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THE CARDROOM OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC CLUB.
TERR1SS AND IIIS BROTHER.
BOTH WERE BAD BOYB AT BCHOOU
I0J1. M M ?.: ! "1" THK ACTOR IV AN OI,l>
t 1\ - e.ll.l.I^ >W
fjov rell : remembei little Wlll Lewln and
a*j v- r, Prlend Lcwln, at Bcbool at
kftndei Weatmoreland, at tho end
?j th. Bftl ?! It aeemi but yeaterday! After
tbirtj ng >? ara I ivi r lli d away l can
aat ktn d ? atandlng befon m< In the play
ereand near tbe atepa to the blg acboolroom, in
^, | ? .- | r ' wbltC turndown COI
|,r a , ,. fa ? || i dark. flaabing
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jj.. .. . tea nly a little fell >w, . ret half a
|-iX.,, ? , ? ??? jurli.r. and ln one of th. lower
eun.' 1 waa ln tlu first claaa, 1 naturaDy
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B .th ir. th. ra were ?lld
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M . : !.? wln" by his
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aplrlt of unreat,
. ri am round
il That waa lh<
? : m< l of hlm in i arlj
. ? ;;? ge. And that Imprea
i rr?cl on< . f'.r, aa i- ngfi llow- trulj
an loag tboughte,"
med to be a ijMiet bond of ui.ie"ii be
tween us. We were both then rovers at heart,
ai i were b>th deaUned to roam all over the
world and undergo atrange rlclaaltudea of for
tune- he, more fortunate than myaelf, in Aue
tralla, India. tbe Palklaad lalanda and Amer
Ica, myaelf In Auatralla, Prance, Oermany and
Amerlca, my natlve country, althoiiKh in my
early boyhood I had been reared in Enpland at
the Bracebrldge Hall of Washlnnton Irvin?
The Lewlna and myaelf were alwaya ehum
and I can hever forgel thoae bappy achool
daya or the hearty way In whieh they both ap
plauded me on my aucceaaea In the crlcket fleld,
n. tably on one ever-memorabla oecaaion when
l won a match on the KendaJ crlcket ground,
between Wlndermere College and the Kendai
Club, for the fornier Pleven, by my bowllng.
THE COLLEOE IN THE LAKE COUNTRY.
Bl Mary'a College, Wlndermere, la ln tho very
heart of th.- Laae Dlatrlct, wblcb eontains the
st as w.ll as tho moat beautlfttl and ro
mantlc acenery in all Bngland. Wlndermere
Lake, altbougfa only ten nill< a in lengtb, is tho
largeal "f all the Engllah lakea, and perbapa
the prettleet (?n its ahorea are Bowneaa and
Amblealde, th- latter 'h. retreal of John Kos
Mn; Whlle ln th.- .hui.hyaid of Orasmore, n.ar
th< crickel ground, repoae the two Lake poeta,
Woi laworth and Colerldge. ln alght of moat <>f
th.- lofty mountalna of Weatmoreland and Cum
berland-Helvellyn, whlch we cllmbed togetber,
.-?,..... Fell and Bklddaw. Immortallied by Bcott,
whose "red glare woke the burgnera of Carllale,"
Wlndermere is moat plctun-aquely altuated.
Among T. rnss's achoolfellowa were Hamllton,
a s..n of Sir William llamilt >n, the Edlnburgh
profeaaor: Rlchardaon, a aon "f Hir John Rlch
ardaon, th.- companlon In ar.-tio exploratlon of
Slr John Pranklln. the vlall ..f whoae wldoa
once procured uaahalf-bollday; Kennedy, after
ward an offlcer in tbe 17th Lancera; Bannatyne
,ir..i I'.ia.k. Hamllton, Rlchardaon and Kennedy
rejolced reopcctlvely in th.- nlcknamea ..f
"Soapy," "Cato" and "Bnlggera." Terrlaa and
his brotber were rery fond of boatlng and
awlmmlng In Wlndermere Lake, whlch accounta
for his adroitness in th" naiat.rial art and his
poaeeaaJoa "f the medal of th.- ttoyal Humaa<
Bocii ?> for aaving llfe at aea. Wlndermere <""!
lege belng a collegiate achool, with acbolarahlpi
at <<xf..r.i and Cafflbrldge, the maatera wearlng
the mortarboard oapa and black gowna ?.f grad
uatea of tbe unlveraitlea, the diaclpllne waa
itiict, and poor Terrlaa and his brother, owlng
... th.ir pranka and wlld eaoapadee, uaed to gi I
? ? i impoaltlona and punlahmenta than the
ither boya, with th.' aolltary exceptlon of ai
Irlah boy named Savage, who was almoat al
. .:: trouble. 1 well remi mber tho angei < I
\>r Prench maater. a Oerman named Btrouvelle,
at Prlend Lewln'a prankj, and hla throwlng b
i??,k on one oecaaion wlth lerrlflc (?>>>??? al hb
head, whlch lucklly rolaaed Its mark. Ilterally
by a hair's breadih. 1 UBed to st at church ln
the same pew with TerrlBB'a older brother ll
waa too narrow for genuflectlona, ao when tbe
,,.st 0| ii.,- congregatlon ..as kneeling in prayer
.ii.i only atoop forward, and I well r col
? Prlend Lewln, when In an attltude of tbe
deepeal devotlon, belng detected by th- head
maater readlng one of Lever*a novela Inatead
of his prayei book, and th.- awful eonaequenci -
thereol for th.- dellnqueat; nor can i ever forgel
the expreaaion on the head maater*! faee. T.r
rL>a uiid bia brother were both m.rry madcapa.
I left Wlnderni.re before them, and abould
probably never have aeen eithor of them agaln
bul for an aecldent Pour or Bve yeara afterward
i happened to meet them both one evenlng ln a
London city reataurant. How well i rec lleci
the unexpected meetlng! Their hearty greetlng I
and their pleaaure al aeelng me! We were all
young fellowa?a gay and joyoua trlo and we
fltly celebrated the occaalon by golng that nlght
to the Alhambra, In Leiceater Bquare, where we
aaw the two Ihen famoua comedlana, Brlcn and
Conley, one a allgbtly bulll man in the garb of
a blahop, with lawn fillls. blark breechea and
silk Btocklnga, and ahoea with allver bucklea;
the other, his awkward partner, in th.Btume
of a eountry lout or hobbledehoy, blue eoat, with
brass buttona, bllly.:k bat, yellow fuatlaa
troueera and thick aoled, hob-nalled boota, daac
Ing and walttlnf together and singing a dog
perel ditty:
? Kor Bandy, be belonga t.> the mill,
And the mlll belonga to Bandy Btlllj
Bandy, be belonga to the mlll,
And tho mill belonga t<> Bandy,"
t.i the Inteaae arauaement of th.- houae. We
w.re in the gallery, and Terrlaa applauded bo
frantically and shoutod so h.udly that I had
Bome doubta aa to his aanlty. That was long
before he had formed an] Idea of golng on the
Btage
The two brothera were almoat Ineeparable, and
they invit-d me to vlsit them at th. ir tnoth'r's
houae In Bayewater, where they batroduced me
to her and to their alater, They had another
brother, thi eldeal of tbe famlly, an ..tiicr in
th.. army in Indla, whom I never aaw. Terrlaa
and hla mother, Mrs. Lewln, a widow, were
? hirk in balr and complexlon; bla brother and
slster were b> th falr.
Tho atatemefl! ln many newapapcra "that,
ifi-r aalllng for Auatralia, where ho waa buc
:eaaively an englncer, a bank clerk. an empl ra
m the Stock Exchangc, and In tobacco tnd
arlne houaca, hla reatleaa splrll atlli demai I d
ihange, and he sii1- d for (' ilcutl t, wl h lh< ln
Lentlon of Joinlng hla eldcr brothcr. Colonol
Lewln, ln tea plantlng," la, ln onc rcapect at
my rate, utterly untruc. tt la Impoaalble f-.r
ilm to bave aallcd from Australia for Ca i ta,
naamuch aa I myaelf aaw foi Cal utta
tnd bade hlra goodby late al n ghl on ln ai 1 a
lalling ahlp called the City ol Ca hm n at
rjrai. m nd. I ?? nl dow n by train to e blm
?ff. and was only Jusl In tlme, aa thi lilp waa
|uat aboul i" aall, and I I ihe Pali on, it
Iraveaend, thal nlght, returnln l L nd n the
nc-xt mornlng Col nel Lca n i ai hla Ideal
brother.
Whlle In Prance and Auatralia I loal Blghl of
hlm for many yeara, and only agaln n?ei hini
accidentally one evenlng In London, ln the
imoklng room of Blmpaon'a wall-known n itau
ranl In the Btrand Tlmi had flung hla f lera
.'. r ua both; for w< wi r both then mldd I
in--n. wiiii hair tlnged with gray. Bul
nlxed each other al a glance. "Hollo! ?: - , '1
boy!" aald he, in hla uaual cheery ivay, "How'a
i!,. ...::?; i > ou?" "V? ry badly'" waa i iy
reply, and we a. ttl< d down to talk boul I
and thlnga In g< n -ral. At hla I ? " ? I
mel hia aif . i i narkabl; : itj ?n man ??-? Ith
aubui n balr. Hia th itrical career la bo n II
known thal any roferencc :?> it i ?? Bupcrfluoua,
ej nd the mi ntlnn thal I n of the
- tag n ime ' Tpp I fter thal of " <
1:1;. n Terry.
Oenial, >? ? 1 ? mpl ai 1 d - d< i in m inner ."tid
action, bul ncv?T aarcastlc or unamlable, and a
frl< nd in n< ? i, he n aa 'a pi Ince ol go< d f- II -.
and the laal man In thc world n! um on w i!d
have expectcd to be cut 1 ff In hla prlmc by iha
knlfc of a vllc and cowardly aaaaasin. G.
/VW.H IInt ll) Tili, VOIMK "/' II18 /.'i/.'.x,
From Th.- Dallaa N'< wr
Col nel Pord
BIX III1IOB nouill "i i:o- . ll/, uu 1, i-cii ...?
hlmm lf to the pommandi r, aald:
"Coloi ? I, I ha'. ? nothing to do, and aai I U
join tho Rangera."
??I iike thc rolor ? f youi ? . 1 I wlll glvd
\..ii ui opporl inlty to d - oui ? ?!',"
ihe ? lonel 1 ; ll< d. aftei 1 an rully into
the i-yea ol the young man, whleh were BteeJ
gra >.
Thi n ?l daj tho j um rangei vaa s. nt u
Un ..,..-- III with linpati h a li< turnlng he
, ,, ? red ??> noti d Mexiean di api rado, who had
alain aev?*ral Americana and for a long tlma
had luded the Itangi ra. The Oberlln l- y
brought the deap< rado to thi C li m I, who said:
I d m'l 1 are to ai e hlm."
"Comc along," aaid the ranger, addroaslng h!|
prtaom r, whom hc f< rced to m In fronl of blm
until they 1 nt rcd a Bmall patch 1 chapnrra^
in nrhlch they disappeared. A tn ?i icnl later 4
Phi t waa h< ard lt ?#aa the di ath kni ll of tht
M. xii an crlrainal. The 1 laaa cal young ranger
returncd to the Colonel'a camp and r-; irted:
??Kscaped."
? 'Tla well," waa thi Colonel'a n ply.
in thoae daya, when the road to clvllizatloa
had to be blaz d with the - a-al.t?sr or earved
with the iword. th ? trtal of deapi radoa was
deemed Impractlcable, unwlae and wlthout good
r? BUltX.
M8 CABE COKTISl /?-'/>?
Kn.in Tho Madtaonvllle (Ky.) Huatler
They ti-n ihe followlng >n connectlon with
john MIlBoa, the well-known Muhlenberg law
v.-r loim is very much of a wag. and on one
occaaion even when death was itarlng hlm m
the faco, h.- could n >l repreaa hla dlaposltlon to
be funny. He 1- ? ame III at hla home ln Gree;f
vitle with whal was BUppoaed to be heart flia
,-a.sr, ar.d a phyatclan waa haatlly ?Bmnumed.
When he arrlved John waa gaaplng for breatn,
md hta frtenda expectcd hlm to dle at any
;,,?,,-:, When the doctor aaked hhn what wai
,.:iu.r, ,?. coolly r-pii-.i 'Doc, I bava
an Intlmatlon that my caae la about to be
called, and. if poaalble. I want t. get. a cob
tinuance." Th- d... -t. r wenl to woi with hlm.
a?d eontrary to everybodya 1 xpe. tat on, dld
Je, ? rohn a contlnuance, and he la atill allva
ar.d practlalng law ln ar.-onv._^
TIIK UBRARV OF
TIIi: UXIVERSITI ATHLBTIO CLUB.