The Yale expositor., 1903-02-20
CHAPTER XIX.


OF the dialogue which had taken place
in his niece's parlor. was. neyerthe-
less. very well pleased at her deter
,mination Co accept the presidency.
Nevertheless, he had not been able 10
explain To himself how he or Emma
had been OF assistance To Eleanor In
making up her mind or why IL had
been necessary for them TO visit her.
There was. obviously. some mystery
which Emma appeared To understand.
tho solution OF which was for some
reason withheld from him. Moreover.
his wife. contrary To expectation. had
seemed eager To avoid further discus
sion OF the matter when they were
alone together. so much so that she
had neglected TO call his attention
to the fact that she had prophesied
that there was man at the bottom
OF u. The only further reference
made 60 Il by Eleanor had been
promise made by her on the way TO
the station. whittier she accompanied
them. 20 write full particulars OF the
Inauguration ceremonies. the date for
which would be fixed as soon as her
setter OF acceptance Of tho office had
been sent to the trustees.
Five minutes after the train was
'under way. however. Emma, who had
been sitting lost in contemplation,
sighed. and with a sympathizing shake
Of tho head. said:
Poor child! am sorry for her"
As she spoke she cast an interroga-
dive glance at Harold. who answered,
somewhat dogEcdly. what is the mat.
ter now. Chcrub?"
Nothing is tie matter. but when a
girl Is In love with man IL is always
hard to give him up. For once in her
life Eleanor. however. seems 10 have
acted with discretion"
DO you mean that she was I'm love
with that man she mentioned. Prof
Struthers?"
why. certainly. dear"
Why. didn't she say SO. them"
She did as plainly as Il was pos
slble for her to do. considering that
. she was not going to marry him.
n suppose that she decided not 20
accept MIN because she did not love
him" Harold said. TO tell the truth
though. | was pretty well In the dark
all through"
Il saw that you were. dear, and
was rather thankful. for a word OF the
wrong sort from your lips might have
spoiled everything"
How do you mean?"
III you had given her any cncour-
aGement ! am afraid she would have
married him"
u thought you were anxious TO have
her married"
so | was-to the right man. But
this would never do"
why not? This Prof Struthers Is
a very decent fellow. and very able
one from all accounts. His invention
is already very successful and he is
sure 10 bc rich. and I understand that
nc has taken out patents for the intro.
duction Of electricity as motive
power In moving railroad trains. lie
Is rising man. | should say, and II
Eleanor Is I'm love vita him. | think
she had better have married him. even
if she were Obliged TO give mp her
presidency In order to do so"
1T Is little late now" said Emma,
d majestlcally. you should have said
30 az the time"
But toll you had no idea she was
an love with him"
THAT was not my fault"
"Pshawl It's an outrage. Cherub
Won oughtn't TO have let her do H."
Emma coughed uneasily.
II don't mean that she was desper-
.ately in love with him. OF course n
she had been she would have accepted
him very likely. without asking us any
ching about H. WHAT mean Is that
she liked him just we'll enough. so
that. others things being equal. she
would have married him. But they
weren't equal. and she knew IL. He
wanted her 20 give mp her position"
"Of course he did. Any man would.
and II nc had given mp his own I'm
order TO marry her he would have
been a fool Well. as | said at the
dime. women are beyond me. Appar-
entity | am In the position OF having
advised her to accept the presidency
1t AilN AbNA W h'A ahNNAAhhHs
Emma pursed her lips disdainfully.
AS I said before. II she were 90
marry him. and they were To live out
herc. II might rot have been such
very bad idea II Eleanor had been
seriously bent on IL: out n she had
come To live In New York. he would
have been a white elephant on our
hands. lie knows nobody; in fact.
they neither OF them know anybody
now. What would they have done?"
DIED from sheer lack OF companion
ship In a city OF over a million inhabi
,tants. Cherub. you are superb"
Laugh " you like. Harold. ! am
right She Is very much better on
AZ she IL. People have got uSed 90
thinking OF her az blue stocking and
" will be rather n feather In her cap
20 be known IA president Of a college.
oh A.. In "a.