Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-02-06
"And the old eating club at South

Middlel II cost US two dollars a
week there for board, unless you
helped wait on table. Then you could
get three meals a day for one dollar
or even for nothing, II you were ready
for work three times on six days in
each week.
"I remember when Piggy Ralston,
Lengthy Salters, and I've three
left terrible reputation behind us.
I'm afraid--raided the storeroom of
the South Middle Eating club. Old
Mrs. Martin was the matron and she
had laid in big stock OF honey and
apples. We knew about 1t and one
Friday night we broke into the store
room and stole whole case OF
honey, as many apples rs we could
carry, and two loayes of bread We
took our plunder up into Prof Tom
my's' room on the third floor Of Mid
die college and had a good square
meal. That was really the only time
ever got enough to eat during my
college course--and paid as high as
three week for board part Of the
time. We we're just finishing up the
honey when we heard footsteps on
the stairway leading up from the sec
ond floor. The footsteps sounded 'one,
two, limp; one, two. limp and we
knew that II was old Prof. Pete lie
was the Greek professor and he al
ways had been lame. We waited un-
I'll he pounded on the outside OF the
door with his cane and said: Young
gentlemen, let me in instantly
"Then we climbed out the window
on to the balcony which grew out of
the front OF Middle college like the
top OF toadstool and got ready to
slide down the big white Grecian pill
lars to the ground. Lengthy Salters
were longest and we figured that ho
could come nearest to reaching clear
around the big white pillars.
when he got down to the second
floor Prof. Pete was threatening to
break In the door and we were
tickled when Lengthy called back
that II was dead easy Piggy fol-
lowed him and went last We found
out for ourselves in minute what
Lengthy had carefully concealed.
The white pillars were, of course,
only imitation marble. They had
been covered with n couple Of coats
OF white paint and then sand and fine
gravel. had been scattered thickly
over them so that sliding down them
was like making similar trip on
cylinder OF sand paper. Lengthy
had on the suit he had expected TO
wear at Junior X but by the time
he got 10 the bottom his trousers
were In such shape that he found II
necessary to withdraw altogether. |
didn't fare much better, but, then, |
was one OF the wealthy men of the
class, with q regular allowance OF $50
q ninth, 40 that | was able to stand
the loss OF my trousers without serl-
Gus results.
Lengthy you know, was the
chap who stole the 'sophs'' mortar
boards while they were all eating
supper down at the eating club at
South Middle. The dining-room was
In the basement and the 'sophs' had
piled up their fancy hats on the win
dow sills. The windows were half
above ground and II was just before
commencement, so the windows were
open. Lengthy started at one end
and went all around the building col
lecting every mortar board on the
,ills. He got hnlf way around before
The 'sophs' noticed what was going
On. Before he started In he had
ocked the doors to the dining room,
10 he had a good chance to get away
before the first 'soph climbed out Of
he window The 'sophs' played the
oaby act and complained TO the fac
ilty. but they never did find out who
Itole the mortar boards or what was
lone with them. They never did get
Them back until Lengthy sent thom
iround with his compliments TO the
president Of the sophomore clnss. |
ion't suppose IL will do poor old
Lengthy any harm now TO tell that
ae kept all the stolen mortar boards
TOT month up In the belfry Of the
Baptist church. Lengthy got three
iollars week for pulling the Baptist
'ell four times day ON Sunday aud
'wice every Wednesday evening for
prayer meeting, lie got shot to death
by the Johnny Rebs, but he was a
,olonel before they killed him"
But, grandfather" said Harper.
90, who felt that II was about time
Tor him 20 take part In the conver. a
hon. you've forgotten all you really
learned In college, suppose, like all
the rsst OF u.s."
Have l. indeed'" chirruped the old
BOY.
"Arma virumque cano Trojae qul
primus," he quoted, Lets go out aud
have a glass Of apple brandy. Chi
sago Tribune.