The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1873-01-10

: 1iked J ack, from the freshes
!: pffiIe freshmen. to the mos
+ sligbihed Of the professors
G plsd evcsyirfdy was hearth
: sotrs when. on tho death Q
' ~ lssher be leff College an
dd iaif ref4fp.
For the ne0s rsw or two
y saw hcthiIfg sof hing, i oh
tained a sifnstion as JUNO
\ aEefk in the.iower of5ce of /
Ilaw-eim inseNew Yesk, ans
awpIlsAl steadily and faithful
tly. llnThng fpf prousetion.
was sRtclisally Lonesome il
qtAe great city, Z for il wAs moi
seasy 10 brsak thragh M,
sllaiDituas reserve and make
khew fnehdsi But ono even.
ling. Is 81 SAT sin my iteary
vdom at my, lnarding -hSuse,
almost oyerpowered by my
loneliness, "a gentlcmaH- ~
see you sir" r0used me, AMI
/, wandering who It might be,
wept~d9En japqrthenP
4kRs Nj e. Jsck = Ices
who rose TO meet mel | al
most doubted my own eyes,
but thecordiai. college GRIP
assured ms shat ~ rsasl rsas,
aud ! Vas more gia,i tiIaa |
could tell to see the dear fell
low, arusiI. I could scarrefy
realize that il really WAS Jack
for some time, lac was sp~al-
terasis4 He lad 1eft .oohkge
looking rs boyish and ire
sponsitie as ever, ia spite of
his isal figure and broad
shoulders. bat che years since
had changed him greatly.
How handsome he was .
Ny aslIulraiimacieFs mn Us
almost sbnl;sdkh Iahu ! staf-
cd at his bright face, with its
wide, honest eyes, MS heavy
,lroepi6g lnoiIssaclie, aud iss
crown 'of golden hair, Hniii he
fairly laughed at me. He re-
Inained ia New York that
winter. and ws roomed TO-
.sctiscr, AZ we had done IN coli
iege., That sxas the ArIuIliest
WiAt,rAofs fnyJlife bht Wien
Spring came, Jack, seeing. as
he thought. a business chance
in the Wwklefsg gns wWs.
m9gS lspsfe. S9khkazAsa ID,
and sanguine as ever.
/, / heard from him at inter
vals during the after years.
and her sefiasa y Hfdbifse
finely IN his new home but
one day there came, figura-
lively, a thunder-l,olt into my
quiet life-Jack was married !
i did not believe il at fiESt,
not S6nl Sisng fethr clms
fromg gaek hiInseIA - fdk0f
genuine happiness. aud over
flowing with descriptions of
the dearest little gpl in the
world,'t (ybc pas ID kirKfsShi
Maine, bv the way, who had
gone West as a teacher), that
/ stifled the feeling u regrerl
which rose m MY heat, and
sent my love and best wishes
TO Ja<kapd Gis yushig wIle.)
AD6Ift a year alter that q
little daughter was BEEN 10
the young couple, and then
not a month afters the news
came that sJAcELAtrsng.
healthy. handsome Jack-had
been stricken with a ieysr.
aud, after a short illness, was
dead.
No mStller fcould lave
mourned more sincerely over
the death of her bestrbeloved
Child than | did over tie death
5f my only friend. | was
never loyeable man myself,
and when Jack vas no more
/ felt that | was entirely alone,
aud that bis w@a& plate
would never bsf1iIsd& Aionsa
never marry. I should never
have another friend like the
7 one I had lost ; but when the
first shock sss akek l 6oR gkt
uf the Young wife with no one
but her baby 90 donfp<t srF
/ in her great sorrow-alone in
a strange land. and | felt that
it was my duty to care Tor
her. = ye NGGK
Iwrokf0 slnx Aat aoneSef.
gfffing her any assistance ~
me power, and in return re-
ceived a letter, written lp ;
faint. schoolgirl hand, tEaifk.
dug me- warmly for my kind
! ness, las she termed it, and
telling me- thas=ss5eT sAs 4gs
baby we're just starting f0E
the East. Jacks business,
which had seemed so prosper,
Gus, bad, ON being ssEtied uF
!. after his deaih. yisldea mel
barely enough 20 carry hei
away, and she gratefully &C.
eepied my invitati0n 70 maks
her home with me--s-feE Q lft
tie while," she said-anfi
, baby gessa little older amt.
: ana strong en0aane to- seasi
aghin.7 Suchsi brave alItfii
; woman a. she was al
through fhe letfeF sue spok
, Of the care and kindness Q
! Mr.. FI0urnay-Iaek's. .faFpr
partner. sic Las bseR $
kind she wr@ee she saw {
J everything aftsf JAek's deail
land took every bit Of car