The sun., 1912-05-23
NEEDS A LOAN, KNOWS
THE BOY At COLLEGE
WilliamtOWn Constable He Was
This Time. and He's Been
Busy in Brooklyn.
FINE LAD. YOUR son. YES:
One Father Who Was Stunw for
81 Discovers Others who
We're Easy Too.

To the father of a sophomore in Will
Jams College cam" man day before
yesterday who let II y" known that he
was in temporary embarrassment just
needed the rric" of II ticket 10 Troy. So
that he could get back TO his bootblack
stand his two sightseeing surreys and
his job a. Conetah" IN Williamstown,
-Four dollars would -" him through.
because h" could i"at his way on the
Boston ard Maine from Troy To Williams
town. for he knew the hrakem"n and
conductors and they wouldn't take "A
ticket from him no. not If he had dozen
The strange told Arthurs father that
he knew Art we'll This stranger always
tells fathers that h" knows their sons
and he alWayS uses the short handled
nahne. He always tells Them that the boys
are fine boys. generous. outstanding young
men who wouldn't let a Wiliamsto own
constable stand in need of anything that
money or friendship could buy A man
in his public pusitio knows the under
graduates well just 10y way Of village
intimacy of course. and a finer chap
than this particular fathers son never
did go 10 Williams College. at least in the
memory of this proprietor of boothack
stand. two sightseeing surreys and job
as village constable
just nov he is working BROOKLYN
On Tuesday he went to the Office of a
Brook lyn man whose son is "a sophomore
at Williamstown He told him that DR.
Harry A Garfield president of Williams.
had asked him several days ago To take
a lad home to Washington ID c. The
student had gone out of his head SO
the ocnstahl" explained. and that was
why it was Necessary To send an officer
cf the law home with him On his way
back from Washington most unfortu-
nate incident had occurred, an emhar-
Passing incident an incident SO distress
ing that he hu.hed al its consequences
How it could have happened he did no,
know hut it had happened and he couldn't
quite bring himself to speak Of it In
short. since he had to tell he had been
robbed Some one on the train had taken
his wallet and s32 while he slept Now
he had nothing
But of course to ore so well known
in Wlliamstown i, was easy To adjust
ones self He had simply called upon
the father of one of tn. most prominent
undergraduates and was sure. dc. He
got 81
lhe door closed the stranger went
away, leaving ia. father to quiet and to
think By and hv II" remembered that
a friend Of his VINO also was father of u
Williams student had com" down on the
elevated with nm that morning and that,
Just as the crowd lO~tied them apart
he was telling of visitor form Williams
town
BY the way. Arthur" he said. "A man
from Wlllamstown came into my Office
yesterday morning and told me ~
That was as far as the crowd let him
get. The two fathers were separated
and the story Was not finished until that
evening when Arthur senior returned To
his house in Brooklyn. Then he went to
the telephone and called up his friend
We're YOU saying this morning that
you had just seen somebody from Will /.
liamstOwn."
Yes. fellow who is "A constable or
something up there"
knew the whole town, all the students !
and professors"
And the chimes of the gym clock
Barrett"
And carried bats for the team when |
he was 1t kid.
knew Azh when he used to room in |
East College,"
And sold soda water before Eddie /
Dempsey was out Of short pants"
Named every president since DR..
Fitch"
Yes and every store on Spring street"
seemed TO be in IA little hard luck.
didn't he;"
"Oh. yes. robbed between Washington !
and here. Think h" had been down there .
with student who had worked too hard /
or something A mic. chap Thinks a
great deal OF my boy. They used to
drive together a good deal. to North
Adams on sunday afternoons and back
In i'm" for cha pei. Says my boy i going
to get on the team next fall for sure"
And did you Civ" hlm lift'"
We'll, did. 10 tell the truth But he
said he would pay il back 10 my boy a.
soon a he gets home, Su ch an easy way
to pay back the loan and "A sort Of present
for the boy let him have s.. Oh yes
I'm sure he Wa. all right; Have you
heard anything about him?"
NO | can't say I've heard thing
except what you have told me-" said /
Arthur's father just interested that's
all"
Arthurs father didn't want TO let on
that he had given up his 81, So he began .
talking about politics in Ohio.
Yesterday he asked more questions
and finally decided that he better let !
something h@ printed in the papers,
provided nobody should understand that
he was the man who had given away 81
for nothing,
Williams graduates who heard the
story remembered that there have been
other embarrassed strangers who called
upon the parents Of Williams students
here and IN other cities One said he was
post Office clerk and that he had sorted
ever so many letters from home for John
or Tom or Will. and happened to be
alone in strange city, needing help,
No mother could resist it and the stranger
lived well He turned ont to he a can
vasser for 10 cent magazine and had
got the hang of names and p laces in |
Williamstown while he was inducing
the undergraduates to sign up as sub
scribers. But nobody could remember
that he had been arrested.
And then there was the neph ew Of "A |
United States Senator who couldn't get
back 10 Washington unless his friends !
Of Williams College should help him.
He had an easy time too for n while until !
generous givers got together and com |
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