New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

! that until the whole party proceeded to the
| brides home for the breakfast
| From there a messenger was sent 10 look fOr
Peter and just as the breakfast had begun the
missing groomsman made his appearance.
What he had suffered during the course 81 h DIS
adventure no one would ever know but there
| was in his face mingling OF unutterable emo
tons Hatless dusty, hot and dishevelled ne
stepped into the room, and stared ABOUT MN"
| But his chief emotion was anxiety:
Good gracious my dear fellow" cried Bar
ron where have you been? what 10 the mat
! ter? Come and sit here
Peter came. He looked at the races oI pn nm
and bridegroom and that all was welI'
Then he wiped his brows, with sign OF rehe,;
1T is all right, them? nc said huskIS'
couldn't get on without the ring ,
! He spoke 50 strangely that smile appeafe1
on several faces. One of those al the hedu vi
the table however. did not smile. ohe Was
looking into Peters face and It was her volrd
! that murrnured Poor fellow" Barron hearu
ii, and wondered -, ,old bie
curious story 1t could not have been expec'eai
that the poor anthropologist wouic De a s"
story-teer; but mere was suip he smoke
Peter had been shaken. out OF hlnsei'' ne sp
: with simple feeling and Indignation; ais woIps'
his gestures. moved every one TO ~ i ni,a
The Scientist had emotions, in spite OF SEER I'LL,
/ "Imagine the position" he said Inc or'H'
groom waiting for the ring when l hau pe
trusted to get-and the policeman iir",osa'a
innexible My dear Barron. | was "l'u-I w.
have done anythng-I would nav s nJn
fortune-I would have given up my Fello"ship-
to get away. would. $40 ,,as unon
| He paused for breath. Every eye was upon
him; every sound was hushed ,., ..o
..The inspector" he said. was niue n o'e
reasona BILE and thus am here That po'Ice e,id
| rnnst have been a little mad believe l couIu
not quite make out his explanation; but IL seeInn
that one of his excuses for arrestng me wa NY
coat-my coat! 1t was most eX'rdoi u'l'ni 1,o,.s
Then of course every one looked al 49,
! coat and saw that it was blue beneath the uus.
Barron glanced at Miss Pattie ana sIe pc cho
ing his meaning, remembered her III .LirJ
o,,1
time. $50 80 oont.rnt
Peters face flushed his eyes were p,tsn.
Miss Patte saw in his countenance solie' nhe
that caused her own to soften. to chahge. 7hs
saw perhaps an old Peter, the one VINO hau
been Barron's friend and had won ,,msd,Gsb
faith and loyalty long ago-the PLAIN UNI ~
peter. who during the whole of this dnhaPpy
adventure had not given one thoughl l" Inn, ,',n
self Or perhaps she saw IN ms t' soft bandNa
of a possible future, when some SUI na' 10
| woman's hand-shoId have brushed aw"S nc
dust of his studies, and sent MN l2I'" "
and Furnished to face the WoL.u s So also and
Then Peter in the silence looked up als ,d ar ~
his ewes met hers For moment they gazeu d.
one another and for the second tIh'e wa, n
Peter Sands Fellowship became 'e''
thing Then the incident was over -, ,bo
"Well uDon my word" muttereu bdii'"' WV
had seen il all. Upon my word. 49,. o,oo
Ae I have already limited. everything az Hr
80, tbroneh the blue coat. Had II not been lor
that Miss Pattie would have paid no NOR NOR; a.
tention TO Peter than to any otEer lusE 1900
Ion Pete would
nor ewes Had il not been Tor the coa' .,,Id
mnuIS not have forgotten the ring, Peter Mo rn
have had no need to break into nous nous ne, s IN
Imam would have had no reasonapie aus
a,,h, his exclamation. Further, but TOT ,ile I'd.
Miss Patte would never have given re,e h u for
second glance which moved heI - no -, he,
Rim or that third glance which lao par ~ ~
n NH oves his simple unselfsh heart ana 'he
possibilities that lay beneath the uust, i,solr
The remainder of the story Is slHp0iIf - 10
when the Fellow reached home that hlshl Nv
"e, tn late hour calculating what amount
annually he would be worth IL ne iost l'a bo
Ilowship. When he had settled TINS quni ,ont
booL his head in a doubtful way, ana tooh
down from a shelf those packets OF nldilus ~
which were the beginning of his tp0ch Oh ,me
Mastodon." They had been n nes"t large pro-
norton of his time in adding to ana REVISING
Iin also developed socially, paying frequent
Isis 70 BARRON under the plea that it was wei
! 70 keen sight of an old schoolfellow. and that ne
was greatly benefited 10y change OF scene IL va, Nas
of further development in the form OF lhcledseu
activity In six months he looked as many years
younger. ,a,., por,or
still more regularly. He had found frienu
= there ne said. who was greatly lhterTs'eu III ~,
and who desired to see the proofs. II may ne
: remembered also. that at the time OF Us pu"
LEGATION a chair OF anthropology was FOUNDED AT
, the new HeXminster University -.
The Epoch of the Mastodon' made a great
mark in scientific circles. where 1t Is stu re-
e garded as standard work. The most prominent
q candidate for the chair at Hexminster was tne
e author OF that book. neat and scholarly ie'
low-they write ii Fellow-whom Few even Oh
his enemies would have called fossil. tie was
elected almost unanimously. and on me heN
day told his admiring landady that ne had re.
signed his ectureship and his Fellowship. that
he was Professor Sand OF Hexmlnster' anu
0 that he was about to be married
He also minated that in Difference 10 the
wishes Of his bride. he had visited his tali"t ahu
J had ordered new coat. II to be black
one!-(Chambers's Journal