The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

my Itu DttH uOWn DeIOTt
the class-me. Petey Simmons. its presi-
dent-called down by "A cheap professor
who wasn't anything but cold storage
warehouse for dates.
l simply boiled. For a minute I
thought OF quitting school. I dropped
the idea. however. 1t wasn't the col
leges fault. But when / met Ashcroft.
who was leader Of the banjo club,
burned that bunch up good and plenty.
| told him just what l thought about
the whole business.
IF hadn't been too much of a gen.
tleman." I stormed. IL would have shown
up that old fossil right before his class.
I would have asked him what he was
doing for the colo. besides trying to
funk the students who are putting up a
fight for ii. But I didn't, and it wasn't
because l was afraid of the faculty
either.
That was Ashcroft's chance 10 come
in with a little sympathy. But he
didn't. When l had finished there was
another of those st!llnesses that you
can almost chew up and swallow.
| looked at Ashcroft. He was smil-
Ing in a sort of queer way. Finally
he reached over and patted me-me-
on the back just as If l had been a
yellow dog.
Never mind. Petey." he said. I'VE
all have our brainstorms. You'll be
better pretty soon"
Nice thing TO hand out to n fellow
wasn't it? I was furious. Ashcroft
wasn't SO much anyway. II I hadn't
come into his old banjo club that fall
it would have had hard pulling ON. the
solo part. just turned on my heel
as conspicuously as | could and left
him. ! figured that about five months
of cold politeness on my part would
teach him few things about courtesy.
| strolcd over To the football field.
where the team was having final prac-
tice before the Thanksgiving game. and
| got sorrier for myself at every step.
No matter what a fellow does in the
world, he isn't appreciated
BY the time I had reached the field
| had a right good notion to cease all
my activities for few months and
just let the school sweat along. In
fact. ! decided to do IT, IT made me
feel better. | began to picture to my
self the pleasure / would take in ex-
planning my reasons to the delegations
from the banjo club and the rooters'
chorus and the freshman class and the
cotillon club. i would be just as pleas
ant as / could be, but firm. And when
they had wormed the reason out of me
they would see what comes of being
too darned fresh.
i thought it all out and 1t made me
good natured. | strolled over to the
side lines, carefully unconscious of the
fact'that every one was looking at me,
and noddlng here and there at the
Col % MI
students whom ! knew. ] always made
it point to speak to large number
of students because / wanted to be
democratic.
Hogboom, the captain, was out of
practice that day with a lame ankle
and was sitting on the side lines.
strolled over to him, pushed his hat
over his eyes. kicked him in the ribs.
and finally tackled him about the
knees and put him down. neatly as you
please. There were seniors who would
have given their eyes to be that famil-
lar with Hoggie.
He called me a fool and told me not
to twist his ankle any more than could
help. While he was picking up his hat
Beems of the Fly Cams, a senior who
was sitting near. called over.
Say, Hogboom" he said. haven't you
sailed your freshmen yet?"
Everybody laughed. and | saw he
meant to insult me. i could feel myself
getting red and it made me mad, for IL
there is anything I detest it is the way
my face butts in and tries to advertise
my feelings. I just shot it right back
at Beems.
Here's one you fellows didn't get
chance to salt" said.
Some fellow back OF me snickered, but
nobody laughed and all of a sudden 1t
occurred to me that l would have given
"A lot more money than had not to have
said that.
turned around and walked over and
examined the teams sweaters. After
that ] went up the fed and looked
critically al the sunset, and then went
away and walked around the town a
while. i felt awfully funny-something
like cat that has killed the canary
! couldn't understand it. ! was too
big man to feel that way. And yet,
was !?
didn't want to go up to the house for
dinner that night because | didn't feel
sociable. and l finally decided to go down
to Mark Smiths room and eat supper
with him.
So bought pie and some stuff and