Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-11
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Prof. McVint regrets that, owing to
his absence from town, his lecture on
The Aspirate in Greek is unavoidably
postponed"
This was thesnotice that greeted th-
crowd of students as they surged IN
one mass to class room No. 20 on the
morning of June 5, some two or three
years ago. -,
Hello! what's the meaning OF this?
said Pennington. "The old fellow was
here as late at 10 o'clock last nlght'
for | was with him at the science pic
mic yesterday, and it was after 10 by
the time we got back. Hes gone on
mighty quick!"
Perhaps he hadn't time to get MS
lecture ready" suggested one.
"More likely his mother s dead'
said another. :,
"Ten to one he's in love, and gone
off to pop the question" added tnird.
At this there was a general laugh. IN
which you would have Joined if you
had known the professor. Tall, lean
and angular, with decided stoop, and
eyes that were screwed up almost to
vanishing point, he was hardly the
parsonage with whom to associate any
idea of the tender passion. His age,
too, was against him, though no one
knew exactly what that age was. II
you saw him walking home from col
lege along the esplanade you put him
down at so, but when you saw his face
aglow with enthusiasm as he lectured
on the beauties Of the Greek particles
you changed your mind and said he
might be 30.----.r.-
Anyhow, he was Eot popular. His
dry Scotch hrmor was not appreciated
1T very often bit too deeply into the
feelings of his. victim to be pleasant,
and all who came beneath the lash OF
his tongue bore him no small grudge
for what he made them suffer. Then
he lived. absolutely apart from college
life, not even mixing with the other
members of the staff. Consequently be
knew little OF what was passing around
him, and was given credit for knowing
He had never been known to miss
lecture; even when one morning he
found on his arrival at college that
his class room had been burned out in
the night he calmly remarked to the
crowd Of students near the door. Il
think, ladies and gentlemen, with your
permission, we will deliver our lecture
in the corridor" No wonder, therefore,
that there was no small stir when this
historic notice stared the world un-
blushingly in the face.
81 wonder what it can be-" said Eva
Miller to her friend. Jemima Bates, as
they turned slowly from the class room
door and walked away down the cor
ridor. poor man, am afraid there is
something wrong; and he has no one
to look after him or &c things for him.
1t seems very lonely life"
he is perfectly happy in his
work" replied Jemima; "he doesn't
want any one to look after him." Jem-
ina judged all men (and women) by
her own feelings, which is danger
Gus thing to do.
81 don't know" said her companion
doubtfully. However, it's no concern
of NINE SO I'm off to the tennis field
instead"
Had she only known that it was a
very great concern of hers she would
have given the matter little more
thought
The previous day, as young Penning-
ton had said, had been the science pic
mic. Much to the surprise of everybody,
the professor finally accepted his invit-
ation-though ne wrote first of all de-
clining. A perusal of the list of in
vited "arts" was the cause of his
change of mind. The fact was Prof.
McVint was in loye-it had taken some
time to convince him of the fact, and
he had argued it out pro and con with
himself in every imaginable way. But
from the conclusion he could not eS-
cape; whatever his premises, the de-
duction Invariably came out: "rhere-
fore, love her"
He began to notice it first in this
way: Into his mind IS he was busy in
the preparation of his lectures, there
would creep the surreptitious thought
''What will she think of this? How
will she take that?" Then he found
himself thanking Providence that by
it's kindly ordering the lady students
=. sat in the front row during lectures,
and, therefore, more within range of
his somewhat limited vision. The next
thing that he was conscious Of was that
he was hunting high and low in his
room for pair of glasses far stronger
than those he generally used and not
ut all necessary for mere reading pur-
poses. Two or three times he lost his
place in his notes and stood confused
and put to shame before the class, a
thing that had never happened before
in all his experience. Finally he came
to the conclusion that the tie which
he had been wearing when the senior
student was freshman, and which he
had worn ever since, was little the
worse for wear and must be replaced,
and then what he had long suspected
broke fully on his mind. Such a whole
sale revolution could mean but one
thing. s-A -. $50
4 Thus it came to pass that on MOTTO
ing the name of Eva Miller among
I. those invited to the picnic the profess
; .sor. suddenly changed his mind. He was
.. man of few words and prompt deeds.
He would try his luck that very day
kssTssTo describe his feelings during the
ssdrive. to the scene Of action would be
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