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too constantly surrounded by his 11111113'
friends, to think much of Nellie lliy
mond, or of his rejected suit. A d:iy,
too, in which Nellie drys her tears, and
resolves as best she 111113 to trouble herself
no further about the matter. It is not al
ways that our greatest griof follows inline
diutely behind the cause of it. Some little
thing, tin merest straw, so to speak, nia3'
'bm3' up our sinking, despondent hopes
for a time, but as soon as this Utile thing
glides from our grasp, our full loss is real,
ized, and our full sorrow felt. So Nellie
Raymond ma3' have found it not a very
hard matter to compose her feelings on
this particular du3 because she was hour
I3' expecting that Howard MeKeo would
so far relent in his apparent determina
tion not to sec her again before he went
awa3T, as to call and pay her the respect
due n? a friend. In this, however, she
was disappointed, for ho did not come.
The gas had been lighted in (lie parlor,
and Mr. Raymond had taken a paper
from his pocket and commenced to rend,
when Miss Nellie entered the room and
playfully requested the "pleasure of Ii is
company to the entertainment at tiie col
lege." 31 r. Raymond looked up from his
paper, and surveyed his daughter for a
moment witli mingled surprise and pleas
ure. Then in a bantering sort of wa3' he
said: "WI13, Miss Raymond, where jo
your chevalier to-night? Methinks 1113'
old a'o ought to excuse me from being
gallant upon such an important occasion."
Mr. Raymond did not seem to observe
that his daughter was pale, nor that she
started and flushed somewhat as lie made
this jesting response to her request. With
a little inward struggle, she calmed her
turbulent feelings, and replied to her fath
er in the same playful way as before.
"Now did ever a fair J:id3' make such a
request before of a gentleman, and he re.
fuse to grant it?"
"So, so-o, inademoisclle, then Iniust ac
cept your prett3' invitation if 1 would be
reckoned n gentleman ?"
"N", papa, you know I didn't mean
that! But 3ou will not refuse, so I'll get
your hat and cane." And with this Miss
Nellie retired from the room, but soon aft
erwards returned with the necessary ac
coutrements for the walk (lint and cane),
and father and daughter set out for the
college. When U1C3' arrived at the college
chapel in which the entertainment was to
be held, they found a large audience al
ready assembled. Mr. Raymond and his
daughter were shown into a seat at the
lower end of the room, ilircclly under the
gallciy. Being now comfortably sealed
they found that they still had a few 1110
meats preceding the commencement of
the exercises iu which to observe the dec
orations about the room, and stud3' the
Latiu mottoes on the walls decorations
which had cost the membcis of the socie
ty as many hours work, as they would
amuse the audience minutes. The walls
were decked with evergreen and grape
vines, and pots of flowers and bouquets
were tastily arranged in different parts of
the room. Over the rostrum, in large ever
green letters, was the motto of the societ3',
"Tenttox Propsilum Omnia Vincit."
On one side of the room, almost hidden
in a wreath of grape vines, were these
words: " Scqui SajUcniiam Melius Sain'cn
tia Ipsa Est;" and on the opposite wall
with similar decking "Per Ardua ad
Astra." At the lower end of the room,
beautifully wrought in evergreen letters
on a back ground of gilt, was the motto
of the nceptio Literata Socictas " For
ma Mentis Aetcma Ed,u
The cares and active duties attendant
upon a business life, had crowded from
Mr. Raymond's mind much of his carl3
knowledge ol Latin; and after studying
for some time the motto over the rostrum,
he turned to his daughter to inquire the
meaning of " Propositum." Then for the
first time he observed that she was very
pale. " Nellie," said he alarmed, " 3'ou
are sick, had we not better go home?"
" Oh, no!" she replied, aflccting a smile,
" it is only a slight headache that I have
had since supper. I couldn't think of
