Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-02-22


acquitted himself crcditably.
Every time that Wilson took up his Uor-
ace to study his eye caught sight of CHA
ry" or "Mollen or "Mame."
81 should like to know who this dufrer
was and whether he married Mary said
Wilson one day to johnson, his roommate.
johnson was busy with a pipe and some
drawing instruments and large sheet
OF paper and did not condesccnd to reply,
and Wilson went on with his study
One day in looking over the notes in the
back of the book Wilson made discovery
Down in the corner of n page in the same
handwriting was "My Mary
Cad? exclaimed Wilson, and johnson
turned around to see what was the mat
ter. His questioning look received no re-
ply, and Wilson put on his coat and went
out for a walk.
I'D like to know who that fellow was
and what became of Mary" thought Will
son. "What Il nice little plot for true
storyl ] could make out a whole love af
lair from these names in the book Let's
see. Something like this: Chapter Stu
dent comes to New Haven from western
home, is hazcd, meets pretty girl name
Mary something or other. tries to study
Horace and finds himself writing Mary
in his book. Chapter II-Takes her 10
glee club concert, borrows money for the
tickets and gets uncomfortable in debt
becomes absentminded and begins to write
'Mollie' and Name. Chapter lII-Scene-
"A beautiful parlOr in one of New Ilaven's
best homes; Mary beautiful and collected.
seated on sofa; student with one hand
IN coat pocket standing by CRATE fire, with
one elbow on mantel, he complains Of his
hnr1 lrTl ~, I,
exam Mary consoles him tenderly: stu
dent goes over to sofa, looks into Mary's
dark eyes, tells her the trouble is that his
Horace sings of no one but Mary. and that
the rest of the fellows and the professor
don't translate that way; Mary bushes
beautifully; he takes her hand. and they
are very happy. Chapter IV--The fellow
goes to his room and writes My Mary IN
his Horace and funks on the exam
In following ont this line of thought
Wilson had walked half way to Lake
Whitney. Suddenly another idea had
struck him. He turned around and start
ed for his room. On reaching it he took
trennial catalogue and look ed through to
see what names i'll the class of 80 had the
initials w. b. 70 his perpexity he found
several names with these initials
"Well, if there isn't Billie Henderson's
name! never thought of it, but | sup
pose his name is really William. " said
Wilson to himself He could never have
owned this book though for he must have
been regular grind"
The term vas drawing to close when
one day Professor Henderson announced
TO his class that they should bring their
own copies of Horace to the classroom on
the next day. They would do some read
ing at sight, lie explained, and the class
would he allowed TO use what notes were
10 be found in their books, ms the edition
furnished by the university for classroom
work had no notes whatever. The next
day, therefore, Wilson took his Horace ia
class. The passage which was assigned
to him was the one which the former own
er had found so difficult and had sought
relief for his feelings by writing Name"
and "MOllie' on the margin o. the paIe.
Wilson, however, hucklcd in maufully.
and when called Oh translated with some
hueucy and sat down.
The professor looked over the top of his
glasses and said rather sternly, II do not
understand, Mr.. Wilson, how you obtain
the meanings that YOU give TO some of the
words"
Wilson hesitated a moment, and then a
happy thought struck him. Something
that he had seen in the notes came TO his /
mind.
II think, professor, he said, that my
text must differ from yours.
"Ah, said the professor, "let me sec /.
your text"
Wilson walked mp the aisle from the |
rear Of the room and handed his book to .
the professor with The assurance that a |
man has who is sure that he is in the
right.
The professor took the book and glanced /
over the page. His expression changed in .
Il moment. Old memories seemed to come |
up, and he leaned his head on has hand aud .
looked steadily at the book Finally he .
raised his eyes, and handing the book to .
Wilson said, You are quite tight, Mr. /
-
After the recitation was over Professor
Henderson called Wilson to his desk Il |
should like. Mr.. Wilson, he said, $50 OBJ
tain that copy of Horace from you when
you are through with il, if you have no
objection to parting with it, It's an odd
edition, you know" he added in eXplana-
lion, land Il should like to have it to
compare with other texts "
Wilson assured him that he could get
along without it, nodded good day to he
~ 'iVH9Oi a. uN "elI oII vi illc uoor, anu
he professor nodded soberly in return.
"Well, I'll be bowed.n exclaimed Will
'on as soon as he was well away from the
'ectation room. "Who would have thought
t;' And he buttoucd up his coat and
hurried to his room to tell the story to
Johnson. Exchange.
Parkman's Beginning.
About the time he entered upon his
sophomore year Parkman began to feel
toward literary career, and
liS thoughts early fixed upon a history of
the seven years war, - a subject which
lad not then been touched by any writer