, | know that" was the reply,
''but give conditioned man the same
wound and he will recover nine times
out Of ten. The elder Hillars was so
enervated by drink that he had no
strength to fight the fever which came
on top of the bullet hole. Something
happened over there, and it's pounds
to pence, there's a woman back of the
curtain. 1t is some one worth while.
Hillars is not man to fall in love
with a barmaid."
| l began to respect the young mans
wisdom.
$50 you believe it to be woman?"
~ Eyes; the wind blows from one point
at time. There are four points to
the vane of destiny-there is ambition
Tor glory, ambition for power, ambition
for wealth and ambition for love. In
Hillafs' case, since the wind does not
blow from the first three it must nee
essarily blow from the fourth You
know him better than do, so you
must certainly know that Hillars is not
man to drink because glory or power
or wealth refused to visit him."
"You are a very discerning young
man." said 1, whereat he laughed.
.'''Did he get-my cable?''r i. II.
"No; thought that it was some or
der from headquarters and opened it
myself. put it in his desk. spoke
to him, but he was too drunk to pay
any heed to what said Well, l must
be going. am getting out a sympo-
sium Of editorials from the morning
papers on the possibility Of Franco
Russian alliance. 1t must be at the
cable Office in half an hour If you are
going to wait, you'll find the Berlin
and Paris files in the next room. I'll
see you later and he departed.
1t was S of the clock. The Strand
was choked. Here and there saw the
color of martial attire. Save for this
and that the buildings were low and
solid and that most of the people walk
ed slower, might have been looking
down upon Broadway for all the
change of place saw There is not
much difference between New York
and London except in the matter of To-
comotion. The American gets around
with more rapidity than does his Eng
lish cousin, but in the long run he ac-
complishes no more. 1t is only when
one steps on to the continent that the
real difference in the human races is
discerned. Strange as this may seem.
it is not distinguishable in a cosmopol-
itan city. Suddenly my rowing eyes
rested upon a familiar face. 1t was
Hillars. and he was pushing rapidly
across the street. Any one would have
instantly marked him for an American
by the nervous stride, the impatience
at being obstructed. l went into the
1reroom, intending to give him a. little
surprise. did not have long to wait.
The door to the main Office opened. and
he came in singing snatch from a
drinking song we used to sing at col
lege.s The rich baritone that had once
made the old glee club famous was q
bit husky and throaty.~ - Z
"Dick!' he called. "Hi. Dick! Well.
: 1m~4hanged" Evidently he had dis.
covered my cable. = ) = Z. r. :. 4,
DICK isn't IN, said l, crossing the
threshold. -.azss5 azss.s ! !. = r. = =.
L In a moment our hands were welded
together, and I'VE were gazing into each
others eyes, ,:=5.- - -. z~..a.-.5
You old reprobater' cried. mot
to have met me at the station even.''
Bless my soul, Jack. this cable was
the first intimation:that you were with
in 5000 miles of London But it does
my heart good to see; your pumping
my hand again. Come out to dinner
with me. Now don't begin to talk till
we've had something to eat. I'm al
most famished. know all the ques-
tions you want to ask, but not now.
There's Bohemian joint q block
above that'll do your heart good to see.
We'll have chops and ale, just like we
did in the old days, the green and
salad days. 7 would they were back
. again. soberly. oh, I've long story
to tell you, my son. Time enough
when we get to my rooms. But not
word Of 1t now-not word. It will