Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-07-22

there are still some corrections 70
make. The truth is, I grew interested
In the subject matter. Perhans Won
viii leave the sheets with me little
longer ?" t-''i0
Maud accepted this kind offer with
alacrlty, and went to get ready for
luncheon. The Professor remained
behlnd and took out his note book.
That hint about the Ostyaks wander
ing had set him thinking, and he felt
that his thoughts were worth setting
down.
Suddenly the pencil fell from his
hand. Good heavens! What was he
about? This train of ideas was abso-
lutely new. But for Miss Affleck's
manuscript it would never have risen
In his mind. The Professor was a.
man OF honor; cold sweat of dismay
broke out upon his forehead as he re-
allied the nature of the crime he had
been near committing. He, to pick a
girls brains. He shuddered at him
self.
He shuddered. Yet he was sorely
tempted to look again at the half-read
chapter. For, if the theory put for
ward in it would hold water, well, the
best half of his second volume was
Just SO much waste paper. He pushed
the temptation from him to the oppos-
tie end of the bench. Then he fell to
writing busily on certain slips of
paper.
These slips-together with her
manuscript in a neat parcel-he took
occasion to present to Miss Afieck
the same afternoon at tea time.
'::What is the meaning of these hier-
oglyphics?" she inquired. (The Pro-
lessor wrote an execrable hand) He
explained, reddening slightly, that
they were ''rules for transliteration,
which he thought she might find
helpful"
"They will enable me to correct my
spelling myself, I see. suppose you
did not read any further, Mr.. Alleyne?"
II left off, returned the profess or,
getting redder than before, Sin tle
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:
''Ted, how could you be SO horrid
to that poor girl about her book?"
II suppose you are speaking of Miss
Affleck. I gave her all the assistance
she asked"
eyes, and refused to discuss the
subject any further. Let her perform
ance be ever so contemptible-'
ST did not say it was contemplate"
"You might have condescended to
speak of it, one would think! What
has Maud done that you should snub
her so numerically? If she were
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
can authority Ny dear Laura!
It's impossible for any young woman
of Miss Affieck's age to have more
than the most superficial acquaintance
with such large subject. But a
novice occasionally stumbles - by
chance-on solution of some difficulty
that has long been puzzle to experts. "
''And that is what Maud has done!
I understand! Forgive me for laugh
ing; but really this is too funny!''
81 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 stified
her amusement.
ssThere is only one thing for it that
[ can think Of. You two must marry,
and-fuse your warning books into
one."
Laura
ssWhy not? She is pretty and well
bred. Eventually she will come into
good deal of money"
eff this is intended for joke,
Laura" the Professor interposed
severely, excuse me for saying that
it is an extremely bad one.
81 never was more serious IN my
life," his cousin protested. cit would
be an admirable arrangement. DO
think about it. :"
But this the Professor Indignantly
declined to do.
It was we'll for his pride that he
showed himself thus obdurate from
the beginning, for Miss Affieck,s oe-
meanor for the next few days made it
plain that his thinking supposlng ne
had weakly consented to take Laura
INSCRIPTIONS plan into consideration
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