Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-25

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New Haven.
His full name, as it appeared in the
catalogue Of the university, was George
Ellis Wilson, of Smithvifle, Pa. He had
just eaten supper, had hurried across
the busy streets and down this little
lane till he came t a dimly lighted
secondhand book store.
After pausing at the threshold long
enough to shake the snow from his coat
he entered.
The air of the room had the musty
odor peculiar to old books, and the lit
tie old man who kept the store seemed
to have absorbed some Of the musty
learning of his shop. such a scholarly
stoop did he have and so dusty were
his clothes.
An effort had been made to sort some
of the books. and over several shelves
was hung the label Religious" and
over some others "Greek and Latin"
while in the extreme corner were
"Translations."
Wilson eyed these last suspiciOusly,
for he had ''boned" his way through
preparatory school. and he had made
IN his mind not to horse" through col
lege.
Turning to the Latin books, he looked
them through till he came to n copy Of
Horace, somewhat the worse for wear,
I but still seryiceable. Wilson glanced
over the pages of the Horace, and, de-
| Gliding that it would answer his pur-
pose, paid the old man 30 cents, put the
| book in his pocket and went out into
! the street.
The next morning he got up late, and
in his hurry to get to breakfast put on
the coat just as he had left it the night
before. At chapel, however, during the
long prayer. while the president was
imploring BLESSINGS for the heather in
all lands" under which head Wilson
would have little thought himself in
| Guided, he pulled out the Horace and
i looked at the fy-leaf.
There were two of the initials Of the
former owner. w. b., and his class, IS.
The last name had been carefully
scratched out. Up in the corner there
was q note, evidently written during
some recitation thirty years before,
"Can you tutor me an hour in trig. to-
morrowy ?"
By the time that Wilson had observed
this much the prayer was ended, and
the president was walking down the
middle aisle. while the seniors, In a c
cordance with a custom handed down
from long ago were making prodigious
bows as he passed, and falling In un-
tremendously behind him.
pocketing the book, Wilson returned
to his room, and, after a few prelimin-
aries. began to get ready to study.
No n can study a book until ne has
tl,umbed it over and over and made
himself familiar with it. The first
thing Wilson did, therefore, was to
glance over the pages of his Horace
and see what's sort Of a fellow its former
owner was.
O the fifth page he saw something
that attracted his attention. Written IN
n mans hand in rather small charac'
ters. MS though the writer would not
have it too public. ana on the inner
edge Of the leaf, was the name Mary
Smiling TO himself, Wilson turned on
Nothing else note worthy appeared TIL
he came to what was evidently a very
difficult passage on the fifty-frst page
for the leaf was badly worn and soiled
and written in the same hand as before
were the names "Mollie" and "Mame.'
Wilson turned to the first ode and
worked steadily over the dictionary FOL
two hours. Then he started for thu
recitation room.
The professor was William II. Hender
son. but the boys always called hin
billie behind his back, and occasionally