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Dick Ranney gave an extra margin of half an hour, and thirty minutes after midnight made his appearance in the hotel yard. Thanks to the information given by his young messenger, Oren Trott, who, of course, did not know that in this way he was assisting a dishonest scheme, he was able to fix at once upon the windows of the rooms occupied by Walter and the professor.
"He doesn't look like that kind of man," said Oren, thoughtfully. "My boy, you are young and are hardly qualified to judge of a man by his appearance. The man looks honest, I admit, but he's slippery. And, by the way, did you notice a young fellow in the wagon with him?" "Yes, sir; he isn't much larger than I am." "Exactly so. Well, I want to find out what room he occupies, also."
But I sez, "Oren, don't talk so; folks have to mourn; this is a World of trials, and grief is nateral to it." "Wall, I'll mourn in pepper and salt, and I'll mourn out-doors. I hain't a-goin' to wind myself up in crape, and shet myself up in a black hole no more, mourn or not mourn. "And I'm a-goin' to laugh when I want to." And he jest laid his head back and bust out into a horse-laugh at nothin'.
And Oren bought some bright, gay-lookin' suits, and some brilliant neckties pale blue silk, with red polka dots on 'em, and some otter-colored ones. He had on the day we met him a bright plaid suit and a red necktie spangled with yeller, hangin' out kinder loose in front.
"Yes, sir," answered Oren, looking a little surprised. "You see," explained Dick Ranney, "I want to make the professor a call, and I can perhaps tell from the outside whether he is in or not. He will avoid meeting me if he can. Now, do you think you can find out for me what I require?" "Yes, sir." "Then go at once." "Shall I find you here when I get back?" asked Oren, cautiously. "Yes."
But they didn't seem to mind it; I guess they wuz ust to it, and the girls kinder put in and laughed too. Lateza Alzina didn't laugh out loud, but she kinder snickered some. It made me feel queer. I see I see the truth; the bow had been drawed too tight back, and now it wuz a-goin' to shoot too fur way over the mark. But still I felt that Oren had some truth on his side.
And she didn't think it wuz proper to go into society in mournin' clothes she thought it would make talk for mourners to git out and enjoy themselves any in crape. Oren wuz naterally of a lively disposition, and loved to visit round, and it made it bad for him. But he felt quite proud of marryin' such a aristocratic woman, and so he had to take the bitter with the sweet.
After the retirement of Professor Williams in 1877, Charles K. Wead, Vermont, '71, became Acting Professor of Physics, to be succeeded in 1885 by Henry Smith Carhart, Wesleyan, '69, who held the chair of Physics and the Directorship of the Physical Laboratory until his retirement in 1905. His successor was John Oren Reed, '85, who became also Dean of the Literary Department in 1907.
But mebby they'll settle down and be more megum when the pendulum gits kinder settled down some, and its vibration ceases to be so vibratin'. Anyway, I'm glad to see 'em a-steppin' out of their weeds, and I told 'em so. Sez I, "You wuz in mournin' a awful while, wuzn't you?" Oren fairly gritted his teeth, and before Lateza Alzina could speak, he busted out "By Vum! I've mourned all I'm a-goin' to!
Yes, it wuz Oren Rumble and Lateza, his wife, and the hull of the family the five girls, Barthena, Calfurna, Dalphina, Albiny, and Lateza. But what a change had swep' over the family sence I had last looked on 'em!
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