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Show CAME TO EARTH SUDDENLY. How Quick-witted Professor Covered Up His Absent'Mindedness. On n tin) a certoln iirofessor of mnthemntics nt O l!nlerall pt I r ed to set out on a short JourniH on horseback Ho was nn nbsont iium ed pet son, and while Kiiddllrc; the nn'i ul was thlnklni; out some 1'itrlcalo ptob lent Smuo Htmlents st(K)d near .uut watched him abstiactedl) place tie snddlo on hind pnit before. "Oh, Professor " exclnlmed ono of tho Kioup. "you nro puttlnp; the wrons tnd of )our saddle foremost" "Youhk ninn," replied tho professor with some tartness, ")ou nro entirely too smart. How do you know It Is wroiiB when I have not yet told )ou In which direction I Intend to so?" l.lppincott's, |