The Adventures of a Freshman

assing embrace of these Sophomores, and he knew it; and that worried him more than a

g's blinking eyes, and saying, mockingly, "Well, well, y

rom the two Sophomores holding him and then in the darkness they could sure

"let's see who the oth

n off his eyes. At the same instant, and as quick as the flash of the lantern, he neatly whisked his arms out of the hands that hel

im he tried a similar trick. But his captors also had heard the scuffle; instinctively they tightened their grasps. Lee shook of

It was not quite two seconds from when Young made his first jump to the time he was going down Nassau Street and making good speed considering th

es were after them-were now only a few yar

. "Stick to him," the other Sophomores were shouting in the dark. Two of the pursuers were almost up to them. Lee gave a furious wrench. It was a little too furious. He tripped and fell. Young slackened u

full speed tackled him furiously, as football players tackle. They both tripped over the bodies

amed one of the Sophomores in th

asked a voice near

ee panted. "Thought you we

, "No-still here." He had got Lee into

nd tighter hold of Young, slowly arose, all

them in a somewhat sympathetic voice. He sti

ho hadn't been playing football s

inst the fence and

ly a dozen Sophomor

. "Well, what are you going to

aid one of them. It was the same man that h

wouldn't come back when we told

to, but only looked sober

you'd get away, didn't you? Too bad, too bad; teaches Freshmen a

virgins?" asked a gruff voice. The dawn was coming i

t the Sophomores would have done in this case but for Channing. "Put them!" replied Channing, indignantly, "we sha'n't put them anywhere until we have dealt out due chastisement for th

of work still to do and it's getting light already. We can't st

only a few hours previous. He did not know that there had been witnesses to the spanking-as yet. "Le

d a bucket of paste, a big brush, and a roll of pr

willing. What is to hinder the strong hands being set to work? Arise, Freshmen,

rs, smiling. "Kill two

elf: "Going to make us paste pro

a through his head, began to laugh, and said

Come on, Freshmen, that blank wall acro

he corner grocery store. A tight hol

." Channing quickly and rather d

for the letters to show green,

y secretary." In the portion in finer type, beneath the slurs on the baseball team and the arrogant prohibitions against

tt of all classes, Deacon Young, the overgrown baby of Squeedunk, who

d how important he had always been considered by everyone

ad finishe

eshmen. "Don't all speak at once, children; will Little Willie Young show

y do it first," interrupted

hap that Ballard was never allowed to humble him as much as since the rush he had always wanted to.

voice. He did not have brains enough, Young thought, to be sarca

e two were shoved in toward the wall and the dozen Sophomores with locked arms formed a s

ucket with their backs to the Sophomores,

said Channing. "You and Young have nearl

echoed, shouting in a tone

reshmen paste procs! heads out-, everybody look!" It was a Senior lea

ed arrogantly into the ring saying, "Do you hear what I s

ds out! Lots of fun," crie

yawning faces to stick out from all over th

n they heard that their secretary had aided in posting those scurrilous proclamations. But what was there to do? He had only one classmate with him and there were a dozen Sophomores abo

into Ballard's face and said

w, you little fool, you paste that proc or I'll paste you on the jaw with this fist." Possibly he really meant to do it, but, at any rate, he did not, for just then Y

the windows across the street were about twenty lookers-on. Ballard knew that, and he was a Sophomore.

trembled. "Let go that boy," and much to everyone's astonishment the Fr

ntre rush of the Sophomore team, dropped Lee, wrenched away from Young and whirled around toward him with fist d

outed those upstairs-"A

man, but all he wanted was to make Ball

n's bluffed o

e more toward Lee. "Ge

tood

ly in front of him; it made the upper-classmen in the windows shout with laughter; some of the Sophomores in the ring giggled excitedly. Young

e ring; the rest of the Sophomores falling back to keep out of t

feint as if to try a hip throw, then slipped his arms down on Ballard, twisted his feet around, threw his chin and his weight forward, and down they both came, Young

n a sober manner was saying, "Now, Lee, I think--" when a staggering blow from Ballard's fist on the half-turned

tinging on his face, he became infuriated. He turned and charged at Ballard like one of the bulls on his father's farm, wi

grasped him around the middle, lifted him up, got him on the right hip, and whirled him o

ly excited, "Good enough, Freshman! goo

to do, though not because they told him to, for he was now oblivious to everythi

upon the ground. And he had barely got to his feet when in rushed the Freshman again with his head down, and for the third time Ballard was thro

began to realize that they were becoming disgraced; something must be done. Channing was calling, excitedly

ash little Lee ran in and immediately tripped him up. No one had been watching Lee. Another Soph. slipped in and pulled Lee off. A couple of them held him. Then the others began gr

me authoritative voices. It was some Juniors and Seniors hurrying ou

Sophomores right and left, saying, "G

jumped up; other

ard has hurt his ankle-let him up

up," said the Juniors. The

you did him; Ballard

ound; he was amazed to see so many people about him. He had an ugly brui

panting hard; he leaned on Channing's arm and limped quickly and quietly away. The ot

imping and was walking as well as anybody. "Say, Channing," another upper-classman called after them, "how about that spanking?" and before the small S

T OF ALL

at the close of that day the who

ne panting like a good fellow. Lee was bending over him mopping his face w

ld man?" asked o

hook hi

me?" asked one

little Lee, proudly, like the

teps of University Hall and across the street every moment; they all asked questions.

another was crying: "But you ought to have seen that beautiful spank

rivals were Freshmen, and Lee, who had hidden it under his coat, gave it to them to carry away. First they tore do

utt of all classes,'

up from th

have to hurry to meet those othe

ot allow it. But as they started off Le

a new arrival ask one of the others. Then just as

ek butt of all classes!'" It was the Junio

ad. Lee reached up and lifted Young's hat to them, which made the others laugh. It m

st ... worm turned ... yes, on the third floor of University-Bob Ellis saw the whole thing himself ... caught big Freshman this morning with Lee-yes, that nice little fellow.... Sophs undertook to make him paste

y or thirty Sophomores, and it was

ung was a