Milford chronicle., 1889-01-18
I'VE AND SCIENCE.


d disappointment. A half sigl
her lips, and, with a slight con
Of her brow that was in reality
re Of impatience, she drew thu
across the large square pane anC
ibstractedly away.
West was peculiar in som,
For a year and half she hac
I intimate terms with John Ros
nd in all that time never once had
In her presence without feeling q
Use Of his own inferiority and de,
e. Not that she was strong
No one would more quickly re-
h an inslnuation than she. True,
2 rimless eyeglasses, and at times
a severe simplicity Of dress that
,idedly becoming to her plump,
Q beauty. Nor was Roswick an
ate creature. He was, however, a
1t easily lost confidence in himself
the presence Of the opposite sex,
such times was liable to become as
I'd and helpless as a badly jointed
ton endowed with only a mono
power of speech.
lick was a man Of considerable
and possessed a strong love for
les. His life, for the past ten
had been spent In an elaborate
op fitted out in the upper part of
Use on DOusey street, where, day
ay and night after night, he ham
and filed and filed and hammered
e product of his handiwork. His
lobby was electricity, and with the
Of the telephone, electric lighting
ndred inventions he became so in
ID with his chosen work that he
y took time to eat and sleep.
as through this devotion TO his
that he becasae acquainted with
West. Just how this was brought
need not be detailed here, but suf-
20 say that before the summer was
is work began to be neglected, and
3ctions were, in part, transferred to
re complex and hopelessly confus-
Idy Of womankind.
.ha was consumed by mighty as.
ms when she left Wellesley Her
/ was boundless. In the valedictory.
It was her honor to deliver, she ad-
/ the customary platitudes regard
the dawning life, adown whose
w vista we are now about to make
or words to similar pu1port. In
N with the multitude of ladies who
-ear blossom simultaneously with
ne roses into "the stern realities of
as they are pleased to term it,
a was filed with the vague idea
he had a mission" that hence
his old world, largely through her
zee, was to run on different prin-
With each succeeding year, how
his inner consciousness slowly died
.ath Of inanition, until now, at
'-six, little remained but a mild in
in the arts and sciences fostered
intimate associations with John
*.
sll the truth, that evening was the
time that Roswicl1 had
N Miss West with the premeditated
on Of declaring his affection and
her to be his wife. For the third
e had failed ANONYMOUSLY. How
managed finally to bid her good
he had not the remotest idea. A
times during the evening had the
ortant declaration of love risen to
IS, and a dozen times had that
Il choking embarrassment effect
.lenced his intended utterance. On
nplace topics he had managed to
fairly well, but with an air
raction that necessitated frequent !
es to the object Of his blind worship. |
then, was the reason Agatha |
d his retreating form with an air |
alton, and left the shadow Of the |
with something dangerously near !
on her mobile features. His in |
)n was no secret to her. To what |
is her admirers mind as q sealed |
And the feeling she entertained |
him, long ago self acknowledged. |
lded to make her less tolerant of
onged silence.
y that John Boswick was discour.
nd vexed with himself would be
aid statement of facts. On his
lrd walk that night he ragged in
every step Of the way, and it was
til week later that his mental
ter had risen to its normal altitude.
esday evening following his last
fasco Roswiek, secure |
Irivacy of his own inner workshop,
his TOOLS for a moment and gave
up to profound meditation.
n fool, and I know It'll" he ex-
aloud, giving the work bench a
S thump as he set down q curious
machine upon which he had been
:. Whats more, Agatha knows
continued. He called her Agatha
enough when unembarrassed bv
iepce. Indeed, this habit Of think
I'D had become, through circum-
a fixed one, and, as on several
S occasions, he recounted the
# their last meeting.
1t stand this any longerl he ex-
, suddenly. '1ll see her to-mor-
ht and have it all settled in some
his foolshness must be stopped.
al Afraid Of a womanl And l
1t least, I'm quite sure-she-she
.e. Let me see," he continued.
y. How can introduce the sub
knowl" he calculated, with sud
iration. I'm ask her If she thinks
any danger Of sewer gas In nv
Of tiatsl That win lead up to
ect nicely" And then Roswick's
ipped gayly from one point to an
he formulated In his own wav the
ltion leading up to the ali i'm
question. He even went so far
1t all out. How he should stand
moment, with bent head, wait.
Ter reply. He would 90 on thus
until, having in his imagination
she said, as he paused at differ.
s, he would eventually throw one
md her trim waist as he made the !
plunge. In his enthusiasm he
5 left arm around a convenient I
beamed fondly on last months
This aroused him to q sense Of {
and he was silent for l
nents. I
tapping at the door Of his work I
used him. He listened somewhat /.
tly to the soft tones Of his sis I
! mOdulated voice.
let me disturb you, John" she 1
ing. Il merely wanted to tell L
ave decided that the children's y
Il be given on our own lawn" a
said John, rather sharply, ''it 9
ne of next week or may change P
altogether. That's straight. s
well; that viii suit US per- q
* followed his sisters retreatine d
down the long haii almost i'm,
xt evening he was Unexpectedly n
the upper end Of the city, and it
iuskIen's ArnIca SaIVe.
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