The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19

! come without sending advance notice.
! presuming he could obtain q carriage
at the station; he had been unable to
! do SO, and therefore had been compelled
to walk the entire distance. which must
be over a mile; and he had left his
! baggage at the station, among which
was a valuable telescope; he hoped it
might not be injured.
You are interested in solar biology,
Mrs. Baxter tells us observed Dor
othy, after all these incidents had been
laid bare.
I have made a study of it for over
! thirty years, said the professor, with
pride. Indeed, l may say that l am
! one of the pioneers who searched for
knowledge along this line in this CEN
fury"
Il suppose it is very difficult to I'M
! derstand,' murmured Dorothy po-
litely.
"Oh, that depends upon the amount
of application given to it, TO certain
extent, though 1 have natural
grasp of scientific subjects. l can
usually tell the place any person occu-
pied in the great solar world merely
from observation. Now, if 1 might
venture to hazard an opinion-as to
yourself, for instance-if you would
not consider me impertinent-"
Certainly not said Dorothy, smil-
ing.
I am of the opinion, then, that you
are a Sagittarius. If you will be so
good as to name the day of the month
on which your birthday arrives, we
can see whether or not I have blunder-
ed II
Dorothy named December 18th. She
was amused by the eccentricities of
this quaint old gentleman.
Right! Quite right" exclaimed the
professor joyfully.
They had now reached the cottage,
and Mrs. Baxter was advancing to
meet them, full of welcome and in
Productions. General Staphope, a tail,
thin, intellectual man, who surveyed
life calmly through pair of big,
round-eyed spectacles, was delighted,
in his cold, deliberate way. to meet
again his old friend, and they sat down
on the piazza for a chat about old
times. Lalla Braddon, a delicious little
creature in pink, with short curls and
big violet eyes, seized Dorothy and
bore her away.
We're going to have a little Hallow-
cen dance tonight, did you know it?''
she said And we shall try some old
charms afterward. Some people are
going to drive down from the Point
There will be wood fires of pine logs in
the fireplace, rejecting on the big red
screens. And we have found such a
funny lot of old portraits in the garnet
Jack and 1 brought them down and
put them on easels; elderly men, you
know, with narrow foreheads, high
collars and long hair curling up at the
ends, and thin women with sloping
shoulders. holding little books How
odd people look when they get out of
fashion, don't they? 1 shall wear yell
low with touches of black. We are to
have the Dead March from Saul play
ed softly while we go out to supper
VIII it not be weird?''
Dear Uncle Swithin,' said Mrs. Bax-
ter the same evening, approaching the
professor, as it is Halloween, l Won
der if you would be SO good as to en-
terrain US. after supper, with some
demonstrations of solar biology If
you would tell our fortunes, for in
stance! 1t would be so charming for
the young people to look into futurity
When one gets older it isn't so fascin-
ating, is it?"
Il never tell fortunes; that belongs
to the quacks,' said the professor, with
dignity. However, if the young peo-
pie will allow me to register their birth
days in my notebook, I viii give their
delineations-that is, descriptions of
their dispositions and abilities as infiu-
enced by the planets under which they
We're BORN he exclaimed, seeing
blank look in his niece's face.
That is so good of you. And is it
all true?' inquired Mrs. Baxter, naive
y
LAS true as history. No one should
be without knowledge of solar biology
1t gives valuable information along the
most practical lines Of life. It indicates
whom one should marry, what business
one is adapted for and what friend
ships to form. Then, once you know a
persons characteristics, think what an
immense advantagei oYu know what
are his strong and weak points; how 10
address him; what will fiatter or in
terest him; you wind him around your
finger just like tllis''-here the pro-
fessor held one forefinger horizontally
aloft while he described rapid circles
around it with the other.
Mrs. Baxter regarded her uncle with
sort of fascinated awe. And to
think you can do all these thingsr' she
murmured.
A glow of pride illumined the pro-
fessor's vast ears. by the way" he
remarked, in a changed tone that was
a remarkably fine young woman I met
out on the beach
Whom? Oh, Dorothy Van Deering."
Eyes. She's a Sagittarius."
"A-what?" Mrs. Baxter ceased fan
ming herself and her face took on ID
look of pensive inquiry.
"A Sagittarius Born under that sign,
you know. Denotes great executive
ability" explained the professor. Now
if ever 1 marry, it shall be a Sagittar-
ius woman. L have always said So"
And you have never met one until
now?' inquired Mrs. Baxter, for her
uncle was a bachelor.
Yes, a good many" He sighed.
There has always been some obstacle. |
Usually they are already married.
well, I'm afraid it's equally hope |
less in this case said Mrs. Baxter, |
laughing.
why is it hopeless?" The professor
looked w aggressively, his full pro-
truding underlip defying his large, fat /
nose. Before Mrs. Baxter could reply, !
the object of their remarks appeared /
on the piazza before them, though ig- |
norant of their proximity, they stand |
ing in the library window. She wore a
cream wool dress, simple enough, but I
its witching simplicity had taxed a
Partisan modiste's most subtle powers. I
Her delicate yet strong profile was to- I
ward them as she reaIranged some /
vines which the wind had blown from /
their support; her big brown eyes were |
lazy and unconcerned. At that moment |
Cuthbert Ogden came up the steps; in
stantly a SOFT sunshiny fire suffused I
her face. They moved down the piazza |
together chatting socially. The pro-
fessor looked disturbed; a horrible jeal- (
ousy began to rage in his breast. He |
rose with dignity.