New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

tween U.s. We were both then rovers at heart
and were both destined to roam all over the
world and undergo strange vicissitudes OF FOR
tune-he, more fortunate than myself. In Aus
tralia India the Falkland Islands and Amer
lea myself In Australia France Germany anu
America nv native country although in my
carly boyhood had been reared in England at
the Bracebridge Hall of Washington irving.
The Lewins and myself always chum-
ike. and can never forget those happy school
DAYS or the hearty way in which they both APP
plauded me on my successes In tho cricket held,
notably on one ever memorable occasion when
| won match on the Kendall cricket ground,
between Wndermere College and the Kendall
Club for the former eleven. by my bowling.
THE COLLEGE IN THE LAKE COUNTRY.
St. Mary's College, windermere, Is in the very
heart OF the Lake District which contains the
grandes, as well as the most beautiful and ro-
mantle scenery in all England. Winderinere
Lake. although only ten miles in length, is the
largest of all the English lakes, and perhaps
the prettiest On its shores are Bowness and
AnbIesjde the latter the retreat Of John Rus
kin: while In the churchyard Of Grasmere, near
the cricket ground repose the two Lake poets.
Wordsworth and Coleridge. In sight OF most OF
the lofty mountains OF WestmOreland and cum
berland- Helvellyn. which we climbed together.
ScaW- Fell and SkiddaW. immOrtallzed by ocolI
whose red glare woke the burghers or CARLISLE
Windermere is most picturcsQuey situated.
Among Terriss's schoofellows were Hamilton
a son Of Sir William Hamilton. the Edinburgh
professor: Richardson. a son OF sir John flch-
ardson, the companion in arctic exploration Oh
Sir John Franklin. the visit or whose "ioo"
once procured US a half holiday; Kennedy. AFTER
ward an officer in the nth IancerS; Bannatyhe
and Black Hamilton, Richardson and Kennedy
rcjoced respectively In the nicknames OF
"Soapy" Cato" and "SngSers." Terriss and
his brother were very fond OF boating ana
swimming in Windermere Lake. Which accounts
for his adrotness In the natatorial art and his
possession OF the medal Of the Royal Humane
Society for saving life at sea. Wndermere COL
lcgc being collegiate school, with scholarships
at oxford and Cambridge. the masters wearne
the mortarboard caps and black gowns OF grad
yates Of the universities, the discipline was
strict and poor Terriss and his brother, owing
TO their pranks and wild escapades, used 10 gel
moro mposI,ions and punshments than the
other boys with the solitary exception or al
Irish how named Savage who almost al
WAYS in trouble | we'll remember the anger ol
orr French master. a German named Strouvelle
AT Friend Lewin's pranks. and his throwing a
book on one occasion with terrific force al ms
head which luckily missed its mark ilteraHS
by a hairs breadth. l used to st at church IL
the same pew with Terriss's older brother' IL
was too narrow for genufectons. 50 When the
rest OF the congregation was kneeling IN prayer
we could only stoop forward. and well recol-
lect Friend Levin. when in an attitude oi 'n'
deepest devotion. being detected by the heao
master reading one Of Levers novels instead
Of his prayer book. and the awful consequence
thereof for the delinquent; nor can ever ioIse
the expression on the head masters race Ter
rss and his brother were both merry maocap'