News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-10-24
Edtoard greeted the p,Sttor ,carmly

EdtOdrd greeted the rlSitOr Wdrnnly.
the less surely, to realize that he was
thinking a good deal more about Miss
Seton than about his college work. He
had never cared for girls, and now that
he began to think of this one he was
troubled about it. The change in him
was gradual. He had met her with
Freeda, naturally. oftener than he met
the other girls. He liked her bright,
almost impertinent, remarks even when
they were directed against himself.
There was a habit among the girls
in Hope college that winter of saying
smart things about one another and
a fashion for epigrammatic hngs at
the teachers and things in general that
was not commendable. a few girls,
like Freeda, never INDUCED in the
habit. 1T is not wit; it is a kind of
whiplash talk that stings afterward,"
she would say. And yet even Edward,
who was the poorest kind of talker
himself, found himself attempting the
same style Of repartee whenever he
met Freeda's roommate. She answer
ed him.. but, more than that, interested
him in her. She had serious side to
her character that appealed to him.
She had a shelf next to his in the
laboratory, being one of the few girls
taking a full course in chemistry, and
very often during their experiments
on test problems Edward would find
70 mol hnn n
pert in laboratory work, having kept
up his practice through the preceding
summer. He was planning to be a
doctor, and Miss Seton more than once
declared her intention to study for the
degree of NJ. D.
81 don't want to teach or go into
music or any of those things" she
used to say. 81 want a profession
that calls for nerve and has some dis
coveries possible in it."
Edward Blake did not reason very
profoundly over the facts, as they be-
came more and more facts, while the
term drew to its close and commence
ment was near. But that Is not saying
that he did not know what the facts
were. And it is true of him that, be-
ing of the character he was he was
disturbed more deeply than he cared
to confess. For the first time in his
life he experienced a feeling that
threatened to interrupt his other am
billions. He had always sneered quiet
ly, all to himself, at the few men in
college who had danced attendance on
the girls in such a way as to be notice
able. He began to realize that he was
drifting along into, If not the same
category, a position where he had
never been before.
He was sitting at his table one even
ing thinking of the whole matter, with
his books open AROUND him and his
mild restless oyer the fact Of his In
creasing thought OF another person
who had silently grown thus to de-
mand a place there, wien be was star.
tied by a knock at the door, ne nag
not heard any one come up stairs ana
he had been so occupied that ne had
not expected or been prepared for an
interrupticm, 1s+'rss,. X =
10 j., went to The door and saw r' .ssl-
, dent Royce standing tbefe with lady.
"Blake, this Is Mrs, Preston, Willis
mother" said the president as they
came in. 4@S--,.-,@'s-s-=
Edward greeted the visitor warmly
Mrs. Preston's face was serious as she
returned the greeting. AS she sal
down Edward knew from her manner
that she had some news Of Willis thai
must be Of grave Importance. He wait
ed for 1t with genuine interest, his owl
affairs for the time being forgotten a
the sight of this sad faced woman
whose history was only partly known
TO him. d ~ keqtpsssxss-
CONTINUED next week.