The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-12-12
Thanks to XenopfloTl.
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Being a Story of a Greek Tutor, a
Small BOY and a Pretty
Sister.
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by HOWARD MARCUS STRONG.


part of the compilers of our curriculum
it became necessary to hurl the clas-
sical preps into the midst of Keno
phon's Anabass before they had COM
pletely mastered the Greek alphabet.
Travelling a rougher road than did
Cyrus we marched up with the 10000
hoplites and took part in the battle of
Ounaka AT this point an unexpected
examination developed our weakness
in grammar and precipitated an in
glorious retreat. An instructor OF the
section, | naturally shared in the COM
mon ignominy, a fact which did not
tend to increase my amiability in the
classroom.
Out of the IL dolts intrusted to my
care "Inky" Allen was perhaps the
most obtuse, and upon him my wrath
descended with great frequency.
"Allen." commanded one morning,
"bring me whatever that is you have
in your book You are giving it more
attention than your lesson"
Its nothing" he responded. remov-
ing the object from the cover of his
Xenophon and hiding it beneath his
seat
1t took several minutes of insistence
and a dire threat of corporal punish
ment to separate the culprit from his
treasure With great reluctance he
finally deposited it upon my desk. 1t
was an artistic photograph of young
lady. Several times during the recita-
ton l withdrew my gaze from the pic
ture, only to find operations suspend
ed and the class regarding me with
looks of ill concealed wonder. l told
Inky that he might remain after the
others had departed, as l had some
thing to say to him. He grinned cheer
fully.
'Allen," l began sternly when we
were alone, whose picture is this"
"Ett's."
"Whose"
'sHenrietta Joyce Allen's-my sis
ter's."
'It will be necessary" l said firmly,
''for me to retain possession of this un-
til there is a noticeable Improvement
! in your conduct. You may go now."
The following day 'Inky" grew very
much agitated while engaged in scrawl
| ing the rarifications Of a Greek verb
on the blackboard. Catching my eye
upon him, he jerked his head at an
| alarming rate and pointed energetical
| ly out Of the window. Fearing some
dire catastrophe, fastened to his side
| "There she goes" he whispered
/ 4. %l,o -, csI af hf
street. Look quick"
1t was the original Of the photo
| graph, only far more sweet and dain
| ty. When directly opposite she glanced
up at the window and, catching sigh
| of 'Inky," smiled and waved hel
hand. An angle Of the building pre-
vented my seeing her after she ha(
picked her way across the crossing.
"It was her." Inky whispered. 81
was Eft. Amt she peach?"
AS our quarterly literary exercise
drew near Inky set himself the task o
committing a passage from the origi
nal Greek.
81 want to do something extra" h
confided to me, because they're al
| udu anu Ell anu luc ludtSls
1t is useless to deny that l looke'
forward to this event with a consider
able amount of pleasure. Much tim
was spent in furthering Inky's lauda
BILE ambition and in correcting his &C
cent l felt thankful, however. tina
the odds were against any person be
ing present who could follow hi
| ILL
an intelligent understanding.
The eventful day at last arrived, an
with it the Aliens. Inky was nervou
and half choked by the height Of hi
collar, but he FASTENED to introduce m
to his father, big. red faced mai
with a grip like a wise, and to hi
mother. an impressive lady who CAV
me two fingers and looked over m
head.
"Ett's coming, too" Inky informe
me, with wink. ''She hasn't got a
her fiXings on yet"
A moment later Miss Allen entere
with Archibald Lyden. | am not a
expert ON the subject of feminine al
parel, but | do know that she woI
something pink and fluffy that wa
very becoming. Lyden | had know
as an honor man at college, and
thought with uneasiness of Inky
defamation.
Inky presented me to his sister an
volunteered the information that l W;
"all right" and "a mighty square fe
low"
She said that she was delighted
meet Ingram's instructor, and said
do not remember what. Lyden's pre-
ence annoyed me. I had hoped so muC
of this first interview.
Inky's performance was even wor'
than | had anticipated. think h
J collap was partly to blame for II
weird sounding of his linguals and Il
startling aspiration Of his vowels. L
den laughed throughout the enti
duration of the agony. Every ol
seemed relieved as it drew to a close
When the remaining exercises we
over, Inlly started out to show b
friends the ''lay" of the building. Th'