The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-06-30
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sirCei. kius mansinns, sounded The warn
ifg note. Ard David s.slDer. turning frou
bis writIng table, kicked sslde the vast
p.ps basket With psluAuoe ~ becoming
corresponding member OF nTe eoutinen,a
ins,ltuies.
Here the opening of the siuiv dooi
brought M. siser TO bis feet, ri once re,
lieved ard disua,ed In place OF the youth
be h,d expected 10 zee there stood Ia his
doorway young wamsr, brighl-eyed, del
lesie featured snd--as even the untrainsd
masculine eye could no, fall TO perceiv, =.
remarkably well dressed.
Your man tod me to walk righ. 10, ssid
clear, rather high pitched voice. But-I
beg your psrdon--i came to see Mr.. Stain
cr. I'd like to apply for ihst secretary
shlp, pleas--the one Advertised 10 Knowl-
edge.
For brother, perhsp.' ssiner ,ug-
gested.
No; for mTtelf.
But 70 much Of the work here Is unwof-
thy Of your power, Typewriting lecture
notes sod drrdgery Of that kind, And
write = shocking hard catching wesk'y
At strass kfter the manner of drowning
men.
I'm tolerable typisi. wss the serene re-
inder. ! can bring my own machine, u
you like.
After this, what could S.iiDer do but
bow to the decree Of fate, and tti.r to show
Miss R,yner the lsboratoryY
Miss Rsyner descended from her inspec.
tion with q satisd d air, which caused Mrs.
Van Huyghens- who sat awaiting her In
her carriage at the door Of st. Ki.ts man.
iioni-to observe ssrcastlcslly. presume
you didn't Md your impecunious genius
already suited with typewriter
Well, no. Men with first class scleuce
degrees don't hurry to hire themselves out
for the w,ges OF a stcond-class bu. .ler, even
In this country.
Ard are you sure Mr.. Stainer can't ffIrd
10 hire'
QaIte sure, Prof. Hiram Taylor knows
all Mr.. S.ainer's circumstances. He has
very little money of his owr, and he gave
up practice as a surgeon five wears ago
In order to devote his whole life to his
precious theory?
perfectly lovely theory.
And the ,heoris.' Is he perfectly love-
ly, too'
He's big and kind and handsome. Now,
don't laugh, Lucllla! You know I'd do
Just the same II he were urdersizad aud
peevish and cross-eyed.
believe you, my dear. Still, I'm glad
Mr.. Stalner's not cross.eyed; 1t makes
things pleasanter.
They'd be pleasant enough-but for the
other man.
What man,
Mr.. Hensley-who shares the laboratory
with Mr.. Stainer and hates him, | think.
lie looks like malignant rabbit.
When do you begin work.
Next Monday. You needn't pity me.
I'm going to have beautiful time.
From this time forth s'ainer's courtesy
became less forbidding. He began to talk
to Louise not Of his work ouly, but Of the
hopes connected with 1t, ard when these
Jagged and grew faint he turned to his
young assistant for sympathy.
Perhaps, he said, on one Of the occa.
sion,, had better have stuck to the hoipi-
tai, after all. A surgeon has At least his
uies In the world.
And when the S.ainer rays have made OF
surgery an absolutely exact science, those
uses will be multiplied = bundredfold!
Louie retortcd. We've almost got there,
Mr.. Stsner--we have, indeed. II you
weren't weary this evening you'd see the y
winning post right In front, as do.
You're a good comrsde, he said husk- u
lly, Tharkg--and went hastily into his
study.
Yep, ihs was an excellent comrade, but u
she chose to doubt Hensleys straightness. II
The next time she limited her doubts Stain.
Or frowned, and wished she "would dis. II
miss all such uncomfo, able notions from
her mind" u
Nevertheless, from that day forth Stainer
abandoned his careless habit Of leaving y
notebooks sail over the place." and self. u
-es i,tering Instruments at work In III, abb ~
cree. He tvtn consented to keep bis more 20
rporiant papers In cabinet with lock. o'
Loul,e's ~ si,fsction In these concessions
VAS the greater that ,he perceived them TO ~
Iisplease Robert Hensley. He grew every ~
sy more like the malignant rabbit to a"
'hich she had onco unkindly compared oi
i'm and even S;siaer WAS struck by his ~
erslstent blsckne,s of temper. At
,ngth this savage humor found vent 10 VI
lords.
About to leave the laboratory one day, u.
Ieosley stopped TO inquire; ~
Coming. too, Sialneif -
No, jast yet, tharks. 'o
OF courie not-with sneer. beg your
aidon; | forgot the safe and burglars ter
,r business hsd yet to be gone through.
GU seem TO have thieves on the braln OF
te, Saiaer. ou
m OF oplnloni Louse remArR.o, thht ~
ur fiierd lint well fitted for the part 10 De
hich he cast himfeli. He lack, self con. tsi
u. on
The man turned sgiln to bis work table I'M
ith qaickened pulses. lie had just spresd
ie mathematical formula Of bis theory, py
linly Sc, down 10 Louise RAyners clear, ioi
I'D hand, upon the table, and connected Ini
Ie del'ci,e instrumsn's which were TO reg. yo'
ter lie 4 lal proof, when the door behind 10
N wn violently thrown open, Ard Hens-
Va voice called: M
s.sInerl s.ainer o, lucky, there you 1ol
- Come with me, qaich Come, | mo-
3 tne
Hensley, who was bsrehsfdes, appeared ms
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