New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17
SIZE WOULD NOTGIVE HIN UP FOR MONEY
HER WISDOM SHOWN IN THE FACT THAT SHE
AFTERwARD OBTAINED MAN AND
MONEY Too

"The conservative spirit Of English life is nowhere
more strongly marked than in the university towns
OF oxford and Cambridge" said man from Jam
bridge England recently. The gu atoms surrounding
the daily life Of men attending Cambridge university
are strict and vioators Of rules punished severely
University may only room at lodging houses WHOSE
keepers have licenses from the university authorizes
each man must have at least two rooms; ana IL Is eA
pressly forbidden that university man shall eat Ills
meals or associate with the family OF the Iougns
bonse heener Inasmuch as violations Of rules are
followed by revocatons Of licenses these regulations
are moro strictly observed than would De tNouki'
possible by one unacquanted with the ways oi Oain
bridge. ~
sHowever Frank Brown mot the mans NAME oy
h nav, maid scant attention to these stringent rules
INIT by dnt Of going into the apartments oil the lodg
inr.hm,se keepers family and having quiet sihoho
and drink in the evening, he fell head over hees III
love with one Of the daughters OF the family Falr'o
burton a hnelooking young woman not lar Hoih
twenty one years old. Her father, who besides Keep
ing lodgings for university men, was porter IN one
Of the colleges, frowned on the growing intimacy
between his daughter and Brown, fearing the cohse
ouences II Browns people in Yorkshire heard OF the
matter His displeasure did not trouble ue young
people to any great extent, and matters ran souiS
snonrh. until one day Browns mother. coming down
In hot haste from Yorkshire. appeared upon the scee
having been informed of the state of affairs.
She had a consultation with Fannie BURTON anu
offered her GO 900 in cash and f1OO year 10 oreaA
the engagement with her son; when oner 'he sii
promptly refused. The mother then went 10 "'o
university authorities and stated her case, whereupoh
they promptly took Burtons license as lodging
house keeper from him. and shortly afterward lie WI"
discharged from his place porter, and was 'huS
left practically without of livelihood. III the
meantime Brown and Fannie settled their part in
the affair by getting married BROWNS snPpheS from
home were cut of, the only thing left MN Deii,s
little property in his own name SO burton Will ,ds
family and Frank Brown and his VIE lolheu ra,u
and took little farm some distance from Caor1 h
and lived for some time there. Fannie's sister haa
married q university TYP or man-servan'' anu
Brown who was thoroughly democratic, sovi
hearted fellow, treated his brother n-law VINO, oy
Cambridge law, in another caste, as an e9uait,
"Now here comes the part Of the story h whca n
looks suSpiciouslv like climax in mover, nut Is
hue Just all the tale but the names Is true WITHIN
two wears of Frank Browns marriage, MS 1ater ueu
and. as the estate entailed. he came IN for the
property His mother and sisters came down 10 some
extent from their height of superiority ana received
Young Mrs Brown something ike terms OF
eouality Brown allowed them TO live on the family
estate he and his wife taking place elsewhere ,
and at last accounts the young couple We're following
The ordinary manner Of life among the English gentry
and ENJOYING themselves IN pleasant quiet iaShon.
ant Burton never reganed Of his former privileges
In Cambridge: for he who violates a rule OF the
university is not knowingly given chance TO repeat
The ofence.n