True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-05-15
T. Raglan, Editor and Proprietor

"Ihe solldlty OF truncated triangular
prism is found by adding together the al
titudes of the three vertices of the inclin-
ed section, and multiplying their sum by |
one third of the area of the base;" and I
found his head had been running on that
paltry geometry all the time.
"Now, dear Millicent, the question is
have lost his heart or not That is the
problem to be solved, as he would say in
his horrid mathematical jargon. Despc-
rate cases require desperate remedies.
Now you. and you alone can aid me. My
poor weak head, after a weeks labor, has
concocted the following scheme, and ]
know you to be as daring in execution as
| am ingenious in planning. I know you,
too-cxcusc me for fattering-to be the
widest little madcap living, and that mar
riage has not tanned you in the least, but
only taught you the necessity of conceal
ing your eccentricities. Didn't you, at
the boarding school, out of revenge for
the short commons on which she kept US,
shoot Madame Vinaigre's parrot, and COM
pei the cook, on pain of being horse-whip-
ped, to serve it up to her with claret
sauce? Did you not rob Mr.. Vandover's S
melon patch? But why rchcarse those
exploits7
"Thc time seems fitting for my grand
comp1ot, as our old French teacher would
say. Your husband is away-you must
needs be lonely-conc to Linden Villa
But you must not come as Millicent Mar.
say, but as a gallant cavalier, lured hithel
by the attraction Of my bright eyes; moi
as yourself in short, but as your brother
Dick Reynolds, the West Point cadet
You told me that he left his uniform al
your house when he went off to pass his
vacation at the White Mountains. Dom
scruplc, then, to don the regimentals
There is no company at our house, ant
you will only be seen by my husband anc
myself, and the servants. You must fir
with me desperately, and try the effect oI
Bolton. If you arouse his jealousy, al
my doubts will vanish into thin air, and
shall be the happost of women. Let tn
answer to this letter be your dear self.
Adieu, with much love, HELEN
On the afternoon following the day oil
which this private and confidential cpistl
had been despatched, handsome youn!
fcllow-apparently-in uniform, was pre-
scntcd by Mrs. Bolton to her husband, a
, her cousin, Mr.. Richard Reynolds of TIL
West Point Academy.
"My dear sir, am very happy to sc
you,", said Bolton, shaking his (her) han
cordially. II have often heard my wifi
!, speak of you, and desired to know you fc
her sake and mine. 1t is a great pleasur
to meet gentlemen from school so famou
for mathematical proficiency. shall as
vour aid. at your leisure, in the solution
, a few problems"
90, hang mathematics !" cried til
, younsstcr. "Wc're bored enough wit
= = them at the Point in term-time. I've Il
:, idea of spending my vacation over triangle
and quantities"
"But, my dear sir" demonstrated DO
s ton, gently, "don't you think the study
mathematics one of the most important {
:. pursuits"
"No, my boy' cried the young gentl
- man, slapping his host on the back
-. "Givc Inc war, wine, and the ladies'"
" "But war is nothing without mathema
ics."
7 "Hang mathematics say again
:. cried the young hopeful. "Thats for tt
= engineer department. Give me tie
= horse and a sharp sabre, and the smile
9 a sweetheart as lovely as Helen, and | ca
., for nothing else,
His horse and his sword,
10 And his lady, the peerless,
I'd Are all that are priced
ID By Orlando the fearless"
8! BY the way, | hear you have some go
at bits of blood in your stable-l shall
i. their mettlo tomorrow. | brought a pi
ne If Rippon spurs in my pockot-and
ry mean to give your nags the gaffs TOM
y, row. No slow coaches for me! | have h
lg enough of spawned nags at tho Point"
m "Any thing of mine is at your servi
10, sir" said Mr., Bolton, with stately be
he II can hardly realize" said the you