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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1897)
THE : UK&KSUAX np by the fire, lighted a tallow dip and set it by the hook. She tried to read hut she could not. sec the lines tonight. Everything looked strangely blurred through the old brass rimmed spectacles. 'T reckon I'm even get tin' too old for the specs.'' Her head was nodding. She repeated slowly: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not wan. lie maketh me to lie down " The pi . gray head was on the Bible and Granny was asleep. In the old fire-place the sticks had burned into a little pile of coals. Something roared Obwervat Ioiik. It was a cold day not long since that I put in an afternoon at the library trying' to get my lessons. 1 took the first vacant chair that 1 saw and begun my work. At my left was the constant rustle and creaking of newspa pers. From across the second table in front came a dismal humming with an occasidnal excited expression telling of interesting gossip. It came only from some recent society debut ants discussing some new experiences, the cute boys, the swell dancers, and so on, with in the woods outside and through the little plenty of adjectives and slang thrown in to pane a red light shone. Two little pigs came down from old Bald Knob in the morning and roamed aimlessly through the blackened timber. Their pen -was a pile of ashes. They were hungry but Granny did not feed them. Stkvk J. Conirv. A -winding shadow steals across the hills. As softly as the summer evening dew. The might sleeps on. the breezes never stir.- Amd morning sparkles on a fairy world. P. 1i. .Aliuimi rSaiiriil.. A'bont one hundred -were present at the chancellor's reception to alumnae and alnmni. Prof. Fossler presided over the delibera tions after the informal hand shaking. Paul F. Ola. v spoke on the needs of the University the need of more room. Allen G. Field spolce upon culture. Chancellor MaeLean suggested that a local alumni association -was a necessary adjunct, of our institution. On motion of Dr. Pound a committee -was appointed to -work np such an association. E, J. Flobarty spoke for the laws as did Prof. Caldwell. Light refresbments -were served and Hagonow's orchestra furnished some delightful music. Prof. "Ward was elected 'chairman of the state committee at the state Y. M. 'C. A. con vention at Hastings. ihe Throe bobs were chartered and tlhqj' -were cbrim lull ol rallaaian music boxes party bad light refreshments ontHie -way necessary. show how fully they were alive to this new life. Distracted between a desire to follow their conversation, in -which many of my friends came in for compliments and criticism, and a desire to get my lessons. I alternately wrote a few lines and then knitting my brows and running my hand through my hair I would listen again until my anxiety about my studies forced me to work. Then came someone looking for some reference books, turning everything in the neighborhood np side down lo find them. He saw a book under my notes, took it, at the same time carefully mixing them np. Thoroughly sick of this soil of work I took my books and found a table in one of the alcoves in the north wing of the library. I bad just arranged my work and taken a long breath before sitting down to work when I learned that I was at a Prep, table with a Prep, girl on each side and a boy opposite me. This might have been as desirable a place as;Mie first if the gossip had been as interesting. I moved at once for I had been under these circumstances before. Fortunately I next found a table nnoccupiod and bore after two hours of provocation I went to work in earnest. It was a perfect place to study, where one can forget their surroundings, even their own existence and live in the work they are doing. Here with my back lo the aisle I hud written about two thirds of my lesson in journalism when a, lady iind gentleman sat down, one on each side of tiie table at Which l was writing. The lady u uji wie nvtii round ol tier chair,, on the table .and her head in ber vere bands she bad something 'important lo say. The They were .a solid couple. Comment -is unl Words fail. T departed. About sixty Palladians took advantage of put ber heels on the first round of her chair e nne sioigiung juonuay nigim oi last weeic. lior elbows euocoiaies, gum ana apples.
