The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-23
THE GENUS
! COLLEGE BOY. |
"a bad business

- UaA 1WnhutHH.
What's the matter, Aiecf-
My uncle writes me that my Cous,
IN Lillian IL coming to town for a week
to do some shopping. He asks me Ia
meet her at the station and show het
some attention. I'm under great oblI.
cations to my uncle. Indeed, be Is
helping me through college. But what
the dickens am 10 dor | have three
examinations coming on at the end of
the week and know nothing about any
enc Of the subjects. The only possible
way for me to get through is to bone
day md night How can 1 do that
and dance attendance upon a grip
lis your cousin pretty?"
II haven't seen her since she was q
kid"
Kew Will you know herT
"She viii carry a bunch Of violets in
her left hand"
well, viii do the honors in your
place IL you like"
Dick RathyOn, shakei You are a
Soy forever"
When Miss Lillian Ayres alighted
from the train the next afternoon she
was met by a tall, imposing looking
young man, who, seeing the signal vio-
lets, approached her and without the
slightest RESTITUTION saluted her with
cousfnly kiss.
why, how you have erownw she
exclaimed. You're the only big one of
the family"
-And how you have iniprovedF' re-
piled the young man. IL never would
have supposed you would bloom into
such rare flower"
Several days passed. during which
the young man gave me undivided at
tention to the girl, cutting lectures,
chapel and any other college duty that
stood In the way of his doing so. But
one morning when his friend had been
up all night examining under the slim.
ulant OF strong coffee Rathyon ap.
.peared ut his room and said: /.
ALEC, we're in hole"
FOR heavens sake, what ia itr
Tier fathers coming to take her
home"
"Great scetti What are we going to
do?"
leave It 10 me"
The next day Mr.. Rathvon upon
leaving Miss Ayres said:
81 have confession to make"
''What IL ftp
"since you have been here / should
have been preparing for several i'm
portant examinations. One of them
comes Off tomorrow morning. Fortu-
nately your father win arrive then,
and you win be provided for"
why, Alec, you should have told me
this before"
Il couldn't
"Couldn't7 Why notT'
''I've 50 enjoyed going about with
you"
'sBut your exanninationsf'
IF am plucked it will be in good
cause, lovely cause"
Heaven grant that you may not be"
'Gocdby. Before have got through
with the struggle you will be gone"
There was cousinly kiss, the twen-
tieth in four days, and he was gone.
About 5 o'clock the next afternoon
Alec Ayres entered his room after
having passed the last OF his term ex-
aminations. He found Dick Rathvon
filling a pipe from skull tobacco
holder. Alec threw himself into
chair.
"Do you think they're goneY' he
asked.
.sThe only through train went at s."
There's a day Of reckoning coming
for this"
an the dim future. Don't borrow
trouble. Take pipe
There was a knock on the door
Alec drew back the latch with lazy
string. and in walked his uncle and
his cousin.
aPoor Aleer' exclaimed Lillian"
going over to Dick and laying her
hand afgectionately on his shoulder.
"Don't scold him, papa; he's been 50
nice to me-"
"Helio, Alec, my boy!s said the IN
Gle, grasping Alec's hand.
"Why, papa" interposed Lillian,