The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-07-16
INF GIRL FROM ACROSS"

.Iyl looked up at the auto uoor
,mte dismay. She was pretty,
NV pretty, and young, and stylish
.sd She lived over the way III
ming rooms, where pretty girls
'ieIf and nice boys were glad to
3, She had heaps of friends and
gt the college.
she, the daughter of an Amer,
ven. should aspire to medical
IN ~, \uld Reekie was by no means
.poppa,' busy in Baltimore max
,rs pulled his chin whiskers, and
"a, a, there were diploma factories
their side the streak" But
=" violently had to give way, as
,re alike had to where Maisie
,rrerued. So a self-possessed
nj twenty-five summers and
,4ss. bound trunks, marked with
MS and Stripes, arrived in l.
u4-the man who knew every
md who was a professor at the
wed here!
stated a moment, doubtful of
,rrlety of intrusion. He was a
ann, and a professor of integral
s,, which is a very abstruse
f., take degree in, still more SO
Nan knew everything-except
olnpel buttons to remain on
and to keep mice from his pro-
~ IDLY up his rooms, and the
.. of household economy, gen
tort and such like trities, which
,ncluded in the curriculum of
... he had ever heard of, being
-uie the limit of integral phil
..a as affairs that chiefly con-
men. of no matter.
Lice went boldly up to the door
el.
k. was sitting at a large table
with his papers, his trousers
and his feet immersed III a
tepid water.
is to everything outside his
IT he sat and wrote.
engaged on a great work, to
.rd in two volumes at the
kseller's-and also in add
mes and burrows on his face.
short. but the power of man
|a his short travail he lad held
B truth to many hidden mys-
lat secret should escape him?
Of demarcatlon stay bis
Meanwhile, there was one
to work.
Why his eyes peered dlmly
a dark tohos, and his feet
, The cold water. He had for
like them out.
aok a little as the grabbed
formed themselves on the
lis manuscript. Doggedly
rNultant, determined, while
ueipia NitW.' He under
.lpadline and began fresh
us some one entered-"The
ID Life is-a pretty girl"
uat what the Professor meant
o. his great treatise, nor Is it
luuld have acknowledged or
anv ordinary moment. | do
ad to know the psychological
Al explains the phenomenon.
Rp been the retina of his eye
minated the current of his
3D. ANYHOW, it was there also,
.lty muslin.
.ke,[ dreamily at the bright
VA over his clouded glasses.
.aze rested on the blue of her
odd of her hair, the red of her
rl the freshness of her bright
..44 AS on a beautiful picture
4 aaly to fade. Then he sighed,
seu. however, his mind, bent
at work. was not wholly equal
tuation. He addressed her
" as he would have done the
n who tended him.
me grumped.
i half-stified laugh at his
So rose to her lips. Then the
eminent died out from her
,U they renewed their look of
IT,
ee the Professor"
aIn the girl over the way"
eirl-what ways'
Mn't noticed her, Her feminine
distinctly hurt. Other mems
.0- admiration was more appar-
to obsrusiveness. But it is
-ant to feel one has been need
on the other side the street."
lined, flushing slightly, "And
a4r YOU at the college"
,,s,' He memorized her now,
ector does an unlabeled speci-
box. Back row, pink com
her. Answers averagely in
w YOU sit down." he said, with
aut politeness, indicating to her,
~ of the hand, the only un-
chair.
essed a smile as she noted it's
.-5s condition.
hanks" she responded, 81