The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-03-05


Dsy Of Judgment and directly after
be was teaching the children about
legal tenures, which changed TO
nouns. verbs, tens, hundreds. aud all
the rest. down 70 4 B C's; and the
girlish hands we're maeh prei1ier than
the law papers which she held in
them, though they were crammet full
Of both lsw and learning
The next night Susie's face was
shining Ike transparency in every
wriiing-book as the master set the
copies and when be thought OF shut
ing it up in his desk, Susie herself
few cut from the opening lid. Is
bright and swift a. 8 sunbeam.
sprincing directly into the eenIre OF
Of his own heart He woke himself
up bv saving aloud. Ifs she wishes to
STAY here, | certainly shall never ob-
jet"
After such beginning what could
We expect. Il VIII not do 70 say
thai the 6ckle young man spent BIZ
winter ias;udying this absorbing girl
much more diligently than be ever
poured over his law-b0oks He new
er thought Of studying Susie or Of "
Outstanding her; bat be did think
about her ten Zines oftener than be ev-
thought OF anything else-if r0se-c0l-
ored rererie may be dignifed with
name 80 profouni-always deciding
in bis own mind that she was the
sweetest dearest little being il the
universe. and that she was becoming
vet more and more engaging every
day, = she developed in beautiful
wOmanliaess under fis very careful
tuition
Whenever this sunsbiuy pupil was
away from school for day. the
whitewashed walls Of the school-7oom
looked d;agy a The blackboard in the
ewes of the dissusted master. All
the children had poor lessons. aad
we're wonderfully stupid in catching
h. explanations In those DAYS The
bea9v BOYS boots scr2piug the rough
floor grated HpJn his nerves; the
dresses and manners Of the girls
were b0pelessiy eouairv6ed: and al
the little ones had influenza In
those dzvs the master studied dil;-
gently al through the morning. even
while be mun he'd pie and bread-and-
butte fo- lunch ; but if any curious
eve Z ID looked over his shoulder. i
miyb. have discovered a little pencil
draw.lg 0f Susie auber's face doing
d1ty as book-nark between the Poa-
derou pages Of Blackstone.
And what Of the young g;rI her
self: Can one be the Object OF %
much earnest devotion without know
iag Il, Hardly Pledges and good
resolutions are rarely strong enough
u bind giances from adorins eyes,
and 70 bold the tones Of . voice il fet-
tiers Az least there are uagaagded
moments when these viii slip the
leash to enjoy ab.ief moment Of de-
li-hsfui freedom : ss
For the first SIX weeks Of school
Susie felt sure that she was becoming
very dear % the Young teacher: as :
natural consequence, the teacher was
fast becoming very dear also to his
sympathetic pupil II was be. right;
He had spent a fo-tnigh, OF thai time
as boarder at her fathers house. and
in her own mind she Was entirely as
sured tha; her parents believed in the
young man as very eligible party
FOR general family adoption. Then
our Susie had not been bright and
pretty an her life for nothing She
expected ere-y young gentleman OF
her acquaintance 70 be little fasei-
mated q q matter OF course But in
this case she was not peryersely dis
inclined 20 something more serious
and more permanent
The months went bv, vet the mas
ter had become more reserved o. shv
than in The beginning. He had a.
wavs chatted freely and cordially
with his pupils, aud IN this excellent
habit he still continued ; bat there had
been no advsnceinl love-making. Susie
wss piqued-Perhaps triae indis-
nant-wilh a growing sense Of being
somehow wrOnged and defrauded
Either the master sometimes looked .
too much. o. be said altogether 700
little; and the child found herself
quite unable 20 solve the plzzle-
II was only q fortnight row before
that school would close. vet no pro-
rresS had been made. They met one
evening. unexpectedly TO both. a. the
house Of neighbor. When il was
time % return home. Mr.. Gladstone
could hardly do less than TO act a. at
tendan,: bat that half hour in the BE-
wi,chinr presence. with all her school
-irlishness laid aside. had entirely
overcome his prudent resolution TO
delay the period Of his loue-makiay.
He forgot that Susie hsd shared none
of the golden reveries in which be
had lived all winter. and where in his
thought she had reigned as queen Of
3 realm sacred 70 themselves De
lighted, excited, and irrepressibly in
earnest as they left the honse. quite
TOO hastily and abrup;ly be asked her
70 become his wife
Susie was startled her bes. feel
irgs reserved /. shock To become
engaged wilhou; anv Of those sweet
preiiminaries Of which she had al
wavs shvly dreamed seemed like
perversion Of right Spirited and
waywsrd. without taking time 10 con-
slider, she said no promptly, perhaps
a little Indignantly
Even then it might have come
right in the ten minutes walk which
followed bat unluckilr they were
ovetaken by a party of chattering
vouug people. Mr. Gladstone. in bis
present reckless mood. kept them in
merry conversation I'll they left Su-
sic AZ her own door, when be turned
back alone into the darkness sad
tramped over the frozen ground. feel
ing kind Of satisfaction, s. though
be were stamping out all ihe rem
nants Of sentiment in bis own chilled
heart Susie. shut up In the dark
ness Of her room. repented at leisure
Eyidentlv at the bottom Of this odd
stvle Of wcoing there was an intense
sincerity. Why, then. had al this