The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-29
Srlftte0 Talf
Extract from the Professors Story" in the
Atlantic Monthly.
THE YANKEE sCHOOLMASTER.

wacket Centre created q much more live
" sensation than had attended that OF
either Of bis predecessors. Looks go a
good ways all the world over, and though
there were several good looking people
in tho place, and Major Bush was what
the natives of the town called "hahn-
some man," that is, big, fat, and red, yet
the sight of really elegant young fellow,
with tho natural air which grows up with
carefully-bred young persons, was now
city. The Brahmin blood which came
from his grandfather as well as from his
mother, direct descendant of the old
Flint family, well known by the famous
tutor, Henry Flint, had been enlivened
and enriched by that of the Wentworths,
which had had good deal Of ripe old
Madeira, and other generous clements
mingled with it, SO that it ran to govt
sometimes in the old folks, and to a-high
p rit, warm complexion, and curly hair
in some Of the younger ones. The soft
curling hair Mr.. Bernard bad inherited
something, perhaps, Of the high spir-
it; but that VIC shall have Il chance of
finding out by and-by. But the long SER
mons and The frugal board of his Brah-
min ancestry, with his own habits Of
study, had told upon his color, which was
subdued to something more of delicacy,
than ono would care to see in q young
fellow with rough work before him.
THIS, however, made him look more IL
telestirg, Or, as the young ladies' at Ma
ior Bushs said, ''interestin.'
When Mr.. Bernard showed himself at
meeting, on the frs: Sunday after his ar
rival, it may be supposed that a good
many eyes were turned upon the young
schooImaster. There was something he
role in his coming forward SO readily to
take a place which called for strong
hand, and prompt steady will to guide
it. In fact, his position was that Of a
military chieftain on the eve of a battle.
Everybody knew everything in Pigwack-
ct Centre; and it was ali understood
thing that the young rebels meant to put
down the new master, if they COZ ID
1t was natural that the two prettiest girls
in the village, called in the local dialect,
as nearly as our limited alphabet will rep
resent it, Alminy Cuterr, and Arvilly
Braowne, should feel and express an in
terest in the good-looking stranger, and
that, when Their flattering comments were
repeated in the hearing of their indigen-
uous admirers, among whom were some
Of the older "boys" of the school, it sho'd
not add to the amiable dispositions of the
turbulent youth.
M law came, and the new schoolmaS-
ter was in his chair at the upper end Of
the school house, on the raised platform.
The rustics looked at bis handsome face,
thoughtful, peaceful, pleasant, cheerful,
but sharply cut round the lips, and proud
ly lighted about the eyes. The ringlead-
err of the Observation-Disclosures. the young
butcher, who has before figured in this
narrative, looked at him stealthily, when
ever he got n chance to study him I'M
Observed; for the truth was, he felt un-
comfortable whenever he found the large
dark eyes fixed on his own little, sharp,
deep-set, gray ones. But he found means
to study him pretty well-frst bis face,
then his neck and shoulders, the set of
his arms, the narrowing at his loins, the
make of his legs, and the way he moved.
In short, he examined him as he would
have examined steer, to see what he
could do and how he would cut up. II
be could only have gone to him and felt
of his muscles, be would have been en-
tireIy satisfied, He was not very wise
youth, but he did know well enough that,
though big arms and legs are very good
things, there is something besides size that
ooes to make q man; and he had heard
stories of fighting man, called "The Sp:-
DER" from his attenuated proportions
who was yet terrible hitter in the rng'
and had whipped many big-limbed tei'
, low in and out of the roped arena.
Nothing could be smoother than tho
way in which things went on the frs
dav or two. The new master was SO kline
and courteous, he seemed TO take every
, thing in such an easy natural way, tina
! there was no chance to pick a quarre
with him. He in the meantime though
it best to watch the boys and young mel
for day or two with as little show 0