Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-08-04
PROFESSOR CADMUS.

Upon a very stylish street in a very
aylish section of New York City stood
the Flanders mansion. Its big mahog-
any door, deeply set between the heavy
carved portals of brownstone, frowned
down upon the avenue, as if it held
itself aloOf and apart from the hetero-
geneous crowd of humanity that drifted
by, all day long. Behind the plate
glass windows hung heavy Oriental
curtains of rich colors and patterns,
yelling the art treasures of the great
parlors from the vulgar gaze; for. as
Major Flanders used to say, sit amt
worth your while wasting high grade
cats on Ohio hogs" by which he meant,
no doubt, that the common, everyday,
toiling herd are very little better able
10 appreciate aesthetic and beautiful
things than animals. -Four stories
high was the Flanders mansion and
every story bristled with sort of un-
defnable and yet very real air of su-
perioTity and aristocracy, as the italian
street sweeperS used to think when
they leaned on their brooms in the
'.Avenue" tor minute or two, and
stared up.
In a Sittlns-room of the Flanders
mansion sat a private tutor. He was
q meagre young man. with shiny suit
of clothes, ''invisibly" patched shoes,
and a m0urnful cOuntenance. His
white hands held Latin grammar, his
blue eyes wandered toward the door as
if in expectation of some one, and he
shifted his position slightly and un-
easily in his chair. Dark hair hung in
abundance to his neck, a pair of eye
glasses suTmounted finely chlseled
''GTecian" nose, and an old-fashioned,
thin black tie was wound carelessly
under his collar. He was not hand
some, nor ugly. and looker-on would
have been compelled to acknowledge
that plenty of worse figures and a
vast number of worse looking faces
might be found in an hours walk in
the crowded streets of New York.
"Professor?"
The young man rose, and looked
toward the door, saying: Miss Alice.
am glad you have come"
"Am ] late?"
"Five minutes But / am not in
the habit Of scolding, am II" and the
youthful professor smiled as he glanced
at the eighteen-year-old Alice Flanders.
as she advanced to the window and took
seat by his side.
II is a very strange thing to record,
and it seems unaccountable, but Alice
blushed. Professor Charles Cadmus
observed it, and became nervous, hold
ing the Latin grammar upside down,
and twitching at his collar, which did
not need attention. 1t was very hard
to speak, so Alice thought; and it grew
harder every day, to reclte In matter
Of-fact way to the blue-eyed tutor.
Professor Cadmus hemmed and made
a pretence of finding a place in the
book to begin the recitation, when he
chanced TO look in Alice's eyes. turned
toward him; and, dropping the book,
he gently took her fair hand.
What in the world taking Alice's
hand had to do with the Latin lesson,
even young Mr.. Cadmus might not
have been able to explain; but, he SAID:
''Miss Alice?''
"Yes," and Alice did not withdraw
her hand.
''Do you remember our lesson to-
day2"
Yes" very family.
"May l ask the verb We were to re-
cite?'
'Amo."
And its meaning?" said the profes-
sor, while lump as big as an orange
rose in bis throat.
Alice laid her hand on Charles Cad
mus shoulder, took his hand in both
Of hers, and said:
"Am0 means l love-"
"Alice-forgive me, you cannot re-
pulse mel Alice l love you. How
often has the words risen to my lips, In
the six months since your father en-
gagged me to teach you. How L have
murmured them in my dreamsl Alice,
my darling, can you ever love me"
There was short period OF silence,
and then the girl looked shyly up, whis-
pering-"yes, Charles, do now."
The very frent of the Flanders
mansion might have split in twain if 1t
had witnessed this scene; but luckily,
1t didn't. The clock over the sitting
loom licked on, telling of the seconds
and minutes with dutiful regularity,
while the girl and her lover remained
In the same position.
We'll, by all that's great and good,
II there ever was sight like tins!
roared Major Flanders, marching-he
was so corpn!ent that he couldn't
walk-into the room. The very hair
Oh tie majors forehead rose up, as he
sazed at the terror-strlcken couple
now standing. Professor CadnluS did
not attempt to apologize. but said he
would quit the house if his employer
pleased. The major, too inhamed with
anger 10 clearly articulate. roared goP'
Alice cried bitterly. The majo. stood
Dy the fireplace, pointing with MS
ellnched fist to the door Of the room.
Ihe young tutor was picture OF agony
and remorse, but at last he hurried IN
hewildered state of mind from the
apartment to his own little chamber ON
tne fourth floor back, where he began
10 pack his few possessions in An un-
wieldy valise.
In ten minutes Professor CadmuS
was passing through the vestibule OF
me Flanders mansion, when he hearo
mans voice say: 'If you plaza, Sir,
wait Bit"
"Ah, James,"
'"Jeems it IS" said the jolly-faced
irish butler. "And not one IN the
mouse, barring Miss Alice, is sorrier 10
see you CO."
\ can't help it now, James"