The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-08-14

won over, 50 that began to hear much
good of Mrs. Kelvin.
''She has wished for a son." said
Dorothy Though she seems so su-
perficial, she is good mother at heart.
She loves her daughter, and she would
have been very proud of boy like
Donald"
1t occurred to me to wonder whether
she would have been proud of boy
like Kelvin which certainly needed to
be considered as among the possibili-
ties However, there could be no doubt
of her honest admiration of Donald.
She talked to me about him upon one
occasion at considerable length and
seemed really anxious when / said that
the boy was not quite himself this sum
mer.
"The incidents which have brought
out this peculiar power Of his have
worried him." said L. at is the rule
with those who are SO endowed"
you don't think there can be any
thing elseT' she said, without meeting
my eye
what else can there be-" l asked,
unless he's in lover
"Well. / didn't mean that either
she responded This power of his
may-may result In his having matters
on his mind; but Of course l know
nothing about II"
We had been sitting in a nook of the
veranda, waiting, while servant took
word to Dorothy that Mrs. Kelvin was
there AS she spoke the last sentence
which l have quoted, she arose some
what hastily and made a great bust
ness of waving her hand to Dorothy,
who was coming across the lawn from
the tennis court with Carl.
In Mrs. Kelvin's vague hints l per-
ceived another mystery, added to those
which we already had. Or perhaps
they might be taken to be the germ of
the explanation of mystery. Perhaps
she fancied that Donald knew the Sc
cret of her husbands designs, Of which
she herself might not be so fully in
formed as she would have wished. l
was blind and silly enough to think
that that was what she meant.
It has seemed to me that these Incl
dents should be recorded here. Having
set them down, I will proceed with the
matter of the Princeton professor.
College professors are fine people, as
a rule. The old ones are ripe and
strong. They are saturated with the
seething, full hearted life Of an Amer
lean university. They sometimes seem
to be submerged In 1t and to have lost
their individuality, but draw the wrin-
kled fellows out for a moment like
pears from fiagons of good wine, and
you shall find the fruit still sound at
heart and full of a rich SAVIOR which it
has gained In tempering the vintage
The young men are sturdy and earnest,
and for every one of the whole lot,
young and old together, who has stag
mated and is behind the times there are
n1nety-nine who are well in advance.
| include this hasty tribute in order
to show that Professor George F.. Sew
ern had everything in his favor with
me, and yet he did not please me.
There was something assertive In his
manner, and he spoke of his book upon
telepathy as if he thought | would not
dare confess that | had not read 1t. |
found the courage, however, to make
that admission.
1t appeared that Professor Severn
held the Watkins chair in psychology
in the New Jersey university and that
he had heard of Donald's remarkable
performances and had come to Tun-
bridge to make an investigation. He
was lean, tall man of forty, with
deep set, searching eyes He was
smooth shaven, and his under lip pro
jected beyond the upper. When he
talked. this popularity became more
noticeable; his words seemed to strike
against the protruding lip and to glance
up into the air
told him that he would find Donald
a very hard subject to deal with that
! doubted whether he would be able to
learn anything OF importance in the
time at his disposal, considering that
had failed to do so with much larger
opportunity. He was at liberty, how
ever, TO make the experiment. and
meanwhile should esteem 1t an honor
If he would be my guest. He accepted
my proposal with thaS sort of hesita-
ton which proves such an offer has
been counted upon in advance
MIR. and Mrs. Donaldson did not view
the professors visit with favor when
told them the object of it; but, TO my
great surprise, Donald took the inflic-
ton very lightly
It'll tell you all know about it. Pro
fessor Severn" said he 1T isn't much.
and wish 1t were less
Upon this the professor proceeded to
put Donald through a rigid cross ex-
animation in regard to the matter OF
the expected robber. He seemed to
have a good knowledge of the at
fair, and his questions showed
shrewd intelligence. Yet they devei-
oped little that was 80 little. IN
fact, that am able TO omit the scene
without loss Donald spoke with per
feet freedom. exhibited no inpatience
and showed absolutely no bias. He
made one excellent point, as ii seemed
to me. by way of illustration.
"lf you We're going to meet MIR.
Jones whom yuu had never SEEM" said
he "wuuhfn-t you have feeling as to
how he would hook p
= might" the professor admitted.
whereuupn Dro1ra9d said that be would
almost certainly have such feeling
"Bua MINIS are as oftsn wrong as