El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-05
By Marcel Roland.

ROTHER. fair haired pink
Il checked American. who had been
II living as an engineer in France
fer several years. said nothing at al
tonight. but when each Of US had told
our story he spoke at last with InaL
calm look and very slight accent Whlch
alone betrayed his Anglo-SaXon origin
The finest thing / have ever seen
was a joke which some OF my cnuns
and myself played while 1 was study
ing at the College Of Electricity az
Baltimore We had there a very GOOD
natured fellow of about 40, whose
name was Kind, and who performed
the united duties Of hallboy, 1anlIoT
and canteen keeper. You met MN
everywhere, in the laboratory, IN the
Yards at the door, always busy poi
fishing. cleaning, repairing or sweep
ing He undertook all kinds Of com
missions for US and when we wanted
anything done Kind was always sent
Tor OF course, We also abused ana
teased him after the manner or bOys
and young men and made MN a gen
eral scapegOat If anything clsap-
peared. Kind must have taken 1t II
the wine was POOR, or the clock SLOW,
it was always Kinds fault.
There were five or six of Us, young
fellows of about IS. who were partic-
ularIv ingenious in playing practical
jokes on him, which were often harm
less but sometimes rather mean one
day a package OF books winch tslcn-
mond. one of US. had left in Kinds
office disappeared It was not a yery
serious matter and the most KIND
might have been blamed for was That
he had not watched the door careIully
enough, but OF course we maze Lhe
loss of the books out to be an a"Iu5
calamity. As vacation was near ana
there were no examinations to be held
in our class that year we had plenty
Of leisure and we decided to play what
we considered capital practical Joke
on Kind ,,-.- .44o- o,-.- MIL,
US Richmond pretended to be furious
and Numbered against Kind, inform
ing our pale and trembling victim tnaL
he intended to put the matter IN the
hands Of an investigating committee
and appoint a judge to pass sentence
This happened on saturday anc we
spent all Sunday morning devislng a
plan which was to strike terror into
the heart Of the poor Janitor
In the afternoon we set out TO at
tack Kind The building was empty
and nobody could interfere We set
q sort of cOurtmartial in one Of the
largest cIassrOOms and began proceed
ings Standing between two strap
ping broad fellows, halfbacks on our
football team, who almost h1d MIN
from sight, poor little Kind tried 70
defend himself in trembling voice,
which almost sent US into conVulslons
of merriment. although we preserves
the stern appearance Of dignified Off
GERS of the law. One Of US who had
been made public prosecutor made a
mastery speech in which he depicted
Kind as the meanest Of criminals ana
after some elaboration the judges SEN
fenced our victom to death
"The execution was to take place
Immediately by means Of the electric
chair, which was deemed the most
fitting instrument Of death at a Col
lege of Electricity
when the sentence was passed
Kind at first went frantic with hor-
ror. but he soon composed himself TO
such an extent that we began "a
doubt if he had really understood his
position, but we went at the prepare
lions in the most solemn manner.