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girls brains. He shuddered at him,
self.
He shuddered. Yet he was sorely
tempted to look again at the half Tread
chapter. For, If the theory put for.
ward in it would hold water, we'll, the
best half of his second volume wal
just so much waste paper. He pushed
the temptation from him to the oppos.
lite end of the bench. Then he fell ia
writing busily on certain slips OF
paper.
These slips-together with her
manuscript in neat parcel-he took
occasion to present to Miss Affieck
the same afternoon at tea time.
':What is the meaning of these hier-
oglyphics?" she inquired. The Pro-
lessor wrote an execrable handy He
explained, reddening slightly, that
they were ''rules for reconsideration,
which he thought she might find
helpful"
"They will enable me to correct my
spelling myself, see. suppose you
did not read any further, Mr.. Alleyne?"
II left off, returned the professor,
getting redder than before, Tin the
middle of the chapter on the Ostyaks
Will you take toast or tea cake?"
Maud was bitterly chagrined. She
made no secret of her modification to
Mrs. st. Julian, and that impulsive
young woman, moved with indignation,
seized the first opportunity of finding
herself alone with her cousin to re-
mark
Tied, how could you be so horrid
to that poor girl about her book?"
81 suppose you are speaking of Miss
Affieck. l gave her all the assistance
she asked"
"Yes, and refused to discuss the
subject any further. Let her perform
ance be ever so contemptible--"
81 did not say it was contemplate. "
"You might have condescenied to
speak of it, one would think! What
has Maud done that you should snub
her so numerically? If she were a
rival authority on-what do you call
them?-Mongols, you could hardly
have treated her worse"
The Professor was silent.
Ted Do you consider her rival
authority"
''An authority My dear Laura
It's impossible for any young woman
of Miss Affieck's age to have more
than the most superficial acquaintance
with such a large subject. But a
novice occasionally stumbles - by
chance-on solution of some difficulty
that has long been a puzzle to experts.
"And that is what Maud has done
/ understand Forgive me for laugh
ing; but real ly this is too funnyr'
Il do not see-to use your friend
Mr.. Harding's favorite expression
where the fun comes in exactly, Laura.
The labor of two years rendered vain
by a girls random guess, which it
probably took her couple of morn
ings to elaborated" muttered the poor
Professor, casting dignity to the
winds in his irritation.
Mrs. ST. Julian heroically stifed
her amusement
There is only one thing for it that
/ can think of. You two must marry,
and-fuse your warning books into
one"
Laura
"Why not? She is pretty and well
bred. Eventually she will come into
good deal of money"
IF this is intended for joke,
Laura" the Professor interposed
severely, excuse me for saying that
1t is an extremely bad one"
Il never was more serious in my
life, his cousin protested. "It would
be an admirable arrangement. Do
think about it.
But this the Professor Indignantly
declined to do.
1t was well for his pride that he
showed himself thus obdurate from
the beginning, for Miss Affieck's de-
meanor for the next few days made it
plain that his thinking-supposingh he
had weakly consented to take Laura's
INSCRIPTIONS plan into consideration
would have been to no purpose.
The ex-student of Girton, having had
quite enough of learned society for the
present, proceeded to unbend her
mind in the company of Mr.. Norman
Harding, who had by this time
awakened to the charms of her hair.
The Professor often glanced at her
across the table-Mrs St. Julian no
longer sent them into dinner together
wondering how any woman with a
mind could endure the irresponsible
prattle of that brainless giant. Miss
Affieck endured it with cheerful stole
ism. She exposed herself voluntarily
to the infection, accompanying the big
man on rambles in search of wild
flowers and suffering him to give her
billiard lessons on rainy mornings.
By the end of the week Alleyne had
serious thoughts of going back to Ok
ford. He made up his mind to this
step on Monday morning Mr.. Hard
ing having shown himself peculiarly
insane, and Miss Affieck more than
ordinarily tolerant of his insanity on
the preceding Sunday, as he smoked
his after breakfast pipe in the shrub
berry. And he had no sooner done so
than sudden win ding of the shrub
berry path brought him plump upon
Miss Affleck, seated upon rustic
bench. She had writing board upon
her knee and pencil in her hand.
The book inquired the Professor,
with sickly smile.
She nodded. "My poor little book
which you wouldn't even deign to
criticise."
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