Quincy saw Mary frequently, and, after she was employed by Mr.
Isburn, they talked over some of the most interesting of Mary's
cases.
In their college life, Tom and Quincy were unsuspecting, and became
the butt of many good-natured and some unkind jokes. On one occasion
they were invited to join a theatre party. It was a variety or
vaudeville show and ended with a pantomime, the closing scene in
which was a skating carnival.
When the skaters came on, the members of the theatre party rose in
their seats and pelted the performers with paper snowballs made hard
by the liberal use of paste. The police were called in. Quincy and
Tom had taken no part in the snowballing but, as examination showed
their pockets were full of the substitutes for the natural product,
they were adjudged as guilty as the others.
One evening Quincy and Tom went to the theatre together. During a
pathetic speech by the heroine the clang of a big cow bell was heard.
The audience vented its displeasure in hisses. Again came the
clangour and all eyes were turned towards the unconscious youths,
Quincy and Tom. Again were the policemen called in. Two young men who
sat behind Quincy and his friend were accused of causing the
disturbance. They indignantly denied any knowledge of it and left the
theatre threatening a suit for damages. Further investigation by the
minions of the law discovered the bell fastened to the hat-holder
beneath Quincy's seat, while the string that served as a bell pull
was under Tom's foot.
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