The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1890-06-10
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Roland and Rosamonil were lovers.
Rosalnond was ephermera but come
ly, hypochpndrical but not lngnhti.
nus, 1iaactic butt not dishonest, nor
given tarihaldl,or trnculent gfimares,
Her pedal extremities were, perhaps,
u tribe TOO large for playing organ
pedals successfully, but her heart
was not at all atlamantihe, and her
address was peremptory without be-
ing diffuse. Roland. on the other
hand was ofa saturnine countenance,
1T once splenetic and combative IN
disposition, 81 that his wassails and
orgies were almost maniacal ia their
effects. He was i telegrapher BIZ
profession, having received i diploma
from Caius College, but aggrandized
hisstipend By dabbling il philology,
orthoepy and zoology during his leis
IRE hours, 80 that he was accused Of
fetichism and regeneration BIZ his
patrons. Still, his acumen and
prescience were such that only d
misogynist would discern that he
was al aspirant for the galloWs. His
acetic. rather than sascetic, nature
inclined him toIvisit u chemical lab
oratrry, well filled with apparatus,
ilo which he had access, whence he
soften returned with globules Of
iodine and albamen on bis caoutch-
QUO shoes. which subjected him to
the risk of numerous alterations
with his landlady, "a firago and pyth
oness in one, and with the servant,
her accessory or ally. Roland had,
however, become acclimated to his
place, received everything with equa-
.hility, reclined upon the divan where
he contemplated the elysium where
Rosanond.dwelt, and addressed do
native distichs to her in the subsi-
dence Of raillery. There was d GER
tain diocesan who. endeayored to dis
possess Roland in the affections Of
RosamoDd, bat he was eneryated by
bronchitis, laryngitis, and diphther-I
la, which on their SUI bsidence left his
carotid artery in an apparently leth
argic condition. He had sent Rosa
mnndIa ring with onyx, a chalcedon-
ic variety Of stone, and once hung a
placafd where he knew she would see /
it from her easement; but she stead
fastlv rejected his overtures and
ogled him as if be were d dromedary.
The diocesan betook himself to alb
salutory prayer, but continued his /
digressions and inquiries. Roland
became scognizant Of this amour, and
armed with withe he inveighed
against this interloper, who defended.
himself with a falchion until Roland
disarmed him, -houghing his palfrey. /
withal After the joust, the pre-
.bendary abiectly apologized, albeit
in a scarcely respirabie condition,
then llastened to the pharmaceutic's
aaerie for eopaiba, morphine and qui-
nine, and1Was not seen again tillthe
next Michaelmas Roland returned
On Christmas Day, took an inventory
4of.his possessions, which consisted
of large package Of almond cement,
II package of envelopes, Faa dish of an
choyy sauce, a tame falcon, a book |
of acoustics, miniature 2ofa mirage, |
a treatise on the cpizootic, a stom-
achertlined with sarcenet, a cerement
Of sepulture, a cadaver and a bomb.
The next day the hymeneal rites
were performed. and Rosamond be-
cameEthenceforth his faithful coad-
jutant and housewife.