The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
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d grinning rel face turned once mere into a pink oval, fringad with gingery fluff: che interview was as an end.
 went to the Savage club. It was inst after II, and the big s'ocm was fairIy full though the r1ssh had not yet set iA- I noticed 8 tall, thin, Gsgu- lar man seated ir an arm chair by the ire. He turned as I drew my cha1r up to hina. It was the man of all ota- CTS whom I slzould have chosen-Tarp Henry of the staff of Nature, thin, dry, ieathery creature, who was full to those who knew him of kindly hu- xnanity. : plunged instantly into my subject
 What do you know of Professor ChaliengarT
 s'Challenger9 He gathered his brews fn scientific disapprova1 "Chal- lenger was the mSn who came with some cock and bull story from South America
 What story?''
 ssOh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discover ed l believe he has retracted since. Anyhow, he has suppressed it all. He eeve an interview to a news agency. and there was sucn 3 howl that he.
  s.aDle business. There were one or two folk who were inclined to take bfm seriotisiFs bEt he soon cholSed 4Eem off
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 ell by his insunerable rudencss ana impossible behavior There was poor old Wadlcy of the Geological in sfltute Wadley sent a messs gs, The president of the Geological institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger and would take it as per sonal favor if be wcnlG do them the honor to come to tbetr next nneefng. The answer made by Professor Chal-, lengeT was unprintable. v
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 Well, a bows1Ierfzed version of it would run, Professor Challenger pre- sents his compliments to the president of the Geological institute and would fake 1t as a personal favor if he would go to tlr devil 7
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 Yes: I expect that's what cid Wad-. ley said remember ais wall at the meeting, which began, Tn fifty years. experience of scientific fntercoursa'- It uuite broke the old man up. He hasn't recovered yet. =
 Anything mere about Challenger ?'s U 2 5.
 We'll I'm a rfoIog1st, you know ] live in a 800 diameter microscope I can hardly claim 10 take serious notice or any thing that I can see with my naked eye I'm froatsersInan from the extreme edge Of tue knowable, and feel uuite out of place when I leave ny study and come into touch with all you great; rough, hHlkihg creatures. I'm too detached to talk scandal, and :. heard something of Challenger, for he . is one of those men whom nobody can ignore He's as clever as they make 'eIsi. a fuII charged battery of force and vitality, but quarreIsome, ill condi. toned faddist aud unscrupuIous at that. He had gone the length of fax ing some photographs over the South American business.' .
 You say he is a fadd1st What is his particular fada''
 He has thoEsa ad but the latest Is something about WeissEnann and evo- 1ution. He had Q fearful row about fl in Vienna. ] believe
 Half an hour later ] was seated ia the newspaper office, with a huge tome in front of me, which had been oDened at the article 'sV Veissrnann versus Dar- win,' with the subheadipg. Spirited Protest at Vienna Lively Proceed tngs." My scientific education having been somewhat neglected, was un- able 10 follow the whole argument. but it was evident that the English pro- lessor had handled his subject in a very aggressive fasfien and had thor oughly annoyed his sentimental col leagues. stProtsstsy'' "Uprosr' and rGenerai appeal to the chairman" were three of the first brackets which caught my eye. Most of the matter might have been written in Chinese for any definite meaning that 1t COZ Yeyed to my brain.
 .I wish you could tcAns1nte it into English for me" I said pathedcaIly to my helpmate.
 well it is transletlon. That Is the trouble"
 .'Then I'd better try my luck with the original"
 .sIt is certainly rather deep for lay man. If I could only get single good. meaty sentence which seemed to con yey some sort of definite human idea it would serve my turn. Ah, yes, this one will do. I seem in vague way al- most to understand it. T'lI copy 1t out This shall be my link with the terrible professor. =
 Nothing else can do?'' We'll yess propose to write to him.