The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-03-27

VIAL VI
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Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate,
Incorporated
(copyrieht: 1885: b Edward L. McKenna)
GIN TWO PARTS PART ONE)
r F. MOST OF the experts hadn't de-
cided that Wesley D. Hines should
be A1l-American right guard, his
different. As it was, he had six
offers to coach football teams, and one
from the Cruising university to be as
sistant director Of athletics. For an
swer, Yves waved his Phi Beta Kappa
key, or did whatever else m does to
call attention to a Phi Beta Kappa
gested that he'd be only too glad to
teach history and economics, and fur
thermore that from time to time he'd
put n an appearance at the gymnasium
without extra charges. After some par
ley, 1t was SO arranged, and he had
the pleasure of seeing his name prom
inently displayed in their advertising.
The strength of Yves Hines was as
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no disrespect to him. He was a fine,
big, hulking, decent young kid, homely
rather than handsome, and looking
rather older than "a. He wore glasses,
and his speech was slow and careful,
and his mind wasn't too quick, either,
though it moved almost as surely and
accurately as his body. Give him any
painful and logged persistence until
he had it done. There was nothing
brilliant about him, except on a foot
ball field. In his senior year, how
ever, he was the head of his fraternity
house. and his classmates gave him a
the headings: Most Respected Man"
and Man Most Likely to Succeed"
Times being what they were, Wes was
delighted to get so good a job. He'd
never travelled a hundred miles be-
fore, and he imagined he'd like teach
ing. The Cruising university had its
campus on an ocean liner, the S. S.
Moldavia, and its semesters were 10
months long. Yves thought it looked
pretty good. So, on the whole, it was.
When he got to his office, or rather
was moored in the North river, he
found a letter for him, a letter writ
ten on cheap, thin paper:
MI. Wesley D. Hines.
Dear sir:
II know from reading the magazine
the National puts out that you are a
Rho.
IT am also a Rho. I am not telling
you the name of my chapter, for rea-
sons that you can figure out. But I
guess I can prove I am a Rho by writ
memorize for initiation"
Yves looked up from the letter. He
remembered all that, too-brotherhood,
loyalty, faith that last forever
pledge these things, I promise them
They shall never be to me as strangers;
each of them shall be my brother
1t was all there, though a word or two
was misSpelled.
Yves turned the page:
MIR. Hines, I am in states prison for
larceny. My term is two years, of which
I have served "a days. I hope to get
my sentence reduced for good behav-
ior. This is my first offense. I am %
years old. I am not going to make any
excuses or explanations to you. Elk
plantations are any good, any
how, for anything. I have a father who
Is pretty old and not in good health,
and a kid sister, and a girl. None of
them know what has happened to me.
"This is what I am asking you to
do. Will you mail letters for me, at the
ports where you stop, and mail any
answers you get back here to me? I
will send you postage money. I can
do that. I have q little money, and
I car get enough for that:
send you and read them for yourself.
I am not trying to put anything over
on you. I have learned my lesson. When
I get out of here, I will be straight
and honest. You will say I am deceiv-
ing my family and my girl by pretend
ing to be on this cruise, ana going
school. I was kicked out. I've been
away from home w since, and my
people think I'm doing all right, in
the east. My home is out your way.
If it was your father, would you want
him to know you had disgraced your
self? Would you want your girl to
know? III tell her sometime. after all
this is behind me, and let her make
up her mind. I can't now.
IT am only trying to fix things up
as well as I a for my family and for
III you do this for me I am telling
you I will go straight, and you will
never regret it.. I saw your name In
an ma. adyer tn men for for the re- Cruising = ggac rHic
Monthly here in the library. I thought,
well, you are a Rho, and I "a only
ask you. If you don't think you can do
it, all right. I wish you good luck, and
I thank you for considering this.
Very aFyRs s1Sly T. yoq PzRkER."
Slowly and carefully blinking and
frowning, Yves read all this. Through
dinner, and through most Of that night
he thought about it. Next morning, he
took his pen in hand:
Mr.. Frank L. Parker,
Dear Brother Parker:
II have decided to do what you ask.
I am not ure that I should, but I will
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