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On the Banks of the Boneyard

about my dates, this was in 1882 instead of 1881, and after I had been elected editor-in-chief of the Mini and our brother William A. Heath had been elected business manager. I returned to school in the fall, said nothing about the suspension, took up my duties as editor of the Mini and waited to see what would happen. Nothing happened and I went on through my course and graduated after being chosen valedictorian of my class. Dorsey died after that, and only last week I was introduced to a nephew of his who is now engaged in the coal bus in Kansas City. The next day after the seniors had taken shots at Dorsey and myself, our friends decided they were going to pull up that tree, as it seemed to At that time Harry Bringhurst and I, be boy boarding house for students. We took Burt house, but occupied this little cottage in the yard, where the four of us lived. Burt had a son, Frank, who was in college part of the time, but didn't work at it very hard. It was decided that Burt, Bringhurst, and several other boys would make a raid on the tree that 1 and I were to stay out of this expedition. Along toward midnight "army" assembled at our house, each man with a shotgu appointed hour made a raid on the University grounds. Bringhurst with his hatchet proceeded to chop down the tree and Frank Burt stood over him with a shotgun to protect him. The seniors rolled out from under the trees and there was a battle. Frank Burt received about 105 birdshots, but didn't flinch and stood his ground until Harry had chopped down the tree, then they separated and started home. An examination of Burt's corpus delicti showed that he was pretty well loaded with birdshot, for he had been hit both fore and aft. We didn't wish to call a doctor, so we went to work on him with pen knives and as the shots were not very deep, we extracted about a hundred, but we did not get them all, and years afterward when Frank Burt was the head of the Police Department at Wichita, he proudly exhibited several shots still in his face, which were never extracted so far as I know. Harry Bringhurst afterward became City Marshal of Seattle. Harry loved a fire, I understand he was very efficient in putting one out. Frank all wno were involved were able to attend class the next morning, and I do not know how much nor what details of the incident were made public. I do not know that any account of the affair has even been put in writing, but as both Bringhurst and Burt are dead and the seniors who slept under the trees and guarded the tree were not known by name, I can see no harm at this time in fnvintr vnn th*** f^fc be included among: the social the students. What you that