The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-03
MARY WAS DEEP.

MAY 6, 1851 am neither nervous
nor hysterical, but at this moment
am sorry that have mislaid my smell
ing-salts. A mana young mana
young man said to be goOd-looking-
has been admitted here into this house,
and is actually unpacking his portman-
teau in the room over my head! And
this is a clearinghouse for girl stu
dents; and he has been admitted by
Mrs. Williams, our landlady and my
old friend! l am afraid that 1 shall
sleep badly tonight; and l have five
chapters of Roman history to prepare
for my class tomorrow. 1t was Jane
who said he was good-loOking; she took
his poftmanteau in from the cab. Is
this matter on which Jane is compe-
tent to give an opinion?
MAY IL 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 l 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. 1t seems that he has
known Mrs. Williams ever since he was
boy at school; and she says that she
feels lii mother to him. She is in
the habit of saying that she feels like
mother to us girls; but that is differ
ent thing. / have known several young
gentlemen since they were boys at
school; but l don't feel like mother
to them, and 1 am sure they don't feel
like sons to me.
We heard all about 1T should say
"him"-at breakfast this morning.
Mrs. Williams was down first as usual,
and Lola Brown was down last as usual;
and Mrs. Williams had to begin again
to please her. Qf Lola wouldn't lie
in bed so long in the morning we should
be better friends.) Mrs. Williams says
that Mr.. Lindsay arrived here ut half
past ten last night from the East India
Docks, having come straight from the
ship Wellington ia good subject for an
essay for my class-"The Tactics of
Wellington and the Tactics of WOlse-
ley,"0 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 establishments; that is to
say, he knew nothing of us. We are
the "change" There were no female
students when Mr.. Lindsay boarded
with Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Williams
was astonished to see Mr.. Lindsay; Mr..
Lindsay was astonished to hear of US;
we were astonished to hear of Mr..
Lindsay.
1t seems that we are all astonish-
ed.
When Mr.. Arthur Linsday said that
he had come to stay with Mr.. Will
liams, Mrs. Williams said it was i'm
possible. She explained to him the sit
uation. She said that she now receiv-
ed only lady boarders; that all her
boarders, except one, who was a lady
tutor, we're students of Queen Anne's
College; that all of them were pretty
she told us 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 gentle
man as q permanent bOarder among
them. Lola Brown asked what color
Mr.. Lindsay's hair was; and l asked
Lola Brown if she had finished her
French exercise.
Mrs. Williams, resuming after this
interruption. said that Mr.. Lindsay
caught at the word permanent" al
most before it was out of her mouth
and said, oh, but L sha'n't be 'perma-
nent.' l have only two months leave
in nine weeks [ must be on board
again! Do take me in, dear Mrs. Viii.
lams, for nine weeks. / need see
nothing of the ladies, and they need SEE
nothing of me; and what could possibly
happen in nine weeks~
Ethel Austin denurred to the first
part of the last sentence; and Lola
Brown said ga great deal" could happer
i'm nine weeks? ?" She said that hel
Aunt Sarah had married her .Uncl'
George in six weeks, and separated
from him in three. Lucy Fair sait
that Lola's aunt Sarah and uncl'
George ought to have known better
and Lola asked Lucy, rather irrele
vanity, as l thought, whether he
grandmother was still alive.
The end of it all was, DEAR" sai'
Mrs. Williams. "that I consented Il
take him in. You see it is only 70
nine weeks after all, and have alway
felt like mother to him. He vii
have little bedroom at the top of tn
house, and will use the small librar
fer sitting-room. He will take hi
meals alone, and will be in hardly at a
during the day. 1 shall have wire
blind fastened across the window {
the study which overlooks the ittl