Part 15 (1/2)
Nolan shook his head ”You're stuck on your ability to size people up, but I don't believe Young's that sort of a fool”
”No, and he doesn't, either That's just the trouble It's co on him unconsciously You see he's heard his table-ot accustomed to them, and he's ceased to abhor them But he doesn't stop there; they seldom do, you know You can tell by his walk that his way of looking at things has changed”
”But, Ji's not such a kid”
”He wouldn't be, but, you see, he's had too much success in tooman from the country Success has turned his head He's flattered at being taken up by these pro sporty Freshh alone”
”You et clear 'in it' He doesn't want to be considered a big, green giant He wants to make himself like the rest of the--Invincibles, I think they call thee man, he thinks”
”Well,” said Nolan, ”can you account for the way people in general, not only here in college, but in the big, outside world--people that ought to know better, people you'd never expect it of--can you account for theirfools of 'emselves to stand in with the crowd? asses!”
Then these two ht of taking an early opportunity of giving the big Freshh by this tiot; and if it recurred to them, they put it off till they ”feltactually done? Oh, nothing at all, or next to nothing Billy Drew oneabout his experience of the night before, and then stopped suddenly when Young entered the room
”Go on, I want to hear the rest of it,” said the Deacon, s off , boastful way of a certain sort of Freshman, with his account of how he fell upstairs, and how he tried to catch the bed as it whirled around
So; so did one or two of the others Young knew they were looking at him Here was his chance to show theined He leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily Then Lucky Lee and the rest of the table laughed heartily
And after that no one took pains to keep things away fro, but, as Linton said, he was not very likely to stop there
CHAPTER XI
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING A HERO
The winter, with its jolly long evenings about cosey fire-places, was over, and the Freshotten
The University baseball candidates had left the ”Cage” and were practising outdoors on the dia ter on the steps of Old North
The elraduates their new flannel trousers
The Invincibles were on their way from the club, to stretch out under the old els
Powelton was saying: ”I don't see why you are so anxious to put him up for any office To tell the truth, the old chu me lately”
”I'm not anxious,” returned Todd, ”but you see, he'll take with the poling eleospel shark as we all thought at first”
”Of course, he's no saint, but they don't know anything about the Deacon, except his high stand and his serious-looking face, and the reputation heyou and Ashley for president and vice-president, I think it would be foxy to put up somebody like the old Deacon for the secretary-treasurershi+p” It was drawing near the time for the election of class officers for the next year, and Todd was soht, but I don't care to serve with him He's so uncouth”