The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-30
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This led to the mention of my father.
whose reputation had reached he ears
of DIR. Dulcicer. AS he told me that,
his daughter looked up-the u of
beauty shone on me again. 1 touched
next on my high connections, and on
Lac. ,kinshaw; 1 desce1 myself
as temporarily banished from home for
humorous caricaturing, and amiable
youthful She was interested;
she smiled-and the sun of beauty
shone warmer thar everl I diverged to
general topipcsp, and got brilliant and
amusing. She laughed-the nightin-
gale notes of her merriment dubbed
into my ears caressingly-why could
not shut my eyes and listen to them :?
Her color rose; her face grew ami
mated. Poor soul! A little lively COM
pany was but too evidently a rare
treat to her. Under such circum-
stances, who would not be amusing? II
she had said to me, MIR Softly, l like
4 SiiCdio q 1io"Ai
of myself on the spot. l should have
stood on my head (f / could, and been
amply rewarded for the graceful exer-
ton, if the eyes of Alicia had looked
kindly on my elevated heels!
How long l stayed is more than I car
tell. Lunch came up. l eat and drank
and grew more amusing than ever
When l at last rose to go, the brown
eyes looked on me very kindly, and the
doctor gave me his card.
"If you don't mind trusting yoursel
in the clutches of DIR. Faustus," h,
said, with a gay smile, 81 shall be de
lighted to see o if you are ever il
the n~eighborhood of Birmingham"
L wrung his hand, mentally relin.
gushing my secretaryship while
thanked him for the invitation. / put oui
my hand lex to his daughter, and the
dear friendly girl met the advance will
the most charming readiness. She gave
me a good, hearty, vigorous, uncom'
promising shake. o precious right
hand! never did I properly appreciate
your value until that moment.
Going out with my head In the air
and my senses in the seventh heaven
1 jostled an elderly gentleman passing
before the garden gate. l turned rounc
to apologize; 1t was my brother ir
office, the estimable treasurer of tn
Duskydale Institute.
II have been half over the town look.
ing after you,' he said. 1.-The manag-
ing committee, on reflection. consider
your plan of personally soliciting pub
lie attendance at the ball to be com,
promising the dignity of the institution
and beg you, therefore, to abandon it,
Very we'll" said I, there Is no harm
done. Thus far. l have only solicited
two persons. DIR and Miss Dulcifer, il
that delightful little cottage there"
You don't mean to say you hav'
ask them to come to the BALL"
To be sure I have. And I am sorr!
to say they can't accept the invitation
Why should they not be asked?"
Because nobody visits them"
"And why should nobody visit them?'
The treasurer put his arm conf
dentially through mine, and walked M
on a few steps
I'm the first place" he. said, doctor
Dulcifer's name is not down in the
medical list"
"Some mistake" I suggested, in my
offhand way. "Or some foreign doctors
degree not recognized by the p~rejudicec
people in England"
I'm the second place. continued the
treasurer, 1--WE have found out that he
is not visited at Birmingham. Conse-
quently, it would be the height of i'm
prudence to visit him here
"Poohi Pooh! All the nonsense Of
narrow-mlnded people. because he lives
a retired life, and is engaged in finding
out chemical secrets which the ignorant
public don't know how to appreciate
1.-The shutters are always up in the
front top windows of his house at Bark
ingham,'' said the treasurer. lowering
his voice mysteriously. Il know il
from a friend resident near him. The
windows themselves are barred. 1t il
currently reported that the top Of the
house, inside, is shut off by iron doors
from the bottom. Workmen are en-
ployed there who don't belong TO the
neighborhood, who don't drink at the
public houses, who only associate with
each other. Unfamiliar smells and
noises find their way outside sometimes.
Nobody in the house can be got to talk.
The doctor, as he calls himself, does not
even make al attempt TO get into SOcl-
ETY., does not even try to see company
for the sake of his poor unfortunate
daughter. What do you think of all
that?"
Think" / repeated contemptuously;
II think the inhabitants of Birmingham
are the best finders of mares nests in
all England. The doctor is making i'm
portant chemical discoveries (the posi-
BILE value of which l can appreciate, be-
ing chemical myself, and he is not
quite fool enough to expose valuable
secrets to the view of all the world.
His laboratory is at the top of the
house, and he wisely shuts it off from
the bottom to prevent accidents. He is
one of the best fellows 1 ever met with,
and his daughter is the loveliest girl IN
the world. What do you all mean by
making mysteries about nothing? He
has given me an invitation to go AMI
see him. I suppose the next thing you
will find out is. hat there Is some-
thing underhand even in that?'