picious youth whom he named.
This boy soon appeared and Paul told him all about the tribulations of
the "Wild Geese." He said he was certain he knew the informer, the
villain who had brought all this dire disaster. He had a plan to punish
the tale-bearer. He would like to exchange beds that night with his
listener, so that he would be near the villain's bed. Then he would put
a handful of red pepper over the mouth and nose while he snored.
Was his friend willing? His friend thought the cause a just one and
readily agreed to the proposed arrangement. That night the innocent
youth slipped into Paul's bed and the avenger joyfully nestled in his,
at the other side of the dormitory. About an hour after the boys had
retired, a tall figure, with stealthy step passed in the direction of
Paul's bed. There was a suppressed scuffle and the clear sound of a
strap coming in contact with its victim, while a low, stern voice was
heard saving: "Not a word sir; not a word. Don't dare to raise your
voice above a whisper. You deserve it all and more." After a few moments
Professor Justice retired with the same stealthy step. There was
convulsive sobbing in Chief Paul's bed, and the other boys covered their
heads with their blankets in dread of a similar visitation.

The boy who suffered that night is now a brilliant judge and well known
politician. But he always believed that he had been punished for
changing beds and wondered not a little that his companion had escaped
similar castigation.

The boys were obliged to rise very early in the morning. The first duty
of the day was to proceed to the chapel for prayers, and religious
instruction. But many of the lads preferred to gather around the red hot
stove of the study hall where they could tend to their devotions with
more liberty and comfort than in the chilly chapel. If they were missed,
a professor was sent to ascertain their whereabouts. He was generally
discovered in time by the boy detailed by his companions as look out.
The study hall and dormitories formed a building separate from the rest
of the college. As the professor approached from the main building, the
boys would leap from the low windows of the study hall into the snow.
Sometimes the professor was suspicious and would reconnoiter outside the
study hall; but the boys were alert and as he passed around a corner,
they would get around another and so they often escaped to t