Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-04
THE SECRET IGNORANCE.

dying. He was n learned man, with 4
long list of initials after his name and n
long, white beard. His work in philola-
gy is to this day spoken Of with great
respect. His studies in Elizabethan lit
erarure were profound and his clear and
authoritative essays on the subject have
just been collected from the learned re-
views ami republished. The Athenaenm
speaks very ven of them
doctor. he said 10 his medical attend
ant. lam dying:'
Nonsense" said the doctor rritably.
y ou,ve got quite good chance of pull
ing through all right il YOU do what
yourc told and don't worry And you've
been worrying
How do you know that:''
Never mind. 1t must be so; Your
mind is not ri ease
No" said the professor YEARLY, far
from it: very far from it.
We'll, said the doctor checrfnlly.
/ YOU must get over that. 1t cannot be a
money matter
NO" said the professor. my affairs
are in order. | leave enough behind me;
Jane is amply provided for
"Of course, if it is in any way con
The professor smiled with tired SUI
perority. The few generaities which
serve me for religion-al that my reason
permits me to accept-are not enough TO
trouble me. And yet | own that it is by
my conscience that | ann tortured. There
has been something hidden in my life
~ am not curious. said the doctor,
nut you mink II would ease your
hllnu TO speak OF H. should strongly
not talk to your wife about IT,
I The professor shook his head ''\o,
~ nc s"lo, II Is one OF the lhlllss-
oiie ,, ~ tlIS i.'an9' MANY thihssIthtt jane
I It nv 81 ~ amy !,osslpie thahce unI
uVtn'aHn' clh2Ps, JuSSit at lhe iasi'
',''S ~ ~, Ho"' 10" VIII ies"Iu II ~
Se.IGi'
mere IS no heGI 10 pun Such cues
,,,n ,Ls,i,, ~ ~ -" may "'penu upon
NE absolutely
Am l diving" he asked again the
next morning.
No, no, said the doctor as he put
down his thermometer, But you're not
so well ot course, you haven't slept
property
NO, SAID the professor; I've Slept
very Mite. How can ! sleep with this
burden ON my mind:
ne doctor shrugged his shoulders and
sand nothing.
Come, said the professor quickly. Il
VIII tel you. The door Is lockedE' The
doctor turned the key and returned tc
the hedSide
once. sand the professor, Il knew !;
Woman---
1t always woman, thought the
! doctor to himself.
a woman of the highest character
good mother. an excellent manager of
Il household She gave away the prizes
! NJ fyfs L. -..iAg I I
| her In conversation something aroused
my suspicious, and | said DO you know
the name of the chancellor of the ex-
chcquer? She said she did. but she did
H9t tell me the name, and she blushed
crimson"
well WE'LL" said the doctor, i'm
patiently. what has all this got to do
! with it?"
Her case is mine. excent that mine
is much worse. There are n certain num-
Der Of things which everybody is SIM
posed to know. sometimes think that
nobody really knows all of them and
that more time il snen+ in IRVINE, IN HID
the ignorance than ,yonld ho hooded IA
acquire the information PM INV own
case is black indeed ou os+nn,,,od "a
he = man If lna,ning ,ol,,n,n ,,.r;t
ten bv me is a great event in tbr world
of scholarship have hoon nr.eortad
with the honorary da@rao NJ ,,reat
university and wac on tbot "oossin,,
comnlimentad nj coneidor, bIo 1o",,th IN
Latin Grafton ..Doad So Ern ~ - ~
Come said tho don+ ," s.,l, ,lr mao -,
Some GttIo thinc ',biob a,, sr"i =; ,,,
nosed f. Know con wtj h S ro'od - su
i,nnardonaj,lo cri,nn rio,a in a.. a.
worry ahont ;, 80 '''''7 w
Won do NOT know, how. ,lool, nv. c,s,
i. Listen Ills voiro ssni, 70 = hoors,
" hisrer II do NOT KNEW -, po~ot I'm Inv,
known for moro Than - momant at ),
t,nn-bow to snclI The vo,d .Ioilc - q
But really" said The doctor "one
oohit no; saId me professor.
iI,i,., oio. ! never could. For me ias,
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