The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-05-13
Ole MAN WHO
SPOKE LAIN

pFuits in his chosen field hang on the |
walls of his quiet sanctum. But no.
where does the observer find any rec |
ord of one of the Advisors most curl |
Gus cases, running back two thousand |
years; for its owner keeps II III MS |
desk drawer. whence the present
chronicler exhumed it. by accident. one
day. Average Jones has always INSIST
ed that he scored a failure on tins, De
cause. through no possible fault OF MS
own, he was unabl" 10 restore docu-
ment OF the highest historical and 1T
erary importance. OF that let the I'M
partial reader Judge.
Ii was while Average Jones was
awaiting the break Of that deadlock OF
events which. starting from the nat
dweller with the poisoned face, hnally
worked out the strange fate OF Telhk
Bey, that he sat one morning, break
fasting late. Contrary TO his impec'
cant habit. Average Jones bore the
somewhat frazzled aspect of man
who had been up all night. Further
indication OF this inhered in the wide
yawn, OF which he was in mid-enjoy-
ment, when a hand on his shoulder
cut short his ecstasy.
Sorry TO interrupt so valuable an
exercise" said languid voice.
But" I'd the voice stopped.
Hello, Bert" returned the Advisor,
looking up at the faultlessly clad slen-
derness of his occasional coadjutor,
Robert Bertram sit down and keep
me awake till the human snail who's
alphabetically ministering to my wants
can get me some coffee. You said
but and nothing further. The con-
junction but in polite grammar, or
dinarily has a cometlike tail to it,
"Apropos of polite grammar, do you
speak Latin?" asked Bertram care
lessly.
Not enough to be cosby in it."
Then you wouldn't care to give a
job to a man who can't speak anything
else?"
so that's the other end of the but,
is it," said Average Jones. Go on.
Elaborate"
Bertram laid before his friend a
printed clipping in clear, large type
saying: When | read this, couldn't
resist the notion that somehow or
other it was in your line; pursuit OF
the adventure Of life, and all that
Let's see what you make of it."
Average Jones Strengthened in his
chair
Latin" he said. And an ad. by
the look of It. Can our blind friend
]. Alden Honeywell, have taken to the
public prints?"
Hardly. ! think. This is from the
Classical Weekly. Baltimore publica
ton of small and select patronage"
HIN. Looks ra-a-a-ather alluring,
commented Average Jones with a pro
longed drawl
He bent over the clipping, studying
these words:
L. liVius M. r. Praenestinus, quod
Tibet in negotium non inhonestum gu
victum meream Iocare velim. Littera
tus sum; scriptum facere bene scic
Stipendia muIta emeritus, scientiarun
belll, praesertim muniendl, sum per
tus. Hac de re pro me spondebi
N. Agrippa. Latino tantum sco. S
quis me velit convenire, quoVis di
name adesto In publics hortis urbi
Baltimorianae ad signum apri.
Can you make it out?" asked Bel
tram.
"Hm-m-m. Well-the general senst
livius seems to yearn in moder
print for any honest employment, bu
especially scrapping of the ancier
variety or secretarying Anybody VIII
wants him can find him in the Park
the Wild Boar in Baltimore. That
about what make of 1t. Now, what
his little lay, wonder"
MY informant tells me that NJ
Livius, who seems to have been an a
round sort of person. helped organic
fire brigades for Crassus. and was or
OF the circle OF minor poets who wro
rhapsodies to the fair but frail CT
dia's eyebrows, earlobes and insteps
your informant? The mans act
ally been seen. them"
"Oh. yes. He's on view as per a
vertisement. ! understand"
Average Jones rose and stretcht
his well-knit frame. baltimore W
be hotter than the Place-as-Isn't," |
said plaintively.
Barye's splendid bronze DO:
crouches, semishaded, in the center
Monument park. Baltimores soci
hilltop. There Average Jones loung,
and strolled through the longest no
of a glaring July morning. Peep
came and went. One individual on
maintained any permanency of stu
tion. He was gaunt. pOwerlr
freckled man OF thirty who sprawl
on a settee and regarded Ayera
Jones with obvious and amused int,
est. In time this annoyed the 4
Visor, who stopped short, facing I
settee.
Hes gone" said the freckled mi
Meaning Llvius the Roman" ask
Average Jones.
Exactly. Lucius LIvius. son
Marcus Praenestinus
Are you the representative OF q
rather peculiar person. may | ask
NO. I'm not Mr.. Llvius' represen
tive. I'm in and of the department
Latin Of Johns Hopkins universi
Name, Warren. SIT down"