The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-05-18
THE PROFESSOR.
El ANTHONY r.. ANDERSON

Ei ANTHONY r.. ANDERSON.
| but that's NONSENSE, YOU know,
Emothrr,' said Gray Clement. imputicni-
! ~. ''aboui my staying ia the house. and
all that sort nf thing. Because | have
been sick is moi an infalliblc sign that
IN i'll yet. think fresh air and :, brisk
walk will do me- more good than any
thing else. and I'm going To take them.
DR. Finnc, Notwithstanding
! Gray, don't be- RASH exclaimed
Gray handsome mother, genuine ter
ror and alarm in her voice. IF you
| must 20 ont, then order the carriage. :"
Il shall walk, said Gray. in II tone
which Mrs. Clement knew from long ex-
pcricnce il was useless To combat. at =
too warm To la shut up ia that uncom-
Portable coupe. aud tp take an airing in
| the phtrton will onl, make me more Ia
| ~ lhau ever.
Here, are the goggles, them said
Mrs. Clement, with u little sigh of rrsi9-
! nation. You know how bal sunshine
is Tor Your eyes in their weak state
Il am nothing but II bf. baby in your
! estimation. il seems" laughed Gray, rs
he adjusted the huge. green things he
| fore the glass. The more hidco,ls YOU,
make me appear. the happier you seem
| Ia feel.
You could never look otherwise than
like a gentleman, Gray" said Mrs.
Clement, with maternal pride. But il
| yot Ead moi ov"rrNcrted Your brain and
eyes 50 much AT heidelberg last year, all
this car" and worry could be dispensed
with.
Never mind that now. mother dear"
| SAID Gray, feeling 4 slight twingc of re-
| morse, rs lc loosod ut her fair. anxious
| face. I'm almost all right now, YOU
know. AMI what done cant be uII-
done.
Then. kissing her good-bye, and
prom my not Ia 90 far, he strobe down
the great stone steps, gaily whistling
Robin Adair'
IL WAS Il lovely August day, and Gray
! found the air SO pure and bracing that
he walked much further than he had in
tended la.
lie had walked several miles out OF
| the city before he realized that he was
| becOmiG" very tired.
The sunshine was 50 warm. too, that
his brain began Ia reel.
lie decided To ask Tor a drink of water
III the very next house. AMI rest there
before returning home.
| The next house proved Ia be an ele-
giant. picturesque villa, in the Queen
| Anne stylc 0f architecture, with spacious
garden and orchards. Everything was
in the rnosl refined, exquisite taste.
A young girl was bending over a
roschu~h, clipping the great blushinS
flowers, and arranging them in bon
| guct.
GRAY thought he had never seen such
Il fair vision in all his life. Her hair
hung in two shining braids down to her
waist, aud was tied with rose-colOred
ribbons.
| She was clad in the most bcwitching
| Of German peasant costumes, which
barely reached the trim ankles.
II Gray had been less exhausted with
his walk. less dizzy, and il the hideoIs
goggles had not obscured his sight, lac
would certainly have noticed that the
gown Was of TOO rich Il fabric for peas
ants wear. and that it was more of Il
modern aesthetic costume than anything
else.
Pardon me, he said, raising his hat
with his old, inimitablc grace: 'may
trouble you for Il drinl; of water? The
heat has made me decidedly thirsty"
lie spoke in German. without making
any serious grammatical blunders
thanks la his Heidelberg training.
The girl looked quietly up at the
sound Of his voice, evidently not catch
ing the meaning of his words, the sur
priSed look on her face quickly succeed
cd by one of pleasure and delight.
| You are Professor Van Ihiel!' she
exclaimed. holding out both her hands
which. you may he sure. Gray was not
long in taking.
She spoke in German, too, but by no
means with the iluency Of Il native.
I'm ever SO glad you decided u
come at last. even il twas 1T the elev'
enth hour Oh. why didn't yOu come
before? We have been waiting fOr you
over II month: but now mamma has
gone Ia New York. I'm so sorry, but
she didn't expect you'd come at all. you
see.
But here I'm chaitcring away, with
out even Introducing myself. I'm Celia
Mamna has been sounding your praise
so mucii-cvcr since she came iron
Germany pardon me for saying so
that ! know yo,i right away.
.Grandma and auntie will be so de
hghtcd Ia see YOU! You must stay will
us till mamma comes from New York
which will be- in u fortnight, think.
But you are i'll, Herr Van Thiel
How th0ughtlcss Of me! OF course TIN
long walk from the station has been yer,
wcalSmmc Ii you had only let m'
known when you were coming, ] shoul'
have driven out for you myself. "
70 do Gray Clement justice, he ha'
really intended To announce who IN
was, when he discovered that Celia War
ner took him for Professor Max Val
Thiel. whoever he might be. But IN
felt so faint and i'll that the though
slipped from his dizzy brain before
. was half formed.
The next moment he found himself il
the Warmers parlor, undergoing an in
PRODUCTION to Grandma Warner.
charming old lady Of sixty, who imme
diately became sympathetic at sight q
his pale, handsome face, and who dc
clarcd in queer mixture of German
and English, which would have sounde
> very funny To Gray on any other Occ:
sion, that he must retire at once to hi
own room, and rest.
During the night he was tempted I
Z take French leave, and would have don
go but for his weakness. He promise
himself To fully explain the mistake ]
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