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N Is c E L AN Y.
FrOp chAn.ssr.' JosrnAI.
EDITH VA LSIA G. HAM

I was always very = intie. Al four.
teen, wrote verses of dark and dresry
character, and was melancholy aud misan-
thropieAl at seventeen, l proposed 20
young lady nearly twice my age, who very
wisely refused me aud was 80 profound.
ly miserable, or thought myself 20, that L
meditated for days about suicide, but eould
nos determme upon the exact form Of rio.
lent death that might be advisable. Even
Oxford. With alithe boating, and beer drink.
ing, aud crieketiug, wine parties, whist, bill
lizards, aud various bsistsrous diversions,
did net oGre me OF my sentimental ten1su.
eies- Twas all but plueked for my little
60 because during the vacation before this
dreaded ordeal, l had been frtisg with
bsuc-eyed cousin named Ada, instead Of de-
voting myself to Euripides, Horace and
Euclid,
In my twelfth term-this Is, AFTER about
two yeats aud half residences al College
10 seemed almost time % make some pTepa.
ratiou for my fnal examination, or great
ge; and l Was iafofmed by . candid tutor
st the close Of the summer term, few DAYS
before the glopious satBSBalia Of eommenso-
ration, that nothing would save me bat very
steady reading during the Whole Of the loae
vacation. Wbereupon | packed my port.
nantesu full ef elotbss, and an enormous
deai-bOx full OF books, aud stunning nv
biueeyed cousin, / got into the train. aud
giving myself only two days holiday in
Lendop, l went forthwith 10 Sandbavcn.
Everybody knows Sandhavea and its dull
High Stseet, and its sands aud is ssseu.
bly-rooms and its baEaars and bathing ma.
chimes, aud Aiss aud young ladies on horses,
aud old ladies 10 vehicles aud isfaatsin pes.
Ambuiators drswn by chubby maids its bill.
lard rooms, eating houses, suburban tee eaF-
deus its steamers arriving daily aud depart.
ioE daiiy It's circuistiug iibraries, not noys
el less than ten years old its three churches
and eight ehapeis its wind, is heat. its
dust, lie glare the terrific greed of ts io3e.
log keepers and, during tbesesson, its gen.
orally uRqa,et, institutions character. WHAT
could have induced me 70 select Sandhayen.
know boi bat the stptborp fact isl tid
select IL
established myself iu very expensive
and not very comfortable apartments They
had these recommendations there aas Zoe
visv Of the sea tbe lssdlady, . wido4 Of
HbOut forty, vas plain Der dsaKhtss, girl
Of seventeen, vas ssill plainsY snd shs ser
want girl positively hidsoBs shall as lessa,
iehufht !, Be safe here AFrIviBg on 4 Fri
day | tbouKbtit 1ss a. veil 20 zee somsthing
Of ths place duripg that aDa tbo ofslloWibR day
Il | set 20 work on the Aoaday, ani made
fair sssFs, Il would Be better fasu O. begia
before I kasS anythiag q abe iBstfntions
af the town OF its iuhabiiants So % Fsi.
day bathsd snd bosted aud bad q donkey
ride--and dropped iato vafisns billiard
rooms rather sstosishipg pfoviusiai pool.
playefs By she sxperieues attsinsd at Ox
Isrd -~sad also haa.tsd the vsyiou. basssrs,
aud 3sHced, thoaght Eith nuch dssoFum,
81, even solsmnity, a. the sssembly rooms
De Saaday I sant 10 obuyeh
Pail Of good resolaiions, 90 thc evening"
81 thsl day ! retired 10 bed early bui bs
I fore doiaE 80, ayrspgsi sn sisbsss{s ne.
cbinsry % suable me % rise early ths nsxi
nofhisE Tan = very keaVg sleeper, and
. hsd uot ny siarHBi eth Hs 90 I lied =
7 sifong Found ~ sugsF Passsa Z uHdof tht
\ door, aud gave srdefs % she ssgFautgifi -
7 pull The stfi8g aniil eot eHt sf bsd Sbe
obeYed 80 sefuDuieusly sad at pevsa. De
sSits earioas roa8nstrsaees Hhieh grsslss
7 farth 10 taets not b. any msags gsatis,
gAs paiis1 out u bed ~ ny hnatr, aad
Aslf 80 kour afsefHaffs sas anPsshiug 90
eslasaai deal Boa, aad aFfsaEiEs ny libfaFJ
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20 read eplg eight hears q day iist
thouebt sotssats 10 prospsot Is looked "a
II nssssssry, ttis uss 70 bo decreased y tsl
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