college.I talked to the boys about it,and said what I would do and so on,without much effect.Wednesday a junior came to me,and told me I was to be hazed as I left the Opera House Friday night.After that a great many came to me and advised and warned me as to what I should do.I decided to get about fifty of our class outside and then fight it out;that was before I changed my mind.As soon as I did Iregretted it very much,but,as it turned out,the class didn't come,so I was alone,as I wished to be.You see,I'd not a very good place here;the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule,on account of the hat and cane,walk,and so on,though I thought I'd got over that by this time.The Opera House was partly filled with college men,a large number of sophomores and a few upper class men.It was pretty generally known I was going to have a row,and that brought them as much as the show.Poor Ruff was in agony all day.He supposed I'd get into the fight,and he knew he'd get in,too,sooner or later.If he did he'd be held and not be able to do anything,and then the next day be blamed by the whole college for interfering in a class matter.He hadn't any money to get into the show,and so wandered around outside in the rain in a great deal more excited state than I was.
Howe went all over town after putting on his old clothes,in case of personal damage,in search of freshmen who were at home out of the wet.As I left the building a man grabbed me by my arm,and the rest,with the-->>
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