THE PROFESSOR AND HIS AFFINITY.
We have lately heard a story which is almost too good to be true, but which, is nevertheless so well vouched for that we are constrained to Swalloio it. It was a breezy spring day, and a vivacious young lady who wore her hair cut short in the " awfully jolly" fashion, had been making an excursion in company with several friends, to the top of Mount Eden ; and in descending she took off her hat, leaving her shortcropped locks to be blown about by the wind in most admired disorder. As the little party reached the foot of the hill, they met a well-known musical Professor, whose well-oiled ringlets flowed down his manly shoulders from beneath a natty straw hat of the pattern affected by ladies. As he and the lady referred to met each other's gaze, each looked as if a revelation had suddenly burst upon them. The one seemed the antipodes of the other ; and they were so struck by the hitherto undreamt of fitness of things that they could only stare with that sort of bewilderment which a man might be expected to feel when he meets his " double." They passed on, however, for they could not always stand and stare ; but the lady, with irresistible curiosity, almost immediately looked back to have another view of the unusual vision. Her surprise may be guessed when she found the Professor, in spite of his good manners, turned full round to get another view of her. Thrice she succumbed to the feminine weakness, and on each occasion she caught the Professor in the same act. It wag an affecting spectacle — these two souls, so evidjiitly
made for each, other, longing to rush together ; but Fate was inexorable and they had to pursue their separate paths. This was years ago ; bufc the Professor still dreams of that fair " affinity*' who crossed his path like a vision ; and she — well, she •is married and miserable ! There's the groundwork of a gushing romance in this true incident, which we present gratis to our rising novelists.
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Observer, Volume 5, Issue 116, 2 December 1882, Page 179
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348THE PROFESSOR AND HIS AFFINITY. Observer, Volume 5, Issue 116, 2 December 1882, Page 179
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