The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-12
By HOWARD MARCUS STRONG.

Xenophon and hiding it beneath his
seat
1t took several minutes of insistence
and 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 withdrew my gaze from the pic
tupe, only to find operations suspend
ed and the class regarding me with
looks Of III concealed wonder. / told
Inky that he might remain after the
othars had departed, as l had some
thing to say to him. He grinned cheer
fully.
Allen" began sternly when we
were alone, whose picture is thisr
''Ett's."
"Whoser'
Henrietta Joyce Allen's-my sis
ter'a."
TT win be necessary" said firmly,
''for me to retain possession Of this un-
til there IL noticeable improvement
In your conduct. You may 60 now"
The following day ''Inky" grew very
much agitated while engaged in scrawl-
ing the ramifcations Of Greek verb
on the blackboard. Catching my eye
upon him, he jerked his head at an
alarming rate and pointed energeticaI-
~ out of the window. Fearing some
dire catastrophe, hastened to his side.
'There she goes" he whispered
hoarsely, con the other side Of the
street. Look quick"
It was the original Of the photo
graph. only far more sweet and dain-
". When directly opposite she glanced
up at the window and, catching sight
Of 'Tnky." smiled and waved her
hand. An angle Of the building pre-
vented my seeing her after she had
picked her way across the crossing.
TT was her." Inky whispered. ''It
was Ett. Amt she peachY'
| AS our quarterly literary exercises
drew near Inky set himself the task Of
committing passage from the origi-
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 l looked
forward to this event with consider
able amount Of pleasure. Much time
was spent In furthering Inky's lauda-
BILE ambition and In correcting his &C.
cent. I felt thankful, however, that
the odds were against any person be.
| ing present who could follow bis
Greek defamation with anything like
an intelligent understanding.
The eventful day at last arrived, and
with it the Aliens. Inky was nervous
and half choked by the height of his
collar. but he FASTENED to introduce me
| to his father, big, red faced man,
with grip like wise, and to his
mother. an impressive lady who gave
me two fingers and looked over my
head.
'Ett's coming, too," Inky informed
me, with a wink. "She hasn't got all
her fxinss on yet"
A moment later Miss Allen entered
with Archibald Lyden. 1 am not an
expert on the subject of feminine ap-
parel, but do know that she wore
something pink and fluffy that was
very becoming. Lyden I had known
as an honor man at college, and
thought with uneasiness Of Inkys
defamation.
Inky presented me to his sister and
volunteered the information that was
''all right" and 80 mighty square fel-
low"
She said that she was delighted to
meet Ingram's instructor, and said-I
do not remember what. Lyden's pres.
ence annoyed me- / had hoped so much
Df this first Interview.
Inky's performance was even worse
than had anticipated. I think his
collar was partly to blame for the
weird sounding of his linguals and the
startling aspiration of his vowels. Ly-
den laughed throughout the entire
duration Of the agony Every one
seemed relieved as it drew to a 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 l 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 I saw Inky deity abstract his
sisters handkerchief and drop 1t on the
floor. Seeing me start to pick it up,
Inky shook his head savagely. A mo-
ment later Miss Allen returned alone.
81 am always losing my handker-
chief" she said. Brother thinks that
he saw one on the floor in your ROOM"
FASTENED to restore the missing ar
ticle and doubtless blushed at my own
duplicity.
1--WE have heard SO much Of you,"
she continued. ingram regales US
each evening with veracious chron-
icle Of your days doings."
EFT, broke in the voice Of Inky
from the doorway, make him show
you what he has in the desk. Say,
that Lyden's stiff. I'll get even with
him. He laughed all the time l was
reciting."
'It is true" said Miss Allen when
her brother had again disappeared.
'tMr. Lyden did laugh. and 1 don't
think 1t was bit nice, do your
OF course did not.
"But what was it Ingram wished me
to see?" she continued. did he say it
was in your desk? Please show it to
me at once. My curiosity is of the
kind that will not be bridled."
81 beg of you" l began, very much
embarrassed; at is really nothing at
ALL" And In that statement l was
merely quoting Inky's own words.
May l look p she persisted, resting
one white hand on the old battered
lid Of the deSk. Pm going to-"
was powerless. Her smile fairly
turned my head.
81 can refuse you nothing" I muir
INJURED
The next moment she had the lid up
and was rummaging through an ac-
emulation Of books and papers. She
came upon it suddenly.
"0h," she cried, where did you get
itf'
l explained that l had taken 1t from
her brother and had unlawfully retain
ed 1t In my possession. Unfortunate
". ahe soon turned ii over and discnv-