Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-03-04

frsA sler der flower u L. meet to beIr
One April shower, - so slight and fair"
"Hurrah for Elmsdale! aunte the new
Schoolmistress has come, shouted Harry
Hartwell, as he rushed sans ceremonie into
the house, tossing his capto the ceiling,
and performing double somerset at the
door, which brought him up at his aunt's
feet; overturning her workstand and scat
tering thimble, scissors and spools of cot
ton in confusion about his curly pate.
"Whata boisterous boy Harry will
you never learn to enter room properly?
II will soon be impossible to live with
you, if you 90 on at this rate"
- "Hush auntie; don't scold, please. I'll
put all to rights again. / didn't mean to
do it, but"
"Nol you nevsr mean to do mischief,
but you generally succeed in accomplish
ing fair share of it. You are, certainly
a most unfortunate child"
"Auutic, [ only wanted to tell you the
new teacher b ad come"
''Who cares for the "ne,o teachsrP" Is
her arrival an era, that you create so great
. commotion about it p
"No, auntie, bat she's sopretty; with
great bl.e eyes. and hair like sissie's doll.
Mr.. Maxwell said he meant to 90 to her to
learn TO parse love, but / told him he
ought to have studied while he was q lit.
tie boy, for she wouldn't teach great men
that. could purse it now All the 9TH
er gentlemen laughed at him. think he
ought to have felt ashamed to. know, SO
little and have them all making fun Of
him, but he didn't; he laughed toe, just
as hard as. the rest. gress he laughed,
like do when the boys beat me playing
marbles, to keep from showing how bad
he felt"
Harry, wish you would so to play
ing marbles now or to something else, |
do not care for your pretty Teacher nor
if she turns the heads Of half the county,
will it make any difference with me-
Harry had put to flight golden dream
when he entered the room in that unpro-
pitious style, and his aunt resented the
rude awakening. The spools of cotton
were replaced, the tangled skeins of silk
smoothed carefully, scissors and thimble
we're each restored to their accustomed
nook in the neatly kept work basket; but
the bright vision was gone forever. Mem
Org might review its scattered fragments,
but no art could colct the mosaic thoughts
which composed that demolished air.castle
and rebuild its fair proportions no regret
could recall those hasty words, or undo
their eli upon the sensitive spirit of
that impulsiye boy.
"Our teacher has arrived, Lucy; she
came by the mail coach, to-day" said Mr.,
Hartwell as he seated himself with the
family group that graced his table.
81 am really glad that she is here, at
last for the children have grown quite
wild for want of regular occupation and it
is impossible for me to attep4pt the task Of
teaching them I'd rather take in washing
to pay for their education"
There is no necessity for that, wife, -
replied Mr.. Hartwell, glanoing proudly at
the welltraiued group of Juveniles gath
cred around his plentiful board.
''Of course, she only means so far as
regards the cougeniaity of the task re.
marked Miss Elvira Loftie, with an in
jured air, very much surprised that any
one should suppose, and more deeply Of
Tended that any one presumed to insnuate
that her sister, great, great grand -daugh,
ter of the second cousin Of lie. Comp
TOppe Loftie, could possibly exert herself
in any way for family, or children,
II hope, for the sake of the children
that our little teacher does not take thai
view of the subject, for they would be the
sufferers
ooh she is paid for her services, anC
ought, therefore, to do her duty" answer
cd Mrs. Hartwell.
"Lucy, good and efficient teachers car
never be repaid for all they do, said Mr.
Hartwell with more of sterIlpess than usd
ally fingered in his gentle tone. $50 Ions
as tbs, OpiniGs prevails that teachers arr
mere drudgos, whose services are requite'
BY the salary they receive the profession