Evening journal., 1903-04-27

recitation TO a system. ana could lore |
tell with unvarying precision the day
she would be called ON and the question
she would be asked. Her tactics vuried
with the subject and the Instructor, and
were the result of penetration and
knowledge OF human nature that might
have accomplished something in a
worthier cause.
In chemistry, for example. her in
su'uctor was man who had Outlived
amy early Illusions in regard TO the SUI
perior conBcientiousneas OF girls over
boys He was not by nature a suspi-
cious person, but long experience In
teaching had inculcated an inordinate
wariness which was sometimes out OF
seasOn. He allowed no mapping In his
classes. and those who did not pay at
ltenton suffered Patty discovered his
weakness early in the year, and plan
Ined her campaign accordingly. AS long
las she did not understand the experi-
ment In hand. she would watch him
with a face baamfng with intelligence;
but when she did understand. and wish
ed to recite. she would let her eyeswan-
der to the window with a dreamy, far
Iaway smile, and. being asked a ques-
ton. would come back to the realities
Of chemistry with a start and. after
ia moment OF Ostentatious rendering,
make a brilliant recitation. IL must be
confessed that her moments OF alb
stractlon were rare; she was far too
often radiantly interested.
In French her tactics were exactly
opposite The instructor, with all the
native politeness OF his race, called on
those only who caught his eye and ap-
b jpeared willing and anxious to recite
This made the matter comparatively
simple, hut still required considerable
E hnesse. Patty dropped her pen spilled
r the pages from her notebook. tied hel
lshoe-string, and even sneezed oppor
] ltunely i'm order not to catch his eye a
[ linconvenient moments. The rest of thI
= class who were not artists, contente,
s themselves with merely lowering thei
eyes as he looked along the lines
' mathod which in Patty's scornful esu
2 nation, said as plainly as words
Please don't call ON me; don
!, know"
But with Professor Cairnsley VIII
, taught philosophy. &c was more difficul
{ TO form a working hypothesis. He ha
y grown old in the service OF the college
y and after thirty years experience q
Il girl-nature he was still as unsuspicious
ly trustful as he had been i'm the begin
Il ming Taking it for granted that hi
o pupils we're as interested in the cor
e Temptation OF philosophic truths as i
IT himself, the professor conducted h
s. recitations without a suspicion Of gull
.e and based his procedure entirely upo
the inspiration Of the moment III
z key to his method had always remaine
l. a mystery. and several generations
l. classes had searched fer Il in vail
"a Some averred that he called on ever
a seventh girl; others. that he DIRE
q lots. Patty triumphantly announce
= early in the course that she had di
covered the secret at last-that @
Monday he called on the red-hairt
u GIRL on Tuesday, those with yello
/, hair; ON Wednesday and Thursda
ID those with brown; and ON Friday, tho,
4 with black But this solution. ~
re the others. was found to break dow
in actual practice; and Patty. for ON
D. discovered that It required all her Il
e. ganuity. and even a good deal Of stud
ID ing, to maintain her reputation 4
Of lbrilliamcy In Professor CairnsleB
m lciasses. And she cared about mai
to tanning it, for she liked the profess
ne and was one Of his favOrite pupils 81
d. had known his wife before she enter
OF college. and she often called upon the
X in their home and, I'M short. exemp
fed the ideal relations between facul
and students.
= Owing to the pressure Of many int
ests. Patty's researches into philos
ply were not as deep as the intentio
Of the course, but she had q very go
working knowledge, which, In its
4 tails, would have astonished Profess
Cairnsiey could he have got behind {
scenes. Though her knowledge W
not based strictly on the Textbook. h
reputation in the class was good. an
NV as Patty admitted with a sigh, ITS
on great strain on the imagination to Ike
a. up a reputation in philosophy
uf- IL had been established. indeed.
INV far back as her sophomore year. VIII
,d- the psychology class was awed IL
silence by its first introduction to I
asst distractions Of science. and Patty alo
, I had dared to lift her voice. The pi
md fessor, one morning. had been placis
n llecturing along on the subject of *
ma sation, and in the course of the lecu
he had remarked s.''lt is probable that
rev individual experiences all the prima
esa sensations during the first few mont
am of infancy, and that in after life th'
me is no such thing as new %
49, sation."
sn Professor Cairnsley' Patty piI
nm up. did you ever shoot the chutss?'
ma The ice was broken at last. and
80 class felt at home. even in the son
90 what deep waters Of philosophy; a
~, Patty. however undeservedly, had ga
Cd the credit of having a deeper
sight than most into matters physics
-, And so into her senior year. VIII
- she entered upon the study of ethi
she carried along an unearned a
Fragile reputation built upon subt
fuges and likely to crumble at
M slightest touch. She had maintain