The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-19

AT tAe en4 " a DNAaHANt tlu4t ~-A4f +-F
climax. they asked lin - One Ana
b rebuifad hz arg sIItaerts. ne was not q
siranser, they had seemed q know him
for ages he had been 50 eo1d % Fred
~ short he aeeeptel
Al tire end 81 s week Naison's people
iook noous ID cambridse Mother likes
TIE place better fhan Boston. explained
the hog Im lne chief attraction ana
fher nant to s. near me- Oh-and they
want son 81 cai often SIS thinks you re-
just ahsui TIE right sort" Bolker aushed-
That's very uIcr. I'm sure.
And he did can often the girl was won
deFflIly aflr4cfhe. Nlen. after TWO
months stay she ard her mother Jeff,
Bolker. fol ihe first time in his college
career. ieil l8neseme.
Worst " ALI ihe April f1anina lions
put poor Watson on probation. Ay
dad writes b. won't nafe me come
back r. I doHi make my class. But.
hang it al. j couldn't help ii i takes me
such a time Is get started. the Hours al-
ways up 81 fle time ! begin. Look
pretty serious eng But il manage some
hoH. guess.
He did manage in hls first four finals.
despite The innumeraDie seminars and ir-
ceaaant grinding that preceded them, q
DO very badly That was sure
lt 20 happened CHAT in the ifiCfui room
where De WIS 20 take his last an exam
inaDOn ln English. BoikeT was proctor.
''Gtoi luck 10 goul" be smiled - Wat
SON giving him "a blue book Then be sell
tied into the dreamy. tfance-like state
wherein be was wont 10 pass the three
hour ordeal
After d while De glanced toward Wat
son. Coed heaFens the boy was not
writing he was looking squarely on the
book of the man % front Of him. Bolker
turned away hastily then with a fearful
doubt looked again. CuJio ID be that he
her broihef-could h be1 4 VAS the
wretched boy afraid Of failure, was TAX
ing this eowardly means. prostliutiug
friendship FOR safe cheating. With
great weight On his heart the proctor
strobe toward his friend.
'Ili report YOU. he hiseed bending low.
Watson looked up and laughed. 'Oh you
wouldn't do thatt
The watchman resumed his seat trem-
bling. He dared not look again. Il must
have been a mistake. -But n Il ism {.
what then2 I won't look-lhere Is no
need. Yeti win look-to prove I was
wrong" Reluctantly his head swung
around. Horrible q was truei A flush
came 70 Boxers cheeks-here was no
time Tor leniency. fie would report, he
must report. the Infamous cheat Reporti
No. thank heaven that was not neces.
saryi
over on the other side 81 the room dozed
a fellow-proctori 10 him tlpi0ed Bolker.
Say, Old man. he pleaded "d0 you
mind changing placesf feel sicll-l want
10 sif by the windQ2 whore irs cool.
4sure. you're sieK9 queried the other.
pleasantly. and crossed over. B0lker
sank iuto the chair and mopped his face.
Then he looked triumphantly al Watson,
now working away. Indeed, after that,
the boy continued 10 scratch along. never
oNce pausing to look pp, until three-quar-
ters of an hour before time was up. he
handed IN his book and scurried out
When the examinations ended Bolker.
faint and trembling. strode 70 the room OF
his false friend. Through the open door
he deserted the goody collecting innum-
cradle shirts and ties that strewed the
"where's Mr. Nastson2" he demanded.
iiercely
why. he's jest this very minute went
away. swearin' around that he'd never
make his train. Such "a mess you never
seen. sir. He's terrible careless, Is Mr.
Watson. Sir, and was TO say goodbye
for him"
Bolker slammed the door. Hls anger
was rapidly oozins away Poor little
chap. he's so young. lt was an awful
temptation and he yielded BOlker, you
blackguard. you hope he pulled through.
You do, strand It's enough TO have
stopped him. made him fail. Yes, and
why, Why For big. grinding corpora
tion called Harvard. Of which you are
the tool. the SPY. For that you've sac
rihced your friend, your only one. her
brother"
All through the summer Bolker tofied
solitary and wretched. hoping. praying.
"a spite Of himself. that Watson had com
trived TO pass and would return. Never
had summer seemed so hot. so long. 50
uncomfortable: never had he accomplished
80 little: never had he made such child
ish mistakes: never felt SO utterly alone.
As October drew near be became more
and more despondent, fearing he should
never again see his BY now canonized
friend. He even thorght OF reslgning. for
the reason that Ia allowing another 10
cheat he had himself cheated.
But one morning he was startled and
shocked By hearing the voice he 30 well
knew. Hello. Bolker. lend me a match.
Will your
watson. watson he cried, apringing
up. "Did you-'
'sSven. / guess passed everything
pretty we'll: two DIS. two G Minuss and
don't faint nova B--yes. sir, b in
English. You must have been my mascot
that. day when you were In the room.
Oh and say-go0d newsl My family are
coming 20 live IN Cambridge; they liked
Il 20 much-and they want to be remem-
bereds Now. 4 didn't forget 70 tell you.
did YOU? You're surprised about that =.
HIM. Clearly. sir. you have heretofore
underrated ms ability, Wei, I always
liked Ben and Donne and that lot-but
what's the matter with YOU man2 You
look funny 1Nhe-ew, I remember now.
So you did believe / was cheating IN that
examg Why, at the time thought sure
ly you were joking. But do you know.
Il bothered me often during the summer,
because 4 remembered how serious you
looked and that you changed with the
other proctor. Lord man. you ought to
have known betteri I'm gorry you
thought that OF me. I am sorry Don't
deny a. man-you canti on, I'm not
angry. but you must have thought me
a beauti ! remember ID now. and ! sup
pose ID did look suspicious, and ! ought
not to have done "a. But ] couldn't help
It. There was an awful grind in front
of me- lie wrote Ike steam engine
two pages a minute. yQu know I liked
watching him scratch away, but I dldn I
look 10 see what ne was writing. I'm not
az bad az All that Don't be foolish.
Boiker You look as u you were going
20 cry You haven't shaken hands yet.
Put her herei
Bolker. unable io speak. covered Wat
sons big hand with both his own and
looked away Murray Soasoneood II the