Iron County register., 1881-10-27
A VERY MODERN LOVE.STORY.

NOTES from the Diary or a IOunS Tutor.
May 9Th, 1851 am neither nervous
nor historical: but at this moment 1 am
sorry that l have mislaid my smelling
salts. A mana young man--a young
man said to be good-looking-has been
admitted here into this house, and is ac-
tually unpacking his portmanteaui in the
room over my head! And this is a
boarding house for girl-students; and
he has been admitted by Mrs. Williams,
our landlady and my old friend! 1 am
afraid that shall sleep badly tonight !;
and have five chapters of Roman his
tory to prepare for my class tomorrow.
1t was Jane who said he was good look
ing; she took his portmanteau in from
the cab. Is this matter on which
Jane is competent to give an opinion? !?
Nay TIL did sleep badly; and my
analysis of the motives which led Caesar
to attempt the conquest of the Britons
was not so clear as could have wished
it to be. But 1 am better now, for l
have heard the whole story. The gen.
tleman whose arrival and admission
into this house last night produced in
me, and indeed, in all of us, such an ex-
treme degree of astonishment, is Mr..
Arthur Lindsay. It seems that he has
known Mrs. Williams ever since he was
boy at school; and she says that she
feels like mother to him. She is in
the habit of saying that she feels like a
mother to us girls; but that is differ
ent thing. Ihave known several young
gentlemen since they were boys at
school; but don't feel like mother
to them; and am sure they don't feel
like sons to me.
We heard all about it should say
s'him''-at breakfast this morning.
Mrs. Williams was down first as usual,
and Lola Brown was down last as usual !;
and Mrs. W. had to begin again to
please her. OfLola wouldn't lie in bed
so long in the morning we should be
better friends.) Mrs. Williams says
that Mr.. Lindsay arrived here at half
past ten last night from the East India
docks, having come straight from the
ship Wellington Ga good subject for an
essay for my class-'tThe Tactics of
Wellington and the Tactics of Wolse-
ley'), of which he is First Lieutenant
He lived with Mrs. Williams and her
husband six years ago, before he went to
sea; and arriving in London, hers was
the first house he thought of. He knew
nothing of the change that had come
over her establishment; that is to say,
he knew nothing of us. We are the
sschange.'' There were no female stu
dents when Mr.. Lindsay boarded with
Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Williams was as
tonished to see Mr.. Lindsay; Mr.. Lind
say was astonished to hear of us; we
were astonished to hear of Mr.. Lindsay.
It seems that we were all astonished.
When Mr.. Arthur Lindsay said that
he had come to stay with Mrs. Will
liams, Mrs. Williams said that it was
impossible. She explained to him the
situation. She said that she now re-
ceived only lady boarders; that all her
boarders, except one, who was lady
tutor, were students of Queen Anne's
College; that all of them were pretty
(she told as she said ''all''); and that
she was certain neither the parents of
the girls nor the principal Of the college
would be at all pleased to know that
she had admitted a gentleman as per-
manent boarder among them. Lola
Brown asked what color Mr.. Lindsay's
hair was; and I asked Lola Brown if
she had finished her French exercise.
Mrs. Williams, resuming after this in
terruptioE, said that Mr.. Lindsay
caught at the word s'permanent" al
most before it was out of her mouth,
and said, go, but sha'n't be sperma-
nent.' have only two months leave
IN nine weeks must be on board again
Do take me in, dear Mrs. Williams, for
nine weeks. need see nothing of the
ladies, and they need see nothing of me
and what could possibly happen in nine
weeksp"
Ethel Austin demurred to the first
Brown said that ga great deal' could
happen in nine weeks. She said that
her aunt Sarah had married her uncle