The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-10-25

ooh! You deceiver, you. III '
drag you into the law courts Tor a
breach OF promise:" screamed I
Patty, lifting her hands to her
nightcap, and allowing her hair {
to fall in cascades over her shout
ders. "Only to think, father,
that he told me, not three days
ago, that he loved me, and he
talks of becoming a parson, too"
"a man who tell lies can't hope
to make a good clergyman" said
old Figgle sententiously. "Mr.
Knagbone, sir, III speak to your
tutor, and he'll write to your
father"
..Ay father won't think | have
acted wrongly,": faItered the un-
dergraduate timidly. -,
"We'il see, sir" replied the OLD
scout. "We.ll see what Arch
deacon Knagbone thinks OF your
Conduct when he finds himself
obliged to fork out ten Thousand
pounds damages to prevent your
going to prison." :.
Now Anthony knew enough OF
his father to be aware that the
latter would pull a very long face
indeed if made to pay a single
guinea to save his son from any
Thing. The ArchdeacOn was not
prodigal of his pence. He set by
a certain sum annually for the
education of his children, and he
expected each and all Of them to
!, live within Their respective sums,
and never to plague him for loans
TO N It extras. Upon Anthony,
. especially, as his eldest-born, he
: had impressed the necessity OF
"yoiny straight" for Anthony
. was to inherit a family living,
y and the Archdeacon looked to
him to set a good. example. to his
brothers and sisters. Those were
very bitter reflections for the par
y son in posse to make. as he watch
;. ed the weeping Of Miss Figgle
J and heard the npbraidings OF
u that damsel's tather;all the more
!. 80 as poor young Knagbone felt
) that he was not bIameiess as re-
carded his dealings with Patty
- He had written sentimental yer.
. SEES in her album. He had pre-
scented her with d seven aud SIX
~ penny purse on her birthday, and
~ he had prevailed upon her t,
y work for him a pair of WorStet
slippers which he had vowed Il
> wear to his iife's end, ''anl ever
:, in his coftin.' Surely these small
but significant facts we're tants
- mount to a promise to marry
W, When confronted with them b,
- the implacable reminders of III
-, own conscience, Anthony kna;
=, bone felt faint. He had a goo'
~ heart, and fancied that he like
;s Miss Figgle; but he was terrlbl
~ afraid Of the ArchteacOn, VIII
w. had the sterneSt notions abOu
~ mesallianccs, and he had a shrew'
-. sort of idea that his numerou
H. sisters would not look upon Mis-
Figgie as a very eligible cand
., date for admission to their fal
Il. lily circle. So Young knaghon
,is groaned and by the way OF CT
~ ting short a discussion whichVs
IN rather painful, he made a sudde
bo leap down stairs. canght up h
IN college cap and gown in the bal
ar and darte,l ont of the hons
The voices of Patty and her
~ dignant sisters rang yelling
nf' his ears as he made this nndig
fed escape.
But, alas! Oxford is not
large place, and when Knagbo,
had paced the streets for an ho'
.hs then turned into Christ Chnrt
on for early chapel, then gone to
90 chum's room to get some brea
fast. the striking of various c!oc
ha reminded him that tie time h;
;.s come when he must go and 81
II ; nit to the ceremony which won
us,entitl him forever after to ta'
In, the letters B. A. to his nan
Slowly vending his way do,
the Corn Market, he had ju
reached Baliiol when the excit
figure of a don waving the wi
sleeves of a proctofial gown
hts him INSTRUCTED his line of sigl
tl,e He recognized his tutor, the RI
+ if Jeremy Fnssel, who was Proct
for that year, and the strictt
,ht. censor of morals among I
inc many then f%ouriShing in /
University. ooh, Knagbone.
=. fortunate fellows cried the Pl
,eir tor, approaching his pupil. II
and come out to meet you. Their
nor. IA poor yonng girl whom you ha
,em deceived most cruelty, and "
who is crying yonder. She means
net. go in and stop yonr degree"