The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-18
THE TH[Rp pEGREE
llconlIpne,dI lfrom. Yesletday )

H Scandal followed scandal until he was
threatened with expulsion. Then his
j father heard Of Il and there was a
/ terrible scene. Jettries, ST., went i'm
mediately to. New Haven and there
\ followed stormy interview in which
Howard promised to reform but once
4 The parentssback was turned things
i went on pretty much as before, There
\ were fresh scandals, the smoke OF
which reached as far as New York.
4 This time Mr.. Jenries tried the plan
I ~ cutting down the money supply aud
Howard found himself financially em-
barrassed. hut this had not quite
1 the effect desired by the father. for.
Il rendered desperate by his inability
TO secure funds with which to carry
on his sprees, the young man started
in to gamble heavily, giving notes for
his losses and pOcketing the ready
/ money when he won.
Then came the supreme scandH!
which turned his fathers heart to
steel IetfrIes, Sr.. could forgive much
In young man. He had been young
himself once None knew better than
he how difficult it Is when the blood
Is rich and red to keep oneself In
control. Hut there was one offence
which a man proud Of his descent
coHId not cOndoue. He would never
forgive the staining of the family
name by a degrading marriage. The
news came to the unhappy father like
thunIer,clap. Howard. probably in
drunken spree, had married secretly
waitress employed IN one OF the
Sporty" restaurants in New Haven,
and to make the meSaIlianCe worse.
the girl was not even Of respectable
parents. Her father, Billy Delm0re.
the poOlrOOm king, was notorious
i gambler and had died In convict
stripes. Fine sensation that for the
4 yellow press Bankers Sou WEEDS
| Convicts Daughter" So ran the
scare heads" in the newspapers.
| That was the last straw for Mr.. Jetf-
ries, Sr. He sternly told his son that
! he never wanted to look upon his face
again. Howard bowed his head to
the decree and he had never seen his
father since,
! All this the young map was review
! ing In his mind when suddenly his re-
Elections were disturbed by friendly
hail.
Hello, letfries, old sport! Don't
you know fellow frat when you see
him?"
he looked up. "A young man Of
athletic build with a pleasant, frank
face. was standing at the news stand
4 under the Park place elevated station.
\ Quickly Howard extended Ills hand.
Hello, Coxe!" he exclaimed. What
on earth are you doing In New York?
4 Whoever would have expected to
meet you in this bowling wilderness?
i Hows everything at Yale?"
The athlete grinned.
yale be hanged! I don't care a
i d.. You know graduated last June.
\ I'm in business n0W--iu brokers' Of
i flee in Wall street. Say. It's great!
We had a semi-panic last week. Prices
went to the devil. Stocks broke 20
points. You should have seen the ex-
citement~ ON the exchange floor. Our
football PUSHES were nothing to it, I
tell yoli, It's great It's got college
beaten to frazzle!" Quickly he
added: What are you doing?"
Howard averted his eyes and hung
his head.
Nothing" he answered gloomtly.
Coke had quickly taken note Of his
former classmates shabby appear
anCe. ile had also heard Of his es-
capades.
"Dldnt you hear?" muttered How
ard. Row with governor marriage
and all that sort Of thing? or
course" he went gu, fathers damn
ably unjust. actuated by absurd pre-
i JUDGE. Annies good girl and a
good wife, no matter what her father
was. Dbl It, this is free country!
4 man eau marry whom he likes. All
these ideas about family pride and
family honor are old world notions,
foreign TO this soil I'm not going
to give up Annie to please any one.
/ I'm as fond of her now rs ever. [
haven't regretted moment that !
married her. or course, It has been
hard. Father at once shut down
money supplies. making my further
stay at Yale impossible, and | was
forced to come to New York to seek
employment We've managed TO fix
up small fiat in Harlem and now,
IKE MiCawber I'm waiting for some
thing to turn up.
Coke nodded alphabetically.
Come and have drink" he said
cheerily.
Howard hesltated. Once more he
J remembered his promise to Annie, but
as long as he had broken II once he
would get no credit for refusing now.
+ He was horribly thirsty and de.
pressed. Another drink would cheer
him up. 1t seemed even wicked to
decline when 1t wouldn't cost him
anything,
A.. /. = L.