. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . but this, youconceal—as most spirited young fellows do—by drinking a great deal. You havea dim recollection of certain circumstances—very unimportant, yet very vividlyimpressed on your mind—which occurred on one of these occasions. The oysters were exceedingly fine, and the champagne—exquisite. You havea recollection of something being said, toward the end of the first bottle, of Xeno-phon, and of the Seniors saying in his playful way— Oh, d—n Xenophon!You remember that Dalton broke out into a song, an
. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . but this, youconceal—as most spirited young fellows do—by drinking a great deal. You havea dim recollection of certain circumstances—very unimportant, yet very vividlyimpressed on your mind—which occurred on one of these occasions. The oysters were exceedingly fine, and the champagne—exquisite. You havea recollection of something being said, toward the end of the first bottle, of Xeno-phon, and of the Seniors saying in his playful way— Oh, d—n Xenophon!You remember that Dalton broke out into a song, and that for a time you joined in the chorus; you thinkV the Senior called you to order for repeating the chorus in thewrong place. You think thelights burned with remarkablebrilliancy; and there is a rec-ollection of an uncommon diz-ziness afterward—as if yourbody was very quiet, and yourhead gyrating with strange ve-locity, and a kind of centrifu-gal action, all about the room,and the college, and indeed the,,^ A-r HT<; TASKS- whole town. DIGGING STURDILY AT HIS TASKb. Glimpses of Dream-Life In following the mental vagaries ofyouth, I must not forgjet the curvetingsand wiltings of the heart. The black-eyed Jenny has long been for Madge, the memory of her hasbeen more wakeful, but less letters not unfrequently dropa careless half-sentence, that keepsher strangely in mind. Madge, shesays, issitting by me with her work;or, you ought to see the little silkpurse tjhat Madge is knitting. Allthis will keep Madge in mind in thoseodd half-hours that come stealing overone at twilight. A new romantic ad-miration is started by those lady-facesAvhich light up, on a Sunday, the gal-
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