Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-01-13

VERY well" said Saunders, what
shall we do for it?"
Barrel. barrel" came the answer.
simmons. me frat thinks yOu'll
| look better in n barrel" said Saunders.
| Just stop into the other room, take
off those remarks and get into the bar
rel you'll find there"
| felt my way out of the room with
cries Of Hurry up" and Lively,
you!' chasing me. | stripped TO my
undcrclothes and got into the barrel.
! Come out called Saunders.
grabbed the barrel by the edge and
| came shivering into the room. As |
! stood there with perspiratiOn stains
| and salt on my face. bare arms hold
| ing up my costume with q deNthlike
! grip and hnlf n yard of bare legs pro-
| truding from the lower end Of the bar
! rel, | awakened more enthusiasm than
! / had ever dreamed of creating. even
in my most ambitious flights of imag-
ination. Shrieks, yells and cheers,
| gaspS. hOwls and Mysteries came from
my loving brethren. AS they quoted
! down they began to comment on my
appearance.
as that the way a god looks In his
underwear"
81 thought he was mostly clothes"
He looks lot better. though. with
out that vest"
III doesn't strut as much in that
barrel"
HE ought to wear ii all the time.
He wouldn't be able to pound his ac-
quaintances on the back"
"Nor smoke cigarettes on the
| campus"
"His young lady friends ough: 70 see
him in this rig. 1t might save lot OF
broken hearts"
"All right, touch of the fiashlight"
Bang"
Then they let me go up TO my room
and put on some old clothes. want
ed TO stay there and inhale illuminat-
! ing gas, but when HOgboOm called 70
me I got out of that room in two
| jumps. Somehow I couldn't bear 10
think of disappointing that crowd in
anything they might want.
When ! returned there was a large
| blackboard in one end of the room.
Saunders was standing before II.
| Brothers" said he. ''have you any
other fault TO find with this fresh
manT
"He borrows clothes" said Win
throp.
You bet he does" snorted Bailey,
who roOmed with me. 81 can't keep
tie to myself ten minutes"
"That's a bad fault" said Saunders.
at ought to be worth FIVE"
mo. ten" shouted Bailey
Make It seven" said Saunders.
| Freshman, get down over HogboOm's
knees"
Seven swift, singing slaps Jared me
from truck to keelson. what else2"
asked Saunders.
"He makes bad jokes at the table"
said some one.
''He does, he does" came a general
roar.
Ten" said Saunders.
"Mr. President. l protest" shouted
| Allen. 1--WE suffered more than that
myself from those jokes"
In the end I got twenty-five. They
were awful. They Jared my spine
and my soul. They Jared tears into
my eyes. I wanted to cry, but I
didn't. I would have let them dis
member me first.
"What else?" asked Saunders
HE doesn't study. He's endanger-
ing the reputation of the frat. He'll
get canned out in the winter term"
said Briggs.
"We can't cure thar in one night"
said Saunders. "but we can make a
| beginning; twenty-five. Freshman,
why don't you study?"
I got up stiff1y and swallowed about
forty times II haven't funked any
more than most fellows" said In a
| bruised and battered little voi-a
Better make 1t thirty-lve,- said
Bogboon. They did. l dug my nails
into my hands and swore that If I
cried I'd feed myself to a trolley car
that night.
you can go any time you want, you
| know" said Saunders after the treat
| meDt
| / got up and grabbed twice at Hog
boom before 1 could get hold of him
and hang on. Tin not a gutter" 1
said.
"Hurrah!" said every one so sud-
denly and heartily that 1 got gulpier
than ever.
But you're going TO quit some
things, aren't you?" said Saunders.
you can't spank them out of me-"
/ flashed.
"We're not trying to- said Saun-
ders. Were just calling your atten-
ton to them. You know. we've been
limiting a long time on some Of them"
you were sassy to professor to-
day" continued Saunders, after giving
me plenty of chance. "WhyW
Because l was a fool, l guess"
"Give him ten." shouted some one.
II object" growled HOgboom. you
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