The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-30
lvowngnted, 1856, by the Author !
CHAPTER l.
81 shall be a Professor OF Biology Y

luIuAtuIy' HtAp WS1 ANN y N'e'NNF
.csl looking young person, being in TACT
very young, and on the whole too curly
Her hair, which was rather EhoEt than
long, and little too long to be short, rip
pied and rolled over her head ike lake
in q May bTetzs; it was brown hair, OF
bright shadc, caught up behind over an
invisible comb from which Curla isll as far
as they dared or could, it did not seem
certain which. She had brown eyes and
a ssucy nose, and a mouth that had not
made up it's mind at oil yet what It would
become; it was somewhat tender for biol
oVy, and somewhat too decided Tor an
early engagement.
The gill had o fresh color and treckleg'
She would not have been called 9 and
some girl, Yet everybody looked Ut her
q second time. She wore no earrings ana
bnt one ring. Her father gave her that
ting, Her dress Wss fully becoming but
peThsps rather plaih-on the whole, me-
morally, though not ilsistently so. One
thought nothing about 1t til afterwards.
she SVs ll4wlesslypest. Thers were no
spots on her navy blue dress, there wNsno
ciuwple 10 her linen collar, her cuffs were
immaculate; her gOld,Colored neCktls
seemed 10 have grown in It's place, casting
a warm shade upwards on her well turned
chin. She did no. bang her hair, Let
ma be lust. am not sare that bangs had
come into fashion at those early days ct
Smith college, which may be historically
antecedent to that unhappy epoch OF fem
iuips deterioration, and in 80 far n dis
couIapinC feature in the history OF the
higher development Of the female mind.
II ! cay that my young. lady would not
have banged her hair II 1t had been the
fashion, perhaps the statement might DC
more strictly accurate and quite IS gEsph;'
lic. She had q. well'shod, weii'iormed
foot, which she WIS at the moment when
introduced her, dangling impretsiVoiy
from tho Washatand; this abe hit now and
then with her little boot.heel, by way o!
emrhsaia to her conversation.
III have made up my mind, repealed
this severely scholastic young woman, ~
shall DO Professor OF Biology" -,
"That would be perfectly lovely" sold
friedman, enthusiastically. 1t was q
yery Young freshman-trizzIed--With ban
gled bracelets. =,
"Ihat is Just like you, Lotto" said one
Of the girlp, slowly. snow never thought
| OF being u professor Of anythinG-l never
thought OF 1t"
The Girl who said tSis waa exceedingly
nrettv, She was blonde, and bright, and
gentle. She had very small hands, and
her manners were considered remarkable
In the college. She was dressed more e&'
peneively than most oil the other STIFF nII
not shOwily. She aud Lotto RoilinstaII
were ono and invisible. now and forever,
the eternally immnlahle, whom time
should never separate, ETC., etc., and 90 on
lTbe whole college understood and re-
enc cited there evidences Of natural selec:
ton when they occurred, and admired
what il called "a lifelong friendship, wor'
phipiully, afar of, Rs girls do. Tho be-
stowsl OF diploma had not yet given I'M
mupity from Iheae private OevotionP, de-
lliphtp, henrtaChes aud heartbreake, which
have gone TO form 80 much oil the
inner lie Of their race, from immemorial
time till now. Latin does not wear oil
| love, nor Greek substitute for young trust,
nor calculus solve the problem OF the I'M
known laws thGt govern budding life.
WHY one girl should select another out
Of all tie world, be ready 10 die for her
for two years, and equally be ready 10 die
for new one in two moTe-who can toll
us? al,
"You doar thing como here to me?"
raid the future professor oi biology rap
turouHly to the pretty blonde, who came
and climbed upon the back Of q chair 10
o ladylike, laborious way, sitting beside
her professor, with gentle content.
"How pretty you are tins morning
Fern!'
The biological mind gave vent 10 the
argument In a tender whisper.
Lotto and Fern were at that stage when
eternity we're not long enough to test their
mutual fidelity. The college girls looked
on admIringly at tho tablean. They be-
lieyed In Lotto and Fern as much 90 Lotto
and Fern believed in themselves, which
WAS agreeable. In ipct, there wss some
thing 80 far, rather real about the atfec-
ton between those two girls. 1t did not
sentimentalize or nope. 1t went about
| It's business and learned its Lessons and
was Jolly with tho other girls, and had q
whoiesomeness about II almost amount.
Ing 10 good sense. In fact, II would have
been difficult to sentllnentGlizs With Lotto
RollInstalI. There was too much fun In
her eyes.
What Fern might have been capable Of
in this direction II she had fallen into
different handB--perhaps we should say
upon q different hearts, not 30 easy to
define.
There were o good many girls in tho
room-it wag Loto's roOm-whiCh aC-
counted in part, but by no means wholly,
for tho solicitors Of the wash stand as q
perch. All the chairs were full, and tho
bed had the slats out. but Lotto was fond
OF the northeast corner Of tho wash stand
in any event likewise Of the window.aills,
The waate baskets, aud any other unCon-
ventional easy chair that the menger re-
sources Of the college rooms presented to
her Imagination.
Lotto was o popular girl, especially
among tho members Of her class. She and
Fern we're Juniors. II was not unusual
for a crowd to assemble in the southwest
corner room, even 10 the extent Of sitting
in rows on the floor. The object OF this
particular assemblage had been peanuts
and perpetual motion. Upon the latter
IUUlVj LuB pIUlebbVE VI Vn9blSo AhA was
day bIoaChed certain ViswB not harmo.
nlously received by these wise young
women, and they had met, for the credit
Of science, 10 further the advance Of
thought, by \ private discussion Of the
points at issue. 0ithO Inexpensive peanut,
thu most that can be said Is that II ClSrl.
fed the mind, and, to certain extent,
absorbed tho discussion.
The group had begun to drift away, and
Decides Fern and Lotto aud tho little iriz.
zled freshman and Mary Mace, and ono or
TWO Bophomores, tCarCely anyone was left
10 maintain the truth about perpetual mo.
ton. Easily, therefore, while Mary Mace
neatly swept up tho peanut shellD, tho
sirls' talk flowed In the direction given to
II by Lote's biological aspirations.
Mary Mace was the quiet girl, who stood
At the head Of the class and cultivated
college slang with difficulty. she was
further distinguished rs lot0's roommate.
nIn In. or NOT ~ never Thought that