Litchfield enquirer., 1852-05-20
WnOlE Ne. 1903. No 2.

4 inITOQuCe MIN 10 TIC Wtte Va MT.
Paul. She too was an uncommon
character, a great, good natuled.
handsome romp who used so attend
| school on purpose, to use her own
phrase, sto plague Master jerry
| And, verify she was a plague. She
used to bounce in and out whenever
she pleased she pinched the boys,
linked the faces of the girls, and
finally, to such pitch did her au-
dac;ty arrive, that she even presumed
to lay hands on the nicely adjusted
cue of the dominic himself.
jeremiah was leaning over his
desk in a musing attitude engaged ia
a profound mathematical calculations
respecting the probable value Of the
tenant of his landlords pig sty,when
this outrage took place. He had
already placed the subject in halt
dozen different attitudes before his
minds eye, and was just on the poin
of committing his lucubrations to the
fragments Of a slate, upon which his
| elbow was resting, when vigorous
jerk at the hairy appendage Of his
p.ricranium, started him bolt upright
in minute, and drew from him a
cry not unlike that of the very ami
NAL whica was the subject of his
scientific cogi,ation.
jeremiah did not swear, for he was
an exemplary and church-going
padagogue but his countenance
actually blackened with rage and
anguish, as he gazed hurriedly and
sternly around him and the ill-sup-
pressed laughter of his disciples ad.
ded not little 10 his chagrin.
'Who? who? who?I say He
could aricu!ate no more. lie was
nearly choked with passion.
THAT great ugly girl there who
pinches me so, said little ragged
urchin, with dirty lace.
jeremiah confronted the fair delin-
quent, but it was plain from his
manner, that no would rather have
undertaken the correction Of the
whole school beside, than that of the
incorrigible offender in question:
His interrog eating glance was met by
a look in which il would have been
difficult to say whether good nature
or impertinence predominated.
did you NEEDLE with my cue =
said the domino bu: his voice trem.
JIed, his situation was peculiarly
awkward. ... s.g
H-l-What do you suppose ]
want OF your cue?' and q queer
smile played along her mouth, fol
pretty one she had, and what
worse, the domino himself thought
80. Jeremiah, seeing that he was
about to lose his authority, hemmed
twice, shook his head at such Of the
rogues as were laughing imnloderate
ly at their m ,ster's perplexity, and
reaching his hand to his ferule, said
Give me your hind, miss The
fair white hand was instantly prof
fered, and as gently too a. that Of a
modern belle at a cotillon party,
, jeremiah took it; it was a pretty
+ hand, very pretty hand and then
her face, there was something in its
expression which seldom failed b:
} disarm the pedagogue's anger. ~
looked first at her hand, then at h0
face, expressive of roguish conf
, dence, then at his ferule, a heavy In
strument of torture, entirely unit to
hold companionsbip with the soft fair
hand held in durance before him.
Never, ii all the annals Of his birch-
en- authority, had Jeremiah Paul ex.
pcricnccd such perplexAy. He lifted
up his right hand two or three slnsss
,, and 40 often withdrew it.
'You will not strike me T said the
n girl. .
There was an artless confidence u
these words and the tone in which.
they were uttered. that went to the
heart ofthe pedagogue. Like Mari
Anthony before the beautiful Cleo
patra, or the fierce leader of the Vol
, sell before his own Virginia, the do
mine relented. M 81
, 'IfI pardon you for this offence ,
will you conduct yourself more prt
IDENTITY in future T A
Il hope SHALL said the Prudeas
young lady, and the master eyinces
his atfectionate sOlicitude for thsa
welfare of his pupil. BY pressing tat
hand he had imprisoned, and the isl'
owner expressed her gratitude 81
'. such condescension, BY returning til
) pressure.
They were married just six montl
. Afterwards. So much fer lenity an !!