The Portland daily press., 1895-09-09

Hendricks on THE Influence of Climate
and Vegetation on the Quality Of Sleeps
WOOL"
"Well, see it is no use trying to talk
to you, said his sister, with laugh, you
airs SO hopelessly hard headed
| But Jack had been told that often with
! no effect, nor did it have more now, ana
headlong he went in his pursuit OF the
| learned fair one.
Then an interruption occurred in the
person of Professor Max Mortimer, profess
or Of psychology at Stanton university,
| who came to visit the McGibeny-Duffs.
He was well known in the scientific ana
literary world and was decidedly some
body"
OF course, Mrs. McGibeny Duff had
Beatrice to meet the professor Immediately,
and it happened, also very naturally, thai
the learned gentleman was greatly taken
| with this self possessed intellectual girl,
who could converse with him upon any
| subject he chose to introduce. So 1t was
| not long before the professor came to De
very much in evidence at the HarcOurt
| home.
No one pitied Jack Dalton, because, as
| every one said '9he should have had better
sense, and nothing but his monumental
| stupidity and overwhelming hard headed
ness had put him in such a predicament.
But this dull young man did not seem to
be in way either to ask or need pity. He
went to see Beatrice Harcourt just as
usual, and when he'happened to meet the
| professor there it never seemed to ruff1e
him in the least. When the young woman
! would try to draw him into the converse
tions, he had but one reply:
ooh, don't mind me; go on. You
know don't know anything about those
things. I'm well enough satisfied just lis
| tening to you two and learning some
thing
In the presence of such honesty, scien-
tific discussion always seemed to flag.
| Professor Mortimer at first regarded the
statement of his Ignorance as subtle sar-
casm, but he grew to know that Jack was
sincere.
Either the young man did not know, or
did not care, that half his world was
| laughing at him. His sister no longer
tried to demonstrate with him, for she
| knew it was useless. He was too dull to
see anything for himself and too hard
headed to Listen to others. Fred Merrilnan
| was disguised. He said in confidence to a
dear friend:
"Well, Jack Dalton ought to be the
grand master Of Blind Fool Council No.
of the United Order Of Idiots. To think
of his still hanging after that girl and run
ming against tho professor, when with half
an eye he ought to see that he hasn't the
| ghost of chancel The professor has all
the winning cards in his hand"
| But Fred was tou good a friend of Jack s
| to withhold from him the benefit Of his
| opinion; SO he aocosted Dalton one day
and tried to explain the situation to him.
He told him all that society was thinking
and saying about Miss Harcourt and him
self, and ended by warning him to check
his career in time.
| 1t was only another instance of Jack s
| hard headedness that he should take the
import Of his friends words in way en-
tirely apart from what was intended.
"Many, many thanks, Fred" he said,
"for what you have told me! If things be
as you say, might as well find out my
| fate at once. IT'S either the professor or I.
and I am going to know which it is. -
And that night he called on Beatrice
| with intentions.
| The professor didn't happen to be there,
| so Jack thought it best to go through with
his important message before some other
| caller might interrupt him..
| sMiss Harcourt, % he began, without any
preliminaries, '4I have loved you for long
time, and I want to marry you. Every
| body thinks that have no chance against
Professor Mortimer, and maybe haven't.
| OF course, can't talk philosophy and sci
| ence and''-
"Oh, Jack, don't say any more about
science and philosophy" cried Beatrice
ST haveAhad enough to last me my life
time. The professor has made me almost
hate them. Do you suppose woman
wants to be wooed with sy1logisms9 Yes,
I'll marry you, Jack, for isn't sincere love
| better than science?"
IT think it better than anything said
Jack, as be slipped aais arm about her.
"Well, don't SEQ how you got her, Jack. :"
When Fred MeFriman heard it, he said:
"That settles it. I've been studying wom-
en- for 80 years, and always just as get
q theory we'll worked out and settled some
thing like this occurs and knocks it higher
than kite. I'm going to give them up. :"
Mrs. MoGibeny Duff said, "What foolish
things women will dop'
Society in general held up it's hands and
said, "Who'd have thought itP''
The,professor said nothing, but packed
his grip and went back to talk philosophy
| to his young men.
And Jack, who was a dull boy and
didn't know what a furore he had created
just laughed and was very happy.-Ex.
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