The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

the room. One by one the cadets no"
came up to Big i. and took MIN pS
the hand, and after that tney SUI
rounded Little L., pattlng nm on Tue
! head, trying all at once to snake mn
| bv the hand and Whispering TO nm
| words Of affection and sympathy Hau
t not beer for the fear Of awaklng the
officers they would have cheereu NM.
Then the lights were blown out, Tue
cadets dispersed noiseless1y, anu IN 1lfe
| minutes were in their beds again, an
| glad that the affair was oyer-as tney
believed it.
But the end was not yet, the Lhdi
act of the tragedy was till to be play
ed. From that night q change came
over Little L. He who had been De1orS
SO gay and light hearted was now pale
and quiet. In the afternoons he al
ways walked with his brother, PROB
ably realizing that Big LIS
would be now less sought for even
than before. The brothers used TO
walk up and down the court together
with bowed heads, apparently eS-
changing but few words. But time
nigh have brought things back TO
their former condition had it not been
for K. There are people who are IKE
poisonous weeds, they destroy what
ever they come in contact Wlth-ani
such q one was K. one day IN the
class in experimental philosophy the
Gt oIeSSoI, ny va III o~AAfO 49,
lecture, wished to pass an electric cur
rent through the class, and directed
them to take each others hands 10
establish communication. When Big
L. stretched out his hand to *, Who
sat next to him., K. drew back ms
hand with a great show OF aversion
and Big L. sank back with a burning
flush-upon his cheek. In an instant
Little l.. had seated himself between
his brother and K-and grasped hands
with them. AS he caught hold OF X
hand he banged it down upon the seat
with lei force as to make that cadet
give vent to a loud exclamation OF
pain. Springing up, he grabbed Lit
tie L. by the throat, and a furious
began between the two right
there in the classroom. The profess
sor, with some difficulty, parted them,
and K. said: Little l.. began 1t;
though / had done nothing TO him at
all"
The professor lectured both the
boys, and the matter dropped until the
was over and the instructor
had left the room. But no sooner had
the door closed behind him tina a
came flying over the benches
straight at the head of x. He turned
to see who had thrown it, when an
other book hit him, and then amid
cries of Down with him., Give it to
the whole class sprang for him.
Sue a beating as he got-and it was
a thorough One-he richly deserved
It was only ks fear of the COnSe-
uence shat prevented him from go
straight to the proper authorities
and telling the whole story. He knew
if he did he would set another drub-
bling and would he a marked man for
the rest of his life. In creatures such
as X, there IS always a vcngeful n
malignant nature as we'll as q treach-
Dnp|t heV are dangerous TO all
men. He never forgot the treat
ment he had received at the hands Of
fellow Students, or that it was be-
cause Of Little L. that he got it.
One afternoon as the cadets were
walking about in the court, little and
Big L., arm in arm, and X, with a
couple of his cronieS, he had an OppOr-
tunity to show the evil nature that was
in him. To go from the inner to the
court it was necessary to pass
through a sally port cut through the
main building and there was q rule
that because Of the narrowness Of the
passage, cadets should not walk
through arm in arm. But the two
lost in thought, happened to
stroll into the sally port without un-
locking arms-a mere piece of mad
vertence. In the middle Of the pass
age they met K. What do you
he cried, you two going
through here arm in arm? Do you
mean to interfere with decent people,
you two thieving beggars? Little
T.. gave a Screan1-a scream or blood
curdling character-it was as If a tiger
or some other wild beast had broker
loose from his age and sprung upon
a human being. 1t vas so horrible
that for an instant there was a deep
in the court, and then all the
cadets rushed peIl-mell to see what
was the matter. Little T. had sprung
at the throat Of K. like a wildcat and,
with one hand cIinging to his collar.
was sending blow after blow, smash
smash, into the big fellows face. SO
that the blood was streaming down.
An officer ran UP ana commanded
Little l.. to let go, but he apparently
did not hear, for he still continued 10
pound ava at his enenly's face. The
officer grabbed Little T.. and, with al
his strength, pulled him away from
his victim, who stood like q whipped