COWBOY GOES TO OXFORD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21432, 5 September 1931, Page 4

COWBOY GOES TO OXFORD

REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION UNIVERSITY ACCENT MASTERED. For the past seven years, all unknown to Oxford, there has been living in quiet retirement at a house in the famous St. Giles, street a real American cowboy straight from the wide-open spaces of Montana! He is Mr E. P. Larrabee, formerly of the Brooknook ranch in Medicine Valley, where he achieved fame as a bronchobusting, bull-throwing cowpuncher. The Oxford accent came hard to “ E. P.” of the Brooknook ranch, but he saw Oxford as a soldier in the course of the war. When he had filled his eyes with its wonders he suddenly tired of the wide open spaces of Montana and made up his mind to settle down amid its spires. The newcomer’s accent unnerved Oxford, but the man who had ridden 50 miles a day with 3000 head of cattle was not dismayed. He cultivated the Oxford accent assiduously, and, more, he studied physiology and gained both his B.A. and his M.A. The tailor put the finishing touch, and a few weeks ago it was as a highly cultured resident of Oxford that Mr E. P, Larrabee escorted his brother, Charles F., who is in the real estate business “ out west,” round the town. Mr Charles Larrabee swept Oxford with a glance and said, “Boy! This is some city. I’ll say this fair city is the absolute delicatessen! ’ ’ Mr E. P. Larabee’s voice rang with piteous' appeal as he said, “Charles! Charles! Remember, this is not the Brooknook ranch! ”