Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-13
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FERULING ANNA HAWKES..
Buzz buzz-buzz 7

Indeed 1 cannob .SlaDu tulS.-
: You'll drive me quite crazy wit
your buzz, buzz, buzz, ] must an
viii have silence. l find that plail
pleasant persuasion viii not dc;
tshall be forced to resort to harshe
.Enethod. Now listen one and al
while / assure you that the frs
scholar, old OF young, miss or master
young gentleman or lady, whom
shall see whispering without leave
viii ferule !
! The teacher, Mr.. Arthur Stone
closed his bearded lips firmly, ant
glanced about the old-fashioned schoo
room with a determined expression
as he ceased speaking. He said :
meant it in the face of the stout. stal
wart young sentlemen, and The pret'
'ty, witchiug, bright eyed girls a.
bout him. For a momt at there WAS
IA dead silence upon all, while every
eye was fixed upon the handsome,
resolnte face of the teacher. But iE
the little crowd Of eager, upturned
faces, there was. but one which bis
eye sought, intultively drawn as il
were by some strange, mesmeric pow.
er. One face, and one at that mo,
ment which was a pretty picture d
piquant beauty, with its saucy, in
quisitive blue eyes, which met BIS
own fully and daring Its strawberry
red mouth pursed up by the most
provoking and daring OF. smiles, that
said as piainly as words could have
said it-'you won't ferule me, Ar
thur Stone, If 1 whisper ever SO
much ! ,.f1 Z 4ff {.
A saiden fash Of anger reddeDed
up into the cheeks of the young
man, shet fron,a the depths of his fine
gray eyes, as he said, dsterminedly.
in answer to the smile of the. red
mouth and blue eyes, aud the toss
of the dainty bead-'I repeat it; |
Will ferue the first scholar whom |
see whispttiBg without leave !''a 81
This time there vas no mistaking
it, there vas perceptihle motion Of
Anna Hawkes. pretty bead, and aa
Unmistakable light in her eyes, and
a whole, unblokan sentence .wrgatbed
about the curve Of her lips. as she
turRed careiessly to her books
You can ferule me if you choose
size said, mntely, net believing that
be would. venture to do it.
sAad | certainly will. was the 81.
lent reply of the young man, conf
dent the while that she would not al.
low him an opportunity Of putting bis
threat, into execution. But he was
i'll at ease as be turned moodily to
the Arithmetic class from which his
attention bad been drawn BY the un-
usual confusion. Affairs had taken
a disagreeable turn, an unexpected
course, and whatever he might do, be
could not better them. There cwas
but one way for him, He must put
a stern face upon the matter. He
must maintain bis dignity as q teach
er, even if he was obliged to thrust
roughly aside. bio own wishes and in
elihations. Anna Hawkes--pleas-
ant, bewilchieg. graceful Anna-the
one bright star that threw. SO much
light upon his ariuous, tiresoms du-
ties; the warm hearted girl who had
poyn naarer and dearer 10 him as
She dull. wiatry days went by; till he
had dared hope, silently, yet earnest-
ly, that sometime he might be more
to ibar than any one else in the world;
even she, if she came between him
and bis duties. must be sacrificed.
1t was miserable thought, and he
greeted it with a long drawn sigh
Not.ouce during that forenoon did
be venture TO Ipck towards Anna s
seat, or allow himself to pause asy-
where in her viciaity, for fear bis ears
might be greeted by provoking O.
iious whisper. Not once / say, bat
I.m0Ft except the long recess during
7which he wt.ched her eagerly as
1 she bsa. over her slate, working ont
her ;l5ebrsie problems, apparently
lost to everything about her. Two
or three fines be half started from
his sesi 70 20 to her assistance; as she
knit her white brows perplexedly.
bat a strange new feeling. like pride,
L.. b,.lr Ho fhouuht hn had