Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-21
CHAPTER I.
;s nice room you've got, Wal

no !t'.
b' ,.,. GOOD deal better than my room
H.. 10 bic. to begin with. Then, my
IVY lacks as if it had come down
aPb several generations. AS for
UI0us Tive rot a seven-by-nine looking
D"'', t,o+ I have to look into twice be-
gas oer see my whole face. As for the
pt IL rreaks so when l jump into
AH r,. cypect every night it'll fall to
% ' and spill me on the floor. Now
P. room is splendidly furnished"
Yves it is now, but father FURNISHED
.,r his own expense. lie said he was
.I;oa ro spend a little money to make
No comfortable.
DG . rr more than my father said. He
~ # wouldn't do me any harm to
"a +par,ons he's right said Walter. "Of
don't object to the new carpet
" gr fgrntturc. but l shouldn't consider
A"' ,r.af hardship if l had to rough
:, as Won call it,
~rWI7rln'r you? Then I'll tell you what
-.m do Let's change rooms. You can
rornd and board at Mrs. Glenn's, and
til come here
ar am not sure what my father would
u.r If that arrangement" said Walter,
smiling.
~ rho1yht you'd find some way to
crawl out" said Lcmuel. For my part
l.n,r believe you'd enjoy roughing it
any better than L.
81 don't know" said Walter; 1--WE
,,r,ofrany thought l shouldn't be very
sorrr TO be a poor boy, and have to work
MY own way
~That,s very we'll to say when you're
the son of a rich man.
80 are YOU
"yes. but | don't get the benefit of it,
and Won do. What would you do now
# YOU were 4 poor bOyE
II can't say, of course, now, but L
would 90 TO work at something. l am
sIro could earn my own living"
81 suppose | could, too, but | shouldn't
want 70. Some people are born lazy, don't
think so:'
Perhaps you are right" answered
Walter, with a smile. Now suppose we
onpn our Caesar
Lpmupl Warner was a pleasant looking
how of fourteen, the son of a prosperous
merchant in New York Walter Conrad
was from a small country town, where his
father was the wealthiest and most prom
ncnt and influential citizen, having a
handsome mansion house, surrounded by
extensive grounds.
Nobody knew just how rich he was :;
but he was generally supposed to be
worth two hundred thousand dollars. Mrs.
Conrad had been dead for five years, so
that Walter, who was an only child, had
No immediate relation except his father.
1t was for this reason, perhaps, that he
had been sent to the Essex Classical In
sttute. Being a boy of talent, and we'll
g1ounded in Latin. he was easily able to
take a high rank in his class. Lemuel
Warner had become his intimate friend
being in the same class, but inferior to
him in scholarship. They usually studied
their Latin lessons together, and it was
owing to this circumstance that Lemuel
made a better figure in his recitations
than before Walter came to the school.
There. that Jobs DONE" said Lemuel,
closing his book with an air of satisfac-
ton. Now we can rest"
You forget the Latin exercise. You
know the doctor expects each boy to
write a letter in Latin, addressed to his
father. not less than twelve lines in
length"
The boys started on their new task, and
finished by nine o'clock. Lemuers let
Ter was written with brilliant disregard
of grammatical rules, but it was consld-
erabIy revised in accordance with sugges-
tons from Walter.
I've great mind to send my letter
home, Walter" said Lemuel. Father
expects me to write home every week, and
this would save me some trouble. Besides,
he'd think l was getting on famously, to
write home in Latin"
YES, if he didn't find out the mis-
takes"
That's the rub. He'd show it to the
minister the first time he called, and then
MY bIuDderS would be detected. | guess
Id better wait till it comes back from
the doctor corrected"
Il expect to hear from home to-mor-
Eok, said Walter. ut is my birthday.
LET me be the first to congratulate
you How venerable will you be?'
As venerable as most boys of fifteen,
Lem"
You're three months older than l am,
'" ~ YOU GApeCI q picSGhI'
Father promised to give me gold
watch chain some time. You know l
have Il gold watch already"
Yes. and a regular little beauty"
SO 1t wouldn't surprise me much to
get a chain for a present.
You're a lucky boy. My watch is sill
'tT, and only cost twenty dollars"
dare say l should be just as happy
with silver watch, Lem"
Il suppose you wouldn't like to buy,
would you? If so, I'll give you the
ehance \ fair exchange is no robbery
NO, l suppose not; but it wouldn't dc
10 exchange a gift"
Perhaps. if my watch were gold and
yours silver, you wouldn't have any OBJ
jectious."
4 don't think that would alter the
case with me. A gift is gift, no matter
about its value"
IT. the hard study, l SUPP Sc. that's
GChe 1t. l must be getting back to Ma'an
N-sah S. Goodnight"
Goodnight, Lem"
LHmuel Warner cathe~ed nm his books