Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-21
WON IN THE NINTH
Continued from Fourteenth Page)


see what I can do. Wen go round to
the employment department of the uni
versity in the morning and see IL they
haven't something to do for a poor and
needy student to help him earn his way.
especially one who is utility pitcher on
the varsity. Meantime 1 guess we had
peter send telegram to your folks ask
ing II your father is better or worse. We
can have an answer by morning"
Il think that would be a good idea"
said Hal. very much cheered by this
talk with Hans and his suggestions.
Come to think of it though. as you say.
II he was sick enough to make them
want me, they would telegraph anyhow,
suppose"
by the way said Hans. Where did
you expect to get the money to get home
on?"
And then Hal told him his idea about
pawning his watch. of his effort to do SO
before he started for Boston and that he
had intended to do 1t in Boston.
Il wouldn't do that ever until had to-
home on. If you can pawn it for enough
to get to California on. you can pawn it
for enough to keep you going at school
for the rest of the term. / wouldn't do
it until | had to. though. It's a bad
practice to get into. although / never
was in a pawnshop In my life. and hope
l never have to CO."
Il wonder how much they would loan
me on the watch said Hal. Suppose
we try it and see when we get to Ros-
ton. Just to see what 1t Is worth. any
how"
'All right said Hans. and just then
the brakeman called out Boston, and in
a minute or two the train stopped.
Neither had ever been In Boston before
except to pass through on his way to
the university. They thought they might
as well take In a show in the evening
and take the II o'clock train back to
he ,rr1f,.4 ,,cskr I'll
there about 2 o'clock in the morning
They were walking up the platform to go
out through the depot when they met Ar
thur Delvin OF the varsity going through
the station.
Hello. fellows said Arthur What
are you doing in the city? BY George,
am glad to see you. Want you to come
up to the house for dinner and then
We'll take In a show. Wait for me in the
station, will you? 1 have to 20 out and
find a cousin of mine who is coming in
and going right away again on another
train. and / have to see that she gets
started right. She's on this train I'll
see you In about fifteen minutes, and off
he went
There was nothing to do but wait. and
the boys decided that If they were going
to see some Of Boston Arthur would be
as fine fellow as any to show them
around, and they went into the station
to wait.
Meantime Hal had been wondering what
his watch was really worth. and as he
walked to the door of the station he saw
balls over the door. This was just like
the place he saw at the university town
earlier in the day, and looking around
for Hans, who was sitting on a bench
absorbed In a newspaper. he quietly slip
ped across the street, into the pawnbru-
ker's shop and pulling out his watch
said to the pawnbroker.
How much will you loan me on this?''
He wondered If that was the way people
generally talked when they tried to pawn
things
The man took the watch, he looked at
it carefully. He examined the diamonds
with magnifying glass, he opened the
case and examined the works, then he
$3.50" :
Hal wondered if he had heard rightly.
How much did you say?" he asked.
-Four hundred and fifty dollars" an
swered the man, "she's worth thou
sand"
Thanks" said Hail. picking up the
watch and putting 1t in his pocket. II
just wanted to know how much it was
worth"
Come in any time.' said the man as
F1al went out of the door. Outside he
drew long breath, took out his hand
kerchief to wipe the Precipitation from
his forehead and started across the
street. As he did SO a young fellow
who had been standing in the shadow
Of the doorway stopped down and picked
UP an envelope which had fallen out
OF Halls pocket when he took out his
handkerchief, looked at it, gave a start
and went on down the street.
Ha! went into the depot, and as he
hadn't been gone five minutes i'm all
Hans hadn't missed him. Hal told where
he'd been, also what the pawnbroker
had said, and as he named the amount
Hans eyes opened a good deal wider.
for he had no idea that the watch was
SO valuable.
Presently Arthur came up, and the
boys told him frankly how they hap
pened to be In town, and asked him to
say nothing about it, which he agreed
TO, as Hal had now decided to 60 back
to school. ArthurNsaid he had come to
town on the morning train to do some
shopping.
So they went home with Arthur, and,
having some one who was familiar with
the city to pilot them. they weren't wor-
ried about that. Mr.. and Mrs. Delvin
were glad to have couple of Arthur's
teammates to dinner, and they went to
a vaudeville show, which was a new ex-
perience for Hens. They enjoyed the
evening immensely. and after a two
hour ride on the train got home pretty
tired but none the worse for the ex-
perience.
(To be continued tomorrow)