The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-04
Kennedy. with ,his sprained. ankle u

Kennedy. with ,his sprained ankle re.
entsred the fray. ..-s..-.,. u. 4 -4-..s
Square formation!" commanded 1
Valley. with Danny: in the. center:a
And how they fought that day against
the overwhelming odds for every
Brown and White was become a per-
,spRal avenger of their fallen hero.
Danny was down, but no one dared
touch him any more Even Father
Thomas, blending over the stricken
lad. had a look that hooded i'll for any
one who might come within the sa-
cred circle.
':Hit hard, boys" sputtered Kenne'
dy. Father Thomas is giving Danny
the last Sacramento" A crack that
sent him Six feet repaid his momen-
.tary i1attention. The. news that DAM
my might ne dying was like an cleo
tfic shock to them, and forty st. Bona
boys became like forty ripping, claw
ing, mother lions in defense. They
fought and they bled; they We're cash.
ed and they were kicked and heaven
only knows how long they could have.
held :the square had not "a riot call
for the police saved the situation.
They gave up Under the command OF
the laws minions but no one had
touched Danny any more. !
The president Of Lennox, just re-
turning from an educational conven-
ton, arrived with the police chief.
He was, it must, be. admitted, incon-
ssolable over the trend Of affairs and
at once offered Father Thomas every
assistance within his power. The po-
lice, at his request, made no arrests,
lest. they make a matter, already bad
enough. still worse by protracted pub
licity. Father Thomas" he explain
ed, II want you to accept my SINGER
est apologies for this disgraceful 'ex-
fhibition OF my students. One Of my
teachers sent me a telegram last night
warning me of the coming trouble. u
ltried to return in time, hut a wash.
out on a. western line detained me
just long enough to be too late. The
/ trouble must be laid to betting ring
that formed in the college during my
absence, and as / learned on my way
from the depot, had infected most of
the players. 4 assure you that every
one. responsible for the disgrace will
lsbe expelled from the institution. On.
! til the doctor arrives, take the boy
Into my own room, and when you re-
turn home, promise that this insti.
tuition will pay all the hospital bills
of the injured boy"
/ The physician arrived as soon as
Danny. had been laid on the presidents
couch. You are undoubtedly anx
ious to get the boy home as soon as
lpossible," he explained after a few
minutes, $50 can do no more than
lgiye him a rather cursory examina
ton. He seems to have sustained q
lspinal wrench. If, however, the doc
] tors in your college town find further
! conipi atoms; the case may prove
I very serious for the. life of the boy
4 With, that verdict ringing ominous
lily in their ears, they prepared t.
transfer Danny to the depot Agar
the Lennox president put his auto al
their ,disposal, and even sent the ply
stefan along on the trip to give any
first aid which might be necessar,
Il for the Unconscious youth.
i Since further efforts at concealmen
were useless. now, the >thirty.one re
4 turned Oh the same train with Father
1 Thomas .sHsA II the way; Father Thorn
as was t6o busy with Danny even. tt
notice them. waiting at the home
depot, for the sad news had been tel
j egraphed ahead, was the other Ly
1eurgus of<the law, Father Joseph. Hi,
! eye rested on them for an instant, nat
iurally, but he also took no further no
.1tice, of them. = I =.
II There were tears in the old man!
eyes as the injured player was slow
4 ly: lifted t'te the platform All knew
4 he loved fhise fiery Danny But now
, as. the priest bent over him, stroket
his. face, tried to talk to him, the,
knew he. felt for Danny as for a son
: Feeble as he was, he even tried tt
assist as Danny was lifted into tn,
. ambulance and whisked away to tn,
city hospital. No such accident hat
, lever occurred at St. Bona's, land
| beat him to earth. Slowly and ner
L vously: he returned to his room, Their,
, to pace the floor in bewilderment TO
a half hour until the complete dag
nosis would be telephoned to him
; Several times he called up the hospi
tai but they were not yet ready will
the. verdict. Then after what seem
, ed an interminable time,. the littl,
bell on his desk tinkled.. !,
Other complications aggrayate tn,
spinal wrench. Injury much wors,
81 than at first supposed. The boys lif,
is in the gravest danger The re
81 eefver was left dangling on its string
, His face turned snow white as tn,
, tdisheartening intelligence was borne
upon him. The diseiplinarian confid
. ed to the. boys that evening that Fa
ther Joseph had partaken of no sup
iper. Again his haggard countenanct
the next morning betrayed the loss
of the, whole nights sleep.
But what of the thirty-one? While
Danny fingered day after day between
\ life and death, no one seemed dis
Eposed to call them to trial. The day
latter the accident they we're singly
called into the projects room to make
a brief admission of their breach OF
|dlscip1ine, ana beyond being informed
that their trial before the entire col
Fl iegei staff would take place within