The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-01-28
BY HUGH WILSON AND w. C. BENET.

bare hand and arm, "don't you forget
there's circus this winter, and want
to see it."
After seven, meant to look into as.
! tronomy or something, or make notes
for essay on something, but Fred and
Jack came in. Told them was busy
writing. Said they'd wait. They did,
talking and whistling. Drew little
scrolls and faces on the. ige of foolscap.
"Bosh," said Fred. Come along out,
old boy. That amt writing" l notice
how ungrammatical the boys are. Went
out, to get rid of them. Wasted the
evening. Very sorry.
January 2-Evening. Very tired this
morning, but rose at $50: Did the
Latin, clubs and cold bath. Break
tasted sharp eight. (Mem.-Pay Jones
for saying, $50 you're on New Year
resolutions. eh, Dash? Have done it
myself. Won't Lastly
This P. NJ. fellows asked if any lark on
hand, and wanted to be let in, I'll be-
cause chose to be dignitied and walk
home alone, heel-and-toe gait.
Read little Gcethe's prose with notes
I before dinner. Looking for science to
tackle Systematically. Decided on
chemistry. (Mem.-Buy retorts and
materials at once. also books.)
Have slight cold. Will get used to
bath. :.
Wonder if Elihu Burritt got sleepy over
books.
Have accepted membership of Omniv-
orous club. Hope Jack will take Kitty
to circus. Don't think of Kitty at all.
! Hope she won't miss me. Think,
merely artistically, she never looked as
we'll as yesterday, although a little
sticky from eating sweets. Corinna
lives on scientific diet. Much better.
January 3-Evening Rose at $3.50.
Clubs and bath, in spite of bad cold.
Must get seasoned. Latin until eight.
Sneezed at table. Jones laughed.
(Mem Floor him in a scientific dis
pute.) Think Of dismissing office-boy
he laughed. Lunchcd on mutton
broth. (Mem chemical hy-
giene to know if green turtle has brain
nourishment. Ifso, great Improvement
on broth.)
Fellows insist on knowing whats
up" because walk home alone.
Unpacked six works on chemistry
and large box of apparatus. Bridget
asked, lis thin new-fashioned whishky
glasses for the young gintlemen?'
Means Jack and Fred and the rest of the
boys.
Hurried over little Moliere, and ad-
vertised for chemist as tutor. Address
Couture"
After dinner, Goethe's prose; then to
Omnivorous. Corinna very impressive
creature. She read paper on trilobites
and sang from Magic Flute. All screech,
but Corinna says the progressions are
wonderful. Must cultivate up to that
sort of thing. Member of woman's club,
talked high art and female suffrage.
Knotty old German spoke on Kant.
Young woman recited from Browning.
Dclightfulm said Corinna--" so in
volved." Feel as if I'd been on dread
ful spree. Exhausted with intellectual
pursuits.
Have begun essay, "However difficult
self-culture may appear at the outset,
very short experience in the methodical
laying out of time and study will pro.
duce Wonderful results" That's good.
Wonder what Kitty is about. So glad
I don't care to see her!
January 4--Evening.--Rosc at $50.
Bad cold in head. Put one quart hot
water in bath. Shall reduce quantity
us cold gets better. Latin very slow.
Rustier than I thought. Lunched on
green turtle. Pretty sure it's good for
brain, without looking it up.
Have .43 answers to advertisements
for tutor. One reads: "Have rolled pills
in drug stor year can teech you fust
rate" Another says: "a god pupil is
wot wants. Terms dolls. perhoure."
Must advertise again and ask references
Bridget smashed glass bell, spirit lamp
and three dozen tubes. Studied on
chemical signs; also on Wilhelm Meis-
ter. Mignon is dear little fool. Just
like Kitty! Hope Jack goes to see K.
(Mem.-Must send Jack the picture.)
January 5-Eveping.-Rose later than
usual-about 7:4O. Sponged lightly in
warm water. Oppression on chest.
Latin after breakfast. Rather latish
down town. Will do better tomorrow:
Spiced rum at lunch-medicinally, cold
so very bad. Rode up town in cars.
Goethe before dinner-lying down. Fell
asleep.
After dinner, boys came in just as l
was preparing to make some hydrogen.
Jack said was trying to "bust" N.Y.
self. Vulgar fellow that Jack. Don't
know about giving him the picture.
Says he took K. to circus. Don't care,
but KS family been kind to me, and
owe it to them to prevent anything seri-
Gus between X. and Jack.
Took mulled claret with the boys for
cold. Can't keep eyes open. Going to
bed.
January G-Evening-Rose at eight.
Oversight. Omitted cold bath for SAP
itary reasons. Omitted Latin, for once
only, in order to be prompt down town.
Note from Corinna. Says: "We
expect you to speak tomorrow night at
the Omniyorous on Chemistry AS pro.
moter of the useful and the beautiful ,"
Was fool enough to say to Corinna that
was student of chemistry. Had no
idea she'd clap down on me so soon.
Can't remember the sign for common
salt yet.
Kitty's note reads: "DEAR DIcK-Pa
has given me pug, and you must come
and name it for me, sure pop.-KIrTY."
Dreadful slang. Good idea to remind
her OF the fault by calling the dog
Pop"
Started for Corinna's. Called in at
Kitty's to get rid of writing. Too late
for Corinna's, it took SO long to name
the pug. (Mem.-Must 90 to C:'s to-
morrow night.) X, tty christened pug
from bottle of cologn e, then sat on the
floor and dried him with her handker-
chief. Seemed to think it joke when
reprovcd her about the slang, laughed
and tried to set pug on me. Met Jack
ut KS. He's entirely too familiar there.
Very pushing fellow.
Shall think over essay in bed, and
put in sentence in the morning.
January 7-Evening.-kose Just in
time to reach office by ten. Sha'n't lie
so late again. Should have done some
thing before dinner, but had two hun
dred answers to second advertisement.
Didn't open them. Will very soon.
Note from Kitty: "DEAR Dick
After you went away, l thought per-
haps you were in earnest when you
scolded about the slang, so lay awake
and cried all night long"
Due at COrinna'S at eight, but had to