“Let’s tar and feather the fool!’’ shouted another.
“Drown him in the frog- pond” cried a third ; and the
whole crowd broke into shouts of a like nature.
“Hold on fellows 1" it was a senior who spoke this time.
“We’ve got to give this fellow a chance to speak for himself.
Just reserve your high-handed actions for a little. We must
give him a show. I tell you ! ! What’s the matter with send
ing a committee to him and having them give him a good
calling down? That’ll let him know we mean business any
how. What de ye say ?”
“That’s right' and make him go apologize to the girls,
too, ’ ’ agreed a fellow near the senior. The idea seemed to
take and the crowd quieted down somewhat. Finally three
fellows were sent to interview Fulton while the rest waited
in the hall.
When this delegation entered his room Fulton was lying
on his bed calmly smoking a pipe. “We want to talk to you
a few minutes Fulton” said one of the three.
“Well, what do you want ?” was the blunt reply.
“We're here to remind you of the fact that you room
very near to the only girls in this college, and that yesterday
afternoon you used words in their hearing such as no decent
man would think of using when he knew ladies could hear
him. Now, if you’ll consent to go and apologize to these
young ladies we’ll consider the affair fixed up. If you don’t
see fit to do this we propose to settle the matter in another
way. You may think you haven’t been treated square here,
and all that, but if that’s the case it has been all brought on
by your own actions. Besides you’ve no excuse for doing
w hat .”
“You’re a liar !” broke in Fulton, springing to his
feet. “You smind your own business and I’ll mind
mine. I’ll be if I’ll apologize to your girls or any
body else. Now just cork up and hike out of my room. ” All
this in a loud domineering voice.
As the last words sounded a door was violently slammed