Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-23

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experiments their success is con-
clusive.n
Inference from PARTICULARS" l
objected, sis unsound, unless their
number be so great as to eliminate
chance. That cannot be here. And
how can you be sure that among the
essential factors in the working OF your
machine there are not some local circum-
stances and accidents you cannot carry
about with you 2"
81 have tried it hundred times" he
said sit has not once failed"
"But have you considered the
antecedents that have been present on the
occasion of each trial-the climate OF
Devonshire, for instance, the vicinity of the
sea By what method, should like to
know can you have arrived at the certain
knowledge that these, the invariable
antecedents to the successful working of
your machine, are not causally connected
with it, and that it will continue to work
when these are not present :"
| have proof enough" he said, "to con-
| vince me.
Your confidence" retorted, "capnot
| possible he speculatively defended, and
you have not even come to the question OF
proof"
II start for London tonight" was
all he replied.
Thoroughly out Of patience, left the
room to find my cousin, to solicit his aid in
bringing the mutineers to reason. lie
was not indoors /; but presently described
him fastening up through the grounds,
with an elastic step. went to meet and
accost him, but h anticipated me.
| "Nonsuch,' he cried, 81 have seen her
She has been here ~
| "Whom have you seen ~
"Sophia-and Viva is with her. They
have come with a yachting party from
and climbed up the hill on purpose to look
at the place."
Nonsense, said l, impatiently.
"But tell you saw them distinctly,
in the distance. They stood for some
time looking at the house through the
trees-I think Sophia put her pocket
handkerchief to her eyes-then hurried
down to Join their friends in the boat.
My mind is made up. shall go over to
Torquay, find them out, and ascertain ii
there is really no chance for me with
Sophia. Perhaps | was too precipitate
before. You will come with me. Viva may
listen now"
First prove to me, said | promptly,
what you have not-namely, that you
have seen Sophia"
"How could be mistaken She was
not so far of as that"
"Your thoughts, suspect, have lately
been dwelling on her without intermissior
your Inauguration may be heated
your brain disordered. Hallucination,
under these conditions are extremely
common"
"But, saw her, N0nsuch. She wore q
dark blue yachting costume trimmed
with white, and straw hat witt
ribbons"
THAT proves nothing,"I interposed
''but the possible vividity of the illusion
Many like instances | could quote.
lady, whose imagination had beei
dwelling on drinking fountains, saw on,
on the road as she passed-saw it dis
, tinctly, even reading the Inscription
over it, and described it afterwar,
infinitely to friend The whole erection
however, proved to be the purest fgmen
of her brain. What proof have you tina
the alleged appearance of Sophia was no
= mere igment of yours %
He broke in with an exclamation to
: unphilosophical to be quoted here, turne'
: on his heel, and went indoors to pack hi
trunk.
To make long story short, the sam
evening was left alone, the single faith
full representative of the fraternity, CON
forted by the sense that isolation is tn
: invariable accompaniment of menta
a superiority. My dissatisfaction RENAME
= undiminished by subsequent events.
=, is true my planter writes lie is thrivin
u well in Jamaica. The merchant inform
y me that the results of his last ventur
u have surpassed his most brilliant eXpeC
> tations. Six weeks after our dispersion
e Franks marriage to Sophia was an
e nounced in the Times. In conclusion IL
me say that | regard the question OF IN
parentage as satisfactorily settled, if onl
{ by my mothers will, entirely in my favor
e that Lord Herbert has taken Double
= First at oxford, and am now willing t
!, indorse the general opinion of his talent,
As to Viva, she vet remains unmarried
= which justiies me in deciding that he
. attachment for me was deeprooted, and
y am further justified in this conclusion b
2 the fact that (thanks to an accidents
- meeting ana 10 hef power OF penetration
y | have before Inc now tiny, delicate not
y in which she has at last consented I
!, !, name the happy day when | shall ca
Il her mine. 1t is needless to add that | al
e no longer an advocate of agnoilogy an
u have come to the conclusion, through eH
= perence, that though in sense oppose
u to principle strictly interpreted it is bett,
!, to owe your prosperity to a departul
u from the precepts of reason than to /
J. ruined by rigid adherence to its adm,
a nitiOns
y Ttfts