Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

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H paused, his hand with the pinch Of snu1
In II suspended, nnd light Of angry triumph
in his eyes, rs though he should say, The
secret cannot elude mr, but l hate the dis
Cuvcrv"
Cuthbert rose and walked to the window
and looked out upon the grrrn swell of cli.'
and tn" blue faint space IF sea beyond
That thrrr was secret in his mind might
be known 10y tn" pain in his eyes ani con
traction of brow which told If a SUDDEN in
ward wrtsstlc
But thes" signs fad,d, leaving him no
Ialer than ne was h-forr, and with tran
quill smile, sweet with the melancholy and
docility in 1t, he turned 70 his father and
said:
Nothing is amiSs with me in the way You
Suppusr Give me "A day or two for rrfcc-
tion shall then have something to tell
You, and God knows what Indulgence you
shall show me
The doctor arched his eyebrows. and. with
a stitFrning of his back, madn his frill project
fercelv
Il don't like your strong expressions sir
And pray, what have you done, that you
should hesitate 10 avow it,
And he stuck his head back until the hol
low of his throat showed above his white
noCkerrhief
But ii Dr Shaw COP be- angry, 50, too,
could Cuthhrrt, his 50 !, he obstinate, and the
touch of the mule th.t is in the composition
Of most men shows nowhere more trans
parrntly than in handsome face.
Give me your permission to leave you
sir, SAID Cuthbcrt.
ba Igrf,r u ,tiN Nall his hand nd NJ bort
walked out
Isaac Shaw was doctor of laws; and this
much could he said of him-that better
blood than his did not flow in any mans
veins in all that town of GreyStone, and that
more of the learning which is not so much
wisdom as scholarship thickened no mans
wits within the municipal ARA
But Isaac Shaw's learning was more to his
profit than honor, as it brought him pupils
but gave him no social advance beyond
fellow townsmen, inasnluch as not the rector,
even, had weight of erudition enough to sink
to the depths of his knowledge
On the other hand, his blood was more to
his honor than profit. as it made him naughty
and exclusive, with a rattle Of insolence
sometimes 50 that he was an unpopular man
at Greystone, which supplied him with one
struggled on his premises
This DIR lSaac Shaw loved his son Cuth-
bert with that kind of love which Inakes a
man unkindly critical, vicious in perception
Of small Weaknesses, and very strait jacket
unto the object Of its affections, that it may
walk with moral erectneSs all the days of it,
life.
For many year the current of the boys
~ lul 4 r.,
mel Of academic routine. with never n break
of froth in it, nor sudden hasting, nor sharp
divergence.
Until suddenly-but the heavens know not
without cause-there fell upon his moods
shadow so like melanr holy that the doctor
took counsel with himself and reasoned thus:
He is mewei up here, and we take few
holidays Every man rquircs now and
again a change of scene Ergo, Cuthbert re-
quires change Of scene. He has asked for
such a change Of scene. and he shall have it.
! will furnish him with twenty guineas, and
he shall 60 10 London and see life for fort
night"
But 10! concession, instead Of casting ont
the one devil from his sons mind, merely
liberated the imp to return with seven worse
imps than itself
What is on his mind cannot CONJECTURE"
the doctor unused, looking at the door which
Luthbert had closed He says he is not
weary of this life"
With gloomy brow and puzzled wrinkle
Of the nose, he snuffed up the pinch he had
eld throughout the Interview, and NUT
tered:
But then he may lie"
Now, DR.. Isaac Shaw hated strong ex-
pressionS