The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-06

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BY reason of stupid blunder on the
part of the compilers of our curriculum
1t became necessary to hurl the elias
steal props into the midst of Memo
phon's Anabasls before they had com
pletcly mastered the Greek alphabet
Travelling n 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, n fact which did not
tend 10 increase my amiablity In the
classroom.
out Of the II ,lolts intrusted to my
care "lnky" 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 IL more
attention than your lesson"
ITS nothing" he responded. renlov=
ing the object from the cover of his
Ncnophon and hiding it beneath his
seat.
1t took several minutes of insistence
ana n dire threat of corporal punish
mcnt to separate the culprlt from his
treasure with great reluctance he
finally deposited 1t upon my desk II
was an artistic photograph u II young
lady. Several times during the rccita
tlon | withdrew my gaze from the pie
turc, only To find operations suspend
ed and the class regarding me with
looks of III concealed wonder. told
lnly that he might remain after the
others had departed, as Ind soaIc-
thing To say TO him. lie grinned cheer
fully
Allen, | began stcrnly whoa We
were alone. whose picture Is thisW
"Ett's."
"WhoscY
Henrietta Joyce Allcn's-my sis.
tcr's."
at Will be necessary" | said firmly,
ibl lut ~ ifNuli poHSfNNiVii VI WIS hil7
til there il noticeable Improvement
I. .,l y0y,i ttEs,ri,rtt'" Gu iffasy 30 now.
The following day Inky" grew very
much agitated while engaged In scrawl
Ing the qualifications of II Greek verb
on the blackboard. Catching my eye
upon him, he jerked his head ut an
alarming rate and pointed energctical-
ly out Of the window. Fearing some
dire catastrophe, FASTENED to his side.
There she goes" he whispered
hoarsely. ION the other side OF the
street Look quick"
1t was the original Of the photo
graph. only far more sweet and daln-
ty. When directly opposite she glanced
up at the window and, catching sight
Of "Inky," smiled and waved her
hand. An angle of the building pre-
vented my seeing her after she had
picked her way across the crossing.
ut was her" Inky whispered. ut
was Eft Amt she n peachY
AS our quarterly literary exercises
drew near Inky set himself the task OF
committing II passage from the origl-
nal Greek
II want to do something extra" he
confided to me. because they're all
coming, dad and Eft and the mater"
1t Is useless to deny that ] looked
forward to this event with Il consider
able amount Of pleasure. Much time
was spent in furtherlng Inky's lauda-
BILE ambition and in correcting his ac-
cent, / felt thankful, however, that
the odds were against any person be-
ing present who could follow his
Greek defamation with anything like
an intelligent understanding.
The cycntful day ut last arrived, and
with 1t the Aliens Inky was nervous
and half choked by the height OF his
collar, but he FASTENED to Introduce me
to his father, IL big. red faced man.
with a grip like wise, and to his
mother, an impressive lady who gave
me two fingers and looked over my
head
"Etts coming, too" Inky Informed
me, with wink. "She hasn't got all
her fiXlngs on yet"
moment later Miss Allen entered
with Archibald Lyden. | nm not an
expert on the subject OF feminine APP
parel, but | do know that she wore
something pink and fluffy that was
very becoming. Lydcn had known
rs an honor man at college, and
thought with uneasiness Of Inky's
defamation.
Inky presented me to his sister and
volunteered the information that was
all right" and "a mighty square fel-
low"
She said that she was delighted to
meet Ingram's instructor, and said-I
90 not remember what. Lyden's pres
cnce annoyed me. had hoped so much
OF this first interview
Inky's performance was even worse
than | had anticipated. / think his
collar was partly to blame for the
weird sounding of his linguais and the
startling aspiration Of his vowels Ly-
den laughed throughout the entire
duration Of the agony. Every one
seemed relieved as 1t drew TO close.
When the remaining. exercises were
over, Inky started out to show his
friends the 'lay" OF the building. They
seemed particularly Interested In my
recitation room. at least | felt that
such was the case with Miss Allen.
AS she moved to one Of the windows
she chose to mention that once In pass
ing she had glanced up and found
Inky and myself watching. her with
painful interest.
Just as they were all filing out OF the
room | saw Inky deity abstract his
sisters handkerchief and drop 1t on the
floor. Seeing me start to pick 1t up,
Inky shook his head savagely mo
ment later Miss Allen returned alone.
Il am always losing my handker-
chief" she said. Brother thinks that
he saw one on the floor in your room"