The Washington herald., 1921-12-18

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After the Seminar, In which Woods was
unusually deprecatory. and it fell to Heiene's
friend to do an uncommon amount Of I'M
tAngling, there was the department lunch
con. 1t was his business at the noon hour
to oentralize the purpose and kindle the en-
thusiasm of some dozen associates
After the luncheon there was a lecture and
q two hour laboratory. These were not in his
case perfunctory. He gave the best OF him
ssh. leaving. fairiy tagged. at four to attend
a faculty committee discussing problems Of
university organization. On the whole fac
uity committees worked with intelligence
that compared favorabiy with that Of COM
mitsees Of business men with whom Helene's
friend often sat They dehberated more.
acted less impetuousIy. When they acted 1t
tended to be from knowledge. Yet, as all
things are relative, and faculty committees,
Ike an others composed Of human beings.
all thsse qualities produced in their own
degree their own weaknesses. The faculty
committee. strongly dehberauve, had not
acted At all when Helenes friend looked At
his watch and saw that in Afteen minutes
she would be waiting for him.
He Yet her wait an extra quarter Of
hour in order to hear through impas-
stoned debate over democratic versus auto
cratic organization Of departments. Al =
LITTLE after i've he sat by ,Helene's IRE and
saw her delicate hands playing over the
te~cVps
As he sat, he recognized that he was tired.
II has been futile day. He was supposed
70 be physiosogist. Popular fancy pic
tured him one Of the fortunate, sequestered
from the maddening throng. buried among
his reagents and his smelly experiments,
happily dreaming scholarly dreams, while
the wicked and ignorant old world rocked
in passion beyond the sound proof walls Of
his laboratory In reality he had not known
three consecutive solitary moments since
eight o'clock His one o'clock lecture lay
upon his competence. 1t was all right in q
way But the subject was moving by him.
While he ran other peoples errands the
great forces Of living truth were marshall
ing themselves far in advance of him. He
nat back weary, not with work, but with
the centrifugal pulls dragging him in a
thousand directions. Helene's hands mean
vhfis, delicately pretty and gheterinsfy
hinged, lowered over the o.ps. doing their
beautiful share Of dragging at him.
You are such a dear. Austen" she said
There isn't any one bot you to help me.
NOBODY esse wound understand. Two Jumps
isn't III
And make It sereug" he added. Hslene's
eyebrows went up.
That means you're tired out And here
l am, asking something more Of you"
-Genevieve! he smiled at her over an
excellent piece of toast. After ALL Helene
made things wonderfully comfortable. Her
eyee paid him astonished tribute.
How could you guess it! 1 think you
are marvellous"
Il saw her at the concert last night with
a now captive ...
That poet" said Helene. with INFINITE
distaste Isn't he dreadful! His finger
nails are beyond belief"
rs Cameron deposed9 Cameron vas
the last years football star. Genevievs had
worn him. as It were, on her mum, ever since
his remarkable eighty yard run. ..
20, poor Dick! Shes been treating him
Ike q dog for three months. Austen. 1
hate to ask anything Of you. 1 know yos
are up to your ears. But 1 DO Wish yos
would speak to Geneyieve.-
Helene's friend sighed. fi,sa he laughed.
What shall sAy m hsr7"
Helene laid her hands in hsr lap snd hxsA
on him troubled eyes. They were beautiful
eyes, set IN a face deservedly famous for IT,
charm. Helene made delightful picture.
an silver and ssss sr.y IN hsr BIG blue chalr.
ne looked IL I'm soosa1hsay.