The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-11

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LAY % uunleosant eunurh IL = mage ohil1
wilfully bisaks The rals &C sehocl. bna
when Instead . Young rentleman or lnay o
Ear fbrxetsr him or hersolf. Il 10 intensely
painful l assure you thasI deeply regret
/ this." s.
Anns bowed eracefully @ Mr.. Stone
ceased speaking Again her white teeth
were denteAE INTO her lin, while the brown
lashes treusklsd close upon the deem. burn.
ing red Of her cheeks.
"Your hand, ii you please"
The little whits hand was reached forth
~ though it wereto receive q caress instead
Ola blow. Acct Law 40 tenderly and trust.
ingly upon the broad palm Of the ,eacher. he
inwardiy cursed his stars, He called him
self q brute, ,vrnnt. m pnster. He had a
mind to get down unon h;s knees and nroy
for -mopthed earthonake to come and
swallow him: for sudden fash of light
ming lin the wiatsr timel to melt him into
| nonentitv: for a vhirlwind 10 sweer him
| win ;ts rand rnsh;nc winds from of the
| face Of the earth. Strike that little dimpled
| hand with cr,Iel fvo-;nch mia? He had
rather cover, ~. blister Il with kisses. in
s,sad II tramSlal v;th;n h;s vrasn. and
ahont the mouth of the owner a little white
| line was ;sianaing the redness Of her lips
| For n moment. he Thought he d kneel before
/ her and ask her to give the pale prisoner
entirely to him. Itwould be his hand then.
| and no one could blame him for not wishing
| IN in;ure h;s own nronertv A than.ht
str,,ck him He MIGHT strike bis own hand
| instead of Annals He conId shield her and
/ take the blow himself The idea was ),
rare one He was in . mood s,r craat;,.,
i
| his ruler ANA raised her eyes 10 his face
His 6xed deIerminad eynress;on sgart a
nor She wo,,h hear his blow without
shrinking. without starting. she though,
| bnt q She vould hate him hate him h0te
him So long q, she lived As the thought
dashed throuah her mind. a gav. dashins
looking sle;yb drawn bv a ea;r of fine horses
came ranitllv I'M to the schnol-house door
| Luck lnety Mr. Stone. the rule fell
| harmlesslv upop the fail. rosy palm Of Anna
| as The turned his ewes toward the window,
and exclaimed hurriediy b. q s
| .lThe conimittee. Miss Hawkes. You can
take your seat now, but remain tonight
after school Even for this interrnntion I
should not feel justified in letting the affair
| pass.'
siThe last committees man unon eorth that
| would care To see I, exclaimed Mr.. Stone to
himself, as he bowed low before the pompous
vo,,no gentleman known hv tho coonomen
Of Dr.. Wesley Baker who rapped with his
whsp unon the door-saiJ vonno gentleman
| being one of wealth and education. But
| the teacher did not care a flo for his wealth
he did not envy him-or care ANYTHING for
his education own was quite equal to
il. But what he did care for was. that DR..
Barker was a great admirer of Anna Hawkes.,
and in the present state Of affairs he did not
care about having any rivals around. Every
thing went along smoothly during school
hours, as il always did during the visits of
the several committee, hut the moment school
was dismissed. Dr. Barker staked across the
school-room floor and an to Anna Hawkes.
seat. Mr. Stone bit his lips with vexation.-
His rival had made his appearance quite in
the nick of time. He despised meanness
heartily, denounced it whenever he saw it,
bnt now in spite of himself he stood and lis
tened eagerly to catch the few words that
dropped from Dr.. Barker's and Annas
lips.
I'm ask MIR. Stone to excuse me-" he
heard Anna say
(which of course he will do replied Dr.
Barker.
II am not so certain of that" was the
smiling reply as she started towards his
desk
IL hope you'll pardon me for daring to
ask such thing but L r. Barker wishes me
to drive with him in his new sleigh, which
I'm very anxious to do, and so I'd like to be
excused from remaining TO ignt to take nv
feruling promising to come early Tomorrow
morning
Mr.. Stone bowed and said, "yerv we'll"
though the words quite choked him. He
secretly wished Dir. Barker. and his new
sleigh in China, and himself free from the
vocation of school teaching. He thought
as he stood moodily bv his desk watching
Anna Hawkes. pin her plaid shawl closely
about her throat. aud lie under her chin the
blue ribbons Of her quilted hood, preparatory
to her drive with DR.. Barker, that he was
the most miserable man in existance. and
that he would purchase him farm. work
shovelling on the railroad, would do any
thing rather than teach another school He
had alreaAf engaged to take charge al The
village academy the following sprine. but
now he resolved that he would not do It.
He'would throw up the engagement at
once
No doubt she thiaks me a very brute"
he said to himself IA the cav eouin1.re
went dashipa dawn the street Perhaps alter
ali. she Ind not medstated that rntiaess
attack upon his dignity and patience. he
unused indeed now he Thought of it again,
tine whisner was more like = sudden exe,a.
nation than any thing else Yet. he hal not
,iyen her the sliebtest chance ,nr an expla-
nation. hut Ike an .xeeutioner vino loved
his occunation hnrr;ed her forward +. a
punishment--the dolt that he called himself
lie had a very nodf op;nion of A thur stone
lust Mt that moment He was sure that he
wouli oni,e like to horsewhip him
A fair counternart of the nnnil.s tbousbts
and feel;nos we're those Of the teacher It
was a dull dreary drive that Anna Hawkes.
took With nr Rarkor Che hadn'ta hart
to enjoy it after the folly Of tine afternoon :.
ale thinks that do not care for, or re-
spect him" was the thought nppermoss in
her mind, whichever way she turned. And
this is the return l am making him for all
his kindness to me-all the interest he has
taken in nv studies both out of school and
in O, if he could but know the truth p