Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28

ience. However, with the illconFea-
be2ce there Wzs sone advantage. and t1s
advantage IS tbs. Tie zzEhor reallz-
ins tie G11nczlry q kseping from his
daughters syes the things 1h4G iss1ed
from ms pen took greater care . give ID
kls thoughts = pure and ch.aste direction
He did Lot. indeed. always picture lie
Ia roseGte 1nes. 0gE lie took 10 pleasure
IA representing human brutality. and
uEea. IA faithful lDsss 10 rs zrE- he could
Mt entirely eo1ceal l., be dll LIS BEST %
T. picture il Ia such a way IS would lest
oCen1 the se4sl blltles Of hls first realer.
Little b. hEIle there grew up another
/ bond II union between father z1A c-ggh-
ter. tie was q very bad pealnan snl lis
writing ws~s TIE despair 0l printers, but
she wrote plain hand wllca could &c
read az first sight by a chilli
The fatLeF. sellsLly, peEhsns. gradu-
ally came - take advantage OF this fact.
( Is had her Wrlte under us dicta1on.
tirst a little, then more and more until
she finally became his secretary alto
gether
In the meantime the years were pass
ing by and the little girl became a young
WOMAN, and the young woman was -
beautiful Is one could desire"
'-Oh. papa"
( "Sllence!T
80 tnat even the street people turned
I 70 look al her. She still declared that
she would always stay with her babbo,
l but she did not say II with the sane EN-
/ phasis as before. and when he replied
that she must submit 10 the common
law she sighed and shook her head, but
did not tiy into rage
There was very little company ever in
! the house, but once IN while some one
would drop IN Of an evening, or come 10
| dime, and the young girl always per-
formed with much grace these occasional
/ duties OF hospitality. Now it happened
/ that among these few guests was "A young
man, an assistant 10 a professor of mathe-
mates, who, whether it was on account
Of the cooking or Of the young mistress,
showed SO much pleasure az having been
I Invited 10 dinner one day that he was
| Hospitality urged 10 come again, and SO
on, al intnitum.
Between the dinners and the following
visits, which We're called visits of diges-
ton, the fellow was always under foot.
The author, short sighted and stupid, as
are All others of his kind, never noticed
anything going on; but the young girl
began 10 be absent minded, to answer at
random, and TO make the most dreadful
mistakes in wTiting-in fact, one morn
ing she actually wrote caro- with an h"
"Oh! how you remember everythingr'
said Emilia, laughing.
Finally the simple minded man OF q
father suspected something and ques-
toned his daughter on the subject.
''She, after dodging the point for a
while, broke out into torrent of tears
and confessed that she did not seem the
same any longer, and that for some time
she had been possessed of vague un-
rest which she did not understand.
Anime. After careful inquiry it was
found out that the beginning of her un-
easiness dated from the Wednesday
when the young assistant of mathemat
les was invited to dine with them
The innocent child feigned great sur
prise at this discovery, declared thai
the assistant of mathematics was un
endurable to her; that she did mo-
want to see him again, and in conclu
sion she threw herself weeping upor
her fathers neck and begged him to taLt
her far, far away to some place wherC
there could not possibly be any assistant
mathematicians.
''Signor Puntini, as we have already
said, was not very sharp about some
things, but the facts were so plain as no.
to be misunderstood by q man of ever
small intelligence.
1.-The time so much dreaded had come
at last, when the girl, forgetIul of be-
solemn promises, was preparing to tax,
her fight from the home nest.
While the good man was still agitate(
by these thoughts ne received a mos
respectful letter from the young assist
ant, in which the latter declared hirnsel
violently in love with the young lady
vowed that he could not live withou
her. and was anxious to marry her
What was 10 be done? The young MAJ
was of good family, had fine qualities O
mind and heart -
Yes, indeedr'
mo remarks, if you please"
"Was not without money, and be
sides, if he was in love with the girl sht
was also in love with him.
when the father asked the daughte
what answer she would make if th
young man asked her hand in marriag,
she turned all colors and replied that /
was not possible, and that it was useles
to talk about anything 50 unlikely I,
happen: but If it were so-ah. if it wer
SO, and then BY force Of that blesse,
habit which women have of meltin.
into tears she began to sob and cry
Things having come TO this point, it i
easy 70 understand how, in a short time
the authors daughter and the younl
assistant of mathematics became pro
messi spOsi.
1T would certainly be doing violenc,
20 the truth not 10 say that IN Civinc
his consent Signor Puntini felt a spasu
of the heart. He was then 10 be alone
without the dear aud faithful cOmpan
ionship of her who. for nearly twentl
years. had scarcely left him for an in