Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

reeted til
surged in
}. 20 on the
TWO or three
ming of this?'
bid fellow was
ock last night.
the science pic
was after 10 by
ok. He's gone of
mt time TO get his
gges;ed one.
is mother is dead"
le's in love. and gone
lestion," added third.
vas a general laugh. in
s,uld have joined ii you
the professor. Tail. lean
with decided stoop, and
we're screwed up almost TO
point. he was hardly the
with whom to associate any
he tender passion. His age,
against him. though no one
xactly what that age was. IL
w him walking home from col
long the esplanade you put him
at so, but when you saw his face
W with enthusiasm as he lectured
he beauties of the Greek particles
changed your mind and said he
light be 80.
Anyhow, he was rot popular. His
dry Scotch humor was not appreciated
lit 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 he
knew little of what was passing around
him, and was given credit for knowing
still less.
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 10 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 I'M
blushingly in the facs.
Il 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 do things for him.
II seems a very lonely life"
'oh. he is perfectly happy in his
work" replied Jemima; he doesn't
want any one 30 look after him." Jem-
ina judged all men land women) by
her own feelings, which is a danger
Gus thing TO do.
II don't know said her companion
doubtfully. However. it's no concern
of mine, so I'm off TO the tennis field
instead"
Had she only known that it was
very great concern of hers she would
nave ElNGH inc d lllllG
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 he wrote first of all de-
clining. A perusal of the list of in
vited arts" was the cause of his
EHonUn IF r-1fp n T,.nf
McVint was in love-it had taken some
time TO convince him of the fact. and
he had argued il 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: There
fore, love her"
He began to notice il first in this
way: Into his mind as he was busy in
he preparation of his lectures. there
would creep the surreptitious thought.
"What will she think of this? How
lrill she take that?" Then he found
himself thanking Providence that by
its kindly ordering the lady students
At in the front row during lectures.
md, therefore, more within range of
his somewhat limited vision. The next
thing that he was conscious of was that
ne was hunting high and low in his
room for a pair of glasses far stronger
than those he generally used and not
at 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.
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 a freshman, and which he
had worn ever since, was a little the
worse for wear and must be replaced
and then what he had long suspected
broke fully on his mind Such whole
sale revolution could mean but one
thing.
Thus It came to pass that on MOTTO
-g the name of Eva Miller among
Sc invite to the picnic the profess
sudde changed his mind. He was
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