Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-08

fCr Wceh ue uSeu every spare ulO-
ment of his time trying to find some-
thing regular to do. At first it seemed
as If there was absolutely nothing ell
Their In the neighborhood Of the college
or in the town. But at last he sue
ceeded in getting the care of furnace
at the house Of one Of the professors
and of horse and cow at the residence
of one of the townspeople. The dis
lance between the two houses obliged
him to take much more time for the
work than he felt he ought to spare.
and all he received for his service ut
both places together was 1926 q week.
But he finally settled down to his fall
md winter work with good degree Of
courage and clear conscience. Ran.
kin had disposed of his route to one Of
The freshmen. and Edward heard moth
ing more directly about it, but that
was not the end Of the matter, as he
found out before his college course
was over. The results of transgresslon
of moral laws are farreaching, and the
world learns the lesson painfully. Bet
ter that it learn 1t thus than never
learn it at all.
1t was the beginning of November.
and everything in Hope college was
now in full swing. The secret socie-
ties, the athletics, the glee club, the
literary open societies, owing to the
unusual enrolment of students, were
all lourishing. Edward had been In
vited to join the leading literary So
ciety as promising freshman, and he
had gone in with the purpose of get
singer, and Willis, who was a prOmi-
nent tenor in the glee club and would
have been glad if Edward could have
been an applicant for admission, gave
him up after an attempt on his part to
test his roommate's vocal powers.
Didn't you ever sing anything?' he
asked Edward one day after he had
coaXed him to try the scale.
"The nearest ever came to it is
what you have just heard" replied
Edward soberly.
'If you had stood the notes up and
fired gun at them, you couldn't have
scared them any worse" said Willis
pensively. "How much will you give
me to teach you the scale"
81 haven't money enough without
selling the farm" said Edward slowly.
But there was another part of the
college life that attracted Edward
strongly and for which his sturdy ply
sique fitted him to take a part if he
could only spare the time from his
work and his studies, and that was the
athletic side of it.
He was naturally very vigorous and
fond of outdoor life. His farm training
had developed his muscles to slow
rather than to rapid movements, but
all he needed was gymnastic training
to make typical athlete of the better
sort. The football team for the year
had already been chosen. but Edward
began to play with the second eleven,
and after two weeks hard work the
captain of the college team one day
noticed some specially good play on his
part and complimented him on it,
Say did you hear what Reynolds
said about your play at the club to-
night?" asked Willis on the evening OF
that same day as the boys were going
up to their rooms.
NO" said Edward much pleased.
"Well, he said if you kept up that
kind of form you would be good sub
stitute for the Thanksgiving day game
in case Wallace was dropped"
YES; it would be nice thing,
wouldn't it. to put green freshman
into Wallace's place just before that
game" growled one of the seniors.
But look at Brooks in 1892" spoke
up one of the boys who knew the rec
ord of every football player for years
back. He went in to play on the reg
ular team before he had been in college
six weeks. and he made one of the best
quarter backs Hope ever had"
"Of course" said Willis. What does
the college care about man, whether
he's freshman or professor, whether
he's 10 years or 100, whether he knows
Quadratic equation from pitchfork,
IL III Can pay loOlUull. 1uuI I'LL we
want. Play ball"
Edward said nothing but when he
and Willis had gone up to their room
he began to ask questions about the
team. He did not really know the men
on the eleven because they were, with
one exception. upper class men, and he
never met them in studies and did not
even know the names OF all of them.
Willis was usually perfectly indiffcr-
ent about everything in the college. hut
football was the one subject he WIS
enthusiastic over He told Edward all
the particulars about the team. gave
their records in the different games
played. gave quite a graph" descrip
tion of the finest run ever made across
the gridiron and wound up by telling
about the defeat of the university team
at last Thanksgiving day game.
Eve ran in Walker on 'cm that game.
Walker was semiprofessional. The
college paid him 5000 to play on the
team, and he registered as n sopho.
more, taking special course In history
or Egyptology or something. l don't
hnI low Ia Il