TALKS WITH A KID BROTHER
you had fastened your eye on literary prizes you might not have done so much miscellaneous reading—though the Lord knows you haven't done much. And, finally, if you had poured all your attention and admiration upon your teachers you might not have made so many good friends.
Some fellows can get the cream of both things. The leader of our class happened also to be the best of fellows and truest of friends, but I don't believe you could have led the class if you wanted to, and I'm sure you would not have tried to if it had been at the risk of missing Dan and Tom and Shorty and Jim who overran the house last summer. After all, friends and what they do to you are about the best and most lasting things most of us get out of a college course or any other course.
Now, there is much nonsense spoken and written about this thing called friendship. Generally those who do the most talking know the least about it—that's the reason, I suppose. For if they had the real thing they would perceive that it was too fine to be dis-
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