The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
CHAPTER 1.

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Eyes, you know am to stay here for
two years, and l might as well be com
| Portable"
Its a good deal better than my room
twice as big, to begin with. Then, my
carpet looks as if it had come down
through several generations. AS for q
mirror, I've got seven-by-niEse looking
glass that l have to look into twice be-
| fore 1 can see my whole face. As for the
be dstead, it creaks so when jump into
it that 1 expect every night it'll fall to
pieces and spill me on the floor. Now
your room is splendidly furnished"
Eyes, it is now, but father furnished
| It at his own expense. He said he was
willing to spend a little money to make
mo comfortable"
..That's more than my father said. He
told me it wouldn't do me any harm to
rough it."
perhaps he's right" said Walter. "Of
course, 1 don't object to the new carpet
and furniture, but I shouldn't consider
it any great hardship if had to rough
it, as you call it."
wouldn't you? Then I'll tell you what
we'll do. Let's change rooms. You can
J 20 round and board at Mrs. Glenn's, and
I'll come here"
81 am not sure what my father would
think of that arrangement" said Walter,
smiling.
II thought you'd find some way to
crawl out" said Lemuel. For my part,
I don't believe you'd enjoy rough1ng 1t
any better than l."
II don't know" said Walter; i've
sometimes thought l shouldn't be very
sorry to be poor boy, and have to work
my own way"
'That's very well to say when you're
the son of rich man."
$50 are you"
Eyes, but 1 don't get the benefit of 1t,
and you do. What would you do now
II you were poor boy?
II can't say, of course, now, but
would go to work at something. l am
sure could earn my own living"
II suppose could, too, but shouldn't
want to. Some people are born lazy, don't
think soY
perhaps you are right" answered
Walter, with smile. Nov suppose we
open our Cesar
Lemuel Warner was q pleasant looking
boy of fourteen, the son of prosperous
merchant in New York. Walter Conrad
was from a small country town, where bis
father was the wealthiest and most prom
! inent and influential citizen, having q
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
nc immediate relation except his father.
1t was for this reason, perhaps, that he
had been sent to the Essex Classical In
stitute. Being boy of talent, and we'll
grounded in Latin, he was easily able to
take 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 Rotations
than before Walter came to the school.
'There, that jobs DONE" said Lemuel,
closing his book with an air of satisfac-
| ton. Nov we can rest"
"You forget the Latin exercise. You
write 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. Lemuel's let
ter was written with brilliant disregard
of grammatical rules, but it was consid-
erably revised in accordance with sugges-
lions from Walter.
1--WE 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
Eyes, 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 blunders would be detected. l guess
I'd better wait till 1t comes back from
the doctor corrected"
II expect to hear from home to-mor-
rok," said Walter. ut is my birthday"
"Let me be the first to congratulate
you. How venerable will you BET"
AS venerable as most boys of fifteen,
Lem"
you're three months older than 1 am.
then. Do you expect presentY'
Father promised to give me a gold
watch chain some time. You know I
have gold watch already"
YES, and a regular little beauty"
$50 it wouldn't surprise me much to
get chain for present"
You're a lucky boy. My watch il sill
yer, and only cost twenty dollars"
Il dare say l should be just az happy
with silver watch, Lem"
Il suppose you wouldn't like to buy,
would you? II so, I'll give you the
chance. A fair exchange is no robbery
mo, l suppose not; but it wouldn't do
to exchange gift"
Perhaps, If my watch were gold and
yours silver, you wouldn't have any OBJ
jections.'.
II don't think that would alter the
Ease with me. A gift is a gift, no matter
about its value"
It's The hard study, suppose, that's
acne 1t. must be getting back to Ma'am
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