The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-16
COLLABORATION.

II uon WAhtnim az al, said MRS. 81.
Julian.
"Thcn why not tell him sof" returned
ter husband from behind the outspread
Times. "Surely you needn't stand upon
ceremony with Ted"
"But / must get some ono to talk to
him, Tom. foant have him on my own
hands all day. Let mo see. Maud Aflieck's
ut home. think I'll ask her over She
knows nearlyns much about tho Mongols
az he docs Il will write to her at once.
She must Scme on Monday afternoon.
Ted proposes to arrive by the 7:16."
Tho house party assembled for the Cum
berleigh cricket week, consisting of the
famous Cambridge double blue, Norman
Harding and his eleven tho maidens invit-
cd to admire the prowess OF these heroes;
Miss Aflieek and the ST. Jukans them
selves, wasEathered together inthe long IL
brary whom Professor Alleyne entered 1t ut
o'clock on Monday evening. HIS entry,
very quietly made, was followed by gen.
eral sensation OF disappointment The
youthful company, hungrily awaiting his
appearances to adjourn to itsdinner, had
expected to find In him q more typical
specimen Of the professional genus. It
had looked for long haired scholar Of 90,
who should have stopped andyworn spec
tacles and an Ill fitting coat. Now AL
leyne, who appeared to be about five and
thirty and was by no means AL looking.
had a slngularly upright figure. His
clothes were perfectly well cut. He used
no glasses and actually boasted mus
tache. Maud Affleck, who had been prom
ising herself deep drafts at the fountains
of his erudition, reflected sadly that his
profound knowledge Of all things Mongo-
lian had probably been much exaggerated
by report.
Miss Afileck, wise In her generation, let
the M0ngols severely alone-and not for
that evening only. She refrained from
mentioning them for two whole days, dur
ing which she made herself SO ounobtrusive-
ly agreeable that the professor began to
forget sha had ever studied at Girton and
to wonder how his cousin Laura could
have described her hair as todd" But
on the third morning she commenced the
subject In fashion that showed she
meant business. No sooner had the great
Harding and his team, attended by Mrs.
ST. Julian and her bevy Of girls, started
for the cricket ground after breakfast than
she descended upon the professor, who was
peacefully smoking under the great cedar
VII tnO AoWh, Witn lCT aTIIlS lutl VI DuIltTt
and her fine eyes alight with eagerness.
"Mr Alleyne-you are so kind-I'm
sure you won't refuse to help me-"
This appeal was uttered with tremu-
lous confidence which some men would
have found extremely engaging. Not so
the professor, He knew too we'll all that
such an appeal portended. Reluctantly
he made room for the newcomer on the
hopch hociHa m, 1onEad full nd
his pipe.
smoking! l like it. Your cousin tell.
me you are writing great book on the
peoples Of northern Asia"
Tho professor could have groancd aloud
Perfidious Laura! What! Even this last
secret delivered into the hands of the ene
my. Perhaps, he thought, this very push
ing young woman would presently.demand
to sec his unfinished manuscripts.
Because, the pushing young woman
continued, II am writing something on
that subject too. Oh, not great book of
course-quite small one.
"And I thought perhaps you would
kindly help mo with the spelling Of the
proper names. You see, know nothing
of the dialects"
There was nothing for it but to accede
to this exceedingly cool proposal. Alleyne
took the sheets and began to run his eyes
over them, indicating an error here and
there. Suddenly at the bottom of page
he stopped short.
THAT Is novel idea."
"WhichY Wherep''
"Here, on page 01. You suggest that
the Ostyaks"-
The approach Of a servant with note
for Miss A f1ieck caused the professors sen.
tence to remain unfinished. Maud when
she had glanced over the scrap of paper
addressed her, heaved an impatient sigh.
Laura wants me to join her. sup.
pose must go. There is nothing hate
quite SO much as a cricket matcff~ May I
leave these with you or shall I"--
pray leave them-by all means" The
professors tone had grown quite cordial
1t seemed this girl did know something
Of the Monaghan problem after all and
had opinions Of her own on certain vexed
points connected with it. He turned the
page with some curiosity.
Very good. Very good indeed. Re
markably we'll worked out" The profess.
or read on, ignoring tho misspolled prop
er names, and was covered with confusion
when tho owner Of the manuscript re.
turned to claim IL.
"I'm afraid" he stammered, "that
there are still some corrections to make.
The truth Is, grew interested in the sub
ject matter. Perhaps you will leave tho
sheets with mo u little longer"
Maud accepted this kind offer with
alacrity and went to get ready for lunch
con. The professor remained behind and
took out his notebook. That hint about
the Ostyaks wandering had set him think
ing, and ho felt that his thoughts were
worth setting down.
Suddenly the poncil fell from his hand.
Good heavensl What was no aboutp
This train Of ideas was absolutely now.
But for Miss Afllcck q manuscript it would
never have risen In his mind The pro-
fessor was man Of honor. A cold swoat
of dismay broke out upon his forehead az
he realized tho nature Of tho crimo no had
boon near committing. Hc to pick girls
brains He shuddcrcd at himself
Ho shuddcrcd. Yet no was sorcly tempt.
oil TO look again at that half read chapter.
For, II the theory put forward I'm IL would
hold watcr-wcll, the best half of his sec
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