The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-19

MA~|WlVASN SulIlIlS TOOTH one morning
Es5SksIA in July IN her usual
breathless fashion.
Rex has won his scholarship, she
exclaimed. Isn't it splendid? DR..
Searson says he has done awfu1ly well,
and he is very pleased about it. I
felt | must run up to town at once
and tell you. =
Rex is my nephew and godson. I
duly expressed my qualification at his
success. He is nice, bright lad who
is going to make his mark.
He will go up to Cambridge in
October" continued Rex's mother,
with becoming pride in the growing
Importance Of her frst-born. 1t
makes me feel quite old to think that
/ shall soon have a son at college; it
seems only the other day the child
was in the nursery. But what
really came about is this: Speech
Day is on the 27th. The school has
done remarkably well in all sorts of
ways sports, scholarships and dis
tinctions of every kind; DR.. Searson
says it is quite record year, and he
is very keen on securing big gather
ing of parents and friends on the
27th. And as it is Rex's last term,
and he will be one of the heroes of
the day, the boy is particularly anx-
ious that as his only uncle and god
father you should be present. Now,
will you promise to run down to us
for the weekend, and I will motor
you over to Highc1if Moor?"
looked through my engagement book
and found there was nothing to keep me in
town, Moreover-although Speech Day
festivities did not greatly attract me-after
long, unbroken spell of work in the sultry
London summer, the prospect of few days
blow on the Surrey hills was temptation l
could not resist. nodded my acquiescence
in Cecilia's proposal.
"Well, then" said my sister, "that
settles request number one. Now come
to the second favor l want to ask. You see,
this will be rather Rex's show, and should
like to mark it specially in some way. There
is to be an Old Boys cricket match in the
afternoon; tea at s; the regular Speech Day
business from $50 to 7. And then / thought
If we could only get our friend Chanler Rae
to come down and give an exhibition, il
would be something quite fresh and just
what the boys would enjoy ] proposed il
to DR.. Searson and promised to bear all the
expenses, and he thought it most happy
idea for concluding the day, and was very
grateful for the offer. And now want yor
to prevail upon Mr. Chanler to come"
/ mentioned that Rao's fee for these
private engagements out of town was ven
high one.
''I don't mind that at all, my sister re
piled. "You see, ones eldest son doe
not take a big scholarship every day, anC
one can afford to be bit extravagant Oh
such an occasion. Besides, you know, it i
Just the sort of thing that the boys vii
appreciate, and it will turn that rather tire
some and dull Speech Day program int
something really interesting So please d
send off a messenger to Chanler Rao a
once, and let me wait here for his reply"
So / wrote hurried note and despatchet
Jenkins with it to CHAMBERS rooms i
Ophir Street. Then I turned Cissie int
the drawing so that might resum
my interviews with patients.
Ny sisters visit had rather upset m
4
the waiting-room; l was kept busily en-
ployed for the next hour. But as the CLOG
struck twelve my messenger returned wit
CHAMBERS reply He wrote that he was a
ready booked for the 27th, but would a
once cancel his engagement so as to be FIRE
to accede to my request-the slightest wis
of his noble preserver being equivalent
his eyes to a royal command. 1 migf
therefore count on his appearance withor
fail at Highcliff Moor on the date names
So was enabled to put my sister in a ca
and send her back to Surrey thorough
satisfied at having achieved successfully tt
double purpose of her journey.
Hghclif Moor is a big private schoc
modelled on public hnes-one of the best
the south of England It is situated on Il
Surrey hills, about ten miles from N
brother-in-law's house-the same railwa,
station serving for both.