Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-06
BY WILLIAM BLACK.

That ought to have been enough. But
It wasn't enough for Jack Duncombe.
oh. dear, no. Something must be said
on behalf of Miss Peggy's countrymen.
Miss Peggy herself was not to be crushed
oy the dread might and majesty of West
minister Abbey.
After all" said this reckless young
man, If you walk through Westminster
Abbey, and impartially look at the names
OF the people they have put there, you'll
come to the conclusion that in former
DAYS 1t was pretty easy to get in. Look
Al Jonn Phillips. Did you ever hear of
John Phillips?'
Our learned friend from, Oxford. being
thus directly challenged, had to confess
his ignorance of the enshrined John Phil
lips.
well, he was a writer of comic verses:
At least. / believe they are considered to
De comic" the younger man continued
with superfuous scorn. 81 know this: I
could get you twenty living writer's who
could do infinitely better verses; indeed,
II John Phillips were alive now there is
one place where you would not find him,
and that Is at the Punch weekly dinner"
MI. A'Becket turned to Miss Peggy,
and said to her, with a smile:
your countryman whom heard make
that remark Is said to be worth thirty
million dollars"
He isn't worth consideration" she an
swered, with kind of audacious petu-
lance: and there the subject dropped.
You should have heard how that young
man broke forth when our guest had to
leave us to find his way across country to
some railway station that he named. You
would have thought that this harmless
freak on the part of an Oxford Don, in
stead of being in its way a kind of COM
pliment. was really a gross invasion of
ones inalienable rights. II we wished to
be by ourselves, why should we not be
allowed to be by ourselves? Mr. Jack
Duncombe made much use Of that word
ourselves" He seemed to like it, some
, how.
Il PROPOSE" said he, in his reckless
fashion, that we should give up our leis-
ure time on this trip to the composition
| Of great and learned work, just to show
what we can do. Will you join, Miss
Rosslyn"
''Oh. yes" says the young lady, with
calm efrontery. What II it to be
ab0utY"
''Oh. anything will serve to show of
| with. We must make 1t imposing. The
square Of the hypothenuse. if you like"
THAT would be very interesting" she
observesf with muc hcomplacency. "Of
course you will begin with a description
of the square; 1 mean, the square in
which the Hypothenuse lives?"
Certainly" he answers. Catching on"
with alacrity. ''Then we come to the
habits Of the Hypothenuse-h time of
getting up and going into the city,"
Il would have something more roman
] tic than that" Miss Peggy says. thought
fully. "If he lives in a square, there
must be people opposite. One of .hem
might be a young lady,"
! "Yes, undoubtedly: but she is rather an
/, unknown quantity yet: We will call her
! y until we can settle more about her.
I, She is living with her Uncle Rhomboid"
| And the HypOthenuse has the greatest
! difficulty in meeting with her." she con
! tinues.
| The gardens in the square would be
a good place; suppose the Hypothenuse
! would have a key"
| Naturally. But then, again, Aunt Par
! allelogram distinctly approves of the
match, and is going to leave all her
| money to x. Would you make the Hy-
| pothenuse rich or poorr
So these two young idiots went on, one
| Of them apparently taking q grim delight
In thus revenging himself for the intru-
sion Of q stranger among ourselves" :"
There was no other thought for the hap
less Schoiiast making bis way along
darkened roads to wait for the last train
In some solitary little railway station.
Here the lights were burning clear, and
they were now safe from all interfer-
ence, with aimless merriment and ban
died words and Laughing giances to ILL
| full every glad ana precionsm minute.
| cu1DTCD VII
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he calm deeps Of her eyes. which can
be thoughtful and wistful enough when
they are not full OF malice! Apparently
she is looking away across the unduiat.
ing landscape. with its varied features OF
wood and meadow, OF neuse-ro" ana up
land slope, emerging from tne paie nils.s
of the dawn; put tnere may oe Ih.e
other visions SeioLe nef sne -
thinking OF tne oioeh oa!s vi ronau,e
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