THE COLLEGE AND THE CIRCUS
ing through long-horned steers in the round-ups.
"Ride through the crowd," said Cherokee Charlie in a matter-of-fact way, and, without stopping to wipe away the débris on their faces, they turned their horses' heads, dug in their spurs, and began charging the students. The latter, being on foot, were obliged to fall back to the sidewalk, thus crowding and jostling each other and the townsfolk, but doing no particular damage. One man on horseback is better than three on foot.
"All right!" shouted Cherokee Charlie; "I guess we'll go on with the parade now." He seemed good-natured about it.
That was the way he settled the miners who created a disturbance out in a Western city. But these were not miners in a Western city, but irresponsible dudes of an Eastern college, and their blood was getting up. They were waiting for Holland; except for individual scraps here and there along the line, there was a lull.
"Do 'em, fellows! Do 'em up!" called
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