The Washington herald., 1914-08-23

dant Green mat story lives and win live.
Nr Bradley bad at hTst, great trouble IN md
inr A publisher for IT. Finally il was issued IN
tbT.. rsTts: he frst in Is5; the second in 1854
and the thind in Is56. Finally the three parts
were bound in one volume and hg 1ssg hun
dred thousand copies had been soia. Tae ne ns5t
and Il has been selling ever since. II has taken
its place as one of the minor English eias2cs-
and hardly minor at that.
me story won Mr.. Bradley reputation and com
rstruce Il introduced him into the Tey highest
literary society Of England. And 1t h probable
that it also brought him church perferment; Tor.
upon the great success Of 'VerdAnt Green be was
spuointsd rector a. Stretton-
ne repEired the church there al cost Of 80
Op most Of which he raised By lectures, and nov
lies buried in stretton ehmchyArd- me SoSJ =
,[bolly humorous and enjoyable-sOmething on the
style Of "PickEick.
4 Name that Suited.
Send my boy to college, sir?" said
Squire Green TO the rector, Rev. MI
I,arkyns; why, I never went to college
nor did my father or my grandfather or
any of my ancestors as far as l know.
And we have got on very vel"
Now Mr.. Green was a Warwickshire
squire with broad acres around his
manor house, possessed Of a fat income
and also Of wife, a son and three tair
daughters-Helen, Fanny, and Mary-to
say nothing OF his sister-in-law, MISS
Virginia Verdant, who lived with the
family and was looked upon TO increase
the family wealth when she should be
called hence"
THE Verdants were an old country
family, as were the Greens; and SO the
son had been named Verdant Green-a
name which exactly suited him.
He was tall, gawky, wore spectacles,
was bashful, serious and altogether what
one would have expected of youth
brought up, as he had been, among
parcel of girls and under the especial
patronage OF his old maid aunt.
on for Oxford.
The rector had a son already at Ok
ford Charles, who was destined Tor tne
ministry.
He was a wise old clergyman and he
knew that, while Verdant had most
estimabIe qualities, nothing would ever
make a man out of him but getting un-
tied from the family apron strings.
So he argued with the squire and gave
him no peace until, at length, Mr.. Green
consented that Verdant should go down
to Oxford. -, "a
Verdsnt's adoring family took. leave OF
1;,, as if he had been starting on an
expedition to discover the north Pole-
- had not been discovered in those Gays,
of course-nor had he. been marquis OF
the "old regime" mounting the tumorll
10 20 to the Place de la ReVoIutioh u
have his head cut on.
That is, all the family took leave OF
him except the worthy squire. His sturdy
native resolution came to his ald.
DIR. Portman's Welcome.
H. would not see his son plunge into
che nerils of the unknown alone-he MN,
IF would accompany him TO Oxtoro
aDd see him settled there, come "ha'
might. -s.. - Oxford
- donbIe gloom hung over Green
49, until the patriarch's return
o. ba5 heen numerically "guyed oy
-. ndareraduates-though he did not
-, it-bad been addressed by the col
80 authorities, upon whom ne hfo
Lila with the formulated sentences
,Itt-icb tnev had used for many long ana
1,eary years to doting fathers IN ike COli-
dition. 49,. ,,es+sr of
Rrszenface College, where Verdant was
to matriculate' coulu say
we are very full. but as do expect
o-os+ things from Mr.. Virgin-(NeroanI
iater-nnted the sduire)-Verdant, YER
5ant I have put some rooms at his serv-
ice. And if you would like to see tnen
INV servant will show you the way.
3T am sorry Mr.. a-a-Green that my
o,..Tar,ents prevent me from asking
,-o1 and Mr Virgin-Verdant-to olhe
vvitb me today But the next time you
cor1a 10 oxford I hope that 1 shaH De
more fortunate.
In the Hands of Scout
The doctor could do this mechanically
-tiIa working out in his mind new
cbsDtay in his celebrated work regarding
the Greek particles.
The names were a bother. OF course
hut the victims always supplied 'heII
when he went wrong and he was not
seriously disturbed. s
Vardant and his father were handed
over by the doctors servant to scout
one of those college Wallets VINO "a.eu
upon several young gentlemen and de-
rived no small emoluments from that
service. IA
The scout took them to an old, old
building and up three flights OF OLD, olo,
twisting stairs, which the squire declared
TO be-well, the worst stairs he hao ever
seen. ,
is lust what Mr. Bouncer says when he
comes home pleasant from wine party
although he don't reach as high as
YOU 90, sir. He says they are the awk-
wa rdest stairs that was ever put 'unoer
mans feet
And he did go so far, sir, as to sug-
gas+ TO the master that he ought TO
bave-stairs that went up by themselves
as they do at the Call-an'-see-um IN
London"
Coliseum" corrected Verdant
Mr.. Bouncer'S Vacation.
Yes. YES; no doubt And the master
saws that. perhaps, when Mr.. Bouncer
oets hack from the country he will hnd |
the improvements all ready.
For YOU see, sir. that Mr.. Bouncer
had made himself so uncommon pleasant
that he had gone out into the town and
taken a tin sign and hung It on the
masters private door. so that when the
Young gentlemen went TO early chapel
fbev read that the master was licensed
10 sell small beer and to be drunk on
tbe premises So Mr. Bouncer went to
the country for a year TO get change |
of air and 10 visit his friends"
VERY kind of DR.. Portman," said Ver-
dant gravely, who took his SUSPENSION
or .srustication," as the Oxonians call
it-for a kind Of forgiveness on the part
of the master.
Everything Handy.
There were two little rooms in the
suite assigned to Verdant One was
cubbyhole Of a bedroom. There was mo-
superfiuity of furniture.
We'll. said the squire" after he had /
inspected the quarters, 'the rooms arei
not so bad But I wish they were |
not so high up. II fire breaks out
DO not see how you are to- escape, and
7 -, afrafd the coIIegfsns are very care L