The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-10-28

He means it this time; and he has
gated me after six for fortnight"
Gordon, what do you think is the
latest, cried Cummings, leaning out of
| the window and accosting man in a
| many colored coat who was leaning cut
of ground-foor window not far off.
| "Quedglington has been sent for and
gated until the end of the term. He says
he won't come to WatIingbury to-mor-
! row."
Cannon! I'll come up and draw the
badger. What is gating?"
Gordon should have known, for Char
| ley excepted, no one at st. Aldate's had
more experience of it. Watlingbury
races were strictly forbidden to the I'M
dergraduates of the University; and even
the somewhat lax rules of st. Aldate' S
were upon this point strict as those of
the trains from Watlingbury, at any rate
of those late in the day, was attended by
a proctor and bull dog to see if any of
his flock had been astray; while watch
was also kept upon the roads which led
from the city in that direction.
Look herer' cried the tempter, clad
for the occasion in the flame-colored
blazon of the Honorable Richard Cor
don, ''if we get back by the four O clock
train, we shall see all the best of fun,
escape the proctors, who will not be on
| lookout until the six o'clock train, and
save Charley's gate"
"It's all very well for YOU fellows to
risk it, but l can't afford to be sent
down"
pooh! not chance of your being sent
down! 1t amt like you to funk. What a
capital time we had there last year! And
my cousin has a horse running and we
can get the tip from him."
"Are you sure that there is four
o'clock train?"
Certain. Come, that is good fell
low"
Then, by Jove, l willn' cried Char
ley.
And as no promises are so well kept
as those which please ourselves, he kept
his word to the letter. He was too
young to find the pleasure turn to dust
and ashes. He thoroughly enjoyed his
afternoon on Watlingbury race-course;
| and for once, the tip, wonderful to re-
late, was the straight one, and the affair
went off capitally.
My boy" said Gordon, taking him 4
little aside about quarter to four, you
have just time to catch your train. We
will risk it; but if you are not a fool you
will be Off
I'm not going" cried Charley, reck-
lessly.
Then you are fool" answered the
other; take my advice and 60
1t was such a rare thing for Gordon to
give advice of this kind that our hero
took it as that of good angel, who, in
stead of the suggestive fame-colored
blazon of yesterday, had assumed with
much appropriateness, a fashionable
frock-coat of Quaker-like gray. Quedg-
lingtOn reached the station just in time
to tumble into a tlrst-class carriage al
ready pretty full, Many of its occu-
pants looked as if the tickets in their
pockets might be of any hue save white,
which was, and is, the color of first-class
tickets upon the Watlingbury branch
line. Charley looked them over with
the superciliousness of st. Aldate's, and
came to the conclusion that, If under
graduates at all, they hailed from some
college more than Sabbath days jour
ney from the center of university life.
They had lunched well, and were loud
and noisy, as was Charley sometimes;
but, somehow, their loudness and noisi-
ness were not like the same things at st.
Aldate's, and Quedglington regarded
them with much the same disapproval
that filled the Dean of st. Aldate's when
brought face to face with his (Charley's)
VagarieS.
His gaze settled at last on face in the
far corner which, under the circum-
stances, caused him some surprise. 1t
was so decidedly out of place. 1t was
that of rather pretty girl, with fair
haired, graceful little head, set off by u
small gray hat. 1t was face formed to
be either gravely sweet or coquettishly
smiling; but now it was frightened,
piteous little face. The sudden irrup-
ton of the noisy and excited crew into
her carriage was evidently not to her
liking; but as she was sitting at the end
furthest from the platform, it was no
easy matter to extricate herself "She' S
a governess, and very pretty one"
| SClJdilllN Suc IS
travelling first class, 50 she must be a
NEWMAN or Girton girl. They get lot
of money. She is too plainly dressed to
be Il swell. | wish | had some sisters
who wanted a governess.
1t was not Quedglngton only whose
attention she attracted. The young men,
their bets settled, turned toward her
more of their regards than was polite or
pleasant, From this they advanced to
making eulogistic remarks upon her APP
pearance to one another, and generally
to talking rather in a way that made
Quedglington' face hot with anger By
the time the train stopped at the junction
Charley was on the point of interfering.
The young lady rose, however, and, tax
ing up her cloak, stood prepared to leave
the carriage. Her tormentors made way
for her not an inch, but sat with Their
knees meeting across the passage.
Would you be kind enough to let me
pass?" she said, bravely, in quite a
steady voice. But they were heated with
excitement and the wine they had taken
at luncheon. Charley had come to the
conclusion by this time that they were
not Varsity men at all, and we will hope
and trust that he was right. At any rate
they sat still.
- think" said one, with mock DO