The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-22
THE DAILY STAR
IN A BOARDING-HOUSE.

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penultimate term at Oxford my tutor one
day asked me to breakfast, saying he had
something he wished especially to
talk to me about. He was always rather
nervous man, and he hesitated a good
deal before he came to the point on this
occasion. However, when we had fin
ished our eggs and toast and were engaged
on our cigarettes he suddenly began:
"Massinger, you ought not to come up
next term" ...
/ make rule of never interupting a
man till he has said all he can on a
subject, and so simply continued smok-
ing my cigarette. :,
"You are getting neryous," he said.
"You are falling off, you know, and |
don't think it is your own fault | know
what these things are. My dear fellow,
the last terms are horrible things always
to reading man. Every one is saying
to you, Are you going to get FirstT
and you hear nothing but books, books,
books. Go away and don't come back
till Just before the examination. The
master will give you permission to stay
down-in fact, he will quite take my
view of the situation" Long pause.
"Well, where shall | gow | said. II
grant you it's bad enough being asked
all day long if one has read this or If
one knows that but it's better than lone
iness."
"Go home"
81 daren't. My people are in town,
and should not be able to resist ball
going and all the rest Of it"
"The devilw says Saunderson. Another
pause. 'Look here" he begins again;
'wait minute. Charles, Charles,
Charlesp' (fortissimo.
ayes sir" -.-
"Charles, 60 to Mr.. Denderly's rooms,
and ask him if he'll be good enough to
come in here for a minute"
Denderly appeared in that amazing
homespun suit of his which was the ad-
miration of all the Freshmen. Denderly
was delightful person, whom no one
had ever seen out OF temper or out OF
spirits.
"Good day. sir" says Denderly. SHOW
do, Messenger? viii you go in a four
to if1ey this afterhoon?"
"Denderly," what was that place called
you went to last Longp
"Nhat, at Havre?" says Denderly.
"Oh the Hotel ct Pension Richelleu.
Gorgeous lark it was! Old fellow who
used to swear like trooper if the eggs
were too hard; straw widow who thought
herself handsome, and would firt her
head off wi you after you'd know her
ten minutes; splendid brunette who used
to teach me to sketch animals from ma
ture. What was that girls name? An
nette, Julette- something 'ette' l
know"
Saunderson interrupted:
"The very place for you, Massinger.
No balls, and no one to talk to you
about examinations"
Two weeks later found myself at the
Hotel ct Pension Richelieu When ar
rived the company was just about to
commence breakfast (you leave South
s*Ysteu at II and reach Havre at about
81, and l was exceedingly inquisitive to
contemplate the table'd'hote. 1t was
made up of about equal numbers of
French and EngIish-only one brilliant
face among the number. This was the face
of lively French schoolgirl. The waiter
assigned me place and | ate and gazed
till / was reused from the reverie by the
voice of my neighbor, a fat red-faced
woman looking about forty, who asked
whether had made good passage.
Our conversation was not interesting,
and | was relieved when breakfast was
over. In the salon de lecture ct de conver.
sation my fat friend was happily not to
be found, and the schoolgirl and be-
gan to talk.
Monsieur has come to live here fort
while. Oh, mon Dieu! monsienr vii
find it droll There is the old Mr.. Rob
inson, the English gessteman who says
(Which way is~~cne wlnd-ah, north
northeast-srd thinks we all care. Their
Is th.~Yat lady, who says she is mar
.Fufse, and who, l think, is cook, VIII
says, 'Ah, grand Dieu, cette detestabl
republique., -
"And the fat English lady," inter
rupted, "whom sat next to?
"'Good morning" says Mile. Jeanne, a
I found out my school girl was called
mimicking my breakfast neighbor mos
admirably-good morning. Have yol
slept well, dear" Gracious me, ] neve
closed an eye.'" ..s
l burst out laughing
"Does she often say that?
'Every morning"
"It must get duh in time"
''Je lie pense bien." '..
"Has she been here long"
'Oh, she is always here. They pu
strangers next to her when they come
because we all hate sitting by her excep
the tall English girl" 80 .. T.. -
"a relation of hersw
ooh, no. Monsieur will see her an,
her father tomorrow. They have gon
for to-day. Monsieur will perhaps admir-
his country woman; but do not. She
so tall and so triste. All, bah, ces An
glaisesP' l%f .t'
The young lady, though only sixteen
had all the airs of Parisienne Of six an,
twenty. ...
The heroine of to-day is to be, how
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