Two incidents, following one on the heels of the other tended to produce an advance in civilization by the means (as so commonly happens) of a passing appeal to savage standards.

The first was the arrival of a little gentleman from Armenia.

He had a fez upon his head and (what nobody counted on) a dagger in his pocket.

The hazing was set about in the customary style, and, perhaps in virtue of the victim's head-gear, even more boisterously than usual.

He bore it at first with an inviting patience; but upon one of the students proceeding to an unpardonable freedom, plucked out his knife and suddenly plunged it in the belly of the jester.