The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-01
IN DEADLY EARNEST.
Students Thought the Cell Was Part
of the Joke.

students Thought the Cell Was Part
of the Joke.
New York Press.
Nobody told Mount and Jackson incarce-
ration was part of initiation, but when
thickset man in a police captains uniform
took them to cell they assumed it was all
in the game. They consoled themselves
with the reflection they soon would be full
fedged fraternity members. with the right
to use all the grips. passwords, passports
and passkeys sanctioned by the Phi Kappa
Tau, particularly that chapter thereof iden-
titled with the College of the City of New
York. 1t was past joke, however, when
they learned they were ordinary prisoners
in the East Twenty-second street police
station, and the last of their sense OF humor
had dissolved when they were arraigned in
Yorkville Court yesterday morning on a
charge of having walked the streets in
womens clothes.
Mount, the front elevation of whose name
is Robert b., and Jackson, who precedes his
patronymic with John H, explained they
had been forced into the unwonted apparel
by several hundred mad wags belonging to
the fraternity and compelled to parade
Twenty-third street. When he understood
the incident was merely a prank, Magis-
trate Hogan. with a few fatheriy words,
Captain Gallagher was the cause of the
trouble. He had neglected to inform him
self that the Phi Kappa Tau was holding
its seventeenth annual dinner In it's rooms
at Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street.
and that Mount and Jackson were on the
list of victims. When, therefore. he behela
two dusky youths in feminine flnery march
sv,cr rnt q M a mo do I'M NJ
understudies to bowling dervishes, he failed
TO note the progress of the maskerS was
unwilling. and that tlr they appeared far from
through the crowd he seized the initiates.
Mice show you are making of your
selvesv' he exclaimed. What does this
mean?
Mount and Jackson were not to be fooled.
OF course, the captain was only one of the
fraternity, who had assumed the uniform
to amplify the Joke They They looked 1 at each a",h
either to Gallagher.
When a precinct commander, in his own
bailiwick, is defied even passively, trouble
follows as surely as the morning headache.
Incensed by their silence, the captain hailed
both youths to the station. There Mount
said he was twenty-two yers old, soph-
teenth street. Jackson admitted he was
only freshman, but explained he lacked
three years Of his majority. and said his
After a few more questions they were led
to CELL with none of the comforts OF
home.
commented Mount, whose friends say he
is wise beyond his years.
Guess not" answered Jackson. They
haven't got anything on us on that end
of it,
Then they waited. Steps echoed In the
corridor, other prisoners were led TO neigh
boring cells, door changed, locks grated and
the two young men even fancied they
I'd hQ Of w
Still they waited. More hours flew by
They kept waiting. Midnight chimed
They waited some more. When they had
got through waiting they started on an.
other wait. They felicitated one another
while they waited-on their astute refusal
to be frightened by the fraternity man who
tried to pass himself off as a police cap.
tain. That eheered them so they waited
again. Even the shrill whistling of ''Hia
wa" of a once popular tune, failed tc
ed %TaSK SK WhistlnS shfr Waiting
Mount" said the younger victim at last
when. do you suppose they'll put u:
through the next step?"
Dunno" said Mount. How old is
mean, how long have we been here?"
IF hen and a half lays an egg and "a
say. I'm getting dotty,' answered Jackson
''Since primordial chaos. l reckon-that is
What time is it?" asked Mount as tn,
doorman passed
Just wait minute and I'll call tn,
lowed to talk to the women pris-hullo
you're those two giddy testers amt you
| Well, what do you think of-why, it's near
| ly l c. NJ"
when are they going to let US out?" in
! quired Jackson.
80 In the good old summer time guess,
| chortled the doorman, unfeelingly. You'll
| do about six months bit for this"
What do you mean?" said Mount, in
dignantly.
Jaw, break it off," returned the blue
coat. Don't you know you're in the be
| good house,"
THAT so?' said Jackson. "Well. 1 CUES.
Wen go home now. Please bring us oul
| clothes"
bring nothing" snorted the doorman
'Those are all the togs you had on wher
you came here, l kind o. think you'll wear
| them to court"
| Then II dawned on the young men tn,
| supposed masker was a real police captain
| and they were in a real cell. with rea
| door, real lock. and real trouble ahead
| Swiftly they thought, and the outcome o
| their joint mental effort was hasty mes
sage TO Professor Alexis Irene Dupon
Coleman, who, being a patient man, ans
| understanding the genus student from
| head to hoof. asked usless questions
| but FASTENED to the station and signed
/ bond for their appearance In court.
| Did Mount and Jackson sulk? No, I'm
deed! They scrambled into their owl
| clothes. hastened TO the fraternity rooms
! demanded and obtained seats at the feas
| and avenged themselves by eating tn
| chapter out of house and home.
| But they have their opinion Of Gala