Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-03
OUTWITTED.


: : because she was the most singular reLi
: he had ever discovered. The fruit o
e this union was one child, as singularlJ
q lovely, genial, and free from oddities
: a. if she had been one Of the asteroids
4 dropped on this mundane sphere. Hel
D mother dotted on her /; and when she
e died, just as M1llicent was turning six
teen, was more human and less of &
trilobite than she had ever been in heI
life.
Miles had paid but little attention tc
: his daughter while her mother lived
devOting himself during her life to his
books and discoveries with a selfish.
ness he mistook for science, and re-
| turning as soon as all was over to his
study and observatory but diverging
so far from his old courses as to keep q
strict watch upon MilIicent, whom be
at once intended to enter his own
course Of life, and become a searcheI
Of the skies and gatherer of antiqui-
ties. Poor Millicent detested every
. thing that smacked of antiquity, and
preferred walk on Broadway to the
most prominent cluster in the galaxy,
had very good idea of what young
girls life ought to be. and was as pretty
and lovable a girl as one would meet
in summers day.
At least so thought Harry Good
willie, the bankers son, and he must
have had good reason to think 50 too
for he stopped one morning as he was
passing, and threw a kiss at a certain
window Of the great, gloomy, shut-up
house, and went on looking very hap
pY about it.
| But Love is proverbiaIly blind. AfiIIv
was copying extracts from an ancient
volume of Shakespeare in her fathers
study, and he was sitting in her place
by the window, watching for an an
cient cup discovered in the ruins of
Herculaneum which somebody had
imPosed'on him, and which he expected
/ every moment.
So he caught the kiss, and was not
so entirely fOssilized as not to under
stand at once what iE meant and all
the windows fronting on the street
were at once barred to sunlight or
love-light.
'sThe girl shall not make a fool of
herself ifI can help it ;" said her father
in sOliloquy. "I shall devote her life
| to science, and if I cannot discover
the elixir of life, may at least define
/ new worlds. Love-msrriage-n
sense She shall become a female
Galileo or Herschel.n -
Milly cried and pouted, and ended
by being obedient. She went out only
with her father, or an old dragon who
was nurse and hOusekeeper, and she
never so much as caught q glimpse of
Harry's shadow. They had not got far
enough to warrant an exchange Of let
ters yet Milly thought there would
| be no more harm in his writing to her
| than in throwing kiss; but not word
came, and she nearly cried her eyes
1 out, for she and Harry had been max
ing love TO each other for year right
under the eyes of father MoreIand.
He doesn't care for me-" thought
Milly, cor he would find some way to
see me. Oh, dear, cruel Harry -
That afternoon an old gentleman in
| a dllap1dated brown suit, with a great
| pair of horn spectacles on his nose, and
plenty Of snuff strewed over his
wrinkled, Variegated features, made
/ her father visit, and the two held
1 long contab. When he was gone, Mr..
/ Moreland informed her that the old
gentleman would spend every halliday
| with him to assist in his researches,
''He is a wonderful man-truIy won
derful," +" said her father. "My knowl-
edge is nothing compared to his-a
walking encyclopedia of valuable in
formation, You will sit with us, Mil
/ licent, and try to store your mind
from the wealth of his, and see that
you treat hi& with that respect which
his age and wisdom merit.
tHorrid old snuhy," said Milly to
herself; che looks like a dried spec
linen of his own antiquities. I hope I
shall get moment to myself now
| there are two to teach me. IT will be
hard if cannot Outwit them in some
way"
The next day saw old Mr.. Cleveland
/ for such was his name-Seated in Mr..
| Moreland's most capacious study
chair, while at a little distance Miss
/ Milly was regarding him in obstinate
| defiance of her fathers command to be
/ respectful, for her contempt and dis
like were plainly clear on her face.
| s'Who is that silly young woman ~
asked the Ant1quarys pointing long
brown fOrefinger at Milly.
Even Mr.. Moreland looked slightly
disconnected for a moment but he
answered, in an even tone, ''That is
1 my daughter Milliceut."
"a very fair specimen" j" said the an
/ tiquary; "but light-headed like the rest
of her SEX" and he held huge pinch
of snuff between his thumb and fin
ger, and regarded hGilIy as if she had
been preserved and labeled.
''I hope, my dear Mr.. Cleveland, with
your valuable assistance. to make a
different girl of her. She is rather
more studious than her sex in general;
but she wants to give up all other
thoughts to centre her entire force in
the cause of SCIENCE"
'Hum yes ~ answered the sGUa1st,
absently; but our time is too valuable
to fritter away on speculation;" and he
| unfolded several yards of parchment,
which smelled strongly Of must.
Milly turned her back on Mr.. Cleve-
| land, and went on with her abhOrred
studies, when, if she could have had
her own way, she would have dragged
| her father into the garden, and PLAYED
hide-and-seek with him, or pelted him
lovingly with roses.
For day or two the trio sat in the
/ study, and worked out their separate
difficulties. On the third morning
MilIy rebeIled, and stood idly at the
/ window of the room, tapping melan-
chOly measure on the glass. Her faith
| er had gone to his observatory, and old
Mr.. Cleveland was pOring over some
| dry knowledge by himself. Milly for
got his presence so entirely that she
| sighed aloud, and unconsciOusly muir
| INJURED Harry
Darling, what is it, p said voice at
] at her elbow.
she turned in both Joy and alarm,
but saw only old Mr.. Cleveland
She knew then that she had been
/ dreaming, and the sight of the old
| snuf-taker exasperated her.
81 should think you might find a
better study than observing silly
girls" she said tartIy. eff you want
papa, Mr.. Cleveland, he is at the top Of
| the house."
ST want you,'' was the answer, in a
| voice that electrified Milly and the
next moment the brown wig lay at her
feet, and she could see the fair fore
head and chestnut hair of Harry Good
/ willie.
If ever there was an astonished girl
she was one. Harry had to kiss her
twice before she knew what had hap
pened.
"Oh, how could you?'' she ejacula-
ted. 'How did you make yourself 50
horrible?''
Harry laughed. ''I have a friend on
the stage he said, land caught the
trick from him, and love made me
careful. Did you think I would give
you up so easy ?''
"But what will you do, now you are
here2 As soon as my father learns the
truth we will be worse on than ever"
"But he won't know leave that to
me. And now, darling, we can be hap
py in the knowledge that we are near
each other.o
At this moment distant door slam
med; Harry replaced his wig and re-
sumed his seat, while Milly took up a
position with her back to the door, SO
that her father might not see the
brightness in her face.
After that her studies were pursued
with an earnestness that delighted her
father, who pointed to her with pride,