The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-04

III But because of the possible scandal
TO-. faithful stud nts. the trial -nf. the
fhirty-one could no longer be delayed,
and 'thefeforei as Danny's crisis was
drawing near the old man summon;
cd his fast fading strength for the
duty in hand. Wednesday morning,
| read the bulletin, all the students.
were to assemble in the conference;
hall to witness the sentence OF the
guilty.
Il believe I'm punished sufficient.
ly," confided Doc to friend. "This
waiting in the death cell has been,
worse than execution"
Il agree with YOU" confirmed Heck,
who had overheard the remark, "but
fear the. faculty will not see it that
way. Well, if Divine Providence
would only accept my, dismissal! las a,
redemption for Danny, Id gladly 60,
and even promises TO found "a, scholar
ship later on."",,tc,, y.s.,,; ~. f,sss7ae q,
I'D. call it, the, Spartaeusl -burse;;i
| proposed ,Reedy,yss t.cc ,st.4w s.rst
l. All. quit your internal kidding;
Heck, flashed back. Doom is too
Iclose-" $50. o.. ,...,.,,. ~ Ar.
Sadly enough. in the face of Dan;
ny's danger, they weresnot at all con-
soled by any very effusive attention.
Kennedy and Ring did attempt an APP
peal in their behalf but the president
was worrying over Danny and hadn't
even time to see them. A tfickening
gloom like pail hung over every one
in the institution. Distinguished Wis.
iitors had come and gone, but not since
Thanksgiving Day had the college
walls echoed to the stentorian cries
Of Reel. Reel" All seemed to have
Isettled down to mere existence.
| On the fatefnl "Wednesday morning
istudents and professors were assem-
bled fully ten minutes before Father
Joseph made his appearance. Some
lthing critical must, be taking place
with Danny to have kept him ovel
. time -. 1
Plainly nervous and often at a loss
n for words, he made the charge agains,
fthe' thirty-one.' Only when he devel
foped their disebedience to his person
1al orders did he show any feeling
/ He had ruled them more by love thar
by authority. and their disregard HI
: could not help but consider as SAVIOR
ling OF personal ingratitude. That fact
: however, he said, he would not con
; slider; they would be punished solel,
because of the law they had violated
The thirty-one upon question ha,
nothing to say. After all. they love,
) the old man too much to engage ii
! controversy with him over a breacl
of discipline which they all admitted
then, they had enough confidence ii
! his warm heart to know that he under
: stood the matter from their own an
gle, too. However, his announcement
: that he would deal with them onl
juridically made them fear for tn
. worst. The trend of his ensuing II
marks showed he was succeeding onl
$ too well with his intention. Long a
Q they had known him, mulch as the
o ! loved him, they did not know how til
t effort was Juggling mercilessly an
cruelty at his very heart strings.
Then came the peroration. The pr
y fessors leaned forward; 400 student
lcraned their necks to catch the las
t word, the guilty sank. despairingl
= into their. seats. Therefore, the oil
+ man concluded. haltingly, In view o
the fact that these thirty one had, bee
o duly warned of the attending pena
e ty; also, because their numbers cor
I Istitute a scandal which, IL not fun