The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-10-30

and made good investments ana w.x f.
reh mar. Lee. being an only child.
was IN . fair way some day Of coming
into . fortune. aud her father WAS -.
solved that Il should not 60 10 any
poor man. lie had often expressed his
opinion on this subject; Il was well
known % the lovers but this did not
prevent Prof Morgan. Who was iust
beginning and had only a fair salary
with no surplus. from asking the old
man for his daughter.
The interview was not . long one.
nut there was good deal OF low
barometer and high temperature 70 Il.
meteoroiogically speaking. Prof
Macadam fumed and said something
about fortune hunters and fatty de-
c'ined 70 consider the subject OF such
an alliance 1t Is absurdr' he said
What would yon live on?"
frof Morgan intimated that two
people might sustain themselves in a
modest way on the salary he was get
ting.
| Nonsense. sir. Nonsense was the
retort MY daughter has been accus-
toned 10 better style Of living than
you could afford her and | decline 70
consider the proposition for a moment.
You're in no coxdition TO support a
wife. sir Figures do not lie. sir: Fig
ures do not lier'
Prof Morgan suggested that figures
sometimes did give a wrong i'm pres
sion
Then It is because they are used by
an incompetent person. ! am surprised
that you. sir. assistant professor of as
tronomy in a great institution Of learn
ing. should assert that any mathemati-
cal fact Is not an actual one. Prove to
me that figures lie and you can have
my daughter, but this is only nom
sense. You are presumptuous and
something Of an ass. sir. Good day.
SIR
When Prof Morgan impaired 70 his
sweetheart the result Of this interest
ing interview they were both some
what cast down. 1t was she who first
recovered
And so papa said could have you,
did he. il you could prove to him that
figures ever lied?-
Yes. he said that. though don't
suppose he meant il II was SIMPLY
sort Of defiance he blurted out in his
anger. But what difference does II
make? How could prove an impo>>i-
bili;y in any event, even IL such gro
tesque challenge were accepted in
earnest? When said 20 him that fig
ures might give wrong impressions. il
was only 70 convey .he idea that peo-
pie who cared very much for each
other might get along with very little
money and that the ordinary estimates
for necessary income did not apply
"You don't know papa. He'll keep
his word even one uttered in excite
ment lie has almost a superstition
regarding the literal observance Of any
promise made. though it might be ac-
cidental and really meaning nothing
You are very clever-as great mafh-
ematician As papa is You must prove
10 him that figures sometimes really
lie. even where computations are all
correct Surely there must be some
way Of doing that?r
I'm sfrnid not dear. The moon
isn't made Of green cheese"
but there must be some way and
you must find it. You shall be like =
knight Of old who is 70 gain rnaiden's
hand By the accomplishment Of some
great deed Of derring-do Am I not
worth IL sir?~ and she stood before
him janntily. with her pretty elbows
out.
Tie looked down into a face SO fair and
50 full Of all fealty and promise Of sweet
wifehood that he resolved in an in
slant that. II il lay in human power TO
meet the terms Of the old mans gro
tcsque challenge. the thing should be
accomplished. He said As much and |
what he said was punctuated labially.
Being q professor. IL would never have |
done for him to neglect his punctua-
ton
II was not three months after the |
stormy Macadam- Morgan interview
that Prof Morgan's great book on
''Eclips-s. Past and to Come" made is
appearances And Il was not three
weeks after that great works appear
ance when all the scientific world was
in q turmoil
Prof Macsdam had for : season
after the interview between him and
Prof Morgan. maintained cold and
formal air in all his Intercourse with
the latter gentleman. but after . time
this wore away and the old relations.
never very familiar. were resumed
Indeed il seemed n length that Prof
had forgotten all about the
affair or. IL he remembered il at all.
lid so only rs an exhibition Of fool
shness which his own force and wis
iom had checked forever. When. there
lore. Prof Morgan's book appeared IL
was read NJ once with interest As the
word Of scientist who. though not
veteran. was Of undeniablc ability and
rood repnte. But when the book had
been considered. there was a literary
Prof Macadam reviewed
4 and sought to tear il. fguratively.
limb from limb. lie was ably sup
,orted BY other pundits everywhere.
rhe point upon which the debate
hinged was = remarkable one. Il;
A aIreag- indicated. Prof Morgan's
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