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     ;Oh�察�well� �That's a way of putting it。 I mean that you have to accept 

customs and traditions。 You have to work like the devil doing things that 

count。   If   you   make   the   team   you've   got   to   think   football�察  �talk   it�察  �eat   it�察�



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dream it。; 

     ;But is it worth while�拭─�

     James   waved   his   protest   aside。   ;Of   course   it's   worth   while。   Success 

always is。 Get this in your head。 Four´fifths of the fellows at college don't 

count。 They're also´rans。 To get in with the right bunch you've got to make 

a good showing。 Look at me。 I'm no John D。 Rockefeller�察�Jr。 Athletics bore 

me。 I  can't sing。  I don't grind。  But I'm  in everything。  Best frat。 Won the 

oratorical contest。 Manager of the football team next season。 President of 

the Dramatic Club。 Why�拭─�

     He   did   not   wait   for   Jeff   to   guess   the   reason。   ;Because   our   set   runs 

things and I go after the honors。; 

     ;But a college ought to be a democracy�察─�Jeff protested。 

     ;Tommyrot� �It's an aristocracy�察�that's what it is�察�just like the little old 

world outside�察�an aristocracy of the survival of the fittest。 You get there if 

you're strong。 You go to the wall if you're weak。 That's the law of life。; 

     The freshman came to this squint of pragmatism with surprise。 He had 

thought     of  Verden    University     as  a  splendid   democracy      of  intellectual 

brotherhood that was to leaven the world with which it came in touch。 

     ;Do you mean that a fellow has to have money enough to make a good 

showing before he can win any of the prizes�拭─�

     James K。 nodded with the sage wisdom of a man of the world。 ;The 

long green is a big help�察�but you've got to have the stuff in you。 Success 

comes to the fellow who goes after it in the right way。; 

     ;And suppose a fellow doesn't care to go after it�拭─�

     ;He stays a nobody。; 

     James was in evening dress�察�immaculate from clean´shaven cheek to 

patent leather shoes。 He had a well´filled figure and a handsome face with 

a   square�察  �clean´cut    jaw。  His   cousin    admired    the  young     fellow's   virile 

competency。 It was his opinion that James K。 Farnum was the last person 

he knew likely to remain a nobody。 He knew how to conform�察�to take the 

color of his thinking from the dominant note of his environment�察�but he 

had�察�too�察�a capacity for leadership。 

     ;I'm  not   going   to   believe  you   if   I  can   help   it�察─  �Jeff   answered   with   a 

smile。 



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     The upper classman shrugged。 ;You'd better take my advice�察�just the 

same。 At college you don't get a chance to make two starts。 You're sized up 

from the crack of the pistol。; 

     ;I haven't the money to make a splurge even if I wanted to。; 

     ;Borrow。; 

     ;Who from�拭─�asked Jeff ungrammatically。 

     ;You can rustle it somewhere。 I'm borrowing right now。; 

     ;It's different with you。 I'm used to doing without things。 Don't worry 

about me。 I'll get along。; 

     James   came   with   a   touch   of   embarrassment   to   the   real   object   of   his 

visit。 ;I say�察�Jeff。 I've had a tough time to win out。 You won't you'll not 

say   anythinglet   anything   slip�察  �you   knowsomething   that   might   set   the 

fellows guessing。; 

     His cousin was puzzled。 ;About what�拭─�

     ;About the reason why Mother and I left Shelby and came out to the 

coast。; 

     ;What do you take me for�拭─�

     ;I knew you wouldn't。 Thought I'd mention it for fear you might make 

a slip。; 

     ;I don't chatter about the private affairs of my people。; 

     ;Course not。 I knew you didn't。; The junior's hand rested caressingly 

on the shoulder of the other。 ;Don't get sore�察�Jeff。 I didn't doubt you。 But 

that   thing   haunts   me。   Some   day  it   will   come   out   and   ruin   me   when   I'm 

near the top of the ladder。; 

     The freshman shook his head。 ;Don't worry about it�察�James。 Just tell 

the plain truth if it comes out。 A thing like that can't hurt you permanently。 

Nothing      can   really   injure   you   that   does   not   come    from    your    own 

weakness。; 

     ;That's   all   poppycock�察─  �James   interrupted   fretfully。   ;Just   that   sort   of 

thing has put many a man on the skids。 I tell you a young fellow needs to 

start unhampered。 If the fellows got onto it that my father had been in the 

pen because he was a defaulting bank cashier they would drop me like a 

hot potato。; 

     ;None but the snobs would。 Your friends would stick the closer。; 



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     ;Oh' friends� ─�The young man's voice had a note of angry derision。 

     Jeff's affectionate grin comforted him。 ;Don't let it get on your nerves�察�

J。 K。 Things never are as bad as we expect at their worst。; 

     The junior set his teeth savagely。 ;I tell you�察�sometimes I hate him for 

it。 That's a fine heritage for a father to give his son�察�isn't it�拭�Nothing but 

trouble and disgrace。; 

     His cousin spoke softly。 ;He's paid a hundred times for it�察�old man。; 

     ;He ought to pay。 Why shouldn't he�拭�I've got to pay。 Mother had to as 

long as she lived。; His voice was hard and bitter。 

     ;Better not judge him。 You're his only son�察�you know。; 

     ;I'm the one he's injured most。 Why shouldn't I judge him�拭�I've been a 

pauper all these years�察�living off money given us by my mother's people。 I 

had   to   leave   our   home   because   of   what   he   did。   I'd   like   to   know   why   I 

shouldn't judge him。; 

     Jeff was silent。 

     Presently James rose。 ;But there's no use talking about it。 I've got to be 

going。 We have an eat to´night at Tucker's。; 



                                          PART 2 



     Jeff came to his new life on the full tide of an enthusiasm that did not 

begin   to   ebb   till   near   the   close   of   his   first   semester。   He   lived   in   a   new 

world�察�one removed a million miles from the sordid one through which he 

had fought his way so many years。 All the idealism of his nature went out 

in awe and veneration for his college。 It stood for something he could not 

phrase�察    �something     spiritually    fine  and    intellectually   strong。    When     he 

thought   of   the   noble   motto   of   the   university�察   �To   Serve�察─  �it   was   always 

with a lifted emotion that was half a prayer。 His professors went clothed in 

majesty。     The   chancellor     was   of  godlike    dimensions。      Even    the  seniors 

carried with them an impalpable aura of learning。 

     The   illusion   was   helped   by   reason   of   the   very   contrast   between   the 

jostling   competition   of   the   street   and   the   academic   air   of   harmony   in 

which   he   now   found   himself。   For   the   first   time   was   lifted   the   sense   of 

struggle that had always been with him。 

     The     outstanding      notes    of   his   boyhood      had   been     poverty    and 



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meagerness。 It was as if he and his neighbors had been flung into a lake 

where they must keep swimming to escape drowning。 There had been no 

rest from labor。 Sometimes the tragedy of disaster had swept over a family。 

But on the campus of the university he found the sheltered life。 The echo 

of that battling world came to him only faintly。 

     He began to make tentative friendships�察�but in spite of the advice of 

his cousin they were with the men who did not count。 Samuel Miller was 

an example。 He was a big�察�stodgy fellow with a slow mind which arrived 

at   its   convictions   deliberately。   But   when   he   had   made   sure   of   them   he 

hung to his beliefs like a bulldog to a bone。 

     It was this quality that one day brought them together in the classroom。 

An   instructor   tried   to   drive   Miller   into   admitting   he   was   wrong   in   an 

opinion。 The boy refused to budge�察�and the teacher became nettled。 

     ;Mr。   Miller   will   know   more   when   he   doesn't   know   so   much�察─  �the 

instructor snapped out。 

     Jeff's instinct for fair play was roused at once�察�all the more because of 

the ripple of laughter that came from the class。 He spoke up quietly。 

     ;I can't see yet but that Mr。 Miller is right�察�sir。; 

     ;The discussion is closed�察─�was the tart retort。 

     After class the dissenters walked across to chapel together。 

     ;Poke   the   animal   up   with   a   stick   and   hear   him  growl�察─  �Jeff   laughed 

airily。 
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