The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-10

lnSlst, LII wait. Good advice is thrown
away on man like YOU"
CHAPTER VI.
The blessed privilege of skipping is,
to the reader Of a story, one of those
liberties worth fighting for Without
it, who would be brave enough to be-
gin book? With it, even the dullest
volume may be made passably inter-
esting. 1t must have occurred to the
observant reader that this world
might be made brighter and bet
ter if authors only would leave out
what must be skipped. This the
successful author will not do for
he thinks highly of himself, and if the
unsuccessful author did it it would not
matter for he is not read
The reader of this story has. of
course, come to no portion that invites
skipping. Sheer he-has read faith
fully up to these very words This
most happy state of things has been
brought about first by the intelligence
Of the reader and secondly by the
conscientiousness of the writer. The
mutual cooperation SO charmingly con-
tlnued thus far encourages the writer
to ask a favor of the reader The
story now enters period that
Mr.. Yates would describe as stirring.
10 compare small things with great,
its course might be likened to that of
the noble river near which it's scene is
situated. The Niagara flows placidly
along for miles and then sud-
GpnIV n111nCraS down,
turbulent rapids to the final ca
tastrophe. If the writer were a
novelist, instead of "a simple re-
porter of certain events, there would
be no need of asking the Indulgence of
the reader. If the writer were dealing
with creatures of his own Imagination
instead of with fixed facts, these crea-
lures could be made to do this or that
as best suited his purposes Such, how
ever, is not the case; and the exciting
events that must be narrated claim
precedence over the placid happenings
which, with little help from the read
ers imagination, may be taken as read.
The reader is therefore to know that
four written chapters which should
have interviewed between this and the
one preceding have been sacrificed.
But few lines are necessary to show
the state of things at the end of the
fourth vanished chapter. When peo-
pie are thrown together, especially
when people are young, the mutual
relationship existing between them
rarely remains stationary. It drifts
towards like or dislike, and cases have
been known where it progressed into
love or hatred.
Stillson Remark and Margaret How
ard became, at least, very firm friends
Each OF them would have been ready
to admit this much. In the four chap
ters which, by an unfortunate comb
nation of circumstances, are lost to the
world, it would have been seen how
these two had at least a good founda-
ton on which to build up an acquaint-
ance in the fact that Margaret's brother
was student in the university of
which the professor was worthy
member. They had also a subject Of
difference which, if it leads not to
heated argument but is soberly dis
cussed, lends itself even more to the
building of friendship than subjects of
argument. Margaret held that it was
wrong in the university to close it's
doors to women. Remark had hitherto
given the subject but little thought,
yet he developed an opinion contrary
to that of Margaret and was too hon
est a man or too little of a diplomatist
to conceal it. On one occasion Yates
had been present, and he threw him
self, with the energy that distinguished
him, into the woman side of the ques-
ton, cordially agreeing with Margaret
citing instances and holding those who
were against the admission of women
up to ridicule, haunting them with
fear of feminine competition. Mar
garet became silent as the champion Of
her cause waxed the more eloquent;