The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-10-10

She was duly Mortified of course, but she
would not let the children perceive it. She,
intended to be as selfpossessed as the most
experienced vettran.
She entered the school-house and they fol-
lowed her, making more noise than flock of
sheep. Alas for the blue eyes and the rosy
cheeks Dirty faces abounded; evidently the
price of moasses had not come up in Rose
lawn. Some of the little darlings sucked their
thumbs, some chewed spruce gum, and some
were too much absorbed looking at the
school marm,' to keep their mouths other
wise employed than standing wide open.
"Come to order" said Arabella, with dig
nifty, rapping on the high desk.
"Come to what?" asked Bill jenkins.
"Hod your tongue, SIR. returned the
teacher.
Bill thurst out his lingual member, took it
between his thumb and finger, to the great
amusement of the whole school.
Classifying and assertaining names and ages
occupied most Of the forenoon.
"May 60 out, asked Bill jenkins, rising in
his seat.
"No, you may sit downi" said Arabella, her
patience fast giving out.
Bill seized his hat and jumped out OF the
window without ceremony.
school marin, Susan Grey spit on my
dinner pailw cried a small voice in the
corner
"And Allie Diggs eat up my turnover "
cried the aforesaid Susan Grey
MAY i leave my seat? want some water,
yelled Susan Sykes.
my nose bleeds want to go out, remark
ed Tommy Taylor.
"Sarah Jane Styles has got my ingy rubbers
rubin her cheeks with 'em to make en- red!"
screamed Miss Patty Primweed.
Arabella was trying TO get silence, when
the door opened, and in walked full grown
animal of the granting and shutting species.
Arabella screamed, and jumped for the
desk, tucking up her skirt, and struck at the
bristly quadruped with her parasol.
The children scampered from the house,
but Arabella was afraid TO get down and fol-
low them, lest she should be attacked by his
swineship which she took fora white bear!
AT length Bill jenkins appeared and drove
him out, and Arabella got down and went
to dinner. That afternoon Bill PERSISTED in
talking aloud and whispering when he felt
like it. Arabela believed in governing by
love and kind words-so she tried the doct-
rne on Bill.
"Wiliam" she said kindly, "you are a fine
boy, and will make good man.-Wil you
pleasa to stop that very annoying noiseW
mo, won't pleasew remarked Bill imi-
tatng her voice "You told two stories in
one breath! You said was fine boy and
should make a good man faint sol by jinky
tain't:'and with that he let fly an apple core at
Arabella's head, which hit itsmark, and broke
her hair comb into twenty peices.
Still our heroine kept her temper. She
reasoned, and demonstrated, and Bill laughed
and whistled.
Il amt going to mind no sich red-haired
chit as you be!' exclaimed he-"not by two
chalks alters hated red-hair specially when
it went with a freckled face and a turned up
nosew
This was little too much. Arabella reden
ed-seized the stove poker and gave Bill a
blow that he had cause to remember many a
day. He fed screaming from the house, and
the other children snatched their dinner pals
and fed likewise.
Arabella went back to the city the next day
She was taken SUDDENLY i'll, she said; teaching
did not agree with her.