Evening journal., 1903-04-27

| her lesson
For a week or so i'm particular, her
pressure of work I'm other directions
tnot all of them scholastlc) had pre-
vented her from devoting her usual
lamount of energy to the task OF MAIN
tanning her philosophy reputation. and
she had. without conscience cut ethics
several days in succession. and had
failed to comment upon the fact to
the professor
What did he lecture about In ethics
-thcse recltations | missed?' she in
quired OF Priscilla, one afternoon.
"Swedenborg"
"Swedenborg, repeated Patty |
dreamily. "He got up a new religion,
didn't he? Or was it a new system Of
gymnastics? I've heard about him. but |
don't seem to remember any details" |
You'd better make him up, hos inn |
portant"
Il dare say: but I've lived twenty
one years without knowing about him,
1 and / can wait month longer Tan
saving up Confucius and the Jesuits for
axamination-tlme and I'll add Sweden
borg to the DIST"
You'd better not Professor Cairns
, leys fond of him. and is likely to pop
a special examination at any mo-
, ment"
Not Professor Cairnsley." laughed
, Patty. He doesn't want to waste the
time He's going to lecture straight on
for two weels-nice man; | see II In
= his eye what I admire in a professor
is a good steady plodding disposition
that doesn't go in for sensational SUR
prises"
you'll find yourself mistaken some
= day" warned Priscilla.
y mo danger. my dear Cassandra. /
= know Professor Cairnsley, and Profess
sor Cairnsley thinks he knows me; and
;. we Just get along together bdlutfully.
y I wish THERE were more like him" ="
y Patty added with a sigh.
= Professor Cairnsley began a lecture
= the next morning which was evidently
calculated to extend through the hour.
= snd Patty cast q triumphant glance at
:. Priscilla ola she unscrewed the top OF
her fountain-pen and settled down %
work. In the course OF tho lecture
4. however. he had occasion to refer 70
~ SwedenIborg. and, pausing a moment, he
y casually asked a girl on tha front seat
~ for a resume Of swedenborgs philos-
- ophy. She unfortunately confusing
4 him with Schopenhauer. glibly attrib
a. ! uted 10 him doctrines which would have
! outraged his soul could he have heart
-, them It ia written that the worm
,t~ viii turn. and THE professors blank
i~ smile deserted him as he passed tn
~, question TO a second girl without mucl
~ better result The class I'm general hal
Irr 10
- Idelusion that the time had not conn
in In which TO learn back notes. Amaze'
-, end indignant. he pursued the matte
-, with q persistency and a rancor h
- seldom showed. He began goinl
is straight through the class, growing
u, more and more sarcastic with zach reel
"a tation.
49, AS sho saw him finish with the rov
W In front and begin ON her row Patti
~ knew that she was doomed. She rack
Le ed her brain for some memory of Swe
am danborg he was a name 10 her AM
,e nothing more He might have bee
in an ancientGreelkor a modern American
~. for all she knew As Professor Cairns
for ley came along the line he was gradual
,,e ~ elicitlng from the terrified class IN
in superficial points which were more O
,or less common TO all philosophers Patt
ne perceived that her imagination coul
,od not help her out, that for once IN
e,n placid professor was on the warspatl
M and that Swedenborg and nothing h
ltv SwedenbOrg. would serve. She cast u
agonized glance mp at Priscilla. an
or Priscilla grinned back with "I told yo
So so written on every feature
ons Patty looked about desperately. TN
,od lecture-room wits shaped like an an
de- phitheater, with part OF uae seats on
sor levelt with the main floor. and tl
the rest rising in tiers Patty S,
vas lon the main floor, we'll towar
her the rear. She could barely see the prt
nd tessors head but he was coming 4
S a revOcably She did not have 10 sse veI
eep cleary 10 know thar. The girl befoi
har answered wildly; the profess,
as | lfcwned, and, looking down at his rol
hen book, slowly and deliberately made
mo zero
the When he raised his eyes again Patty
one az was empty She was kneeling Z
no. the floor. with her head bowed behir
dly the girl I'm front The unconscious pr,
EN- lessor passed over her bent head an
ure called on the girl on the other sid
lne | WIZ N'"titou lll oltlitdlly OnCt OF IWlc
AIRY and hunked fiat; and while he was cre'
this ting the fact in his roll-book Patty r.
iere sumed her seat A ripple Of laught
EN- ran around the room: the profess,
frowned, and remarked that he saw i
ped OCCASION fer amusement The be
I" rang and the class somewhat sheepisl
the ly filed out
me- That afternoon Patty burst into q
and study where Priscilla and George Me
lin- rifles were making tea. Did you ev,
in think / had muoh OF a conscience
al. she. demanded.
hen Never thought it was your stror
les. point" said George
and We'll I've got a perfectly tremel
ter dous one, What do yon think I've lsae
the doiRg?"
ned Making up your ethics lectures" SUI