Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1914 — TELLS OF TENSE MOMENTS [ARTICLE]

TELLS OF TENSE MOMENTS

Man of Prominence Had Two, and Their Causes-Were of Widely Different Beginnings. * I heard a prominent Cambridge man tell of the two most tense moments of his life yesterday, says a correspondent of the Boston Journal. But the tension in each case was different “I doubt if I ever shall forget either occasion,” he said, reflectively. "They were big moments. "The first was when I was in college. I was captain of the baseball team that year. We came to the end of the ninth. We needed one run to tie the score and another to win the game. Two men down and two on the sacks when I came to bat And for once in my career I did IL I lined opt., a three-bagger, right over the railroad track. When I felt It go —well, that was one occasion. "And the other.” He chuckled, but a slow flush crept over his cheeks. *lt was thirty years ago, soon after I left college. I went over to see a girl I thought was pretty nice and to meet her folks for the first time. I went on a Sunday. All the men were away. And they had duck for dinner.” He stopped. "Ever carve a duck?” he asked meaningly. "No, neither had I before. Nor have I since.” His blush deepened. '1 never even went to' see that girl again,” he added plaintively.