The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-04-23

to blows with the university's most cele-
brated professor.
At last | heard they were again in
London, and full of enthusiasm, darte
round the corner to welcome them
home Nobody was with them but Mrs.
Hanway, Winifreds mother. l would
enter unaunounced and surprise the
philosopher. | entered unannounced,
and was surprised myself.
Was this the effect of matrimony or
Of foreign travel? Erch occupant OF
the room was engaged i'll an exercise
wholly unconuected, as it seemed, with |
those of the rest. My friends wife, the
lady whom | had almost loved, queen OF
all graca and comeliness, wns appearing
and disappearing like a flash behind
the days Times, showing at the mo-
ments Of disclosure face flushed with
excitement, and lustrous coils OF halr
tumbled into the widest disorder,
while she accompanied the whole per-
formance with strange and inartculate
sounds. Her mother, the same Mrs,
Hanway who was so perfect II modei OF
dress and carriage that many OF her
lady friends were wont to lament among
themselves that she gave herself such
airs, was seated on the floor, dressed
for walking, but without her bonnet
Yes. she was certainly drumming ON an
inverted tea.tray with the wrong end OF
the poker. And the philosopher? 1t
was perplexing, after three years sepa-
ration, to meet him thus, The philoso-
nher was cautering round tho room on
all fours, wearing on his head his own
waste paper basket Brskly he can
tered round, ever and anon fnsking like
s lamb in spring time, until he reached
nv feet, which were rooted to the spot
with establishment. Tie 81 gIanced up
sideways, rose with cry to the normal
altitude of man and grasped me by the
hand. At the sound Of his voice, his
wife, dropping the paper from her
hands raised them quickly to her hair
and his mothcr-in-law, with as much
dignity as tho effort would allow, scram-
bl, d on her feet. Then, in an instant,
the cause of their eccentric conduct was
made clear. Throned on. the hearth
rug, and showing by u gracious smile a
few of the newest teeth, sat fine baby
OF some fifteen months. In one dimpled
fist was tightly clenchcd the brush
which had so neatly arranged the moth,
er's braids, while the other was en-
gagged in pounding the grandmother's
best bonnet into shapeless mass.
We were all somewhat embarrassed
except 'hc p"py' IIo .i. ''I''lo, Ni'G ,n,'
were unnay, anI , Ill,', t,s W"S "u Iuyr, .tt !,
der. AS Tor tne le"gneu l"C't tha n0 otbo. Iyoo
now on one ie8 anu m noW on 'a, Ul'r hasl,a orD1,
While nc s4lt,e't ~. hnnl I',o ~ onI continna5 :,
from hiGhu W i'''n't "i(' os III ~
smile ali"31 as p'IT',t Wt eit',S% - , o IL" VII, ia
amlaoIe onsPrlps' ~. ~ %po ~ ,,on; -;
at laSI ..O Ma e;,,l W MA Uii 7oairo 70 bov,
tloh py eNpt'SS'tII H. " or, ",r,' c,rtai, in hi
my oP'nI"t .,,o,. -, sIoonish1y sI,o soid GOOD
study lv1.hGi 81 ''J tin l2I'S l,oSnso tri3C, r.
by TO tl1e luuy VI Wy tIot ~, ,ro,,ii % novo
: express exp ny liS So,iynornn"J eye" ol T knaw tha
cali agllh unai,,1' LI t sr,,iro,, ,,'o os
Mrs Hoh"ay u,'u M t loo t%n,on fnGn, +hat NV, 81 sb
l. hnmo1Y .ooN 'ItG eo14 oTI TiLo brrto 40 III
d offered all't telU ,Hon i,No :" - tLo gor,H
;, most lnp9r'auv ~ iIiUu.o Teano 1or', 10 w. s,,nt h
l. condesceh'.eN " e. tt",L ,,;"l,on ,,,.iP -
It the eo6o o, my io'' " ',' I1 , ..o,
J. When, however, / hNd oeeh s swel
n DO ln-stairs by my lmpulSlvo lrlen' m
and was alone with nm IN ms oen' III u
II courage returned, and with 1t some II
t. dignation. l confronted nm, ana SCer'
II ly asked why had not peen told ne W,
a father? "Not been to'd?' he echoeC
T edo YOU mean to say that You 0ld NJ
le know about the baby? Not so mne
Of as that it was, | replied, gloomiIy. /
81, was overwhelmed of course he hi
~ supposed that everybody knew 1t iroo
is the queen downwards. or course ut
~ people ought to have told me, VINO
h course had told me everything eiSo
cd last my curiosity got the better OF n
MS indignation, and | cut short his apol
nr rics bv beginning my. questions "Do
N the shape of its head content yon?'
if. asked. "The shape OF whose what
an cried the philosopher, apparently t
bn surprised for grammar. "Of the bah
to head, OF course, L fepliei tafUi1
ov merel " wish to know if the child
owI likely to be as intellectual as y
+" hoped" "Isn't the hair lovely"
~ asked, inconsstcntly. This was
ie, ni.o,r' i,i;,oroI In;, r,ysolf IN this viso
= n.y. t,a,,c,h 10 ,lo,Lt r,oe wro,
lu- tiionSnv' .n"" e hohv tn van would
not 'iias 'iit 'tu s'n,,isi, ,,on WI r,w noto,
oi PlV,S i';,,oanho, w. i,o',r ,artl, IN nnohIo "
ne ,''l pL,, '.t,,nt llsorvotion to oain furt
tn" ~; Jomoo Ior -, encb vevpd nncstions
IL rIn'u ,h",ho. +hn infant gathers lis ideas
am nnoo by fecling about. whether il
, OF conscious of itself, etc. wen,
riu rI " hn,n from nv infant in these mattr
iH ms unlcsa u T can ret inside her and think
ne, thnuahta " I" Her thoughts ?" CRIED
1nS :,S; in amazcment YOU don't mean to
". VIII 80, a o;rl9 Good pracious you are