Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-23
LOVE AND LEARNING.
a story with Moral ConeeSlsd On the
Premises.
Fyoa LOpgmsa's NJga,ips.
EPISODE l.
He LOVES HER,

He LOVES HER.
TIE town of Nossis WAS not built upon
hill; neither was its light hidden under 8
,ashsl. II stood in 8 calm peaceful vale,
nto which the sorrows Of q great wicked
,orld seldom penetrated. There was 8 river
D the center of this vale, and hills on either
ide. One might have expected to find much
eauty u the town OF Noesis and surround
as, bat one would have bee1 sadly mists-
an Beauty was not permitted to exist
hare The town was not only built upon 8
ock, but strictly upon unitarian principles.
,6e river ran between artificial banks, con-
tructed wholly With view to so controlling
: waters as 20 make them useful in run
ing the saw mills snd wooden factories.
here were trees in Noesis, but they were
hsre simply for the purpose Of providing
ae town with lungs They stood in strAigh.
ows up and down the streets, each tree
hitewashed to s height of six feet from
le ground. snd each precisely the same
aape and size as It's fellows. There were
nee kinds Of houses in Notes.-The large
oase. the small house and the medium
cuse. All were precisely similar in style,
aa were propoztirned with geometrical ex-
etness. In fact, the influence Of geometry
as abroad in the town. Trigonometry
ard werG SPOT IN the sool of every No.
an. and q1ar,eroioas and ds;srminsu's
ere to them ,hirgs Of b suty and joys for
ger. For Noesis was the home OF reason,
= domain Q! pure science. the ugdOm OF
t.litEr,arism. NgthinE ornamental "a,
srmitsd 10 exis. in the town; only the gs.-
Il found en- abiding place Their. The sinU-
"a WiIlozy windings Of the river had 8
slusion and a snare. The dreams Of srehi-
OTIS, who saw in their minds eyes great
.ulkoued windows and clOud-capped towers,
ID been rudely dispelled. There was no
ace in the town of NOesis for them. Sci
ace sud mathematics rsigued supreme, and
6ateyer vas right-angled.
The day had gone by, said the Noesisns,
Zen the minds Of men could be fed on such
sintY unsubSsantial food as Pose, Addison,
lion. Shakespeare, Byron or Tennyson.
OF even Homer IN the original tongue, or
ireil in bis own stately hexsmeters, WAS
ynsidered good for human brains The
cesians reveled in the exercise Of Undue
processes, leading as their chief protes-
depressed il, to those general conceP.
OF the universe which had been forced
Nus al BY physical science. The only
instruments USED in the town were
kaochord and the steam whistle. The
y IF the field were interesting accord
ley were monocotyledonous Or poly
NOus.
own fEelt Hypatls Green. A
creature the air never bresthed
,on. Her hair was Of thst marvellous hue
at turns to gold under the magic touch OF
e sun. Her eyes were deep, dark brown,
rich and expressive that only the inhaol-
nts of Noesis could look into them IN
owed. Her smooth round cheeks were
ated to delicate pink with the warm rich
ocd that flowed beneath them, and her
70 full lips always looked ready to poa:,
Nd they not been restrained by her strong
i'll Hypatia Green was q dsugher Of cul
re. She was Professor Of Rational Tor
faction" in the Noesis High School In
amer speech she taught scientific cooking.
se had brought cooking to a point Of mstn-
natieal exsctness Every piece Of beer
e roasted was done Just as well as any
her piece and no: whit more or less.
or omeles were always Of ,e2isely the
ne size, colcs and consistency. Her
flee was never clouded with grounds, aud
Ineyer two weak nor too strong. Hec
Ad was never heavy, her cake was never
ID Nothing which Hypatis cooked
r Siled 10 come out precisely as her re
said Il would. Is it 10 be wondered a.
4 Hypata had been sought after By the
igible young men Of Noesis? In such 3
,Wn cooking must, Of course, rank high as
science. The working capacity Of a man,
iced his entire usefulness, depends upon
. condition Of his stomach, and for per
ct;on in this be must look to his cook.
/ IAs Hypata was as beautiful as q college
J VS. frst dream Of love never occurred to
ity one. Beauty had no part or place 10
E town Of Noesis. But men loved by
tina for her cooKing. gift that could not
Their and grow stale with the flight OF
ars. Hypats, however, remained fancy
a She was Wrspt up in her omslets, and
a care not halt 80 much about the heart
q man as she did about the heart of an
ion.
OF course Noesis was on the line Of a
al railway So rational q town could
Z have existed elsewhere. A dozen trains
undered by its rectangular station eve-y
Y. Eight Of them we're express tesi2s that
! not stop and ordinary Noesians, who
metimes saunterd around wrapped IN
editation ike other people, would pause
ID gaze with scientific delight upon the
lift movements Of the locomotives. Those
40 are familiar with the science of sub
ss.iouwil infer that the other four trains
4 stop at Noesis. The last one arrived
ere in the evening, and one particular
sning in the month Of May 1t brought
fred SWinburne Cottle
As one might imagine from his name, this
ing man was q poet he looked like one.
was more than handsome, for there was
his face something Of that ideal beauty
hich Hellenic seulptors wrought into the
ces Of their gods. Cottle lived in Utopia
iown that was surrounded By an stmoS
ere of dreams and supernatural loneliness
asre be had spent bis youth in fsshioning
slodious verses and sleeping his soul 10
) literature of Greece, Rome and Eng
Ia; be knew nothing Of sience, aud cared
hin gfor it Il may, therefore, be inferred
st. ke-Wss n-aequsinted with the trle
aracter Of Noesis. If he had known tue
wn. be would undoubtedly, to put it mildly
We eschewed If. he went thither because
did not know the place, and be loved tC
10 places where he had never been be
e.
As be descended from the train at tn
issis station, he gazed about him with
nsihiBg Of mild surprise.
Well be thought, this may be jolly
most terriseation; but it looks to
Gala Sav ford spot to be buried in.