The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-19

! l uluONUI uUhN DAD l.
ny 1gSHY layton.
had been considering for about yea
whether should marry Winifred Har
way, when I heard that she was engaged Il
the Philosopher.
why did abe accept him? True, DO i
both imaginative and critical; but iacultie
exercised in the formation Of rsyehologi
cal hypothesis and the laborious dcsuuc
ton Of those Of ones nsighher do not usu
ally rouse the sympathy Of bright al.
beautiful girl, who Is more Il. 10 live thar
to think about lie.
He idcer,ainly handsome. but az certain
ly his clothes are barbarous. His trouserl
cannot keep their ehspe for q day, and hI
hats are never new. II he notices tn.
rain, he opens an umbrella that nigh
have served as nm Intellectual protection a
the time Of tho Dslug.; II he finds out thu
It is cold, he assumes coat that NIGH
have been tho every day coat OF Mpthuse
lab. Ia short, though he Ia a true friend
he Is al uncr mfor,abs acquaintance; auc
bis volcanic ul.eraAcsa, aiter long psriod.
Of calm contemplation cause such shocks e
one's nerves rs would be conveyed 10 ihi
Sunday citizen by an eruption Of B.acor
Hill.
But 1t wss odd that the beautiful Wini.
fred Hanway should marry my friend, II
was yet mere odd that he should marry
any one, for there was no topic mora ces
tain to Excite IN explosion in the philoso
pher than the excessive population Of ,ht
country, and the wholesome solitude Of The
Thinker. Il
Glow" be would fercely ak, "can
man think efeclually on Fundamental
sat jscts, who Is compelled by the despie
able circumstance oil hiH lie to exhausl
| bis analy,ical faculty In considering how
TO pay his butcher and when 10 buy hit
coal? tell you Sir, it's better to s,arye
With cold and hunger than 10 dsbsse ONES
noblest part to aame OF skill with q grasp
ing grocer"
Again and again I had heard him de-
claim In this .preposterous fashion; and
after all he was going to the altar likv any
o!htr victim, snd wonld dGub,less take u
houEe upon his back with the docility OF a
snail.
l could not golvs the problem; I would
not give 1t up. So, full Of the determine.
ton to drsg Dicgenes out OF his tub, and
the secret out Of Diogenea, stepped round
the corner to offer my congratulations Ny
friend was In h,ss,udy, apparently wri irg
u " NJ Y,Suh IA, 4
III 1t achtd, and blushed Internationally.
Still 1t WAS evident that the philosopher
bad something ready to say, and waa
nervously anxious tosay it. Indeed had
hardly Said more than ''my dear fellow, l
don't know when really am 90
swiully glad, - it's in eyery way
go, such u satisfactory, you know :.
| really do wish all possible, and all that
sort II thing you know"-when no burst
in with speech 90 aaen,ly delivered thai.
| knew that WAS not his earliest visitor
that morning.
"Ot course it's taken you by surprise, !"
he said, ''as knew i. would; but the truth
is, that Fhsve been thinking Of 1t Tor q
long time, and l am eureI am right"
Hers Tried to get In an expression OF
wonder at his new notion Of duty, but he
was bent on being rid Of the mstler, and
hurried on to bis reasons.
In the first piece" said he, ~ am sure
that instead Of increasing my domestic
worrits, my marriage will transfer them in
body to my wifi; and secondly, when l
consider the vast humber OF fools who art
every day born into the world, 1 am teri.
fled by The picture OF what the next yener-
alton will be il tho thinkers OF this are to
be without SUCCESSORS"
Having discharged his reasons in this
Wis, the orator, s,ocd blinking, at ma as il
hefeared Dissent, But TFwas too, ssiouinndtti
by bis magnificent audacity to reply,
Slowly looE Ct peace stole bsck into h,s
face, pleasant light da~ned into his eyes,
and the promise Of smile at the corner OF
his mouth. His remarkable fluency was
gone, md, indeed, bis voice sounded quits
choky when Eo said, Johnny, you don't
know what an angel she IT,"
A light broke upon me. PHILOSOPHER"
I said, II bellows You are going 10 b. mar.
ried because you fell ia low. T.
"Perhsps you are right" said the phi
losopher.
Alter the wedding the philosopher and
his wife went to Europe Tor an indefinite
period, and their Boston friends heard but
little OF them. He wrote to nobody, and
she did not write to me. Yet there were
occasional rumo,s. Now they we're breath.
ing the keen air Of the Z 'padins; now he
WIS lashing himself to fre1zy over the
treasures Of Rome; now she was gazing with
her eweOt. eyes acIuss the glowing splendor
Of the Bay Of Naples. Then they were in
Germany, and about to settle for lie in q
university town, but anon had fed from it
in haste alter long nights dispute, in The
course Of which my learned friend had
we'll nigh come to blows with the uuiyer.
si,y's most celebrated professor.
At last l heard that they we're home
again and, iull Of enthusiasm, darted
round the corner to welcome them back.
Nobody was With them but Mrs. Hsnwsy,
Winiired's mother. would enter unan.
nounced, and surprise the philts ,pher. !
entered unannounced and was surprised
myself.
. Was this the G,ct Of matrimouy or OF
foreign travel? Each occupant Of the room
was engaged in an exercise wholly uncon.
nected, as it seemed, with those Of the rest.
My friends vile, the lady whom had
almost loved; queen Of all grace and come
liness, vas appearing and disappearing
like L Ssh behind the morning paper,
showing at the moments OF disclosure a
face Il ,shed With excitement, and lustrous
coils Of hair tumbled in the widest dsor.
der, while che accompanied the whole PER.
torrance with Strange and inarticula.e
sounds.
: Her mother, the asme Mrs. Hanway
who was so perfect model 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