Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-19

we put chunks Of Potassium :.
t'ie "ater pots and stuck tho a"
SUI record book into buga ~ 'ies-
hyuro-sulphuric acid to soal, nv Do"i OF
alp- t OUT. carrying large baai,a we
Oh the smelly triumphs we bo6 d"Aers
uuceu snd hurled them over tho . pio'
SONS into the Other rooms p, I"h-
we went, being somewhat b,r,,1 o9iore
dropped clue. 1t was a foo1,si' we
10 Go, but criminals oI,,.s1. ''iilig
It. No matter how careful 10
"heh committing crime Won oro are
ways bound to leave some don,o, ol
evidence. We dropped ours right on -
professors desk where no ~, me
sure TO md it. 1t was handkarah;1s
"ll stained with acid. And il "a
hame embroidered in the corner w,
oh earth 90 men, especially reckless
men, have their names embroidered on
their handkerchiefs? This one ,ro,,1a
have been our ruin, only the narno NO.
fGrabbenheim." vas
We left a bunch Of KEYS in 81
met, too. There was a metal toa "
the ring with the name "Grahbon-
heim, on it. Cost US so cents ~
nave an old locksmith stanp that
name the afternoon before. And Down
on the campus when we had slinnod
quietly out and had unostentotionslv
oozed into the shrubbery about four
seconds after the night watch had
turned the corner we left hat. Ii is
often done by men who are in a great
hurry. And of course there is nothing
so damning as hat with the owners
name in it. Grabby shouldn't have
decorated al his personal property
with his full name. &C.; would have
been quite sufficient.
We slept late the next morning and
wandered peacefully down into pan.
demonium instead of chapel. The col.
lege was buzzing like hornets nest
just before the order to fire at ram
dom is given. The faculty was unani-
mouSly absent. 1t was meeting in
executive session. Every few minutes
1t was sending out a new request that
Mr.. Grabbenheim appear before it i'm
mediately. The deputy sheriff was
also looking for Mr.. Grabbenheim. His
popularity of the day before was as
| nothing beside his extreme desirability
just then. People who had never heard
of him before simply ached to get hold
of him. / believe old Professor Grub
would have given year of his life to
have been allowed to converse with
Grabbenheim for just a minute-with
meat ak.
AS for the students, of course, the
feelings were pretty we'll mixed. 1t
was generally conceded that Grabby
had done noble and gallant deed,
but that he had displayed unusual
gumminess of intellect in the details.
That was laid up of course to the fact
that he was but poor, dumb foreign
er, unacquainted with our customs.
But he had done his best, and there
was great regret over the whole I'M
fortunate AFFAIR." mean the clues
The most particular and heartrending
regret was displayed by seven young
ladies for whom some of US had once
seen such passionate and desparing
regret. Some of them wept openly.
At ten O'Clock the faculty expelled
Grabbenheim by a unanimous vote and
eXhorted the sheriff to capture him,
dead or alive. Professor Wogg held
out for mercy to the last. 1t almost
broke his heart to lose Grabbenheim,
but, as he had often complained,
mathematics stood little show in this
impractical world and genius got no
consideration. | don't believe he has
ever quite recovered from the blow,
aud he still quotes Grabbenheim's
marks, l am told.
That afternoon most of US seven
got notes from the young ladies who
had dumped US overheard with such
regret two days before. The notes
were absurdly friendly. They were
notes we would have given a great
deal to have received week before,
but somehow they were merely painful
at that time. Our faith in wOmankind
was gone. We were embittered men.
We went to the athletic dance, but we
staged it and stood for the most part
in the corners, looking scornfully on
at the proceedings. We could hardly
condescend to dance with any woman
guilty or innocent.
Only one of the several girls APP
peared. Miss Toothby came in late
with Simpkins. He had been asking
her to various affairs steadily for two
years, but she had always had previous
engagements. When they came Ill
Pierce gave an awful start and re-
manned absorbed in thought for some
minutes. Then he looked at me.
looked back. Then we both looked at
Simpkins. Then simultaneously SOME
thing within us swelled up and burst
into an awful and corrosive WRATH