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12 THE HESPERJ AN time is this for mo. It has made mo fool certain that if that if only " They had strolled on very far now, letting their feet carry them aimlessly, conscious only of each other, and half pitying those whom they had loft so far behind. There was a silence of some minutes. Again she felt that, had the world depended on it, she could not have spoken. Gathering all his forces, he went on. "Such a time is this for me, not only be cause I am so soon to receive the coveted diploma which, for four years, 1 have been striving for, not only because of to-day's memorable experiences and to-morrow's an ticipations, but for a much nearer reason. 1 repeat that I feel certain that that that if only you think of this reason as 1 think you think, there will bo nothing left for us to fear from the world's buft'etings. " And he allowed a sigh of relief and expectancy to escape him, as ho turned to her for a reply. Almost stifled with emotion, and finding that all she expected and had thought to say was escaping her, she struggled to open her lips, and was horrified to find herself saying almost involuntarily, and in her ordinary voice: "Tho Greek word of reason is aitia. Our word comes from the Latin rori ratva, to think, and thus has the same derivation as rational. The form in Italian is ragione." He looked at her, surprised and ofi'cnded. Turning suddenly by a thick clump of shrub bery, they found themselves face to face with the world once more, in the middle of the careless group from which they had strolled away, it seemed to them, hours ago. The Highest had not been spoken. Tho Moment had come and gone, and had been, after all, unfruitful; and they know and felt, both of them, that it would never como again. Sho sighed, as a sense of the certainty of this came over her, and her thoughts turned once more, and more bitterly than before, to the willowy junior maiden witli tho raven bangs and cloar complexion. Tho encampment at Nebraska City ma be regarded in every sense successful. Tho weather was perfect; when tho sun becaino too glaring and hot the "officer of the da" would just detail a small squad of clouds to veil its brazen face and tho weather would grow ploasant again. She camp regulation. wore no doubt strict, much stricter than usual but perhaps it was better to have them so. A line must bo drawn somewhere; a crooked ono will bo over-stopped and an elastic one will bo strained beyond rccogni tion, so let's havo it hard and fast. Tho dovitlry that 200 fellows could per petrate if unrestrained cannot be measured. Indeed, to make an open confession, the writer of this article wont to camp with tho firm determination to 'swipe," or as Huck Finn has it, "lift" a chicken or two and perhaps conceal them in the tuba, but tho fact of tho matter is he didn't have a chance, and consequently the spring frys are re tained by their rightful owners (unless Haughton got the ones tho writer was after.) Everybody declares that Nebraska City has scads of pretty girls, and the reporter could see that during the four days in Ne braska City hearts under bluo coats were trumps. It is generally supposed that this will bo tho last encampment of the cadets, as tho matter always raises a groat dispute in tho faculty, as the encampments are not con sidered by some to bo practicable. Tho drills at camp wore especially fine this year, the skirmish drills in particular. The com petitive contosts were pronounced to bo be yond the vision of mortal man. Drum Major Wostermann: "Mr. Shafer., where aro tho buttons that belong to your uniform ?" Shafer: "Oh, DoWnif too 'em. He used 'em for cuff buttons." 0. of tho D.: "Mr. Scortum, after you got those boots blacked I detail yon to scratch ray left oar." Scortum: "Yes, sir, Captain, file or sand paper V