CONCERNING HORSE PLAY
Well, of course he wasn't allowed to do any more packing that evening. But, do you know, he was so determined that it took them half the night to dissuade him. They had to drag him by main force out of the room. Then, while the rest unpacked his things, two of his best friends took him off and filled him up with a good supper, and afterward walked him away out into the country and talked him out of it. For the first time in his life he found out how well he was liked. Next day, of course, they spread the tip among the class to let up on Chesty. The novelty of the gag had worn off by this time, anyway, so it was comparatively easy to silence the rest of the college by hisses and loud orders to "cut it out" whenever anybody began it. So it gradually ceased entirely and every one forgot all about it. But no one, except his intimate friends, knows how near they came to queering the college course of a man they liked and respected—all because they did not know when to stop their "horsing."
That, of course, is an extreme case, but
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