Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-23


vas abls to have the bonse, vas 70 q
s,rsighs to Pruirssor Nitrogeaes Penny
weisks
sir ss;d he. Il am oxidizing with . de
sire TO know chemistry. | have an afhnit
tor il. / am not 3 boy, but know how 4
be student VIII you accept me as |
pupiiT =.
will IT, was the reply; should so noble
an ambition as yours remain uusstisded
No; from this moment consider yourself N!
special care"
Ard so Alfred SWinburne Cottle, once {
poet and dreamer, was plunged headlone
into seething vortex of NCi and co
For a year he was hardly ever heard of il
Noesis. Few persons saw him as he rap
idly passed between his lodgings and Pro
lessor Pennyweights private laboratory
with pale face, unkempt Hair and stained
hands. Several times he met Hypatia, but
he bowed and passed on, and
she. perceiviDg his strange appear
ance and demeanor, shook her head and
msrveled greatly as to what had come over
him Rejected young men IN Noesis never
act strangely; they always acted reason,
ubly and il one could not get the girl who
was his frat choice he tried TO get her who
was bis eecond AZ for Cottle, he looked
upon Hypa,is with utter indifference.
| He could not even realize that he had
once felt a sentiment toward her. More
than that, 80 great was the change in
him, he could not remember what senti-
ment was. Love was to him q myth, and
Hypatis simply q woman. People told
him that she was the greatest cook OF her
age. He was glad to hear it. he, too, in
tended to do something which should make
him great, but it would be chemical great
| mesa.
At the end of his year of hard study he
was perfect master of the science of chem
istry. Nothing appered too, difficult for
him to master at a glance. Pro-
fessor Pennweight declared that such
powers of acquisition bad never
been seen before. He vowed that Alfred
Swinburne Cottle now knew more about
chemistry than any man in Noesis. Upon
the heels of this remarkable statement fol-
lowed the announcement that he had dis
covered method of making a beautiful
emerald coloriDg for wall paper out of the
chlorophyl of plants, thus doing away with
the dangerous colors manufactured on q
metallic base. The discovery was hailed
with Joy, because the Noesians knew that
green was heallhful color for the eyes to
rest upon, and had been deferred from using
wall paper Of that tint only by the knoWi-
edge that poisonous particles existed in it.
Cottle sprsng into fame at single bound
By the advice Of Professor Pennyweight he
announced that he would lecture in the
| Town Hall on the uses of the coloring mat
ter of plants An immense audience greet.
ed him. His lecture was listened to with
breaihless interest," and his experiments were
spplauded. He drew mathematical dia-
grams on the blackboard to please the fac
Qlty Of the High School, and he produced a
beautiful green light from chlorophane to
amusG the children.
Hyparia was there Of course. In the
midst cf his discourse great idea came to
her This man had once asked her TO be
his wife, and she had refused. But how he
had changed Was it too late now? She
would make the attempt. She felt that
they would be mated nov, for he was worthy
of the baud of the best woman in Noesis
After the lecture she persuaded her aunt
and uncle, with whom abe lived, to wait
fer the lecturer She met him as he left
the buit ing a addressed him:
Are you in q great hurry, Mr.. Co!tleY'
mot very great, Miss Green"
| viii you walk home with us and drink q
cup of my best tear
Your tea, believe, is made on purely
scientific principles, is it not"
"Oh certainly"
Then will partake Of it.
Alfred Swinburne Cottle had fallen into
the trap; from that day forward ne was
haunted b Hypstia Green. Did he 60 to
lecture in the hall, che was waiting for him
when be was through; if he detected the
| presence OF ozone in the atmosphere and
went forth 10 inhale it, she was by his side.
Hypatia would have repealed with scorn any
insinuatiou that there was plotting in this.
She felt drawn to Cottle by an irresistible
impulse. The impulse grew till it became
| fixed tendency OF her MUD toward his, and
that was what in Noesis corresponded TO
| love.
This constant compsnionship between
the two continued tor month. The CHI
max came one day when the leaves were
Just beginning to turn. They were walk
ing together just beyond the outskirts of the
Town. Cottle had gone in search Of a Ger.
tain herb, and Hypatis, as usual, had gone
in search OF Cottle.
DO YOU know" he said, that | believe
my cooking is far from being perfectY
Il am not surprised at that he answered
calmly. Science can go long distance.
That is it exactly. My cooking is, SO
far as it goes, scientific, but my science
does net go far enough. I-I-think that
chemistry would be Of great assistance to
cooking.
Hypa,ia's eycs sought the ground. Cottle
look ed around quickly at her.
"Hypatis," he said, you are woman Of
IDEAS. Food prepared on strict chemica
principles would be thoroughly nutritious
ard ttolesome"
We'll" continued Hypstia, without rails
ing h.r eyss, Il have the cooking, snd-anc
-you-you have the chemistry"
"ALa ycu want me TO teach you chemis
try? Noble girl
"No-ob, no-that is, not exactly that
That would be too slow.
What ,henY
Couldn't we-couldnt we combine oul
knowledge?
go into partnership?
Yes
But partnership between a man aud
woman would be unusual, wouldn't it,?
"Not-not If it were-for life"
Hypatia's voice had sunk to whisper.
"Ah, yes, l see" answered Cottle, un
moved; you mean We might get married.
"Yes," she answered. softly.
And then" he continued. I'VE could try
all our experiments on ourselves
Yes she answered, looking at him witt
irexpressible admiration in her lovely eyes
~ think it is an excellent idea" said he
Then" she murmured, IL suppose vi
are engaged
Yes, think we may deem that point
settled
And they walked back to the rectangular
old town Of Noesis in the cleaning, at peace