The sun., 1880-02-22
TIE PnoEESSOR,s EXPERIMENT.

ty, that one-half bottle makes yon kind but
irm. two make you tolkatyc md obstinate. and
three recklcssly unreasonable.
II the waiter at tho Prinz Carl in Heilcberg
had possessed soul ubove drink.monoy, he
might have calculated accurately the cfr'ct Of
the six half bottles Of Airrn'hnior which ho
fetched to the apartment OF the ltnv. DR.. Bell
glory at the six o'clock dinner for three That
is to say, he might have dCduced this story in
advance by observation of the TACT that Of
tho six half bottles ono was consumed
Ivy Miss Blanche Balglory, two went to tho
Reverend Doctor. her father. while the rcmain-
ing moiety iell to tho share Of young Strou,, re-
motely of New York and Immediately OF Prof.
Schwanks psycho-neurolo.ical section in the
University.
SO when in the course OF the evening tho Doc
tor fell asleep in his chair. and young Strout
took opportunity to put TO Miss Blanche a ques-
ton which he had already Hskcd.her twice, once
at Saratoga Springs and once in New Yotk city.
she returned the answer lie had heard on two
former occasions, hut In terms even more firm.
while not less kind than before. She declared
her unalterable determination to abide by her
parents wishes.
This was not exactly pleasing to young Strout.
He knew better than anybody else that while
approving him socially and hum1ny the Doc
tor abhorred his opinions. " No man" tho
Doctor had repeatedly said. who denies the
objective verify Of knowledge derived from intn-
ition or otherwise by subjective metlods-no
man who pushes noumcna inside in his impct-
nous pursuit OF phenomena can make u safe
husband for my child"
He said tho same thing again in n great many
words and with much emphasis afer he awolte
from his nap. Miss Blanche having discrcetly
withdrawn.
" But. my dear Doctor" urged Strout this
is an affair OF the heart. not of metaphysics and
,ou leave for Nuremberg tomorrow. aud now
Is my last chunce."
You are an excellent young man in several
respects rcjoned the Doctor. "Abjure your
gross materialsm and Blanche is yours with
all my heart. Your antecelents are uncXcep-
tionnble. but you are intellectually impresnated
with the most dangerous heresy Of this or any
other age. II should counteuance it by giving
you my daughter. could never look the Prince
ton Faculty in the face"
" 1t appears to mo that this doesn't concern
the Princeton Faculty in the least" persisted
Strout 1t concerns Blanche and me-"
Here then were three people. two Of them
young and in love with each other, divided by
question OF metaphysics. the most abstract and
useless question that ever wasted human effort
But that same question divided tho schools Of
Europe for centuries and contributed largely to
the list OF martyrs for opinions sake Tho
the six half bottles OF Air.nthal'r, three OF them
stouty holding ground against the other three.
mo argument IN the world" SAID the Doc
tors two half bottles can shake my decision"
und off he went to sleep again.
mo amount of coaSiug said Miss Blanches
half bottle two hours later in the evening " can
make me act contrary to pnpa's wishes. But"
continued the half bottle in Z whisper. " AIN
sorry he is so stubborn"
q, ,br
half bottles. You have no moro heart than
one OF your fathers non-indiyidualized Ileus.
You are not real flesh anf blood like other
women. You are simply Extension. made u p
OF an aggregate Of concepts and assuming to DO
Entity. and imposing your unreal existence
upon poor devil like me. You are unreal
say. flaw in logic. an error OF the senses.
fallacy in reasoning. misplaced premiss and
what becomes OF you? Pun Aw1y YOU -
into nil. II it were otherwise you would care
for me. What fool am to love YOU! l might
as well love n memory, q thought. a dream.
mathematical formula. ru!e OF syntaN. or
InythinG else that lacEs objective existence"
She said nothing. but the tears came into her
ryes.
"Good-hy Blanche" he continued Mt the
Ioor. pulling his hat over his eyes and not
observing the look OF pain and bswillcrment
that clouded her fair face" Heaven bless you
SylloCism!"
S;rout went wt!stlinG from the Prlnz Carl
Hotel to~asi his rooms in the pl6rEetras1r.
He reviewed his parting with Blanche. 80
much the better. perhaps, he suil to himself.
"One dream lcss in lie, AMI more room for
realities" By tho clock in tho market place
he saw that it was hai-past nine; for the full
moon hanging nigh above tho K6uiE'tuhle
Jaj ha and nj 'lay ypi. IA 1ffyr -,
the side OF the hill the gigantic ruin of the old
castle stood boldly out from among tn trees.
He stopped whistIin= and gr rrtsl his teeth.
Pshaw ~ he said aloud, "one can't put II
his convictions like pair Of uncomfortable
boots. After ALL love is nothing moro nor loss
than the disintegration and recombnn,ion Of
certain molecules Of the brain or marrow. the
exact laws governing which have not yet been
ascertained." So saying. he ran plump InIo u
portly individual coming down tho street.
"Halol Herr Strout." said the jolly voice Of
Prof Schwank. "Whithec are you going 50
fast and what kind Of physiology talk you to
the moOn?"
Il am walking of three half bottles Of your
cursed Atfenthaler, which have gone to my feet.
Herr Professor" replied S:rout; "anl I am
making love to the moon. It's an old affair be-
tween us"
And your lovely American friend ?" de-
manded the fat Professor. with chuci!e.
Departs by tho mornin. train" rep!iel
Strout. gravely.
Himmeisbli,z'nw exclaimed tho Professor.
And grief has blinded you sothat You pluAGe
into the ablomens of your elders But come
with M 10 my room. and smoke yourself into a
philos0phc frame Of mind"
Prof. SrhwInl's Hplrtn.uts faced the uni
versity buildings in the LUlw,-.- Ilnz. Es,ab-
lished in comfortable arm'Hp.r. wi,I a piro