The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-26
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Mr.. Miles Moreland, antlquaTy ant
astronomer, was q miBRnthrope 10 vel
% SdVant, andIIfom being crossed II
love, when 10 pettlcoats, had Boured to
ward the whole world, and only mar.
rled Mrs. SophronisbR Wise because
she was the most singular relic he haC
ever discovered. The fruit Of this I'M
lon was one child, as slngularly lovely
genial, and ires from ODDITIES, as II sht
had been one Of the asteroids dropped
ON this mundane sphere. Her mother
dotted on her; and when she died, jusI
as MillIcent was turning sixteen, was
more human and less Of q trllobIte thar
she had ever been in her life.
Miles had paid but little attention tc
his daughterWhlle her mother lived
devoting himself during her life TO biz
books and discoveries with q selfish.
ness he mistook for science, and re.
turning % soon %, all was over to bis
study and observatory; but diverRlng
30 far from his old courses as to keep d
strict watch upon Mllllcent, whom be
ct once intended to enter his own course
Of lie, and become. o seArcher of the
Bkle8, and 10 gatheree of antiquities
Poor Mlllicent detested every thing
that smacked ofantiquiLy, and prefer.
red q walk on Broadway to the most
prominent cluster In the galaxy, had O
very good idea Of what q young elrl'l
life ought 10 DO, and was as pretty and
lovable o Rirl as one would meet In a
summers day.
AT least SO thought Harry Goodwill
lie, the bankers son, and he must have
had good reason 10 think 30 too; for be
stopped one morning as he was passing
and threw q kiss at certain window
OF the great. gloomy, shut-up house,
and went on looking very happily
But Love 10 proverblally blind. Mllly
was copying extracts from an ancient
volume OF Shakespeare In her fathers
study, and no was sitting In her place
by the window, watching for an an.
Client cup In The rninsoI Herculaneum
which somebody had Imposed on him,
and he expected every moment.
So he caught the kiss, and was mol
30 entirely foSsllized as not to under.
derstand Of once what II meant; and
all the windows fronting on the street
weren't once barred 10 sunlight or love.
light.
THE girl shall not make a fool Of
herself II can help IT, said her father,
In soliloquy. Il shall devote her life to
science, and II cannot discover the
elixir OF lie l may at least define new
worlds. observation-disclosures !
She shall become u female Calico or a
HeEsehel.' { |LtE VI . -
Milly cried and pouted, and ended BY
being obedient. She went out onlv
with her father, or an old dragon, who
was nurse and housekeeper, and she
meyer so much as caught. a glimpse OF
HHtry's shadow. They had-n got
FAR enough 10 warrant an exchange OF
letters; yet Milly thought there would
be no more harm In his writing to her
than In throwing a kiss; but not a word
came, and she nearly cried her eyes out,
for she and Harry had been making
love 10 each other for year right m.
der the eyes OF father Moreland, 49,
he doesn't care for me- thought
Mllly, 'or he would find aome way 10
see me. oh, dear, cruel HarryI'
That afternoon an old gentleman In
a dllapidated brown suit, with q great
pair OF horn spectacles on his nose, and
plenty Of snuff atrewn over his wink.
led, varieGated features, made hel
father visit, and the two held long
conlab. When he was gone, Mr.. More.
land informed her that the old gentle.
man would spend every half day with
him to assist Ia his researches.
HE Ia wonderful rnan-truly won
derful, said her father. my knoWt.
edge Is nothing compared 10 his-a
walking encyclopedia OF valuable In.
formation. You will sit with us, Milli-
cent, and try 10 store your mind from
the wealth OF his, and see that you
treat him with that respect which his
age and wisdom merlt.' -01"g
'Horrid old snutfy,' said MIlly to
herself; he looks like a dried specimen
OF his own antiquities. I hope I shall
get moment to myself now there are
two to teach me. II will be hard II
can not outwlt them In some way
The next day saw old Mr.. Cleveland
for such was ais name-Beated in Mr.,
Moreland's most capacious study chair,
while at q little distance Miss MIlly
was regarding him In obstinate de6.
ance OF her fathers command to be re-
Bpectful, for her contempt and dislike
we're plainly clear on her face,
who is that silly young woman p
asked the antiquRfy, pointing a long
brown ioreanger at Milly.
Even Mr.. MoTeland looked slightly
disconnected for moment; but he an
swefed, In an even tone, THAT 10 my
daughter Milllcent.'
Avery fair specimen said the anti4
quarry; but lIght.headsd, like the rest
Of her sexI and he held o huge pinch
OF .Hnnf between his thumb and finger,
and regarded Milly as If'she had been
preserved and labeled. -. 'i,'I..'l =
I hope, my dear Mr.. Cleveland, with
your valuable assistance, to make Q
different girl Of her. She 10 rather
more studious than her sex In general:
but Bhe wants to give up all other
thoughts to centre her entire forces is
the cause OF SCIENCE Rl 5thg arall.rt
tHul yesl' answered the suvant, alb.
aently; but our time IL too valuable 10
frltter away on speculatlon;' and he I'M.
folded several yards OF yellow pareh-
,ment, which smelled strongly Of must.
Milly turned her back ON Mr., Cleye-
land, and went on with her abhorred
studies, when, IL she could have had
her own way, she would have dragged
her father Into the garden, and played
hide and.seek with him, OF, pelted him
lovingly with roses. 'lssaj
For day or two the trio sat In the
study, and worked ont their separate
difficulties. - On the third morning Mi .
~ rebelled, and stood Idly at the win
dow Of the room, tapplnga melanchol-
~ measure on the glass, Her father
had gone 10. his observatory, and old
Mr.. Cleveland was porting over some
dry knowledge by himself. MIlly for
got hla presence 30 entirely that ahe
sighed aloud, and unconscIously muir.
INJURED Harry ...-,.-
Darling, what lsitTeBaid avoIce at
her elbow, " le,ssyH 90 H-ssyu..s ss-4aI.al
She turned In both joy.and alarm, but
saw only old Mr.. Cleveland. She
knew then that Ahe had heen dream.
Ing, and the sight Of the old anufi.tak.
or eXaBperated her. ,u1uuIHH p .F'r
i should think you might hnd a BET
Ter study than observing silly girls,
she satd, tartly.a Tt'yon want papa,
Mr. Cleveland, he 10 at the top Of the
house, 7fl % l4g IN t1-l;f ~, ~ :
4 want you,' was Che answer, In a
voice that electrified MlllJ; and the
next moment the brown Wig lay at her
feet, and she could Bee the fair forehead
and chestnut hair Of Harry GoodwIllie.
II ever there was an aStonlshed girl
aha was ma Harry hOH 70 kIOa has