. The Rotunda . AMONG THECAPS AND GOWNS. ?V*>^^V j:js VIRGINIA ELLIS WHEN I WASTED TIMEON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A LESSON Very methodically I placed the ne-cessary apparatus on the table—book,paper, pen, and ink. I drew the chairup to the table and carefuly, verycarefully, straightened the scarf tothe exact angle. Thinking things werein ship-shape, I listlessly sat down;but, no, too much light came throughthe window so I got up and loweredthe shade. Surely no more studiousenvironment could have been foundthan in my own room at that time,but to me nothing appeared to becorrect. Nevertheless, pen i
. The Rotunda . AMONG THECAPS AND GOWNS. ?V*>^^V j:js VIRGINIA ELLIS WHEN I WASTED TIMEON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A LESSON Very methodically I placed the ne-cessary apparatus on the table—book,paper, pen, and ink. I drew the chairup to the table and carefuly, verycarefully, straightened the scarf tothe exact angle. Thinking things werein ship-shape, I listlessly sat down;but, no, too much light came throughthe window so I got up and loweredthe shade. Surely no more studiousenvironment could have been foundthan in my own room at that time,but to me nothing appeared to becorrect. Nevertheless, pen in hand, I proced-ed to write. The topic was one inwhich I had no interest, one aboutwhich I did not care to learn, conse-quently concentration came hard. Ahigh tariff is not , I wrotelaboriously. Where in the world wasJane going so dressed up? Luckygirl. She had no theme to write. Why,oh, why, did I have to be the one?I continued to glance idly out of thewindow, seeing no one in particular,indulging in a great wave of se
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