El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-16

It became necessary to hurl the claS
steal props into the midst Of Keno
phon's Anabasis before they had com
pleteIy mastered the Greek alphabet
Travelling q rougher road than die
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 or tbs
section, 1 naturally shared in the com
mon ignominy, a fact which did not
tend to increase my amiability in the
classroom.
Out of the II dolts intrusted to my
care 'Inky" Allen was perhaps the
most obtuse, and upon him my wrath
descended with great frequency.
ALLEN" 1 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 bis
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 1 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 1 had some
thing to say to him. He grinned cheer
fully.
ALLEN" I began sternly when we
were alone. whose picture is thisT'
"Ett's."
"WhoseY'
Henrietta Joyce AIlen's-my Sis
ter's."
cit will be necessary 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 notifications of Greek verb
on the blackboard. Catching my eye
upon him, he Jerked his head at an
alarming rate and pointed energeticaI-
y
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 dain-
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.
at was her." Inky whispered. cit
was Eft. Amt she a peach?"
AS our quarterly literary exercises
drew near Inky set himself the task OF
committing a passage from the origi-
nal Greek.
81 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 1 looked
forward to this event with a consider
able amount of pleasure. Much time
was spent in furthering Inky's lauda
BILE ambition and in correcting his ac
cent. 1 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 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, a big, red faced man,
with a grip like a wise, and to his
mother, an impressive lady who gave
me two fingers and looked over my
head.
"Ett's coming, too" Inky Informed
1me, with a wink. "She hasn't got all
\er fixings on yet"
moment later Miss Allen entered
Archibald Lyden. I am not an
on the subject Of feminine ap-
but 1 do know that she wore
Rg pink and fluffy that was
ming. Lyden 1 had known
or man at college, and ]
it'll uneaSiness Of Inky's |
ented me to his sister and
the Information that was |
and "a mighty square feI |
She said that she was delighted to |
meet Ingram's instructor, and 1 said
do not remember what. Lyden's pres
ence annoyed me. 1 had hoped so much
Of this first interview.
Inky's performance was even worse
than 1 had anticipated 1 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 '1ay" of the building. They