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Hoell I remember the day I made his acquaintance! I had entered the laboratory without knohat ements about enuine surprise that I turned fro voice at my elbow suddenly saluted me:-"Mees Veenship, not so?"

The owner of the voice was a little old fellohose dry, weazened face gave no hint of his years I guessed that he was probably seventy, though he er His skin was parchment-coloured and cross-hatched by a thousand wrinkles and the hair under his skull-cap was as white as snow, but he was as bright of eye and brisk of manner as a youth of twenty

"Yes, sir," I replied rather aardly; "I ay?" was his surprising query, uttered in a tone between a squeak, a snarl, and a grunt

"Because I wish to learn," I replied, after a moment's hesitation

"No, mine vriendt," he snapped, "you do not vish to learn You care not'ing for science You are roe, you are unformed In a vord, you are a voman You haf industry--mine Gott, yes!-- and you vill learn ofbetter to do And by-and-by behold Prince Charet science V'at for I vaste reat scientist Not so? T'ose young vomen, t'ey vaste t'eir tiesture and sao or three nice-looking girls in big checked aprons a at me One of the of new arrivals was not unusual

"You're paid to waste your time on me," I answered hotly "I'm here to work and to listen to you; reat scientist, I don't see what difference that asped, wide eyed at my temerity But Prof Darood-nature

"Vell, vell, ve shall see," said he, wagging his head; "maybe I find some use for you I vatch you Maybe I find for you some use t'at you don't expect, eh? Ve shall see"

So he walked away, shrugging his shoulders and snapping his fingers andto hihout the session he chuckled as if he had heard of an excellent joke