The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-13

any work of selfbenefit, was not doing II
at home. .......
"Confound itr' said Cyrus "Tn try
pious Arnold"
"Pious" Arnold was so called, not on
account of any particular religious ten.
dency he exhibited, but simply because he
attended lectures regularly and studied
hard in the mean time, refusing all tempta
tions in the way of card parties, excur
sions, or other diversions of the students
"Pious" was at home, but was very
sorry he couldn't lend Cyrus dollar. HI
had (although he didn't say SOY twenty
seven dollars in little black box in his
trunk, which was exactly what was due
his landlady at the end of the month, and
in declining to part with any of it he did
perfectly right, for it il very doubtful if he
would have had it back In time to main.
tain his reputation as the best,paying stu
dent in Jefferson College.
Poor Cyrus was dumbfounded. He
knew not another soul to whom he could
apply. One of the professors, with whom
he had previous acquaintance through
his father, might have helped him out
but he lived over in West Philadelphia
and there was no time to 60 to him. II
was now striking five, and the train start
ed at six. He had nothing to sell He
had "lent" his watch to help pay for q
walnut book case that was one of the re.
cent ornaments of his room, and he had
nothing else on which, at such short no.
tice, he could raise dollar. He stopped,
on his way back from Arnold's, again at
Heiskill's boarding house; but of course
he had not returned. What, in the name
afn hat ,pI hof fn
do? After some ten minutes Offruitless beat
ing of his brains, he came to the conclu.
sion that he must go back and tell his
shameful story, for if Miss Birch had any
other way of managing this difficulty, il
was time she was about it. So he went
home and up to his room.
Miss Fanny rose, but the moment she
saw him she knew that he had not got the
money; and so there was no necessity OF
his telling the story of his shame and
poverty. She had so much pity for his
manifest embarrassmentanddo ddownhearted.
ness that she said, laughingly,
"There, you haven't got the money.
All you students spend every cent your
fathers send you as soon as it comes, and
so you couldn't borrow any. But it don't
make any difference I have no doubt
but that it will all come out right. Such
things always do"
THAT may be-" said Cyrus; "but
don't see how it is to come out right You
might go to hotel and send home for
money"
Wouldn't they make me pay anything
as soon as l got there ?" she asked.
"Not if you travel like a person who
looks as if she had money-with plenty OF
trunks and things"
"But haven't got any trunks; they are
all sent on by express"
"Oh, as for that" said Cyrus, brighten
ing up little, II could lend you q
trunk"
This method of gaining credit seemed
so funny to both of them that they laughed
as sheartily as if there wasp such trouble as
money in the world. Miss Fanny de.
Clared, however, that she would not put
Mr.. Durham to all that bother; but Cyrus
assured her that it was no trouble or in
convenience in the least to him.
"In fact" said he, it's splendid idea
Just think of it'll Why, can make money
out of you. baye trunk with books
and things that have packed up to take
home for the vacation, and should have
to send it by express Now you can take
it right on for me, and it will 20 ee y0uf
baggage, and will cost neither of us any
thing. What do you think of that idea ~
Perfectly splendidr' cried Miss Fanny.
"And now how will / get to the hotel with
my baggage?"
"Oh, / will arrange that" said Cyrus
"and now you don't know how relieved !
feel"
$50 do l." said Fanny "But knew ii
would come out all right some way. !
wish those eggs were not all burned up,
for would ask you for some of them. I'm
awful hungryr"
1t is astonishing how common trouble
and common relief accelerates the growth
of familiarity. But then Fanny and Cyrus
had known each other ever since they
were children.
"Oh, I've plenty morer' cried Cyrus
'1et me cook you some-you won't get any.
thing to eat the minute you get to the
hotel"
And he ran to his little wood.stove
where sonic eriibefs still feniained Fan
ny deiiurred and declared" but Cyru.
persisted and so a fire was quickly
kindled with light wood, and he made
fresh coffee, while Fanny took off hel
gloves and beat up the eggs as well as she
could for laughing at Cyrus funny way
of doing things-keeping his ground cof
fee in porter bottle, and all that stale
bread, as if he ought not to know just how
much he wanted when he bought II: :.
But then; YOU know, I ritist always bt
ready fof edhirahy" said the happy Cy
rus; and there was more laughing, snt
some danger of splashes of eggs on new
travelling dress. When it came to setting
out another cup, saucer and plate, Mis-
Fanny asked, would he please excuse her
but if he wouldn't feel insulted she thought
she would just rub them off little, i
that was hot water in one of those spigot!
over there in the corner And when tn,
shining queen's-ware was placed on tht
table Cyrus vowed that it had fAeeeF beet
so white since 1t had been bought.
They had delightful meal, but no but
ter. Cyrus couldn't keep butter, he said
in that warm weather but the bread wa
Dutch cake with raisins in it, and the cdf
fee, with cream that was Just Beginning
to turn, was capital, and so were the scram
bled eggs.
Our friend was as happy as king. II,
was so glad that Heiskill and the othe
| fellows had been out when he called, ant
he only hoped they wouldn't drop in OF
him on their way back. But there va
no danger of that Miss Fanny seemet
to remember that the afternoon was OF
the wane, and rising and declaring tina
she had never had a nicer supper, "prin
cipally because it was so funny" said Ell,
must be going, and which was her trunk
"The smallest of those two yellow Ones,
said Cyrus, "and we will write you
name on card and tack it on the end, 8,
as to make every thing ship-shape"
This was soon done, and then Cyru
went for hack He knew a man VIII,
"stood" near his college, and who ha,
trusted him before, and who would do
again. Cyrus gave him some private in
structions in regard to making it appea
that the lady had Just come from the Ken
sington depot.
"That can be worked" said the man
"the trains Just in-about ten minute
now"
So they hurried back. Miss Birch wa
escorted down, and the man sent up stair
for the trunk So far so good but Mr.
Stacey, the landlady, thorough
dents, now made her appearance with
look of anxiety upon her face.
"Going to take your trunks away, MI
Durham?" said she, as soon as the lad
was in the carriage.
Cyrus led her back into the hall, and ez
planned that it was only one trunk, an
added that he was not going to leave tn
house, and would explain to her in
minute. The thought of all his furnitur
now came over the good lady's mind, an
she retired, satisfied for the present Tn