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respond。   Under   her   guidance   for   one   year   the   boy   blossomed。   His   odd 

literary    fancy   for   Don    Quixote�察   �for  Scott's   poems     and   romances      she 

encouraged�察       �quietly     eliminating      the    dime     novels     he    had     read 

indiscriminately with these。 She broke through the shell of his shyness to 

find    out   that  his   diffidence    was    not  sulkiness     nor  his   independence 

impudence。 

     The boy was a dreamer。 He lived largely in a world of his own�察�where 

Quentin Durward and Philip Farnum and Robert E。 Lee were enshrined as 

heroes。 From it he would emerge all hot for action�察�for adventure。 Into his 

games then he would throw a poetic imagination that transfigured   them。 

Outwardly   he   lived   merely   in   that   boys'   world   made   to   his   hand。   He 

adopted   its   shibboleths�察  �fought   when   he   must�察  �went   through   the   annual 

routine of marbles�察�tops�察�kites�察�hop scotch�察�and baseball。 From his fellows 

he   guarded   jealously   the   knowledge   of   even   the   existence   of   his   secret 

world of fancy。 

     His progress through the grades and the high school was intermittent。 

Often he had to stop for months at a time to earn money for their living。 In 

turn he was newsboy�察�bootblack�察�and messenger boy。 He drove a delivery 

wagon   for   a   grocer�察  �ushered   at   a   theater�察  �was   even   a   copyholder   in   the 

proofroom of a newspaper。 Hard work kept him thin�察�but he was like a lath 

for toughness。 

     Seven weeks after he was graduated from the high school his mother 

died。   The   day   of   the   funeral   a   real   estate   dealer   called   to   offer   three�察�

hundred dollars for the lots in the river bottom bought some years earlier 

by Mrs。 Farnum。 

     Jeff put the man off。 It was too late now to do his mother any good。 

She had had to struggle to the last for the bread she ate。 He wondered why 

the good things in life were so unevenly distributed。 

     Twice   during   the  next   week   Jeff   was   approached   with   offers   for   his 

lots。 The boy was no fool。 

     He found out that the land was wanted by a new railroad pushing into 

Verden。 Within three days he had sold direct to the agent of the company 

for nine hundred dollars。 With what he could earn on the side and in his 



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summers he thought that sum would take him through college。 



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                                CHAPTER 2 



     I   wonder   if   Morgan�察  �the   Pirate�察�When   plunder   had   glutted   his   heart�察�

Gave part of the junk from the ships he had sunk To help some Museum of 

Art�察�If he gave up the role of ;collector of toll; And became a Collector of 

Art�拭�

     I wonder if Genghis�察�the Butcher�察�When he'd trampled down nations 

like grass�察�Retired with his share when he'd lost all his hair And started a 

Sunday´school class�察�If he turned his past under and used half his plunder 

In running a Sunday´school class�拭�

     I   wonder   if   Roger�察  �the   Rover�察  �When   millions   in   looting   he'd   made�察�

Built   libraries   grand   on   the   jolly   mainland   To   honor   success   and   ;free 

trade;�察�If he founded a college of nautical knowledge Where Pirates could 

study their trade�拭�

     I   wonder�察  �I   wonder�察  �I   wonder�察  �If   Pirates   were   ever   the   same�察  �Ever 

trying to lend a respectable trend To the jaunty old buccaneer game Or is it 

because     of  our   Piracy   Laws     That   philanthropists    enter   the  game�拭    �

Wallace Irwin�察�in Life。 

       THE REBEL IS INSTRUCTED IN THE WORSHIP OF THE GOD´ 

OF´THINGS´AS´ THEY´ARE 



                                         PART 1 



     Jeff was   digging   out   a   passage   in the   ;Apology;   when there   came   a 

knock at the door of his room。 The visitor was his cousin�察�James�察�and he 

radiated such   an air   of prosperity  that   the plain   little bedroom  shrank   to 

shabbiness。 

     James nodded in offhand fashion as he took off his overcoat。 ;Hello�察�

Jeff� �Thought I'd look you up。 Got settled in your diggings�察�eh�拭─�Before 

his host   could   answer he   rattled   on�此 �Just ran  in   for   a   moment。  Had   the 

devil   of   a   time   to   find   you。   What's   the   object   in   getting   clear   off   the 

earth�拭─�

     ;Cheaper�察─�Jeff explained。 

     ;Should   think   it   would   be�察─  �James   agreed   after   he   had   let   his   eyes 



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wander critically around the room。 ;But you can't afford to save that way。 

Get a good suite。 And for heaven's sake see a tailor�察�my boy。 In college a 

man is judged by the company he keeps。; 

     ;What have my room and my clothes to do with that�拭─�Jeff wanted to 

know�察�with a smile。 

     ;Everything。 You've got to put up a good front。 The best fellows won't 

go   around   with   a   longhaired   guy   who   doesn't   know   how   to   dress。   No 

offense�察�Jeff。; 

     His cousin laughed。 ;I'll see a barber to´morrow。; 

     ;And you must have a room where the fellows can come to see you。; 

     ;What's the matter with this one�拭─�

     A hint of friendly patronage crept into the manner of the junior。 ;My 

dear   chap�察  �college   isn't   worth   doing   at   all   unless   you   do   it   right。 You're 

here to get in with the best fellows and to make connections that will help 

you later。 That sort of thing�察�you know。; 

     Into   Jeff's   face   came   the   light   that   always   transfigured   its   plainness 

when he was in the grip of an idea。 ;Hold on�察�J。 K。 Let's get at this right。 Is 

that what I'm here for�拭�I didn't know it。 There's a hazy notion in my noodle 

that I'm here to develop myself。; 

     ;That's what I'm telling you。 Go in for the things that count。 Make a 

good frat。 Win out at football or debating。 I don't give a hang what you go 

after�察�but follow the ball and keep on the jump。 I'm strong with the crowd 

that runs things and I'll see they take you in and make   you a cog of the 

machine。 But you'll have to measure up to specifications。; 

     ;But�察�hang it�察�I don't want to be a cog in any machine。 I'm here to give 

myself   a   chance   to   growsit   out   in the   sun   and   hatch   an   individuality 

give myself lots of free play。; 

     ;Then you've come to the wrong shop�察─�James informed him dryly。 ;If 

you   want   to   succeed   at   college   you've   got   to   do   the   things   the   other 

fellows do and you've got to do them the same way。; 

     ;You mean I've got to travel in a rut�拭─�

     ;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。; 

     

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