Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-06-15

away more Tried Dluensn unu Diach-
berry potpie than Eve OF the muses
bnt II Is only proof Of his exceptional
excellence. and the overseer never re-
bnkes him.
interested in botanyi think she stands
second best. He likes fried bluehsh, etc.
Anyway. we missed him, and there
was a swift summer storm stealing
blackly mp from the horizon. and the
sea in0aned as II broke in sobs along
the shore. They do that kind Of thing
all right. | used 20 think that went |
with the summer man, but II doesn't
Mac,;regor Clarence Blair said he
hadn't showed up since breakfast and |
he'd seen him making bee line for the I
glen. and bed said. what's yer hurry~
and the professor had said he hoped
be could have one morning in peace TO
study without that thund ring crowd
Of Oil maids hiking after him.
We didn't believe MacGregor. he
looks ike a pale. new sand fly. and bis
father and mother own all OF No Mans
Land The professor never In all TINS
world used such words as hiking and
laundering. but aiacGregor did. There
fore. I may say. In the same common
parlance. that the whole laundering
crowd OF old maids pitched in and lam
basied MacGregor until bis pretty
white linen suit was not fair TO see and
his twlnlng curis we're full OF sand
burs. Then be howled and retraeted,
and we all went up the glen after the
professor.
The glen deepens and darkens as you
go IN. and the sides are rocky Aad pre-
clpltous. with much shrubbery snc un-
dergrowth and scraggiy pine trees hit
ed 10 windward. And Just ns the hrss
streak Of lightning quivered In the SKY
We heard a faint shout for help.
II was the professor. He hung sus-
pended in air on the bare limb or
dead pine that jutted out from the rock
halfway UP the blur. IKE Genius on
! Pegasus. the widow said-on 6 petrihed
Pegasus.
/ Then Ceneylsve Perley. our college
product. said Pegasus couldn't be pet
rifed He would have 10 be ossifed.
And the widow began 90 cry and sat
down on a log and said she didn't care
a blt either way. osslhed or petrined.
and Professor vogel was such lovely
man and always paid his board like q
gentleman. and she hated 70 see him
killed before her eyes. and she never
felt 50 much like faInting before In all
! her life.
Geneyieve said falnting was counted
out lie was a fine target for light
ming no there. and. while IL was none OF
her business and she had no interest In
the professor as lovely man or In the
continuance OF his regular board pay
ing. stlll she thought rope might be a
good thing
'In mountainous countries" began
Agatha. the artist who has been Eu-
roplzed. II believe they tie a rope
around the waist OF one person
Its the shoulders" said Geneyieve;
kind OF a sllpknot."
Ilc professor nuouAcd ANi hN'P "-''''
this time fainter still.
mo: the waist" said Agatha firmly.
"And lower that person over the noun
tain side until be rescues the other
party"
Lets lower MacGregor." murmured
Genevlevc. but the widow cried and
said her feet were getting wet aud she
didn't think II was right TO Joke In the
face OF death. That braced US up. be
cause the professor did look Ike IL. SO
while the feeting moments sped Gene
We've aud sped neeter and found
some cIotheslInes and a couple OF husky
lads 10 sweaters from the peanut stand
and the boathouse. aud we sped back e
the glen.
Then the husky lads climbed th'
blun on the sandy side and did th'
Alpine act with the clotheslines. assist
ed By several ropes from the boathouse
and before our eyes the professor wa
pulled back 20 life and liberty.
He Is resting now. II is dark ans
stlll al the villa. No hops or mando
Inns tonight. The shock win bring bin
10. I think. from the botanical dream
and cause him 60 concentrate his 10.
on some loving. sympathetic heart. an
Il may be your PERpIIA'