Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-27

notice Of the Governors winsome
daughter than II she had been q crow.
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After that-nothing! Neither Of the
boys distinguished himself at college.
This was matter Of no surprise to the
masters In Cells case. but In StOwell's
It was perpetual problem.
Their favorite solution was that the
David .and Jonathan friendship be.
tween two boys Of widely differing ca.
pacity was at the root Of the trouble
Cell being slow and Stowell unwilling
to shame him.
As year followed year without tan.
sible results the rumor came home to
Bnllamoar that the son Of the Deem
ster was not fulfilling expectations.
'"Traa de liooar'' (tims enouSh). said
Robbie Greer, of the farm; but Dan
Baldromma, Of the mill farm In the
glen. who prided himself on being no
respecter Of persons, and made speeches
In the market. .plaee denouncing the
.'aristocraks'' Of the island, and pre-
dieting the downfall Of the old order.
was heard to say he wasn't sorry.
''1f these young cubs Of the SPEAKER
and the Dempster," said Dan, hadn't
been born with the silver spoon In their
mouths, We should be hearing another
story. When the young birds get their
wings push them out Of the nest, say.
It's what done with my own daughter
my wife's, name. Immajetly abe
was fifteen I packed her OF to sarvice
at the High Railif's at Castletown,
and now she may shift for herself for
me-
The effect on the two fathers was
hardly less conflicting. The Speaker,
stormed at his son, called him . mum.
skull and expressed great wonderment
why he had troubled TO bring q lad into
the world who would only scatter his
substance and talked about making a
new will to protect his daughters and
to save the real estate which the law
gave his son by heirship.
The Deenster was silent. Term BY
term he read. without comment, the
principals unfavorable reports, with the
"ifs" and "buts" and "althoughs.' -
which were intended to soften the hard
facts with indications Of what might
have been. And he said not a word
of remonstrance or reproach when the
boy came home without prizes, though
he wrote In his leather bound sbOok
that he felt sometimes as II he could
have given its weight in gold for the
least Of them.
At seventeen and a half Stowcll be-
came head of the school. not so much
by scholastic attainment as BY senior.
ity. by proficiency in games. and by in.
fuence over the boys. But even in
this capacity he had serious shortcom-
ings. Cell had by this time developed
q supernatural gift Of getting into
scrapes, and Stowell, as head boy.
partly responsible for his conduct. often
allowed himself to become his scape-
goat.
Then the rumor came homo that Vic.
tor was not only wastcr but q was.
trel. Janet wouldn't believe word Of
It. deed she wouldn't, and "Auntie
Kitty" said the boy was the son of the
Deemster,, and she had never vet seen
a good COW with bad calf. But Dan
Baldromma was of another opinion.
The Deemster may be grand man."
said Dan, ''but sarve him right, I say.
Spare the rod, spoil the child! Show
me the man on this island will say !
ever done that with my own child-my
wife's, I mane."
Finally came a report Of the Incl.
dent on the Darby Haven road. John
Caesar. a "lump' Of a lad, son OF
Qualtrough. the butcher "a respectable
man and a member Of the Keys), had
been brutally assaulted while doing his
best to protect a young nurse girl from
the unworthy attentions of a college
boy. The culprit was Victor Stowell,
and the father Of the victim had de-
manded his prosecution with the utmost
rigor of the law. But out of respect
for the Deemster and regard for the