The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-10
PROFESSOR M'eoozLE.
An UnhalIowcd onspiracy Against the
 Happiness of Learned Man.


 An UnhaIIowcd Conspiracy Against the
 Happiness of a Learned Man.
 And now, Miss Alvira," said Prof McGoozle, as the evening waned '.it is time, perhaps, that 1 should recur to a subject whose consideration has not been wholly absent from my mind, 1 may say, at any time since l came in. In the discussion of the topics that have occupied our attention l have, of course, been deeply interested. 1 am pleased to see that you have not diss sented from my views in relation to the charge of pseudepigraphy so freely made against those who have sought to dethrone the Shakespearean idol from the eminence it has occupied for centuries. Equally gratifying has been your implied acceptance of the opinions 1 hold relative to the value of the iconographical researches of Sir K ger dc Ijams-Iia and the Marquis of Clwmbwgz, the distinguished Welsh= man. Yet, even when absorbed in the 1 consideration of these things, Miss Alvira, I have not been totally ob- livious of the principal object, in some respects, which I had in view in com ing this evening""
 The professor paused moment to jot down in little blank book a memorandum of reflection that had just occurred to him in respect to the cncroachments of Slavonic ideas upon inc field of modern Saxon thought and tu emit sigh that appeared to stir tho window curtains on the other side of the room.
 Housing herself from short slum- Der by an effort so cautious that it seemed like the natural recovery of thoughtful maiden from pensive reverie, Alvira Kajones, smiled in general and somewhat vague ac- quiescence, and the professor resumed:
 'In entering upon the consid-bless my soul, Miss Alvira. this divan seems to have moved a considerable number of millimetcrs since l satdOwn upon if. Is there q declivity in the foorp" And Prof MtGoOzle looked with erudite surprise at the elegant lounge upon which he had been sitting. The win dow curtains on the other side of the room stirred again, and an echo of the professor sigh seemed 10 come in labored, rolonged effort from some unseen locality.
 '1n entering upon the consideration of subject comparatively unexplored and m nfamiliar 10 me-" said the pros lessor; II labored under some disad= vantages. And yet I have assured myself that the mild. calm enjoyments of connubiality, if may so express it, while not resembling in any degree the sense of triumph, of ectasy, of thrilling exultation that accompanies the demonstration of dfflicuic prob lem in the differential calculus or the discovery of new principle in pal@ on- tOlogical science, are nevertheless of real worth; and it has occurred to me that in the congeniality of our mental constitutions. the coincidert views we hold on topics of--ln short, Miss AL yira, l think l should feel personally ihdebted to you if you woul d, to some extent. in this emergency. anticipate my meaning, and, as far as possible, help me out"
 ''Halp him out, boysr yelled an appalling voice from beneath the Russo-Turklsh lounge. and that piece of furniture swiftly rose up on end; disclosing the juvenile but athletic forms of two of Miss Kaiones' younger brothers as the uplifting force. Tho professor lean form hurled through the air toward the door, the gaslight in the room was suddenly extinguish- ed, the window curtains parted, and the awful apparitions of i've or six boys with phosphorescent masks on their faces came forth and joined in the tumult. Miss Alvira Kaiones screamed, the boys yelled, and the speechless and thunderstruck professor felt himself led out into the hall, his hat jammed down on his head. his | overcoat buttoned loosely around him, his cane thrust in his hand, and with all the wealth of his scholastic tender ness yet unspoken the harless pro- lessor was conducted down the dark ened hall and out into the gloomy night.
 But will this unhallowed conspiracy of wild, uneducated md thoughtless boys against the happiness of learned man and trusting young woman be permitted to triumph? We shall seq Cbic00o Tr;b,,,,o