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THE PHILOSOPHERS BABY

THE PHILOSOPHERS BABY.
had been considering for about
voor whether should marry Wlnifred
Honwav, when | heard that she was
engaged to the philosopher. Why dld
che accept him? 1t is true that ne Is
both imaginative and critical but lac
lilies exercised in the incubation OF
psychological hypothesis, ana tho IA,
borious destruction OF those OF one
neiphbor, do not usually rouse me
sympathy of bright aud beautitul Sirl,
Who il more fit to live, than to think
about life. He is certainly handsome
but as certainly his clothes are barbat-
ons His trousers cannot keep their
shape for day; aud his hats are never
,,nw If he notices the rain he opens
m umbrella which might have served
os an Intellectual protection at the time
of the deluge if he finds out that IL IS
cold he assumes Il garment winch
might have been the everyday garment
of Methuselah. His manners are rs
strange as his appearance. lie may
often be seen walking in the park at the
fashionable hour, with far-oif look IN
his ewes, and his hat thrust back as II
to lessen the external pressure on his
active brain: more rarely you may near
him bursting into enthusiasm IN nc
cadilly. though Piccadilly is the last
place in which man should allow nm
self to be enthusiastic. In short, though
he is n true friend, he is an uncomtort-
able acquaintance and his volcanic iiS-
terances, after long periods Oh c"liil
contemplation, cause such SHOCKS 10
ones nerves as would be conveyed TO
the Sunday citizon by the eruption OF
Primrose Hill. But, if it was odd that
the beautiful Winiired Hanway should
marry my friend, it was yet more Qua
that he should marry any one. Ipere
were 10 topics more certain to eXcl(e IN nl
explosion in the philosopher than Ihe
excessive population Of the country,
and the wholesome solitude OF the
thinker. Glow" he would fierce ~ ask,
"can man think eifectually on t'lnaa-
mental subjects who is compeiiea ny
the despicable circumstances OF ms NE
to exhaust his analytical faculty IN con,
sidering how to pay his butcher ano
when to buy his Goals? L tell you, SIR
# is better to starve with cold and nun
cor than to dehase ones noblest par
to n game of skill with grasplng, gro
GER" Again and again had heard MN
declaim in this preposterous fashion
and, after all, he WAS going to the alIu
like any other victim, and would Go"ny
less take a house upon his back VIII
the docility of snail. ,,
I
would not give it up. So, full OF th
determination to drag Diogenes out O
his tub, and the secret out OF DiogeneS
I stepped around the corner to offer m
CONGRATULATIONS. My friend was IN III
study, apparently writing, really eatn
n quill pen. Herose at me with rnsl
wrung my hand till it ached and bInsile
rather uncom ortably. Congratnlatii0i
are the curse OF the Briton. Wheth'
he ia Offering them or receiving then
he is obliged to take refuge in interim
tent hand shaking and groans. But Q
this occasion it was evident that u
philosopher had something ready
saw and neryously anxious 10 81
it.. My de,r fellow, | don't kno
whenEI really am so awfully glad, L
it's in every way so, such satistactor
Won know-I really do wish all posslb,I!
and all that sort of thing you know,
when he burst in with II speech So IL
ently delivered, that I knew was n
his earliest visitor that morning.
course it's taken yOu by surprise, -,
said Gas | knew it would; but |
truth is that have been thinking Oh
for a LONG tine, and | am sure l.
right" Here | tried to put IN an
preston of wonder at his new notioh
his duty, but he wa bent on being
of the matter, and hurried on 10
reasons. "In the first place, sad
az am sure that instead OF lncreaS'
NV domestic worries, my marriage "
transfer them in II body to my WI
and secondly, when | consider the
mnmher of fools who are every day b'
into the world, I am terrified by
nicture of what the next generation
he if the thinkers of this age are TO
w;tbont successors" Having dischari
bis reasons in this wise, the ora
stood blinking at me as II ne 1ea
dissent. but | was too astounded at
magnificent audacity to reply. olo
n loook of peace stole back into ms II
pleasant light dawned in his e.
and the promise of a smile at the
ners of his mouth. Ills remarks
fuepcy was gone, and inceed his v
sounded quite choky when he
Johnny, you don't know what
angel she is" A light broke in u
me. Philosopher" said, g 1 bel
you are going to be married bee
you fell n love?" "Perhaps you
right" said the philosopher.
After the wedding the philoso
and his wife went abroad for an in
mite period, and their friends heard
little OF them. He wrote to mob
and she did not write to me. Yet
were occasional rumors. Now they
bri athing the keen air Of the Enga
now sinking to the chestnuts aud
Of Chiavenna; now he was lashing
self to frenzy over the treasur
Rome now she was gazing with
northern eyes across the growing 5
dor OF tho bay Of Naples. Then
were in Germany, and about TO
for life in a university town but
had fled from it in haste after a
nights dispute, in the course of