Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-03-18
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FERULING ANNA HAWKES..
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4" Indeed cannot stand this. You'll
drive the quite crazy with your buzr, barr,
+ buzzing. must and will have silence.
| end 'ha, plain pleasant persuasion will
no, do shall he forced n resort to a har.
sher mcihud. Now. ll-icn one and all,
while assure you that the drst young miss
or master. young gentleman or lady whom
shall see whispering without leave, | will
fcrulcl'
The teacher. Mr.. Arthur Stone. closed
ll, BEARDED lips firmly, and glanced about
the old lsslioned school ROOM with deter.
mined expression. as be ceased speaking
lie evidently meant jus, what he had 'aid
meant It Ia the faces of tho stout stal-
Wari young gentleman. and pretty, witch
ing. bright eyed girl. about him. For u
moment there was dead silence upon all,
while every eye was fixed upon the hand.
some. r,,.slutc face OF the teacher. But IN
the h,llc crowd upturned faces, there was
hat one which his eye sought intuiti,ely
drawn rs It were, by some strange mcsmcr
ic power. one iacc and on, at that mo-
mcnt which wa. pretty piquant beauty.
With It's saucy inquisitivc blue eyes, which
met hi. avn folly and darinsly {, it, straw.
berry rrd mouth parsed up by the most
pro,okin. and daring of smiles, and nd as
plainly a. words could lave said" You
won't icrule me Arthur Stone, II I whisper
ever 50 much go
4 sudden lush VI anger redeemed up in.
To the cheek. ol the young man. and shot
from the depths Of hi' dnc angry eyes, as
he slil. uc,,rmincdly. in answer 10 the
smile Of the red mouth and blue eye, and
the iu,s of the dainty head" I repca, IL.
I will fcrulc tho lrsi scholar whom | see
whispering whispering without leave ''
Thi. time there was no mismkins it'
there was perceptibie motion II Anna
llawkc,' pretty head, an unmi'akAblc light
IN her eyes. AMI whole unhrl ken sentence
wrraihcd about the curve ol her mouth
as she turned c,rclc.sly 70 her b1nk.-
You can isrulc ur il YOU ohor.'," she
,aii mu.cly. not believing that be would
venture to do Il.
And certainly viii" was th. silent
reply Of the Young man, confident The
while tha, ,he would not allow him an OF
p,rtuniry Of putting hi. threat IN execution
Bat hc va. ~ at c,s, as be turncI muudily
60 the arithmetic class from which hi, at
tcniion had hc'n drawn hy thi, unusual
confusion. Affair. had taken u disasrcen-
ble torn, an unexpected curse, and what
ever hc NIGH, DO be c1ud not better them.
there w,s bu, one thing he could do. IL
mus, put a stern face upon the matter. lie
must nlin,nIn his dignity ~ teacher, even
. II he was obliged TO thrust roughly aside
his own wishes and inclinItiun, AnnH
lIawkc.,-plcasin,. wi,ching. graceful An.
ni-,he one bright star shat threw - much
light upon his urduous. tirc'ome duties /,
the warm h,artci girl who had grown near
or and dslrrr 70 him a, the dull, wintry
days went hy. I'LL be dared hope silently.
yet earnestly, that sometime he might BE-
more to her than any one else in the world,
even she must b. sacrificed. IL was a mis-.
erablc though, and he greeted i' with a
long deep drawn sigh
+ Not once daring the forenoon did be ven
turr To look towards Anna'- seat, or allow
himself to pIu., anywhere IN Ler vicinity.
Cor fear M. ears might b. greeted by q pro.
yokins odiou- whisper. Not once | say,
bu, must except the long recess, dnrns
which be watched her eagerly, as she bent
oScr her alsehr,ic problems, apparently
Lost In everything about her. Two or three
times w. half started from his seat 90 ~ To
her assistance, as she knit her hrows PER-
pleScdly, bat strange feeling like pride,
kept mm back. lie thought hc had never
seen her look hall 80 lovcahle or pretty A.
then, us she at there bending ,houghtfully
over her hook. with one white hand run.
mir: rapidly and gracefully ove' her slate
Her drcs. Of dark crimson cloth, with it,
full sleeves confined at the wrists by black
velvet bands, fashioned high in the neck
but in such a manner as To display her full
white throat, was strangely becoming To
her. llc lad never thought Of it be-
fore, b.t theirs was certain refinement in
her taste iha, was truly pleasing. IL was
visible in everything she worc-the dainty
canbric collar confined at the throat with
small cau.eo brcast.pin; the knots Of black
velvet ribbon fastened about her luxuriant
suit brown braids the petite black silk
apron with its girglc Of silk cord. and full
large dropping tas,els, aud even the slender
shining little little kid boats that pecped
darlngly out from the folds Of her ample
skirt. In all las life Arthur Stone had
never looked upon face or figure soplcnS
ant or captivating. But Us hc watched her
she raised her eyes to his lace. In mo-
ment that pretty seriousness which had res
ted 80 bccominsly M her rosy moa'h, aud
went with sudden rush Of triumph over
hrr whole face, d,latins her finely curved
nOstrlls and sweeping like very sunshine
over the blue OF her eyes, making such
rare dinplcs ibout her chin, as one might
have been fitted by the cunning lOrOdnger
Of Cupid Himself.
Arthur Stone was yexed, bat he was too
much man Of the world to allow the
Young girl to know how much she vas capa-
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