Year: 1870

ey. And so there was no necessity of his
telling his story of shame and poverty. She
had so much pity for his manifest embar-
rassment and downheartedness that she
said, laughingly:


"There you havn't got the money. All
you students spend every cent your fathers
send you as soon as it comes, and so you
couldn't borrow any. Ihavc no doubt but
that it will all come out right. Such things
always do"


" That may all be-" said Cyrus, "but l
do not see how it is to come out right.
You might go to hotel and send home FOR



'fWould they make me pay something
as soon as 1 got thore?' she asked, inquir-
ingly.


"Not you travel like a person who has
plenty of money-with plenty oftrunlls and
things.'


but havn't got any trunks; they are
sent by express"


"Oh, as for that" said Cyrus, brighten
ing up Immediately, 81 could lend you
trunk"


The method Of gaining credit seemed so
funny to both of them that they laughed as
heartily as if there was no such trouble as
money in the world. Miss Fanny declared
however, that she would not put Mr.. Dur
ham to all that trouble; but Cyrus assured
her that it was no trouble in the least to
him.


In fact" said he, ''it's asplendid idea
just think of it Why, I can make money
out of you | have trunk with books and
things that Ihave packed ready to take with
me during vacation, and should have to
send it by express. Now, you can take it
right on for me, and it will go as your bag
gage, and will cost neither of us anything.
What do you think of that idea?'


Perfectly splendid p cried Miss Fanny.
"And how will. l go to the hotel with my
baggage"


"Oh, will arrange that, easily" said
Cyrus. "And now you don't know how're
lieved feel"


$50 do - said Fanny. ''But I knew it
would all come out right some way. 1
wish those eggs were not all burned up, for
l would ask you for some of them. I'm aw-
full hungry"


1t is astonishing how common trouble
and common relief accelerates the growth
of familiarity. But then Fanny and Cyrus
had known each other ever since they were
children.


"Oh, I've plenty more !" cried Cyrus
Let me cook you some-you won't get any
thing to eat just the minute you get to the
hotel"


And he ran to the little wood-stove, where
some embers still remained. Fanny demur-
red and "declared," but Cyrus persisted;
and so fire was quickly kindled with light
wood, and he made fresh Coffee while Fan
ny took off her gloves and beat up the eggs
as well as she could for laughing at Cyrus
funny way of doing things-keeping his
ground coffee i'll porter bottle, and all that
stale bread, as if he ought not to know how
much he wanted, exactly, when he bought
it.


But then, you know, l must ALWAYS be
ready for company" said the happy CYRUS:
and there was more laughing and some dan
ger of egg splashes on new TRAVELLING
dress. When it came to setting out ano-
ther cup, saucer and plate, Fanny asked.
would he please excuse her, but if he would
not feel insulted she thought she would rub
them off a little, if that was hot water in one
Of those spigots over there in the corner
And when the shining queens-ware was
placed on the table Cyrus vowed that it had
never been SO white since it had first been
bought.


They had delightful meal, but no but
ter. Cyrus couldn't keep butter, he said, in
that hot weather. But the bread was Dutch
cake with raisins in it, and the coffee, with
cream that was just beginning to turn, was
capital, and SO were the scrambled eggs.


Our friend was as happy as a king. He
was SO glad that HeiskiE and the other fell