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"Have never had a moment's discomfort from "I find a new pair of Crawford Shoes as easy
2154 WASHETQTONSS TIEET, ROZBURY.
your shoe since I first put it on." as the old ones I take off."
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ford Shoe alone?" 231 BROADWAY, praise it."
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THE SIGNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S
INDORSEMENT OF THE
STAN DARD THERMOMETERS
SIGNAL SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April Io, I888.
MESSRS. D. T. KIDDER & COMPANY,
General Agents Standard Thermometer,
SIT Seventh Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
GENTLEMEN:-
In reply to your note I have the honor to state that I have very care-
fully compared the Thermometers placed in the Instrument Room of the
Signal Office under my charge, with the best standard instruments in the
possession of the service, and found discrepancies so extremely small that
they are negligible.
It is difficult to place two instruments under exactly similar conditions
of temperature, and I have no doubt that it was owing to this difficulty the
minute discrepancies found were due. I was very much pleased with the
instruments, and consider them perfectly reliable under all conditions of
temperature.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN C. WVALSHE, Lieutenant Signal Corps.
In charge of Instrument Division.
i They have been adopted by the PENNSYLVANIA, BOSTON & ALBANY, NORTHERN PACIFIC, FITCH-
BURG, and other RAILROADS for their stations and cars.
EVERY INSTRUMENT IS WARRANTED. FOR SALE BY THE TRADE EVERYWHERE.
THERMOMETERS FOR EVERY MECHANICAL USE MADE TO ORDER.
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SEND FOR DESCRIPTION AND PRICES TO
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thoroughness with
which pupils are fitted
MONUMENT AND COTUIT OYSTERS.
at
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not only for passing
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for the Institute
has long been a special-
ty at Chauncy Hall.
The Sixty-first An- PIPES, Etc.,
ntu al Catalogue will be
sent on apptcatzon. Of every descrption MADE and REPAIRED
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For students' wear our specialty, with prices moder-
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All goods warranted for excellence of make and
superiority of colors.
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TAILORS AND IMPORTERS,
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VOL.O VIII. BOSTON, FRE3BRUARY 21, 1889. NO. 10.
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6HE ,5E6GH. only live to following classes in "Technique,"
but will live as a marvel and a pattern to all
Published on alternate Thursdays, during the school year, by the
students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. succeeding graduations. It is very nice to be
a Senior, and look extremely wise and impor-
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1888-89. tant; but it would be very unfortunate, as it
JF. . HW. . THOOWBNBES,, '9'So9,, SPerce. s. HC. OHL.L MISU HFRLEENNCBEHR, G'89, . '91. will be very improbable, to have the Freshman
L. M. HILLS, '90o, Treas. F. I. DAVIS, '92.
Class impressed on one's Class day with the
conviction that they could do it better them-
EDITORS.
selves. Eighty-nine surely will not allow any-
JAS. THORNTON GREELEY, 'S, Editor-zin-Chiz'ef.
J. LAWRENCE MAURAN, 'So. H. M. WAITE, 'go. thing of this kind to take place; and '89 will
W. H.MERRILL, JR., '8s9. C. E. HATHAWAY, '9.
JAS.W. CARTWRIGHT, Jiw.,'Sg. ALLEN FRENCH, '9z. probably give us something really worth stay-
J. L. BATCHELDER, JR., '9o.
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ing in town a week after the examinations to
J. LAWRENCE MAURAN, Advertisin,,g Agernt. attend.
Subscription, $2.oo per year, in advance. Single copies, i5 cts. each.
T must be understood by the powers that be,
that the editing of a college paper means a
FRANK WOOD, PRINTER, 352 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.
, .i considerable expenditure of time and energy.
r- ,t Now why is it, that since the Editorial Board
I· spends this time, and does the necessary work
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j '"',: UR brothers of Eighty- to publish the journal, that their efforts are not
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1 .i¢: ,}iI xZ% ,~ nine seem to have de- recognized by the Faculty? There can possi-
cided to leave the Insti- bly be no production of any educational insti-
tute with all possible tution that gives it more prominence than the
~.2~ -~properness. They have periodical published by the students.
(·i'~/'c~ ~~b.z | given up the Senior Our office cat boarded the train last night
C|
B; ' Ball, whose subscription for New York, and taking his seat in the
fiends have worried sleeper, sank into a reverie upon the eternal
Ait l )}[\u, knd er- c a s sm e n fo r unfitness of things. At that instant he heard a
<7.,,,~~ years past; they have elected chuckle, and looking over the shoulder of the
a large, and we hope thor_ man sitting in front of him,-what did he see?
4n
oughly efficient, Class-day Why, nothing more or less than a copy of
Committee, and from all indications seem bent THE TECH. Then our feline associate once
on 4"doing their duty, as usual." With over more dropped into his reverie, and revolved in
two months to make their preparations, this his mind what an excellent training for a
committee should surely give us something out journalistic life the work on his paper was.
of the ordinary run of such affairs at the Insti- Many men have a certain sneaking liking for
tute. To be sure, '87 and '88 both improved journalism in their make up, and would, if it
on Class days of the past, and really had very were not that the Faculty sit down on any man
enjoyable affairs. What we hope to see'89 ac- connected with outside work with such pecu-
complish, however, is something that will not liar emphasis, enter into it.
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Now, the drift of this article is toward placing (tN E cannot exactly appreciate the wiseness
the editorial work of the paper under a certain of the Sophomoric wisdom displayed by
amount of surveillance on the part of the Fac- Ninety One, in its mode of selecting "Tech-
ulty. We who pay our tuition fees, and do nique" editors for next year.
the work given us by our professors, would When they become Juniors and the Annual
like to have some credit for the time and is maturing, they may repent of their hasty
trouble spent upon THE TECH. We do our method of election.
best to tmake the college paper one that will A committee to be useful and effective should
reflect credit upon the Institute, and make it be small enough to handle, and small enough
known from the Sphinx of Egypt to the shores to prevent, the manipulation of cliques. Start-
of Japan, to both of which places THE TECH ing now, as they have, with a committee of
wends its way through the mails at each issue. twenty-five, is it possible to hold meetings so
IR is a subject but little looked into as far as arranged that all can be present, and where no
known; but why wait for custom to show us candidate shall be misrepresented; again, here
the way? Why not place ThE TECH upon the is a circle large enough to admit of the mach-
curriculum under the heading "Journalism?" inations of a wheel within a wheel. We sin-
Under such circumstances a weekly, or even cerely trust that no difficulties may be met
daily paper might be published, giving in the with, or poor men chosen for the position
case of a daily an easy means of publishing through failure of the venture.
communications from professors to students, The men eminently fitted for the position
and so forth, as is 'done by means of the Har- are not very difficult to discover, and if a small,
vard, Yale, and Princeton papers. active committee, personally disinterested,
were given the task of submitting candidates
enough for the class to choose a Board from, it
S everyone has by this time seen the post- would seem much better than taking the chance
ers of the Athletic Club's Spring Meet- of finding tzhe ones among twenty-five chosen
ing, to be held March 2d, not much can be by popular vote, with a certainty of sore heads
said as far as information goes. and dissatisfaction in a ponderous and un-
The entries which are expected from the wieldy committee. Ninety-One has an ex-
Boston, Harvard, and Yale Athletic Associa- cellent standard to sustain or overstep, and
tions, will make the meeting one of unusual we hope this will not prove a stumbling-block
interest. To the men intending to enter, it in her path to success.
may be said that every effort has been made
by the Executive Committee to induce men to
take part. Large three-handled cups of new
design are to be offered for prizes; and in order S may be seen by referring to the commu-
to eliminate all objections in regard to the slip- nication printed in this issue, at the coming
pery floor of Winslow's Skating Rink, it is International Exposition at Paris there is to be
proposed to stretch a large canvas tightly over a department of college exhibits. All colleges
the space devoted to the contestants. This are invited to place there articles of interest.
canvas will be highly rosined, and is sure to As the leading scientific college in the country,
prevent that slipping which was an unpleasant should not we be represented?
feature of last year's games. To all men who Of course there would be considerable ex-
do not intend to enter, it is hoped that they will pense involved, and THE TECH suggests that
do their share in making the meeting a success the requisite sum be raised by popular sub-
financially, by attending in full force. scription; for surely the students would be
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proud to exhibit their work for such a good A Story.
cause, and would not hesitate in the matter of
support. CHAPTER VII.
To make such an exhibit it would be nec- WO weeks passed, and Mrs. Darcy be-
essary to send photographs of buildings, both
came no better. The grave expression
interior and exterior, pictures of victorious
oil Dr. Jellet's face increased with his visits.
athletic teams, specimens of handiwork and a Since that first night when Jack Darcy had
file of THE TECH. Communications from the lifted his pale face and looked defiantly at him,
students or the Faculty upon this subject will
as he answered his blunt question, the doctor
be printed in THE TECH. Let us hear some had said little to him. He asked him no
opinions.
further questions, but his keen eyes readily
perceived the stress of mental suffering under
SHE
which Jack was laboring.
spring games will soon be a thing of
Now, Dr. Jellet was a sharp student of human
the past, and we hope our athletes have
nature, and it is not safe to assume that he
done their best to make them interesting.
interpreted the young man's answer to his
Hard work is undoubtedly necessary in order
question literally. On the contrary, he placed
to sustain our previous records.
very little credence in Jack's veracity in this
Last year some events were omitted, on ac-
particular case. He had not considered it
count of individual policy. This hardly seems
necessary to tell that young gentleman that he
just. When an event is won, part of the honor
had sat by the sick woman's bedside, and
goes to the winners, but the other part is the
listened to her delirious talk, in which the
due of the institution which upholds them.
name "Cordella" was frequently repeated.
The individuals may themselves be satisfied
Of course he knew of Cordella Darcy, and
with the one honor, but the institution, in its
he was a very shrewd old man. Whatever it
position, is unable to be so easily contented;
its records must be defended. How can it, if was that he thought, he did not communicate
the individuals deem it the best policy to retire it to Jack; and so that young man continued
to bear his self-imposed burden of suffering,
on their record? This is what might be
totally unconscious, when he occasionally
termed lack of enterprise, and is our greatest
drawback in athletics. found the bright gray eyes of the old physician
fixed upon him, that their owner was undecided
as to which sensation he should allow the
To the Co-op.
ascendency,-his disgust at what he considered
The pretty shopgirl, one of few
the boy's "foolishness," or his admiration for
Who work for Blank & Dash,
Had made her sale, and so we two the dominant generosity and inexorable pride
Were waiting for the cash. which prompted it.
"What will you charge me for a kiss?" With Jack himself, the mental struggle had
I ask her as she waits;
been a terrible one. At first all had been
She smiles, and says, "I think it is
chaos; as we have said, his sense of humiliated
Co-operative rates."
pride and shame predominated. In his fever-
Afr. B-t-It: "Mr. C-n-nt, how would you ish excitement he magnified his trouble, and
differentiate the original expression?" his imagination brought his brother's disgrace
Mir. C-n-nt: "Which original expression, to be his own. But Dr. Jellet's uncompromis-
the first or the second?" ing question aroused him from his lethargy,
iMr. B-t-tt: "Please come to order, gentle- and the sudden, bold resolution, formed and
men." carried out without reasoning as to its stability,
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helped him to settle on a definite course of begging him to explain as much to his sister.
action; and once having started on that course, Dysart read this letter with considerable as-
it became impossible to turn back. Looking tonishment. He wondered why Jack did not
at it now, in the clear light of a later time, it write himself to Lena, and explain, but he had f
is difficult to see just how he proposed to carry too much confidence in his friend to let any-
out successfully the course he adopted. It was thing like mistrust creep into his thoughts
evident that exposure was inevitable, and was about him; and although he shrewdly surmised
limited only to the recovery of Mrs. Darcy or that Jack's "important business" had some-
the return of the husband. thing to do with the mysterious message he
Perhaps Jack intended his action only as a had seen him receive that day at the club, his
temporary one, which would serve his purpose lack of suspicion and his delicacy prevented
in bridging over the awkward emergency. his intruding upon what the note indicated was
Already there was forming in his mind a vague strictly the private affair of Jack.
idea of keeping the whole thing a secret until So he faithfully carried out his intended
Cordella could be found, and brought to his brother-in-law's instruction, and thereby re-
senses to such an extent that everything could moved a load of anxiety from his sister's heart.
be arranged creditably, and the family honor Like her brother, her faith in Croesus was un-
saved. Without going too far into the complex- bounded, and she was satisfied to ask no ques-
ities which were certain to rise, he undoubtedly tions. Down in her heart she may have felt a
felt satisfied that his plan was one which would little resentment that any "business" could
successfully meet all comment for the time exclude her even temporarily from first place
being, and still would readily be explainable in her lover's thoughts; but Lena Dysart was
when explanation became necessary. What a thoroughly sensible girl, and eminently
he did not foresee, in the blindness of his gen- given to taking practical views of all things.
erosity, was the sacrifice devolving upon him- And so, for the past week or more, she and
self. her lover had held no communication.
To accomplish his plan, it was necessary Little Elsie-the child's name was Elsie
that the presence of Cordella's wife and child May Darcy and Jack had become great
in his apartments, and even in London, must friends. With the quick instinct of childhood,
be kept a secret, if possible. He felt compara- she put entire trust in him. HIe rarely went
tively safe in relying upon Dr. Jellet's profes- out without taking her with him. They went
sional integrity. The greatest cause for his to the museums together, and on two afternoons
anxiety came from another direction. How to the Zoo; he bought her books, and read to
was he to explain matters to his fancO? She, her each evening before the appearance of
last of all, must knew the truth. He was in good Mrs. Crump signaled the approach of
an agony of doubt and apprehension. It had bedtime. Old Dr. Jellet watched with interest
been nearly two weeks since he had written to the progress of their fellowship, and failed to
her. He knew that there was a pile of letters discover anything parental in Darcy's attitude;
daily accumulating for him at the club, but the child liked to call him by his old nick-
he had not trusted himself to appear there. name, "Croesus," and he in turn dubbed her
He would not send for them; there was some- "the Duchess,"-a name whose meaning her
thing repulsive in the thought of dragging her childish mind evidently misinterpreted, and
even through her letters into the affair. What which she frequently resented by vehemently
he had done was to write a brief note to his exclaiming, "I ain't a dutchie !"
friend Dysart, saying that important business And so the days wore on, Jack dividing his
demanded his attention for a week or two, and time between the sick-room, his little charge,
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and miserable hours spent alone thinking of to a close; with that life would die all chance
Lena, of his brother, and feeling vague unrest of atonement.
as to the future.
It was toward the close of a long Saturday The portzire over the door of the sick-room
afternoon, nearly three weeks from the day on softly swung aside, and Dr. Jellet came slowly
which Mrs. Darcy had been taken sick. out. Jack heard his step, and walked toward
Jack sat alone in the great window-seat, gaz- him. The eyes of the two men met: those of
ing out into the street with a sad, wistful ex- one full of anxious inquiry and outspoken
pression in his blue eyes. misery; of the other, full of keen searching
The gas was lighted, and Dr. Jellet was light, yet withal sympathetic. What curious
making his evening visitation in the sick-room. act of fate it was that prompted the old doctor
The patient had been growing worse all day, to speak as he did,-to use a term which he
and had reached a very critical condition. had never before applied in Jack's presence,-
She had been delirious most of the time from will never be explained. He never removed
the first, and her only really lucid interval had his regard from the other's face, and it was a
been that very morning, when little Elsie had full moment before he spoke. "Mr. Darcy,"
gone in and had her usual quiet crying spell, he said, " your wife is-"
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because her mamma could not speak to her. Jack started as if he had been shot. "ALfy
The child's voice had aroused the sick woman, wz.jfe!' he repeated, in a slow, dazed way.
and she had drawn the little golden head down But Jack's startled look was not what inter-
beside her emaciated face on the pillow, and rupted the doctor. As he uttered the words
feebly stroked the little tear-stained cheek. he saw over Jack's shoulder a man appear in
The moment of returning consciousness was a the open doorway,-a man with a face per-
short one, however, and as the haggard face, fectly ghastly in the pallor which suddenly
which had once been so beautiful, turned overspread it. With an exclamation of pain
restlessly away from the little rosy one on the the newcomer raised his hand to his head, and
pillow, the tired nurse turned abruptly away, staggered forward into the room.
and old Dr. Jellet's eyes were suspiciously Jack turned quickly around. His face, too,
luminous as he gently lifted the child and became deadly white. It was Frank Dysart.
carried her out. He knew that it was for the "Frank !" he gasped; "you here?"
last time, and a great lump rose in his throat Dysart made no reply, but remained stand-
as the child turned in his arms at the door ing in the centre of the room, while the livid
and threw a kiss in the direction of the bed. hues of his face changed rapidly.
The doctor watched her tenderly as she got Dr. Jellet hastily left the room.
together some of the playthings which Jack Jack stood as if fascinated by the awful look
had bought her, and started out to visit the in the man's eyes.
little Crumps. When she had gone he went For a full moment they stood thus, facing
down into the office and found Jack, and told each other; then Dysart slowly advanced,
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him to be prepared for the coming of the end. drawing off his glove as he did so. Jack
It was a blow to poor Jack. He saw his plans never moved. Within a foot of him Dysart
for the happiness of others, laid with such cost stopped, and raising his arm, struck the glove
to himself, tottering on the verge of ruin; he with all the force he was able across Jack's
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thought of poor little Elsie; he thought of his face. " damned cad " he hissed, be-
brother,-the brother for whose sake he had tween his clenched teeth.
suffered so much, and who was responsible for For an instant Darcy swayed backward
the ruin of the sweet life drawing so rapidly under the force of the blow. Slowly the look
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he had worn when he sprang upon the poacher, opened very wide; and while one soft little
Dobbs, came into his face, his hands clenched, hand tenderly stroked the loose hair clustered
and he started forward. His left hand was at around the fair white temples, the childish lips
Dysart's throat, and his right was raised to were repeating over and over again, "I love (
strike, when suddenly the expression of his you, mamma; I love you, mamma." Jack
face changed, and his hands dropped harm- advanced to the foot of the bed. The eyes of
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lessly to his side. He could not strike Dysart. the dying woman, wandering for a moment
His head dropped forward, and he turned away. from the face of her child, fell upon him. I
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Little Elsie entered the door. The child They lit up with recognition as they did so, F
hesitated on the threshold as she caught sight and a feeble motion of the hand brought him
of Dysart, and her eyes wandered from him to to her side. Her lips moved; she was trying
Jack, and then to the glove lying on the floor, to speak. Jack bent low to catch the words.
where it had fallen after being hurled against They came slowly and with great effort on the
Jack's face. Quickly, and with indescribable part of the speaker. " Elsie,-your brother's
grace, she advanced and picked it up, and ex- child-find Cordella-and tell him -"
tended it to Dysart. This was all. The lips refused to frame the
" I think you must have dropped your words of the last love-message; the hand clasp-
glove," she said, politely, her eyes fixed ing little Elsie's tightened a little, and then
steadily on his own. relaxed; the pale face turned slowly to the
Dysart stared at her for a moment, taking child's. . .
the proffered glove in a mechanical sort of That night, sitting in the window-seat with
way. Then a sudden flush overspread his Elsie in his arms, and his pale face ren-
face, and his eyes refused to meet the steady dered whiter by the flickering rays of the
gaze of those big blue ones. He stood abashed electric light outside, Jack undertook the
for a moment, and then turned quickly and task of presenting to her childish understand-
left the room. With a cry as of supreme ing the full meaning of the change about to
agony Jack tottered to the mantel-piece and take place in her life. He tried to comfort the
buried his face in his arms. little heart that would not be comforted. Elsie
" Elsie! Elsie !" came faintly from the sick- would lie passively listening for a while, and
room. With a glad little cry the child ran he could see that the child tried hard to get
into the room. Darcy, too, quickly lifted his consolation out of his talk, but it was of no use.
head and turned away from the mantel Great convulsive sobs would cause the little
and followed Elsie. At the doorway he was frame to tremble from head to foot, and then
met by the nurse, who pushed him back gently, she would clasp her arms tightly around his
telling him in a low tone to go for Dr. Jellet. neck and cry softly to herself.
The doctor was in his room, and came at once. It was after one of these prolonged, quiet
Indeed, he hurried past Darcy, and when the crying spells that Jack discovered that the child
latter reached the door of the sick-room the had cried herself to sleep.
doctor was already at the side of his patient. He did not dare to move lest he should wake
The first glance at the group within told the her. . . .
worst to Jack. In the midst of this fresh calamity, and in
The mother, in full possession of her facul- his anxiety to assuage the grief of little Elsie,
ties in that supreme moment, lay with her he had almost forgotten his own trouble, and
dying eyes fixed tenderly on the little form his encounter with Frank Dysart seemed to
clasped feebly in her arms. The little one have happened days ago, instead of only a
was not crying, but her big blue eyes were few hours. With the temporary ceasing of
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