Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

have put upon him."
'0The punishment is unjust, and altogetner
too severe They have i in mind, ,..sa sspPJsu, am
mistaken they have pitched upon the wrons
person"
Lofty is spunky, that's fact. Ihey fay
he bears it like hero, and refuses W W
paroled." ;, ~
A choice collection of "our fellows"Ithe
clique to which Lofty belonged, and Mhere ,.o'
his evil influence in the academy cnieny &c
posed-was gathered in group ID ohe l.s5is, IT,
the upper corridors of the barracks, c,s of
discussing the arrest and imprlsonihei' "
their intimate. oe
within an hour after the grated door Of
the guard dhouse closed upon the nalconssms .,,S
that morning, everybody in the schooi S'H.. n;s.
ed to have learned what had happenee' ;,tar-
cipline prevented any over display OF inser .it
est in the event, but thrill OF s,hsrc eIv.reA''
seemed to prevade the very atmospneie
IT, was the first time the academy pr,soh p,
had ever had an occupant, and the wlrt,d weii.ped
haved students of the school were si, r,',,
In speculating az to what effect Lolly ;lsrs pu
ishment would have upon his sylnPavn'1t I - mt
ting themselves alphabetically in their ,eau, asr
er's place, and in speculatlng Whd'
should do in such contingency. ,xore
Iofty's sympathizers knew that they wele
subject sat all times to close suf!sitht thot
and Il was not till late that evening thae
s;x Of them ventured to get together, ID .
s'.4, slA - aorr;dor to discuss the days event.
Itowas the hour before taps-the signal ZOE
retiring-and, if they were guaroeu, ,.ted uaed
were reasonably sure of not being ln'eriup'.
any Foreu,ost' in the group was Thaddeus, Nc
Pherson Up to this time he had saiu ut mv
tie, contenting himself with listening 70 Mmas ss
his companions had to offer. NevertnSsleIs., 20
was more deeply moved than any OIL one
other bovs
IA "A remark from one of the coterie; to the
effect that Lofty,s punishment was doupsless GIs
due to .spite work on the part eok u
maPaen @Nensensei ras' said he. Brant had hia Or
ders and acted on good authority. - he
wouldn't send anybody to the, guard house. II
his duty didn't lie that way a.,,or
Yoq have better sssred oPlqon aSe rst a' speaker
whom the other boys addressed as Even
Mcpherson did not seem to consider y ne
cessary to 90 into detailed defense OF ene
Ventures commander, -. n.rd ba
onpht to have given heed. have been IN m
this school too long not to be able 70 'sll
when fellow has gone far enough, wnen ne
sets out openly to defy the faculty: !, warheu
him, but that's all the, good IT ola. 49,.
would dare to do it?" said another OF the
grsup. us "And now they're making hero OF
Brant for caging up fellow student, like
ba common jailbird"
II understand that the superintendent as
sured Brant that the step ne took was she
nroper one, if that's what you mean by max
mo hero of him. replied McPhersoa..
SWell Brant has become a hero with the
cood boys of the school-the officers .and~
their favorites, anyhow" was the ciinching
reioinder. ;, u. -. -.
We going to do about ity
aT don't see that we are called upon to do
.nvthinp" answered Mcpherson. '1f Lofty
behaves himself two or three days, or con-
sents to be paroled and keeps his parole,
he'n get out of the scrape all right,
An emphatic chorus OF dissent greeted TINS
declaration.
sT think it would be cowardly to leave him
in the lurch,'' said Even. I'VE ought to get
him out of there"
"How are you going to do it?" queried
Mcpherson, ,canstically "Do you want to
No. thank you! None of that in my haver-
sack. / went through one rebellion-under
Brant's leadership, by-the-way-and got the
worst Of It. You're talking nonsenseW
'Well I think we ought at least to let him
know that we synpathize with him, and are
willing to do anything we cam persisted
seVye might pass resolutions of coincidence
and hand them in to Salisbury, requesting
him to carry them down to the guard-house
himself" said McPherson, M
of retort, which. indeed, was characteristic of
the company he kept, and they did not al
low It to damp their ardor..
| owe ought to communicate with him,
that's fact" said a supporter of Even
'sYou are the lad for the purpose, Even"
sT? HowT
Thaddeus Mcpherson laughed.
ssVhen it comes to question of wavs
and means, and Of personal risk. the argu-