Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-29

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 ,; saT anisluco s7auasI rot s'aaFaAH ,.ss.H s.s.l ss,s1 ..a.iasssaal2s asgalla! ' H1E 5n57J1E ;Jg1J7IzY-sDTH or nTSwT y1 all-Tmy sad social history mS aspisatjpns esld ny woes cn5o,lnaslpg ln ths Im9astFogs nal s I msas efs Nessasslo IJ0oussdn dnt6 she s4iascdTed,
 depEeriated, left eatsr ssd all fok ei lunkiess
 oss ~ JDs i Maas pfsfsiEsd ssfoes es I ne.ii Mis- HaE seemed G cohsfdesf indSy fnod l estyekcessiva1sdThen sRefemasked peftinsnfi 1 Ysasll., agitslsda sseM ,gqDof < n Neither Adonis nor Mars would have any start with Miss Arne. They could have. .'ln no ns, I sympathy with her fasofite scientiHc vstads Iess lsaItlloa aa3x9a3s H zus41I yd .a.sisa ] NOT ]; they were omitted in my educa- F ton, said I in nournfnl way.
 r sItis not sshyness shatelsinders you from re- moving that bafriefs she said. d.s6H seeaoar + A hint,, If could not lead 8 cotilloa, act
 in comedy, or sing sentimental songs, had I net other qualities q Jaire 0Gloir? Next day sent for asbushei of hooksr- Darwin. Hnxl Icy, Wallace: all tue newest and. best works S Ion science hencef6rth peopled my shelves. l Novels and plays were ruthlessly elected. 1
 6uFied lnyseif in the soiogies fofsook tlIeatnes
 Raidino calls, sfekgot the way lsoe theaParkl F The Museum became my lounge, the Royal Institution my Burlington. It is incredible l the rapid progress you can make even with a
 serious study if you give your mind to it. In Miss Hale fonnd my first lady friend, and
 under her wing stepped into new circles, where took fresh departure in ladies' socie- 1 ty. She was lady of good family, whom | necessity had compelled to spend her youth in 1 teaching. Later a small inheritance had set | her free to devote her middle age to her ruling
 passion for astronomy. She had 8 snug little
 house at Richmond, where she gave, snug lit
 tie dinners, and kept two large telescopes on
 the lawn, where she spent the summer nights sweeping for stars, calculating nebu@. She was kindness itselt to me; and here. in the.
 company of Dr., Victora Vivian, Mrs. Haller,
 and others new social possibilities in myself
 were revealed to me. felt was getting on; stammered less, nearly got rid of nervous twitch in my'eye. sI found out that my fore
 head had good points, and took care to display them; carried myself upright, and ventured again to look people ia the face..h Beatrice I
 only saw at the society's lectures. where held,
 aloof, and soemniy forbade Miss Hale to in ftroduce me- Meantime, what mercy not to | think of her as twirling round a ballroom in, Barry's arms, gazing stock for supercilious fops r If she was looking lovingly Ut any thing. itlwas at the lineaments of aiinnocent lizard or. some exquisite gem of . spider ;i if leaning on anyones arm, that of some wizen- faced professor, full of wisdom and years. One lecture-night the lecturer made grave
 mistake, as lecturers do sometimes, which passed unnoticed, as mistakes will, by the best-read audiences. He called the misletoe a perfect parasite. the dodder an imperfect one. It electrified me. Like school-boy before an examination, had all my little knowledge at
 my fingers ends. At the end of the lecture veutered to rise, and respectfully ask what,he | meant. Did not the misletoe, by means of it's own leaves, supply itself with carbon, while the leafless dt>dder sucked the sustenance for it's flowers frons the plant it clung to, and al ways killed? Sure of my ground, spoke fl,.ently. at elicted applause. The lecturer l courteously admitted his error--a slip of the
 tongue or of memory saw at least dozen
 ladies beholding me with respect and interest. Several members addressed questions and ob- servations to me. I answered readily, and finally felt two dark-blue eyes fixed on me in eloquent approvaG a'b"a3@th| 51@ Vg% o'E' ,@' '''Now, Mir. Anstruther,' ? said Miss Hale q
 really must introduce you to Miss Arne." .,. Such a favorable moment had never in my
 life turned up before. But. with all my l newly acquired aplom6, I was difident now, 1 and dumb. till her low grave voice said,f itO ! "Are you going to Epping with us on Fri day ?" l. tUs." was the Field Naturalist. The ex- [ cursion was to be headed by Professor Om- nium, who would hold extempOre lectures on common ways objects sSnsaht sa'ae ," IS 1, ssEhat Lam, "bIsfeturned promptly; and there our conversation, nded.,sIs went home, and dreamt of Friday next..,srr w.n ,a ,,.s \ It was the Eton and Harrow match-day at Lords 'a Barry had his choice of six drags to lanch on. sn1 si&R7i81b g.dr3~catE aa }on sna l. Coming, old fellow ?" he drawled. meet-
 
 l Engaged. T said l.. a3lssas -g8ssxs ss lo ,ig .'Eh r incredulously. e., a; 4s.t -x.. fs, | ''To Epping Forest" ''....
 '.Epping fiddIestieks! Are you mad p'' 1 . .li l. s'As,a hatter,"I I returned, tripping past him | downstairs, Barry cast a mystifed stare after the butterfly y-net and collectors box 1 carried 1 with me. Is 1ssu tl..s @4p 4t.ls 2. ..egs4a.,. E 1 For had become an ardent student. Once
 enter ''the fairyland of sclence," once dip in 1 to the mysteries of Life and her children" |" | from whatever motive, and you will soon l grow as sincere an enthusiast as the Veriest bee:le-maniac and fungus-faDatic, as rapt and
 absorbed in their specu Iations as any poet or l lover in the universe Ss74 f'1'@t '7 f.1 s. | A score of us Field Naturalists met at the l station. A number of ladies crowded round me, eager to learn the result of certain exper-
 mepts they knew me to have been lately try ing with ants. l suspected Sir John Lubbock
 of undertaking the color-sense of these, insects, 1 and whilst testing it in novel ways, had made | some interesting observations which manag- ed to impart to my fair hearers with ucidity, l though Beatrice was listening An advance. 1 Only despaired of eyer venturing to accost
 her my social accomplishments, after all, fell ] shcrt of great occasion. Crumbs of comfort there were. Among the gentlemen of our party l was young barrister had met long ago in | ''seciety. He was in love with sweet girl l graduate, studying for her natural-science | examination, who was one of those most clam orous to hear about my recent investiga-
 tions He looked st me so jealcusiy that
 could have hugged him. No one had ever
 looked jealously at me before. l. The more he
 scowled the lighter my spirits. never dream | ed to trffing witt his i7aasGnaorGtG. I am no 1 flirt. But what relief to my strong sense of l justice to be no longer doing myself injustice, everlastingly, as of yore! You are changed,
 Johnny AnstrutheE. you are changed. Why. how, was a mystery; the fact was patent. In l the general conversation that followed took my full share. z Our talk, reader, was not of
 the Grosvenor, the French play, the last ball.
 or bit of club gossip but of light and heat and
 magnetism, electrically, organic germs. atoms,
 molecules, comets and skies. won't say no | filtration went on; but Beatrice had no part l nor lot in this,t and my most dangerous rival l was certainly Professor Omnium. But E. what l availed her fancy freedom. if, regenerated
 though I was, l let the hours go without dar- 1 ing to snatch a word i? S5Sl1 5di 2el9sSt hgA During our forest peranbulations the Pro-
 fessnr had snecessively iectured us on Dead l Kettle, al Newt, Cockchafers, and the Skee-
 ton of Crow We then, got scattered, and t wandered about, s'evolutionists at large"
 l Myleyes followed Beatrice. She had stray
 ed downitosa little pond, rand stood bending
 over, .Narcissus-like. s Espying some rare
 aquatic plants. she tried to reach them, | flew to the spot the recalling word Miss | Hale had once said refrained resoiutely from ! assisting her, merely waiting ready to, rescue l her if she should slip She did not, but se-
 cured the flowers, and. turning to me, sad. Y f "Thank you for letting me get them my l sell. "H5S tytoisia io l6fl A aIase sad ua9Ilil l ''I felt sure you wanted to-" faltered. de- | lighted. "Who- cares much for specimens
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