The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-11-15

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his boots, and plunging wildly for
ward. tlarted heaillohg over the hill,
in the direction 0ftle river. as
! s.GO0diess Heavens. the man viii
! be drowned VI said Miss Mary; and
then with feminine Inconsistency, she
ran back to the school-house, and
locked herSelfin.
That night, while sested at supper
with herhostess, the blacksmilh's wife,
it came to Miss Mary to ask, tiemure-
", Ii her husband ever got drunk.
"Abner, = responded Mrs. Stitiger, re-
fiectively, .'lgt's See; Abner hasn't
been tight since last 'lectioh.' Miss
Mary would have liked toask Ii he
preferred lying lii the sun on these oc-
casions, and II 4 cold bath would have
hurt him; but this would have in
/ yolyed Az explanation, which she did
not care to give, SO she eontented
herself with opening her gray eyes
widely at'the red-cheeEed Mrs. Stidger
"a fine specimen Of Southwestern
etilorescence,- and then dismissed the
subject altogether. I'henext day she
wrote to her dearest friend, IN Boston:
Il think find the intoxicated portion
Of this community the least objection
able. refer. my dear, to the men, OF
course. | do not know anything that
could make the women toleYabie.n
/ In less than week Miss Miry had
forgotten this episode. except that her
afternoon walks took thereafter. al
most uAcoaSciously, another direction.
She noticed, however, that every
morning fresh cluster Of azalea-
blossoms appeared among the flowers
on her desk. This was NOT strlnge, as
her little ilpck were aware of her fontl-
ness tor flowers, and invariably kept
her desk bright witllalemones, syrin-
gas, and lupiaes; but, on questioning
them. they. ore and all, pluiesSed ig-
noranee OF the azaleas. a few days
later, Master johnny StiCiger, whose
desk was nearest to the window, was
suddenly taken with spasms Of APP
parentIy gratnitous laughter, which
threatened the discipline OF the school.
Allthat Miss Mary eould get from hinl
was, that someone had been ''lookihg
/ in the winder" Irate and Indignant,
she sailed from her hive to do hattie
with the intruder. AS she turned the
corner OF the school house she came
plump upon the quordam dFunkard-
now perfectly sober, and inexpressi-
bly, sheepish hand guiity-loOking.
/ These facts Miss Mary was not slow
/ to take a feuinine advantage Of. in
her present hum0r. But 1t was some
what confusing to observe, also, that
the beast, despite some faint signs Of
dissipation. was ainiable looking LIN
fact d kind Of blond Sampson, whose
corn-colored, silken heard apparently
had never yet known the tonch OF 4
BARRIERS razor of Delilah's shears. SO
that the cutting speech whichquivered
on her ready tongue Gied upon her
lips. and she eOntented herself with
receiving his stamlnering apology
with snpercilious eyelids and tie gath
cred skirts of uncolitaminat!0n. VI hen
she re-entered the school-room. her
eyes fell upon the azsleas with 4 new
sense Of revelation. And then she
laughed, and they were unconscious
ly very happy.
1t was on Il hot day-not long after
this-tilat two short legged boys came
!, TO grief on the threshold Of the school
with pail of water. which they had
! laborously brought from tile spring,
! aud that Miss Mary compassiDarely
seized the pail and started for the
! spring herself. At the loot Of the bill
a shadow crossed her path, ant a blue
! sliirted arm dexteroilsly but gently
. relieved her Of her burden. Miss Mary
was both embarrassed and angry. III
YOU carried more ot that for yourself. '
! she said spitefully, to tile blue arm,
without leigniug ID raise her laShes to
It's owner. world 10 better" Iii the
submissive silence that followed sI.t
. regretted the speech, ard thanked him
50 sNeetIy ;it,tlie llnm that he stllsa-
! l,!ed. iYhiclIcaused the children tt
! laugh agliiI.--a langh in which Mis-
Mary Joined. until the color came
! family into her pale cheeks. The hex
day Il barrel was ulysteriolisly plaoet
I beside thu door, aud u Inysteriously
, filed with fresh spsipg-water every
! morning.
Nor was this superior young persoI
/ without other pulet attentions. ..Pfu
\ fame Bill!r driver Of the SInmgulliol
! Stage. widely Known Iii tile newspa
pers for his ''gallantry'' In ihyariably
!; offering box-seat to the fair sex
, had excepted Miss Mary flum tbisat
|. tention, on the ground tlaf be had
I habit of ''egIsilL Oil np grades, au,
Y gave her half the coach. to, herself
z Jack TIamlin, gambler, having one
Il sileBbly ridden with her In the sam
= cOach. afterward threw a tlecantl,r i
the head Of gpntedcrate for nlenti0ii
4 ing her name In a bar-room. lTh
y oyerdressed mother Of 4 pupil who's
= paternity was doubtful had Often In
0efetl near the asftiti. Eestli'g tanf,,le