The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-19

Ind,ell -. .ll The Gsiousbsd professor
could ,j.cuists
I Yes; ssts himself up like sc.reetos
H.. pity. TOO, for bed be real hsu dsome
\ II he only koss it xstehed hin IL
chapel re.tsrdsy He has beautiful eyes,
90 large and dreamy. snd the loyeliesl
hslfl Bal he .lsays looks a. Il he'd lost
bic .st trisnd. Perhaps you know hlmi
/ Slightly, replied ihe professor. for the
I ar.t time 10 bi. honorable career stoopips
10 di.im ulstiou.
They .;y he hates somep. she ooptln
mad He. never bad sny 10 his classes
but some Of us .re soing 10 beard the lion
us.t term. Well. here We are at nv house.
I'm 90 much obliged TO you. Good
night
And before the professor could regain
his senses, she bad slipped from under bis
um brells aud vas gone.
Divided b tween indignation and sm use
mept, the Young professor sttole home.
10 that was what people said OF him be
wss crank and he hated women, 1t vas
a new experience having such things said
TO him, and be didn't like it, But bis
eyes we're lovely" we're theyY He bad
actually blushed in the darkness when
she hsd said that, and be found il soothing
/ IL. ao ,.nt,v
Would it be believed that the first thing
the learned professor did on reaching his
rooms was to walk straight to bis mirror
over the crate and study himself xith oil
the interest OF freshmsnP For the first
time he noted that his coat was shabby,
and frm resolve shone IN his eyes,
again the swift color came INTO his face
aud Wit boyish laugh be turned away
iron the mirror,
hi, thesis still lsy on bis desk.
don't feel like that any more to night,
he said, and be thrust ii into a small draw
er and threw himself into sn easy chair
10 read.
Professor Broksw bad Just begun his
lecture on the trst day Of the neIt term
when the door opened and in walked siI
very demure young ladies'. headed by his
ed themselves sedstely near the door, un
bleeding the chairs placed at their disposal
by ss many gallant young men. Forewsrn
cd is foresrmed. The professor merely in
cluded them in q general bow OF recogni
tion aud proceeded With his discourse.
At the close OF the hour the students
came forward for enrolment, As the pro
fessor took the card from the fair shsrer
OF bis umbrella he looked her btsvely in
the face, wondering if she would recognize
him, but she ouly Llushed slightly aud
dropped her eyes.
Grace what is the last name? he asked
scrswliug her name in his book.
Hamilton, she said and he thought
what pretty name for such cruel young
woman.
The professor hsd spprebended dire
and dreadful things from that class in
philosophy, bu, he wss, happily, not
doomed TO experience them. He was =
gentleman and he treated the youpp ladies'
courteously, That being all they wanted,
they smiled upon him smi.bly 10 return,
and said he was "auite nice"
They were. nevertheless. not wanting
revelations from him. He at first Charts
blv ,eirsined from "onizzino" the yonpg
lsdies nnder the impression that their
minds we're uu.dspted to- grspple With
the distractions OF philosophy. What was
his sms,enept 10 discover on the fret Ell
animation that one OF two candidates for
hiohs, ma,ks WAS q yoppU woman. and
,,,, ooo G,sce Usmil,o,
us none the Iess ors,i6sd and the
nav, TINA he ma, her be stonnsd and told
hs, how p,ssssd ba uss with he, work
And he was Glad that h had done so
,h.n bs s.w IN. pr.t,y ausb of pleasure
I, h,onoht 10 her fuce
% ;r,sra,tsd Ala the p,otessor become
1, ,hi. h,,oh, rnn,I nj bis that he wonId
,reo,ap,lv bunu her hooks from bis pri
v.,s library 10 sbed liob, on dark probl
lam. and bs xss ,p,p,ised 10 find how
o,,olIv an bour or two vould slip svsy
.bls hs WAS e,ol.,ni,o things Ter.
D,,;og ,bc.e inter months the Young
,,oissso, WAS ps,sipo tbroush some
nbs.,s Of life, ge VA, beginning to
d;.oo,s, tina, urb ali o, b,s kpovledge
ANNA things he b,d vet to learn.
Not Kant nor Schopenhsuer bad ever
told him what charming thing sweet
young woman can be, nor had sll bis
mathematics taught him 10 estimate the