Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-09-29

grees OF the under and post graduate
university courses. Being possessed
OF an independent income, it was not
necessary FOR Der TO make living but
she was SO clever that the college sent
her abroad 10 study FOR professor
ship. She returned with TN additional
foreign degree and assumed the CHAIR
for which she had been preparing her
self
When Miss Professor Lyall was
twenty-seven years old it occurred TO
her that after all she would prefer to
be wife and mother 10 growing old
as a teacher If she were to choose
the more natural course it was high
time she We're doing so. She was con
sidered a very attractive woman and
was comely. She had had lumber
Of offers. but had not been thinking of
marriage and for this reason had ne
cepted none OF them Now, having
determined 10 wed. she looked over the
list OF her Sutors aud settled on Royal
Richardson. journalist,
Mr. Richardson was editor in CHIEF
of u large newspaper He was high
Is educated and forceful man There
is no place in the world where exact
ness. system and. above all quick
resource are more essential than in the
makeup OF daily newspaper Mr.
Richardson had quiet dignitied way
with him that carried great weight
THAT match" every one said. sis
between one OF natures highest type
Of men and the same grade Of women
Such a couple united should produce
important results for good What a
splendid spur the one for the other
mo doll wife for me- said Mr. Rich
ardson Give me woman with
brain in her head IF am to be
married" said Miss Lyall, 81 prefer
man who is certainly not my inferior
II he is my superior | will follow his
lead. for that is law of nature. If
he should turn out to be of poorer
judgment than |. then that same law
viii compel him to submit to my de-
crees"
Two persons were especially disap-
pointed at this engagement. One was
Walter Fairbanks. a quiet unobtru-
sive man several years younger than
Miss Lyall Not being highly educat-
cd himself-he had gone into business
at seventeen be had profound adj
miration for Professor Lyal 1t
was the acme OF his desires TO have
such a woman for his wife IT would
be like an intellectual beggar marry
ing one with an intellectual fortune
The other disappointed person was
Miss Lucy Brooks. girl of twenty.
whose knowledge had been gained in
public school but whose heart was as
fresh as a rose and exhaled as much
fragrance upon all who knew her. She
had long worshiped Mr. Richardson
from a distance. but considered him so
far above her that it was madness for
her to aspire 10 be his wife
No sooner had Professor Lyall be-
come engaged to Mr.. Richardson than
she began to take an interest in his
paper She liked TO pick out editorials
I'm which she could see his vigorous
opinions expressed in his terse. pun
gent style. But one dGy she noticed
what she had not discovered before.
She was much intereS ted in the ma
tional problems Of the day and sym
pathiZed with every movement calcu-
lated to bring the trusts under proper
legal subsection Mr. Richardson had
friu In p1 l. .~g
that this was the policy of his paper.
But in an article which bore every evi-
dence OK having been written by him
he made use Of the term trust bust
err" The next time be met his fiancee
she said TO him:
Royal, | supposed the policy of your
paper was TO advocate the regulation
of tie trusts by law"
"My dear Margaret, the policy Of a
newspaper is an unknown quantity to
any one except its manager"
''Will You kindly expain?"
Mr. Richardson for the moment for
got that he was not in his editorial
chair 1t seemed an idcle rather than
a sentence that came through his cold
lips
yes; will explain by saying that
alone dictate the policy of my paper"
Miss Lyal looked at him with aston
ishment And I alone" she said.
will decide as to the man | will mar
ry He shall not be one who would
make use OF the obnoxious expression
trust buster
She strobe majestically out of the
room and upstairs
Mr.. Richardson departed with a com.
plication Of feelings lie was disap-
pointed angered. hurt For the first
time he had been interfered with in
his life work His eyes were opened |
to the fact that the high grade Of |
Of intellect. ne had wished |
In a wife had in this case al least
proved a boomerang II he had been |
called 70 account by another his feel |
lngs would not have been the least ruff |
fed But he had formed the very i'm.
portant plan OF marrying Miss Lyan, |
and he saw that such a union would |
the roofing up Of the main
habit Of his life
Good morning Mr. Richardson"
came a soft voice. and. looking aside