Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-08
WHEN THE UNIVERSITY
~ TREMBLED ~

had struck home. A picture flashed
across his vision-the picture OF his
plans of lifetime wrecked almost In
an instant He had only to pick up
that slip of blue paper once more and
the University would be given another
chance. The Senator looked at him
with something of curiosity in his eyes
Perhaps he understood a little Of the
struggle that was going on, for he
considerably said nothing. Finally
the professor backed two or three
steps away from the hypnotizing in.
fiuence of the blue check
ITS something more than saving
the University, Senator" he said. His
voice was quite steady now. 1T is a
simple question of right or wrong
know that according to business eth
les, | should take the check without
questioning how the money was made
Perhaps II | were running bank, or
or a saloon, II might be different. But
the foundation of university must be
broader than that Manifestly II would
not be right for me to pay young Mr..
Seaton in money that had been wrung
from him in a-well. to put II frankly.
in a questionable deal on the mining
/ stock exchange"
A wave of purple surged into the
Senator's face.
What do you call questionable
deal?" he shouted. you fellows who
split hairs for a living generally argue
like children. Why, every dollar that
you handle, or that handle. or that
has gone into your university fund. has
represented some disreputable deal for
each day of is existence, accordin' to
what you preach. I've taken most of
my money right from the ground,
where God put It in the solid rock. and
I've taken good deal from my fellow.
men In the course of business, and |
want to tell you that | consider lat
check to be as clean as the brightest
bar Of gold that ever went from my
smelter to the mint. II was won in
game in which every man had his
eye open. We all knew that IL was
win or lose when we went on the floor
of the exchange to drive the last nail
in the Horseshoe-Agnes. won and
young Seaton lost, and yet you say 1t
was questionable deal. You couldn't
make young Seaton beliere that"
Probably not" said the professor.
He was sure of himself now, and spoke
as clearly as If at chapel. But you
say that 20 uthink the Horse. shoe. Ag.
mes is good property. yet you went
In deliberately and hammered the
stock down. as ] believe you call it.
You did your utmost to create the i'm.
preston that the mine was worthless,
and, from all appearances, you sue.
ceeded. On your own statement
cannot take the check. Perhaps our
standards of propriety are wide apart,
but ! know where my sense of right
begins and where 1t leaves off. and I'll
not go over the line. even If the Uni.
versity is wrecked tomorrow and | am
carried down with it,"
! The Senator tore the check and
flung the pieces in his waste basket
To express his feelings he fell back
on his vocabulary of the old prospect.
Ing days. He ran the gamut OF his
most fluent curses forward and back,
and then he began in the middle and
played 1t toward both ends. When he
had quite finished, he looked at the
professor, but no protest came. The
| professors gaze was fastened on the
window. but he saw nothing of the
hurrying throng below the great Of
flee building, and he had heard not a
word OF the Senator's TRADE. He saw
the University in ruins, and in his
head was clashing one refrain:
Going! Going! Gonei.
Something in the pathetic droop to
the mans shoulders put a new note in
the Senator's voice.
Think It over. Bucliwater" he said
"and III write out a new check. Don't
let your foolish conscience wreck your
life. Where'd ! be today If I'd weigh
ed everything to hair?"
ITS very kind of you. Senator.
murmured the professor but can't
It's all too plain to be disregarded
There's no misleading the signs"
And he walked out steadily enough
as many a man has walked among the
ruins of his hopes.
But when the President of Argo Uni
versiiy received letter from younl
Seaton the next day, II was not the
looNed-fcr foreclosure. II told, in q
somewhat disconnected way, how the
superintendent Of the Horseshoe-Ag
mes had nut a shot in the deserted