Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-25

Alicia w wiz was hrst in every thing.
nuI,a was really intellectual, and couid
understand satire more or loss.
out ever Prot. Brandon na~o,.
maze her his victim sha
vas TOO unimpeachable. Ncvorthn'
1tSs' 'hGy We're not attached to each
other; There was even, as Molly Drnml
mond soon discovered, an enmitv ho-
tween them, yelled by an exceeding ~
PANTY on both sides. Alicia was not 70
Baroko's liking. The fact was sh eo NJ
detected him in a purely technical error
years ago, and instead of PASSING + NV
she had brought it forward in Tho ~
sembled class and made the most of -
livery one had forgotten the incident
long ago, except Alicia and the Pro.
lessor himself; but he never forgave
her. He registered her in his mind rs
the type OF an especially disacreeable
woman, n solemnly warned Arcturus
one DAY OF the danger of allowing his
appreciation of her talents to carry him
too far. Ni'
Don't be captivated, nv dear fell
low he said, lightly, ''by her interest
IN the mcgatherium. A woman hns no
real admiration for chunks of old red
sandstone. YoH are young and hand
some; and Miss Alicia persuades herself
that she has a great liking for paleon-
tology. 1t is the paleontologist she
likes. my friend. The same with bot
any. She brought you a camelia the
other day, 1 think. to ask you if it were
an example of eentripetal intiorescence.
Certainly. If I had been young and
handsome She would never have rooted
u that unlucky-" The professor
paused and sighed. "she would have
sworn that Barbara was C%elarent.n
81 don't understand logic" sad his
companion, looking up with a laugh.
Baroko was two inches the taller, being
tive feet eleven. and painfully gaunt.
Arcturus was young and handsome, as
the professor said, and he was. more
over, 4 wonderfully winning fellow.
'Why do you talk SOP" he proceeded.
"You know you arc not really cynical"
81 object to Miss Alicia" returned
the professor snappishly. ''Beware Of
her, Frank, my young friend. She
gives herself the airs of a Senior
Wranglcr."
II have a new pupil said Madison,
good-naturedly changing the subject.
"Miss Drummond-Molly the girls call
hcr. What do you think of her?"
"Think?' replied Baroho grimly. 81
can get nothing out of her. She is al
ways staring at her ribbons. That girl
wears new ribbons every time she comes
to the GLASS. No wonder she can't UNI
derstand logic"
"She is very bright at botany" said
Madison, alphabetically.
eat botany? Yes. Girls are. It is q
subject Calculated"
Stop" said Madison, laughing. 81
won't hear any more"
81 was merely. going to sav-cal-
eulated to inspire the weakest mind,'
said Baroko blandly. Certainly l will
r~efrain.n
The logical girls met that morning
and the two masters separated, Arcturus
to the correction of exercises, Baroko to
the sixth class lecture room. The pu-
pills were assembled, with books before
them, and with weary faces that be-
trayed no natural affinity for logic. Only
Alicia Hargreaves was, as usual, equal
to tho occasion. Molly was nervous.
and well she might be, for she had not
done her exercise, and the professor had
a reputation for being rigid in the ex-
IRENE. He looked over the neat pile on
his desk.
''Nine books" he said, frigidly.
'Hargreaves, Matthew'S he a over
the list of names. 81 should have ten.
Miss Drummond, will you kindly hand
NE your exercised"
Molly was frightened. She had only
been half a dozen times to the class, and
her first W of the professor had notyet
evaporatod. She was also tired and her
head ached, owing to previous dissipa-
ton. She had tried to do that exercise,
but the logical girls were all too busy to
help her. Moreover-and this weighed
her down with a sense of guilt-there
had been a party last night in which she
played u prominent part, and she could
not help wondering whether, if she had
not gone to that party-butregre came
too late. Her fellow-studcnts had been
consoling her, since she arrived that
morning, with the assurance that they
should not like to be in her shoes. and
she was inwardly quaking, though she
lifted up a brave face.
II am sorry, Prof. Brandon. I have
not done it,"
.'Indeed!' said Baroko; in a voice of
profound civility just tinged with sur
prise, that scared her yet more. "Might
l ask tho reason?"
II could not do it," replied Molly,
feeling very much ashamed Of herself
she, who had been accustomed to place
considerable faith in her own talents.
ssTt waS too 6itficu1t - .-
..Too ditficult!' repeated Baroko
~suavcly. Il understand you to say that
you had studied logic previously, Miss
Drummond. How long?"
81 studied it about a year." replied
the doomed one, Sin my last school.
The book was different" she added,
desperately.
$50 1 should have Judged" said Ba-
roko, from your previous exercises.
If you will kindly give me the name of
the book, which you have studied, Miss
Drummond, I shall be happy to read it.
1t will doubtless cast new light on the
principles of logic. AS, however, your
attainments arc quite beyond the
level"
He had gone SO far in the bland
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