Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-04-03

for work three times on six days il
each week.
Il remember when Piggy Ralston
Lengthy Salters, and I've tire,
left terrible reputation behind us
I'm afraid raided the storeroom oil
the South Middle Eating club. Ole
Mrs. Martin was the matron and she
had laid in a big stock of honey anC
app.es. We knew about ii and one
Friday night we broke into the store.
room and stole whole case OF
honey, as many apples as we could
carry, and two loaves of bread. We
took our plumber up into Prof. Tom,
uy's' room on the third floor of Mid
lie college and had good square
meal That was really the only time
! ever got enough to eat during my
college caurse-and paid as high as
three a week for board part of the
time, We were 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 IL was old Prof. Pete He
was the Greek professor and he al
ways had been lame. We waited un-
til 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 a toadstool and got ready to
slide down the big white Grecian pill
lars to the ground. Lengthy Salters
went first because his arms and legs
were longest and we figured that he
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 it was dead easy Piggy fol
lowed him and / went last. We found
out for ourselves in a minute what
Lengthy had carefully concealed.
The white pillars were, Of course,
only imitation marble. They had
been covered with a couple of coats
If white paint and then sand and fine
gravel had been scattered thickly
over them so that sliding down them
vas like making a similar trip on a |
cylinder of sand paper. Lengthy |
rad on the suit he had expected to |
wear at Junior X, but by the time
lie got to the bottom his trousers
we're in such shape that he found il |
necessary to withdraw altogether. 1
lidn't fare much better, but, then, / |
vas one of the wealthy men of the
lass, with a regular allowance of $50 /
ninth, so that | was able to stand /
he loss of my trousers without seri-
us results.
Lengthy you know, was the
hap who stole the 'sophs' mortar
cards while they were all eating
upper down at the eating club at
outh Middle. The dining-room was
q the basement and the 'sophs' had
lied up their fancy hats on the win
ow sills. The windows were half
bove ground and it was Just before
commencement, so the windows were
pen. Lengthy started at one end
nd went all around the building col
,cting every mortar board on the
lis. He got half way around before
he 'sophs' noticed what was going
n. Before he started in he had
'cked the doors to the dining-room,
he had a good chance to get away
efore the first 'soph' climbed out of
he window. The 'sophs' played the
ably act and complained to the fac
lty, but they never did find out who
ole the mortar boards or what was
one with them. They never did get
lem back until Lengthy sent them
'ound with his compliments to the !,
resident of the sophomore class. I :
on't suppose it will do poor old
engthy' any harm now to tell that
kept all the stolen mortar boards
II month up in the belfry of the
aptist church. Lengthy got three
'llars a week for pulling the Baptist
II four times day on Sunday and
vice every Wednesday evening for
aver meeting. He got shot TO death
the Johnny Rebs,' but he was a r
lionel before they killed him" c
But, grandfather" said Harper. S
}, who felt that it was about time '
r him to take part in the converse T
IN, you've forgotten all you really t
armed in college, 1 suppose, like all n
e rest of US" q
Have /, indeed?" chirruped the old +
y. a
'Arma virumque cano Trojae qui {
imus," he quoted. Lets 20 out and e
We glass % apple brandy."-Chi- f
go Tribune. ri