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


:: alone with him In his den, my courage re
turned, and with It some indignation.
confronted him, and sternly asked hin
why had not been told that he was ,
father. ,grl
mot been told ?" echoed be; do yor
Baby ~. IN, 800
. mot so much as that It was" replied
gloomily.
He was overwhelmed; Of course he had
supposed Il At every one knew i,--of couist
hlty'people ought to have told me, who Of
course had told me everything else. Al
last my curiosity Rot the better Of my In.
. dignation, and cut short his apologies by
beginning my questions.
Does the shape Of his head conten,
you 2pI asked.
The shape Of whose trhatf cried the
philosopher, apparently too surprised ioi
grammar. I.ts
,."Oi The babys head, OF course" I 70.
Piled, tartlyi"l merely wished to know II
the child va likely to DO as intellectual as
sequently.' .@r.T
This was too much, and assuming nv 80,
verest manner | delivered myself in this
wise:t" ~ thought, though no doubt was
wrong. that The use Of baby to you would
be partly. to furnish you with raw material
ior q philosopher, partly to enable you by
constant observation to gain further evi.
dence bearing On such ve1ed questions, as,
whether the infant gains i,s lucas OF space
ny iee!ing about, whether 1t is conscious Of
"Well," be said, laughing, II don't ex.
pect much help from my infant in thoee
'matters; unlfts ]. can ret inside her and
think her thouHhis," -
"Her thoughts?" cried !, in au,,zsmeus:
"you don't mean to gay it's Girl? Good
gracious! you are not going to educate a 10.
male philosopher"
Hs looked rather vexed,
~! course It's girl" he said, 49,
gaspsd. -'F '''pA'
Dear mil" said he, somewhat testify.
isn't It enough to be father Of noble
womsn2" ' " " "'0''
Now, I have often put I'm with a oreat
deal from my learned friend; but there is a
tafnlng point even for the worm, and 10,
pedy VIII sit forever at the feet which are
COZ stantly. kicking him. / had been
snnobed more than enough by this illopi.
cal parent, and assuming my mos. sarcas ic
manner, irqnirtd with an appearances Of
deierence, "ls It not rather early to speak
OF your daughter as noble womal p
MOT at al" said the philosopher,
:. Ill.
l bad kept aloof from the philosopher for
some weeks nursing my wrath, like Achil.
les said to myself-cross as a bear, over.
heard my landlady say in the passage
when l received hssty note begging me
to come to him at once. iancied mvee,f
summoned to council of chiefs; so, hsy.
ing donned my shining amor, 1 lett nv
tent with fitting dignity and descended
With ciang into the plain,
An unusual silence held nv. fr;ond,s
house that morning. The door was onened
belore had time to ring, by melxpcholv
lootman, who noisslessly ushered me- ;nto
the study. It was my lot to be- auain
rooted to the spo. with amsxement Rv
tne bookcase, Ia a shaded corner of thu
room, With hishead bowed upon his hands
knslt the phils sopher. A'''0''
here was lorg step from the se;pe n,
Iroy-irom the SIMPLE wrath of a c6;,d.
Ike hero to the most complex emharrasa.
ment Of an heir OF all the ayes VIA,
should I do? Tbs dismal men,sI had a ID
10 inc shades, without word, without
even = glance Into the room. III re-
aea.eo, lett my friend unaided, and re-.
nalneu ignorant Of the cause Of his strange
conduct. HIadvanced was again the IN.
stuoer On q scene not prepared for nv in.
a, !, ln an agony of hesitation I fell to brush.
|an& mypas with my elbowS bus.Aosaaaffsl
the exp cted rsliet in The occ6ipalioif i Wa
about to des:st when my hat decided :whsf
my head could not, by falling witha crack
on the h,or. "'''A f" - an
The e1.ct was electrical. Without one
glance at the intruder, the philosopher
made . grab at the nesrest book .shelf
dragged out volume which had not been
touched Tor half century, and hunted for
nothing IN lts pages with frantic eaverness
De wts still AZ it, when I stood over
him and noted without wonder that he
held the book upside down, Than
with the poorest imitation of gu surprise
which ! have ever seen, be rose end s1ra.o 3
ed my hand. - - '"'p-
You found me on the Irack Of r aon,a.
!nine," ne said; Twas looking II out III Fl
Here it occurred to him that be did not
know the name OF the venerable tonic
which be had 60 rudely disturbsd., ami
WIN q heightened color and sudden
change OF manner he turned quickly to
me and said, My child is ill.,"
81 iett positively guilty. I had been |
angry with that baby for making my wise
friend tooiish, Tor not being boy, for be-
ing called "a noble woman" Wss it not
shameful that great hulkiug brute should |
sneer at a weak thing that could not eyen,l
answer with tauns? Were not nv clum. |
~ sarcasms, enough 10 crush 30 delicate Il |
plsni? Tbs POOR little noble womanN
was in danger, and l could do nothing To-
help her. There wers tears in the eyes
which were looking into mine for comtor, i
ou. had nothing ready to say, III
II could not stand being alone" he |
muttered, after a short silence; "ths DOCTOR
IS with her now, and In a moment + may
hear that my little daughter muslin tact |
may hear the worst" III
While he WAS speS king, seemed to hayet
fifty consoiing remarks 10 offer; but when,E
ne stopped, no one sentence would olsen.
gage itseli from the rest. Whist | blurtedt
ont at last seems almost ridiculous ASH
look back on it.
You must hope for the BEST" l said:l
you know she has youth on her s;de, m3sssl
The words wers scarcely out Of itmEi|
mouth when | heard measured stspupbn
the slalre; presently the door was oponed'
by anoiseless lootmsn, and the mpat: js-
nous OF Trlmountain doctors entered
room; NY friend leaned heavily on ny !