Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-05-25


AS he turned at once TO me, felt GER
| tain that / was the person for whom
| my handsome young professor waited.
! We discussed extinct pachyderms Of
4 the miOcene period. 1 made some
| strong points, to which ne yielded
/ without argument. Miss Wenham
whispered quite audibly that the pro-
! lessor had not a chance to put in a
word.
When We were passing into the lee
] ture-rOOm I observed that he looked
at Edith Sands, who contrived to be
/ in the way, and that she laughed
rather pertly. Before 1 could speak
/ to her the professor said in a low
/ tone: "What a great figure you have,
my dear lady, queenly, positively
! queenly."
I heard that silly Eva litter so
/ rudely that common decOrum induced
me to send her to back seat. She
| Is considered beautiful by some peo-
| pie, but to my thinking her face Is
| weak; besides. she has round, chubby
/ figure. had it from the professor
/ himself that he admired a queenly fig
/ ure. The lecture was rather obscure,
! of course. / saw that the professor
was very deep, but am sure the girls
! appreciated their privilege. Eva Noel
! turned very red and almost chOked
/ with laughter. If it had been any
/ body else but Prof. East I might have
| imagined that he became a trihe mix
/ ed and confusing on the niOcene
strata, but then he was certainly
handsome man. By the merest acct
dent 1 happened to be in the hall when
/ the professor was putting on his over
/ coat, and found the teachers around
+ HMM an admiring circle. I must say
,E
man nature never eVinced itself so dis
tinct'y as when l engaged Prof. East.
/ He turned at once to me and spoke in
/ the most plimentary manner of
/ my observations OF the tertiary epoch.
Nothing ever interested me so much.
We must talk it over thoroughly, IL is
/ most absorbing" he declared. 'Be-
sides, we don't often have the advan-
tage of such an intellect as yours to
elucidate abstruse matters" Which
proved how very much interested he
was In the subject.
Eva Noel came in from the library
for a book just as theprOfessOr closed
/ the door behind him. 1 noticed that
she wore a buttonhOle bouquet with
jacqueminOt rose and smilaX, which
/ I am positive the professor wore de-
livering his lecture. The artful mink
must have picked it up somewhere.
"How did you come by those flow
ers, Miss Eva?" I demanded severely.
The girl turned very red. ''SCme-
body gave them to me-" she said, in
insOlent defiance.
You wicked girl, broke in Miss
Wenham; edo you remember Ananias
and Sapphira? Those are the prOfes-
sOr's flowers. Vain creature, to sup
pose that he would give them to a
chit like you'll 1t Is shameful"
Eva Redeemed more and more, but 1
could see that she was tittering and
laughing to herself while 1 sent her to
bed. 81 will speak to Eva tO-mOrr Ow.
She can't trifie with me. 1 do believe
I can see through q milestone. No one
can blind me, said in a tone Of deep
meaning.
Some one ought to give the pro-
lessor a hint of Eva's duplicity," sug-
gested Miss Leonard.
perhaps 1T would be Just as well
to give him hint of her shocking be-
haVlOr towards that dlSsOlute wretch,
Jack Norris" supplemented Miss
r Wenham.
Il shall certainly do So" returned
in emphatic approval. "PrOf. East
} must be warned-he is such a good
2 man-such an innocent, unsuspecting
. dispOsitiOn-we must take care oil
[ him. do flatter myself I am a judge
+ of men-yes, he must be told about
/ Eva Noel"
The teachers agreed with me perfect
? ly; indeed, / could not recOllect when
L We were all so unanimous upon any
D subject. I thought over all had tC
@ say to the professor, until I had ar
o ranged quite a happy and affecting
s way Of putting it. Plainly it was my
b duty to secure the professor against
# the arts and wileS of this, weak, pretty
l. face-a girl without the faintes6 CLAIM
6. to a queenly figure.
Il Prof. East arrived much earlier thar
l. was expected. However, the mOmen
i, heard of it I saw my opportunity q
give him precautionary hint ahOu
e EVa's indecOrus, artful ways. Tn
IS parlor door was partly open, and tn
professors voice audible from within
is / had the curiosity to stop and listen
5; My position demands watchfulness.
s'DOn't be alarmed" he was saying
J. 'my luck never waivers. That oil
h dragon is no match for me-
Sc But Pm dying with fright all th
IT time. How can you do it"
The voice was no other than EvR't
p She broke OF into a laugh, but turne
IS first red then pale when 1 walked II
)r holding myself very erect and assun
d, ing my most commanding aspect.
IN evidently impressed the professor, fC
n he put on his immense green glasse
We and at once began to talk to me of til
fossils Of the tertiary epoch. mad
d. my points about extinct pachyderm
while / had a chance. They we're tel
n ing and powerful. and, must say, d
de livered in an eloquent and scientif
st style. had been awake until two
the morning reading upon the subiec
a Prof East turned his head on OF
1 side. then the other, and looked me,
as I+arive