Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-21
SEAL OF
BROTHERHOOD

Published b. Special Arranssmsnts with IN
Chicago Txibune-Nsw york News syndicats
Incorporated
Ccopyrlsht: 1855: BY Edward L. AEcKenns)
GIN TWO PARTS PART oND
- F MOST OF the experts hadn't de
cided that Wesley d. Hines sholls
n be Ali-Ameriean right guard, hi
- career might have been somewhat
different. As It was, he had sil
offers to coach football teams, and one
7 from the Cruising university 10 be as
Sistant director Of athletics. For an
swer, Yves waved his Phi Beta Kappa
key, or did whatever else one does to
call attention TO q Phi Beta Kappa
key IN polite way, If any, and sug-
/ geSted that he'd be only too glad to
teach history and economics, and fur
thermore that from time TO time he'd
/ put IN an appearance at the gymnasium
( without extra charges. After some par
ley, It 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
the strength of ten, and that's meaning
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 1t moved almost as surely and
accurately as his body. Give him any
sort Of work and he'd go after It with
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
H. ole - Id.
good few votes In the year book, under
the headings: Most Respected Man"
and MAN Most Likely to Succeed"
Times being what they were, Yves was
delighted to get SO good job. He'd
never Travelled q 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 10l
months long. Yves thought it looked
pretty good So, on the whole, it was.
When he got to his office, or rather
to his cabin on the Moldavia which (
found letter for him, a letter writ
ten on cheap, thin paper:
Mr.. Wesley D. Hines.
Dear sir:
I know from reading the magazine
the National puts out that you are a
Rho.
'T am also Rho. am not telling
you the name of my chapter, for rea-
sons that you can figure out. But I
guess can prove am a Rho by writ
ing the parts of the ritual we have to
for initiation"
Yves looked up from the letter. He
all that, too-brotherhood,
loyalty, faith that last forever - I
pledge these things, promise them
They shall never be to me as strangers;
each of them shall be my brother
It was all there, though word or two
was miSspelled.
Yves turned the page:
mr.. Hines, I am in states prison for
larceny. My term is two years, of which !
have served "a days. hope to get i
ny sentence reduced for good behav- i
or. This is my first offenSe. I am % ,
7ears old am not going to make any
excuses or explanations to you. Ex- I
plantations are never any good, any ;
low, for anything. have father who :
s pretty old and not in good health, !
md a kid sister and girl. None OF I
hem know what has happened TO me.
"This is what I am asking you to '
10. win you mail letters for me, at the S
'orts where you stop, and mail any q
nsWers you get back here to me? / C
J
% that. I have little money, and C
can get enough for that. r
you can open any letters / ever v
end you and read them for yourself. Y
am not trying to put anything over t,
n you. have learned my lesson. When Il
get out Of here, viii be straight
nd honest. You viii say am deceiy- o
lg my family and my girl by pretend v
lg to be on this cruise, and going e
ack to college. never did finish Il
,hool. I was kicked out. I've been v
way from home ever since, and my a
eople think I'm doing all right, tnl E,
le east My home is out your way. v
It was your father, would you want ss
i'm to know you had disgraced your "
.lf2 Would you want your girl to 81
now? III tell her sometime. after all 81
lis Is behind me, and let her make 81
D her mind. can't now. et
Il am only trying TO Fix things up te
] well as I can for my family and for al
sif you do this for me, am telling " "
~ I win go straight, and you VIII on
! advertisement for the Cruising uni of
rsity on the back Of the Pacific as
onthly here Ia the library. thought al
sll, YOU are q Rho, and can only to
K you. II you don't think you can do en-
all right. wish. you good luck, and -
thank you for considering this.
Very truly yours, III
FRANK L. PARKER" u
Slowly and carefully blinking and n
)wning, Yves read all this Through u
1ner, and through most Of that night n
thought about 1t. Next morning. hel 81
ok his pen IN hand:
Mr.. Frank L. Parker, NJ
Dear Brother Parker:
I have decided to do what you ask.
I'm not sure that should, but viii
OFT WILL ADDRESS
BOY SCOUT "CIRCUS"
AT HAVRE APRIL q