The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-23


"oh, If only you had been,"
This from Juddy.
What would you and your
young friends have done, Mr..
Todd?" asked old Brother Whisk-
ers.
Angel laughed.
The old party had bristied UP.
I'm afraid that Welliver would
have had TO get new football
team. Have you ever heard OF
lyrching being stopped In these
parts" He talked like he was
Doc jumped in. yes. I have.
This one was stopped by" - he
smiled" an aged man, two lads
narrow lane"
Shakespeare" I said. Shoot,
Doc" I could feel the tension
loosening up.
Right here Ia Tambay,' he
went on. Several years ago. There
had been a particularly brutal muir
der on one Of the plantations. There
was no plain clew, but an Old Negro
man had been seen puttering about
the place. He had always been a
harmless old fellow, but when they
caught and threatened him, he was
too terrified to explain what he'd
been doing there. Word reached a
dinner party thai the old fellow was
being taken to Tambay Tree. There
was an old gentleman there for
whom the Negro worked He ex-
cused himself from the party. Two
other guests followed him, boys of
II or ID. Their no, ses were outside.
They got to Tambay only just in
time. They rode their horses
through the mob, took the rope
from the praying Negroes neck, and
faced around with their pistols in
their hands. Nobody stopped them.
They brought their man out safe.
Weeks later the real murderer was
caught"
Who were the rescue party,
Doc?" said.
ASK Maurie Sears" he said.
Angel had put his lip in. pity
you didn't show little of the
same spirit the other night, Prof."
he said
"That1l be about enough from
you. Big Boy" told him.
Juddy left Angel and went over
to Sears. who was the old man,
Maurice" she said.
"Great-uncel Rantoul Maurie.
He's right much of an old fire.
eater and afraid of nothing on
earth"
And your" She smiled at him.
"And the other boy, whoever he
WASP"
my cousin, Elliot Maurie We
couldn't let the old gentleman ride
alone"
mo; you couldn't. And yet
Oh, I'll never understand you
people! But, Maurie, III tell you
one thing. If that ever happens
again at Tambay I'll - I'll hate the
place so that I'll leave and never
come back. Neverl"
He said very quietly: "Then 1t
must never happen again, Cousin"
I caught Wat Smith before he
got away and asked him why
Angel had made such a dead set,
first for Maurie Sears, then for
Loren Oliver.
There's trouble over that Am.
Eth. exam" he said. Angels paper
bounced right back and smacked
him in the jaw"
But thought he passed It,"
Passed it? II say he passed
1t! The big showoff! Instead of
just easing through which would
have been reasonable, he had to
go and turn in a 9O-plus paper"
"Just what Doc Oliver said,
then: it was too good to be true"
Juddy came up in time to hear
this, which I hadn't meant her to.
He'd never give Angel
break" she said. II think it's rot
ten"
ut isn't divers doing Wat
said. 1.-THE Student Council got
onto it and put Angel on the car
pet Maurie Sears is alumni rep
resentative on the council. He put
some questions that got Angel
sore, and the big boob walked out
on them. So now hes got to take
the exam again, next semester. At
that, he got off easy"
1.-THE spoiled darling athlete
complex" said.
ooh, give him break" Wat
said, pulling the loyal frat brother
stuff. "Agel's all right. It's a
wonder he isn't worse spoiled with
all that's been handed to him.
He'll snap out of it,"
"Of course he WILL" Juddy said,
giving me a dirty look. you've
all got 1t in for poor Angel"
'Okay," ] said Its your baby
If you liked the way he behaved
tonight, you can have him"
'You don't understand, Nom"
she said.
Look, Juddy," I said. I'm only
an old hasher, but I know class
from selling -plate stuff. This bird
won't do; not for you. l don't
want to see you get hurt, kid"
She came over and took my
hand and rubbed her cheek
against it.
20. K. Nom" she said. Don't
worry. III pull out Of 1t and 1t
isn't what you think anyway"
Commencement came and went,
and gosh! how the money rolled In.