Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-12-02
rJETTY,s TEACHER

"My patience, Hetty!' exclaimed Mrs
Green, lifting her hands ffo0l the moulding
board, as her daughter burst into the room
her cheeks glowing and her eyes sparkling
with excitement where on airtl hev yC
been tcw? / could hev made house while
e. hev been doing that arrant.'
"Osly think. mother! I've seen the 81,
mond girls, and they say that the academy
is almos, finished, and ;hat school will COM
meuce carly in September p
"Wcll, wllal Oh, retortel Mrs. Green
with Il vigorous .lourisi. Of the rolling pin
DO you think father viii let ne go?'
Go whe,eY' iaanired Mrs. Green, a.
she cut le!,ly from he edge o; 4 pie iha 81
perhuous paste. u..- 'H. Cd
"Why, to the pew school. y
II hope not. for the ,ani's saka! Whcn
was young, gals VII Brought up to work
and va ant forever radin an and dream
10 away there time. iiowso'nevc-. iEy'u:
fuhers wilin for sc to GO to the cadanl;%,
haint notlin' again it but ! sla!l ih:ns it
the loolishest piece Of business ho ever di!
yet, ard there you've got my whole min
ont" .'..'
This was about rs much encouragement
as Hc;ty expected from her mannIa, pretty
soon her father entered
lie wasa thick SIT nan, about fifty, whose
sincwy frame anl toi!-hardcned hands
showed ,ha Il, na3 been accustomed to Ia
hor irom i,i5 youh M. The upper part OF
his ia.c atuayco tho kindly feeling that re
ais dwel. t,e;le.,i h., Somewhat rough cSte-
,;or. .u,, ,Lprc we're certain .incs about his
mouth which indicated that be was what
his vile called, ''torriblc sot in his way" "
All his hopes and desires were narrowed
down to the boundaries of his farm.
1t was difficult to perceive where IIctty
obtained her strong thirst for knowledge
I, certainly was not from either parent, nei'
,her was it called forth by anything in her
home. Her iathct's library consisted ofthe
Billie, Almanac, "Pilglim's Progress" His
tory of the American Revolution, and vol
umc Of Hume's History of England. lie
took an agricultural paper, but there was
little in it she cared to read.
But in spite Of these disadvantages, Het-
tvs hungry mind contrived to find food.-
There was scarcely book in the neighbor,
hood she had not read, and some of them
many times She dcvourcd everything that
came in her way-historics, novels, plays,
poetry, nothing came amiss. u..
But We will now return to farmer Green's
kitchen. 20 D
Mr.. Rivers was young man from a
neighboring city, quite unobtrusive in his
manners saying little, but that little never
failing to find its way to the heart or un-
dcrstandipg, which ever he addressed lie
was general iavorite in the family. Mrs
Green liked him because he was out much
of the time in the fields and the woods, and
not 'contiuually under her ioet as mos
boarders was." Her husband who had been
sadly troubled BY the inquii.ivcncsS OF pp44st' pp44s'
of their city boardcrs, liked him hccansc ne
was quite, sensible fellow, "and not iet.
ever Fostering body with silly questions
Tom, because he was so good naturcd, ana
almost as fond of fshins aud cunning as he
was. 1t is not so easy to tell why Hetty
liked him. Perhaps it was the smile that
made his far from regular features look at
most as handsome, or it might have been
the snail library he brought with hinh aud
to whcl, he gave free access, to her undIs'
After supper Hetty assisted her mother
in clearing the table and washing the dish
ca Then Tom came in with the ioaming
milk, pals, leaving Hetty alone with her ia'
Mr.. Green was in bis favorite seat by the