The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-09-19
A 'vERSITY ROMANCE,
An English Girl Who Would Not Give Up
Her Lover for Money.

An English Girl Who would Not Give Up
Her Lover for Money.
1.-THE conservative spirit of English
life is nowhere more strongly marked
than in the university towns of Oxford
and Cambridge" said man from Cam
bridge, England, recently. THE regu-
lations surrounding the daily life OF
men attending Cambridge University
are strict, and violators of rules are
punished severely. University men may
only room atlodging-houses whose keep
ers have licenses from the university
authorities; each man must have at
least two rooms; and it is expressly for
hidden that university man shall eat
his meals or associate with the family
of the lodging keeper. Inasmuch
as violations of rules are followed by
revocations of licenses, these regula-
lions are more strictly observed than
would be thought possible by one unac-
quainted with the ways of Cambridge
"Howeve- ,'rank Brown mot the mans
name, by thu NSyl paid scant attention
to these strih4a.t rules; but by dint Of
going into the apartments of the lodg-
ing-house keepers family and having a
quiet smoke and drink in the evening,
he fell head over heels in love with one
Of the daughters of the family, Fannie
Burton a fine-looking young woman not
far from twenty-one years old. Her
father, who, besides keeping lodgings
for university men, was porter in one
of the colleges, frowned on the growing
intimacy between his daughter and
Brown, fearing the consequences il
Browns people in Yorkshire heard OF
the matter. His displeasure did not
trouble the young people to any great
extent, and matters ran smoothly
enough; until one day Browns mother,
coming down in hot haste from York.
shire, appeared upon the scene, having
been informed of the state of affairs
'She had a consultation with Fannie
Burton, and offered her e2, 900 in cash
and 9100 a year to break the engage
ment with her son; which offer the girl
promptly refused. The mother then
went to the university authorities and
stated her case, whereupon they prompt
ly took Burton's license as a lodging
house keeper from him, and shortly
afterward he was discharged from the
place as porter, and was thus left prac-
tically without means of livelihood. In
the meantime Brown and Fannie had
settled their part in the affair by get
ting married. Browns supplies from
home were cut off, the only thing left
him being a little property in his own
name. So Burton, with his family, and
Frank Brown and his wife joined hands
and took little farm some distance
from Cambridge, and lived for some
time there. Fannie's sister had married
a university 'gyp, or man-servant, and
Brown, who was a thoroughly demo-
cratic, good-hearted fellow, treated his
brother-in-law, who, by Cambridge law,
was in another caste, as an equal.
Now, here comes the part of the
story which looks suspiciously like
climax in a novel, but is true, just as all
the tale but the names is true. Within
two years of Frank Browns marriage,
his father died, and, as the estate was
entailed, he came in for the property.
His mother and sisters came down to
some extent from their height of SUI
periority, and received young Mrs.
Brown on something like terms of
equality. Brown allowed them to live
on the family estate, and he and his
wife taking a place elsewhere; and at
last accounts the young couple were fol-
lowing the ordinary manner of life
among the English gentry, and enjoy
ing themselves in pleasant, quiet
fashion. But Burton never regained
any of his former privileges in Cam
bridge; for he who violates rule of the
university is not knowingly given a
chance to repeat the otfense. IN. Y.
Tribune.