The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21

mind. de went 10 the depot TO get his
ticket. All at once he realized that he
hadn't any money. What was he to do?
1t was o'clock already. Halls mind
worked quickly. How would he get 5000?
things he had that might raise some
money. There was only one thing he
had that was worth anything. like that
sum. AT first he couldn't think OF part
ing. with that 1t was his watch,
He had never told the story Nof the
watch I'm Lowell to any one but Hans.
the lake at home in California a rowboat
In which there had been n man and two
little girls was suddenly capsized, Hal
was regular 'hsh,. in the water.jqst
understood at all and he swan TO the
rescue. He caught one OF the little girls
and held her UP with one hand while
he righted the boat, and he then put her
BY that time the man. who was the
father OF the little girls had the other
and couldn't swim very well, so Hal
helped them both into the boat again,
jumped In himself and rowed them back
to the shore near the hotel where they
the east and wanted to reward Hal. but
he didn't think he had done anything
so great. so he ran away.
Was Given Present.
That was the last Hal heard OF 1t until
addressed to him. He opened IL and
found a letter and a very fine gold watch
with two diamonds In the case. The let
ter was from the father of the two little
girls. He said he had found out who
Hal was and begged him to accept that
watch in token OF the sender's gratitude
FOR the rescue of the little girls. They
were twins and exactly alike. so We're
the diamonds in the case. Hal hardly
ever wore the watch and so very few
knew he had IT, Now he decided to pawn
II II he could borrow enough on 1t to
get to California.
lie had never been in n pawnshop in
his life and he was nervous. Besides
his time was getting short He rushed
out OF the station and asked the first per-
son he met Qt' was Crossley, although in
his excitement Hal couldn't have told
whether. the man was black or white,
where there was pawnshop. Crossley
didn't answer because Hal hadn't stopped
for an answer and Crossley himself was
hurrying. He was already talking TO
the policeman on the corner The police
man told Hal there was a pawnshop In
the other end OF town but that most OF
the students who had TO raise money
that way went to Boston. Hal started
out TO the pawnshop the policeman told
him about. but when he got there he
found IL closed.
BY the time Hal got back to the sta
tlon IL was five minutes Of 3. He had
raise the money there on the watch
then he would go right on home from
| there. He checked Ills trunk. and just
then the train drew into the station
and he got aboard.
Meantime Hans had arrived back at
the house thirty minutes before he was
expected He Strengthened things around
in his room. put his books away, and
after minute or two read Halls note.
The note just said that he had bad news
from home: his father was sick and
they couldn't send him his allowance.
He was going. lie was sorry he couldn I
sec Hans again. but he was discouraged
and said he would write. Would Hans
tell Uughle the circumstances, etc. He
was leaving for Boston on the afternoon
train.
Hans knew the train left at g. He
pulled out his watch and saw 1t was
fifteen minutes OF 3. 1t took sixteen
minutes to get 10 the station on the car.
The train might be on time,
The note hadn't sounded quite right tu
Hans. Hal ought not leave the unlVer-
sity without first registering out at the
office of the college. He thought there
might he something else. Above ALL he
out seeing him again. He was very fond
OF his chum. lie thought OF these things
as he was gliding down the front steps,
To catch that train he would have to
beat the car. That meant do II on foot.
Hans started 10 run. Every block put
behind him was like stolen base to
him BY running every block he man
aged ITO catch the last car OF the train
! lust as she pulled out. There he
| stopped long enopgh 10 catch his breath
| for he knew they couldn't get off now
| since 1t was an express TO Boston With
out stop.