The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-29
A LESSON IN VALUES.

At least that was the verdict on the
stuck up little red headed prig by
Shorty Carson and his particular
fang" al the Norwood Military Acad-
envy They did not specify. though. by
what means the hurt might come
Shorty and Feaster had been caught
by the officer of the day out of bounds.
and in punishment therefor they had been
placed on the fourth delinquency and
given delinquent guard for two weeks.
Suspicion was strong in their minds
against McChesney as the infoTmer, and
they determined on revenge at the eXpira-
ton of the period of punishment
Twelve days later. on Saturday after
noon, as young McChesney was iounginS
against tree near the drill hall, Shorty
sauntered carelessly toward him.
| Why. hello, MeChesney." he cried. Il
| haven't seen you for i coOn's age. Where
have you been keeping YOURSELF"
| 'Oh. I've been working pretty hard
lately" he replied. I'm going TO lead the
class this year.
"Indeed?" exclaimed the elder youth
Then you're pretty apt next year to be
sergeant major or first sergeant. amt
| your
"of course I am. Colonel Wells has al
ready spoken to me about my mathemat-
! ical Rotations"
Wen, that's not so remarkable; he
spoke to me. to, about mine. l don't i'm
| agire, though, he said quite the same
thing to us"
BY the way" exclaimed shorty sud
| denly, II hear you're a great runner.
| How fast can you 40 a mile IMP
! "On. something under six minutes
| six minutes?" cried Shorty" evident
F; ly deeply impressed. Now, I tell you
what let's do-it's just mile around the
edge of the field here, SO let's you and
! me take turn round and see how long it
4ol-1
myself. but, of course, 1 can't do a mile
as fast as you
We'll. said McChesney doubtfully, do
you think we have time before two
o'clock?"
'Sure!" cried Shorty" drawing out
his watch, which with wise forethought
/ he had turned back ten minutes. You
! see it's only twenty minutes TO two by
/ my watch"
/ We'll. come on cried McChesney with
sudden determination, Wen have a try.
anyhow
Shorty could have leaped for joy. but
not a word or look betrayed his triumph.
We'll, you lead off and set the pace"
/ he said; and the next moment the two
/ boys were running lightly over the soft
grass toward the corner of the field near
/ est the chestnut tree where shorty and
! Feaster had been caught out of bounds.
'Oh. N.Y. suddenly cried Shorty" as
! they drew near the first turn. Just wait
/ q moment. a-stitch-in-my-sde
/ Instantly McChesney came TO a halt,
| and, violently painting, approached his
companion, who was leaning on the fence
as though in severe pain.
''What-what's the Tnatter?' he painted.
/ But the sentence was never finished. for
like a tiger Shorty turned and threw
his arms aabout him.
! Let go o me, What do you mean?"
/ cried McClesney angrly, struggling as
! though in the grip of devil fish. IN
! report you
/ well, perhaps. later on. but not just
I yet was the calm reply. AT present you
just climb through that fence and come
/ along with me; some friends of mine are
waiting for you"
NOW march. double timer' ordered
| Shorty" and the captive broke into
! sharp trot in the direction of the fatal
| chestnut tree. On passing The wheat field
! the four other members Of the band came
in sight-Feaster. Saunders. Monkey"
Sans and a boy named Lovejoy-comfort-
ably seated within its shade and awaiting
| their arrival
Battalion. halt" cried shorty" and
McChesney brought up with sharp ex-
/ clamation as final twist was given TO his
wrist.
Captain said shorty" saluting
| Sans. Il have to report the capture Of
this spy and informer. He was taken red
handed
Very well. sentry, he will be tried red
| handed. Prisoner, sit DOWN.
Sans pointed to a heap of burrs at the
| trunk of the tree.
What is the meaning of this outrage
cried McChesney angrily. Il will report
! But he got no further. for at a sign
Sans. Saunders and Lovejoy seized him
| and with a deXterous twist they landed
I
ouch, OUCH" cried the unfortunate
youth. but as an attempt TO rise was ac-
! cOmpanied BY a threatening movement on
the part of his two guardians he thought
better Of the mater and continued to re-
pose on his seat of torture squirming in
agony.
Prisoner" said Sans severely, "in the
! future you will be even more of a stick
Ter for punctilliousness than ever. But
10 proceed with the trial. You have been
taken red headed in the crime of spying
and informing You are. therefore, 10 he
tried. not by a drumhead, but by a chest
nut burr court martial. Are you guilty
or not guilty Of informing on Cadets Car
son and Feaster?'
4 am not guilty. swear I am not
guilty. l never told on EN-. honestE
You never told on EN- honest. Well,
/ never for a moment supposed IL was
honest. However. you say that as though
YOU really believed yourself. SO we won't
press that charge. There are others. Is
/ il true. McChesney. that you are the clev-
crest boy in the third class? The prisoner
will please stop wriEgling. II disturbs the
court.
Il didn't say was the cIeverest boy
! replied McChesney. Professor Perkins
/ said so.
And Professor Perkins teaches Sun
day school. too" sighed Lovejoy trag-
ically.
Prisoner" continued the presiding
Judge. did not 'Dutchy' Schmidt yester-
day solve that problem in geometry you
got stuck cn?''
Yes. but
Never mind any butts. Wei do the
butting when the time comes Isn't This
tlewood's average in algebra higher than
yours
Yes admitted McChesney reluctantly.
/ ~, ell. that is enough on that subject
simply wanted to show you that there
are others besides yourself. even II the
uufrnportant branches Of algebra ana &c
/ ometry. Now Cor the things that count
How old are you?'
sixteen
Say sir when you speak 70 your su-
: oeriors. You acknowledge. don't you.
that I.ovejoy can put you on your hack
five times in two minutesZ Or snail
order him 10 do it, Speak
Yes. be can DO st." said McChesney
sullenly.
and jumping Can't Saunders jump
| further backward than yor can forward.
hevg lie won't answer. won't he Well.
inst press him down more comfortably
into his seat