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One Of Luke Sharp's Oxford Stories

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Day
22
Month
March
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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One day lust slimmer I look a walk down ïiy i.iio river with a colleglan. He le a sensible, terlous "man," with a talent tor wi-itjiig. Althougb he miiik-u Jiat younger tban I am, I Siave aiways feit ratiner frfvoloua compared with him. Aa we turned a corner- wc wen cxmxenflng at the time on lïterery men of the present day who stood a.ny tíhamce of lwing known a iiuixlrcd yeaia brom now-i notSced a 111:1 11 sittini; by t!ie edge of the water qutetly fiwlihig. As Boon a the f ulier k:v the cap and gown lie drOpped iiiüs kit and tried t esc-ape, Uut the student dropped liiterature quicker Xhan the other duopped his rod, and pouiieed 011 tlhe unfortunate (Mier like a hawk. Beíore I knew what liappened the had the lownsnian by bis oollaraad tikte toowo part of trousers and flung' hta luead first into the river. Then tOiO BtwJeiit carne up the tnw iiath and was about to resume litera tu re w'here he left off, when ] BBjd in astoniKhment : "In tlhie nnnre of all the froil.s what lid yon do Uliat for ? He wasn't lH)thering yon." "Xo, but lie in beastly townie. If two or tüwee of them had i-aught me liere alone, tluy WOaW have had me 11, altíjLhoug-h as a general thing I manage to brAig one or two of them jin witJi me. They'll be waiting for e wh.'ii we return." "Thftt'B a pleasant prospect ior me . I'm not goimig to play tilLe good dog Tray fomul in bad eoiniany." "WeH, if yoii object to a fight, then we'll come lwick anoMier way." We orossed the river at tlie loek and came up ou the opposite nile. There is no to"w patfo on the other s5de and we liad to do a good deal of trespastsJng. The student pi-oceeded witli eautioii a.s we came near the point where the dripping man came out of the water. At last we eaw the tibmerged man ajid five others hiding behiimd a tree. Tlie student could not restiBt the temptation to let them know that they walled in vain. He sang owt a refraíin from Albert Cheia]jier's song, "TSi,e Coster's Serenade:" ■ 'iili, 'Arriet, I'm woiting ; woiting iur you, my deer. Oh, 'Arrfcet, I'm witin-j;. woiting alone out 'ere." The townemen gave a yell Of baffled rage and tried to tïirow Btones at us but thiere ivas the river between and we were safe-nntil noxt time. Somet mes, when a peraon of Inqtidrlng mind asks a civil questkm ia a iMiivereity town. be doc-n't gel a n awwr and th-en he Ks paszled to know wlU'tlHT the dimiifary lie. is toquiiring about is ■voice-diawncellor" or not. I was in Cambridge one SiuMkiy, en ttie quadrangto of one of tdie colleges, when 0111 cune a robed individual witih two otJier individuals after iükn. ïhe two that followed were evjidently biB servajus and didn't amoiioit to ajiything, but he wa.s tho moet pompoue man I had ever seen. I didn't like to ak him who Jie wa.s, bu't I went out the archway of the quadi-anide im tJi main street of CamtaiWg, ahead of the trio, and, meeting a diírniíied young man, clegantly dtreeeed, 1 sald ti bba : "I wisii you would teil me who the old codger ie Who wffl] be out of tlna.t arch in a moment." I descrübed the officia I's appearan f, but before I got rery (ar, a wild look of tenor eame ilnto th young in.ui's ej-es, and he bolted. Without a word he tonted and fled. Tlien I realized without fuit'her information thja.t the person I was descri1ing was tilie proctor and tJie two with him the buil dogs. The yooDg nuin was strolling out hl liis finery. without Jiis i ap ajKl gown, and did not want to meet tlliat oííjt-ia] just then.- DetrOtlt Free Pi-es-.

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