The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-03-24
The
Professors Egg
By HAROLD SINcLAIRE


wandered into the Kitchen Of his sum
nler bungalow. on the Maine shore.
His wife Nas washing the dinner
dishes
Eilen. ny dear be said. Doctor
Caycndish Of the Natural History
museum will DC here This afternoon.
Can you get up meal for himf lie
has TO start back tomorrow morn
ing
I suppose 50. Ferdinand. answered
his wife. a little tartly.
Professor Brinckhofen engaged a
rowboat aud pulled round to the rail-
road terminal. where be arrived Just
IN time TO greet Doctor Cavendish as
his visitor stepped out OF his ear
Well what did you think Of my let
teri he asked, after the customary
/ greetings had been interchanged
Doctor Cayendish took his friend
f By the arm AIy dear old enthusiast ="
be answered. TO be frank with ysu.
am skepucal- wholly skepueaL Il
sounds too good TO be true II you
had told me that you had discovered
buried Indian village or dozen
asteroids | would have accepted your
word without question But great
auk's egg-no. my friend You have
/ probably mistaken Tire egg OF
crested grebe or tufted putin for that
OF the aux
But the great aux did range as far
south as Maine Ia the last century /"
cried the professor
what does Mrs. Brinckhofen think
Of III"
"She doesn't know anything about
IL, OF course. don't believe In tell
ing my wife professional secret.
And the joke Of II is"--he nudgsd
Cayendish IN the ribs-''it's ineubat-
ing with a clutch OF eggs that she set
out last week under one of our hens.
II couldn't be safer anywhere"
"Show mew said Cayendsh. skep-
tically
They climbed the hin and entered
the little garden OF the bungalow In
one corner was the henhOuse and In
the center. seated upon a clutch Of
eggs surrounded with straw. was
gray hen.
Professor Brinckh0fen plunged his
hand into the clutch and drew out the
precious *. II was little larger
than that Of a goose
Good heavens, Brinckhofen. il isl
II IS e. yelled Doctor Cavendish. and.
carefully replacing IL, he seized his
friend round the waist and the two
graybeards executed dance,
Mrs. BrinckAofen watched them out
of the kitchen window
She sat down and medltated upon
the subject until the men came in.
Then she welcomed Doctor Cavendish
with smiles.
Come, Cavendlsh, | want 70 show
you my laboratory" said Brinckhofen,
dragging his friend away as soon as
he decently could They went into
the professors little bare room and
began discussing the great discovery.
'Of course il goes TO the museum.
Brinckhofen," said Cavendish. ut will
be worth a thousand dollars TO you"
"A thousand dollars :" exclaimed the
professor. You are joking. Cayendish.
Why, the egg alone would bring that
at auction"
"Yes, yes, I'm speaking about the
egg said Doctor Cayendish lrritably.
"What are you speaking aboutT"
"Why. the aux, OF course Don't
you know that | put II there so that
1t would hatchi Why, well have a
real live bird. Cavendish | shall sell
It to the Geological society. and I'll
patch up the egg after II has Matched
out. and I'll let you have that for a
thousand. And the bird will lay more
eggs, and I'll get thousand apiece
for those too and"
Il say" interposed Cavendlsh, ere
member ii isn't Matched yet II we're |
you would tell Mrs. Brinckhofen
about IT,"
Tell Mrs Brinckhofen Why, she'd |
tell the neighbors and they'd steal II
or do something TO III Never trust a
woman. No. II is safest just where II
Is"
Ihey argued with some. lack or /
equanimlty until dinner time. when
Mrs Brinckhofen elected them into
the dining room.
Hum I'm hungry as a bear, said /
Doctor Cavendish, pulling his napkin
across his knees. what have We here7 /
Scrambled eggs7 Fine"
Il don't know whether you like
scrambled goose eggs" said Mrs. /
They say they're very .
nice. ! found one under our biddy-it
must have been laid by one Of Mr. /
Giles geese. for It wasn't there last
time I looked. So ! thought that as
we hadn't many eggs I'D Try what IL
tasted like"
woman! :" Easped the professor. /
sprincing 90 his feet Edo you mean 70