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The Old Grad. Relates a Tragedy That Happened in the Philippines
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The old grnd was one of those gal
lant warrlorB who had risked their
lives In the service of their country
In the Philippines, and now he liked
to break the monotony of the sopho
more's student existence by sometlmcr
relating to him tales of wild adven
ture and hnlr-brrndth escapes In whlel
he had llg'ured during his term of ser
vice. Th tophomore had come to
know what to expect when the old
grad'n pipe went out between his teeth
nnd his eyes assumed that far-away ex
pression that betokened reminiscence.
Hut ho had learned, too. that the story
-would come In due time. If he only
waited patiently enough, and that the
old grnd wns not to bo hurried In IiIf
recital. Po tonight, as he saw the
last faint whiff of smoke rise from the
old grad's pipes, and saw his eyelids
cIofo hnlf-dieamlly, he composed him
self till the old grnd should begin his
story.
At length the old grad's eyes opened
a trllle; inid he removed the pipe from
lila mouth.
"1 was reading this afternoon of
the capture of General Algernando,
the rnmo.iB Filipino chief," he re
mniked casually.
The sophomore exhibited no Interest
in this announcement, but the old grad
continued, notwithstanding.
"1 bad ulmoat torgottcn the existence
of the senor. In spite of the Important
role he once played In the drama of
my life. Hut ns 1 rend the news, vis
ions of that wild chase In which we
both figured to prominently recurred
to my mind. Once more I saw the
hcnor's Hwnrthy face of steel glaring
over me beside that nevcr-to-be-for-goltou
stream where wo met for the
last time. Again the gleam of savage
triumph lighted his eyes as he saw vic
toiy In his grasp. How his long fct.Il
lcto shone In the sunlight as it hung
suspended in his hand above my face!
What a vlllian he was!"
The old grad stopped and gazed b1
lently at the bright flames In the soph
omore's Arc-place. Again the sopho
moie waited patiently, and again his
patience was Anally rewarded.
"My regiment was stationed at that
time in Mic comparatively level region
of the San Junn valley. That p it of
Luzon was not very thickly sr tiled, yit
wo ofllcers made the acquaintance of
several charming Spanish ladles in the
neighborhood, with whom wo spent
many enjoyable afternoons "while we
were off duty. There was one senorn
especially who soon completely won
my heart. Jler father's residence,
howover, was a distance of over twelve
miles from our camp and I wnn Beldom
able to see her save on those o
slons when We made up a party foi
the purpose of holding a dance at hei
villa. The- Insurgents were constant lj
on the alert, and It was not safe foi
a small company, to say nothing of a
single person, to venture far from the
fort.
"My infatuation finally reached such
a height, howover, that one evening
I felt that I could stand It no longer
without. a sight of my sweetheart. I
stole cautiously paBt the guard, ran
qulokly-to ray horse, -which I had pur
posely picketed some dlstanco away,
and rodo off In happy anticipation of
my coming pleasure
"Alas, as I topped tho llttlo hill that
overhung the farm, a scene of desola
tion such as I can find no words to de
scribe met my horrified eyes. The In
surgents had taken an awful rovenge
for our host's hospitality to us, and the
farm-house lay In smoking ruins.
"Llko a mad-man I dashed down to
tho smoldering bnllulng to discover, If
pcssttTlc fiomo sign of my sweetheart.
In vain! Not a human being was In
sight. wrth heavy heart I turned to
remount my faithful horse.
suddenly a savage cry sounded In
kny ears. I turned in my saddle. A
d of perhaps a dozen Filipinos was
approaching at full speed, and gaining
on me at a rato that sent a chill
through my bones. But my horse was
n good one and for probably six miles
tho.raco was even. Suddenly, however,
one of my pursuers' horses stepped In
to a concealed rut and broke his leg.
i After that they gradually dropped be
hind, till at laBt, when we wote about
two miles-from the river that RfmLrntoA
me from my( friends, but two wer el t. j
Even ns I wotched theso two, one
horfio, dropped from sheer exhaustion,
md only ono foo remained. It was the
man who afterwards became ono ol
tho most famoim of tho Filipino lead
ers Alonzo Algcrnnndo.
"Suddenly a thought struck me. 1
'ould have kicked myself for belnr
uch a fool before, but Instead I shout
d for joy. Saved at last, I thought
Turning in my saddle I leveled my re
olver at my sole pursuer and pullec
he trigger six times In rapid succes
don. confident that one shot at leasi
.vould take effect. Imnglne, If you can
ny chagrin and despair as I saw bin
it ill gaining on me, entirely unharmed
1 unstrapped my rifle from the saddle
ind turned to try my aim once more
Hut wo bnd been at target practbf
Lhnt afternoon and 1 had forgotten t(
reload the mngazlne. I hurled tin
hing from me In disgust.
"We were now but a few Rteps fron
(be river. I felt my horse falling nn
der me. I tugged my sheath knlfi
from my belt and tried to pull open the
')lade. It had caught on something,
however, and in despair I threw it
away.
"At laBt my hoi-bo staggered and fell,
t cleared myself of the saddle and
started off on foot. I looked behind
My enemy was In the same plight. But
ie was a stropger man than I. Soor.
I felt his hot panting breath on mj
check. We had reached the bank ol
Hip river. I plunged In. My pursue!
followed. Summoning all my remain
ing powers, I swam with all" mj
strength. I reached the shallow watei
on tho other side. But here strength
left me. I sank down exhausted.
"As I raised my face In resignatlor
to Heaven, the triumphant grin of mj
antagonist met my eyes. With a last
despairing hope I remembered the lit
tie pen-knife my mother had given me
for a keepsake. 1 reached for It."
Here the old grad coughed and
opened the ease for his pipe. He care
fully deposited the sacred meerschaum
n It and placed It In his pocket. At
ast the sophomore could restrain him
self no longer.
"What happeneu. What did he do?"
he asked.
"Who? Oh, the Filipino?" the old
grnd answered In surprise. "Why, he
killed me, of course."
For Kov'eral minutes no Bound was
beard save the muffled protests of the
)ld grad and t-.e maddened curses ol
the sophomore. Would the jury have
called It justifiable homicide?
COLLEGE DEBATING WORLD
Colorado college Is trying to get a
debate with Kansas.
Johns Hopkins and Brown meet in
debate this year for the first time.
The fourth annual Wesleyan-Wll-llams
debate was won by Wesleyan.
In their sevenin annual debato In
December Brown and Dartmouth will
argue the Immigration question. Each
college has won throe debates.
In selecting Judges for tha Uarvard
Yalo debate, tho following method has
been adon&d: Yale submits a list of
twenty-six names from which Harvard
selects six, from winch six Yalo chooses
three.
At Northwestern the faculty rules
that tho students shall concentrate
their efforts In Intercollegiate debate
to the two contests In the Central De
bating league. Of this league, the
members of which are Chicago, Minne
sota, Wisconsin, Michigan and North
western, Northwestern' won the cham
pionship last year.
'ng union has boon organized to take
'.no place of the Junior nnd senior de
mtlng Clubs. The club con-ilsts of
nembers of the junior and senior
classes and other members of the uni
versity Interested In debate, excepting
freshmen and sophomores, who con
tinue to have their separate class clubs.
The constitution of tho new university
lebatlng clubs provides for weekly de
bates on a plan similar to that fol
lowed In Prof. O. i . Baker's course in
debate, out of which have come the
men who defeated Princeton eight
years In succession and Yale throe
fourths of the time. The faculty con
trols the new club, which In turn has
barge of the Intercollegiate debates.
Excursion For Then'xsgiving.
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Lincoln to all points In Nebraska for
Undents and teachers of the Unlver
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November 25th and 2Gth, and good to
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The above rates to be made only
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This Is the first time rate that has
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