Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-09
CUPID AND
THE CLASSICS
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bus, / felt like a conquering Roman
general, returning with barbarian
captives at my chariot"
Alfred Harnish, the young man
sitting on the veranda opposite
Uncle Ellwood, giggled rather fool
ishly. Inasmuch as he had been the
only captive at Uncle Ellwood's
chariot, he felt called upon to show
a little resentment at the allusion.
But as he had been listening the old
gentleman misuse historical and lit
erary references all day, this latest
one, being in measure appropriate,
he forgave him its personality.
For two reasons the young man
had been a most willing captive.
First: Uncle Ellwood, by great eff
fort, had secured funds to start
public library at Sabina, and Har-
nish, being literary authority, had
been asked to superintend the OPEN
ing Of it. Harnish reverenced
books and felt honored at being
asked to act as godfather to Sabina's
library. The second reason was that
old, old one-older even than books
Uncle Ellwood's niece was a very
pretty young woman.
When Harnish agreed to 90 with
Uncle Ellwood, be had not known
the old gentleman's weakness for
historical and literary SMILES. To
Harnish these things were sacred !;
to lightly use them was heresy; to
misapply or misquote them was
sacrilege. 1t had been three months
since Harnish had first met the
niece of this bear in the rose garden
of letters; their acquaintance be-
gan when Uncle Ellwood first began
the crusade for the library.
For the past week, however, Har-
nish had been deprived of her So
ciety, as she left her father in the
city and went back to Sabina to ar
range matters there for the library.
For that reason he had been eager
to come down with the old gentle
man that morning. Now it was
night, and he had not yet had a
glimpse of Annette. Uncle Ellwood
told him she was occupied with the
preparations for the meeting that
evening, and that he should see her
at the hall, where all the townspeo-
pie were to meet and felicitate each
other upon their library.
While Harnish sat waiting for
the time to start to the hall, ne was
rather glad that he had not had an
opportunity for another chat with
Annette. Taken by herself, she was
an angel; but with Uncle Ellwood's
literary plumbers she was unthink-
able. He would go to the city and
forget her in his beloved books. His
mind was made up, nothing should
change it.
SWELL" suggested Uncle Ellwood,
''isn't it about time for us to start
to the meeting?"
eyes," Alfred assented, eagerly,
'let us go at once, and have it over
with. Is there another train to the
city tonight"
'There's one more, but surely you
won't desert us this evening. An
nette and l were looking forward to
the morrow, when | should have
said, with Epictetus; let us eat,
drink, and be merry"
NO." said Alfred, signing as
they walked along, 81 must go back
tonight"
Dear me, Annette So relished
your literary conversation. You
we're as good as chapter out Of
Boocacio to both Of u.s. When you
have gone we shall De like Laratos,
for her Children
Glow much farther away is the
placer
Only a few steps. Listen, l hear
piano solo, we must be late, and
We will be obliged to steal in like
.wo skeletons at marriage FEAST
They were indeed late, and Uncle !
who was on the cards for /
.he GRAFTON, was obliged to elbow his |
way to the rostFlim, leaving Harnish |
o take care of himself Annette !
pied the young man, however, and |
anne to him witIIa word Of greet |
ng.
AS Alfred AGAIN hoard hor voice |