The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-09-25

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indeed. But she was dressed in COM
mon black-stuff dress, with little folds of
b ack Grape round the threat and wrists
and quaint sort of cap that covered near
~ all her hair. There was not sp-ck Of
brightness nor single detail If prettinees
in her " hole appearance. Certainly our
schoolmistress did not wear chignons or
feathers, or any Of the other enermities
accfedl' cd to the sisterhood.
could not tell how old she was; she
might have been five and forty. | used
to watch her for half-hours at time TO
try to settle the question to my own salts
faction, but / was always puzzled. The
anbecoming dress uystifsd me. and 1
had TO give it up; but i sometimes USED
to picture her dressed in other garments,
and fancy that she would be very dif.
terept looking woman if her costume were
different. AS it Vas she looked so small
and insignificant that some of the chill
dren wsre led by their ignorance to be
naughty and troublesome; in fact, to try
their power with this quiet little woman
who was about half the size of portly
Mrs. Todkins, and never raised her vol 60
shove it's usual qrict tone
But she showed her authority at the
hrst sign Of disobedience. There was no
threatening, no talking ab ,ul now she
would runlsh them II they were naughty
bat the punishment came swift ly on the
commission Of the alfonso, and in less than
month she bad established such disci
inc as had never been dreamed of under
the old rule.
And she taught them so wonderfully,
[ used to listen IN amazement while she
gave the lessons, and the children began
to improve rapidly.
10 the mean time Mr. Dobson wrote to
the e feet that he had sent the best ms.
tress IN Hartley to his old friend; that he
would answer for her passing 80 per CEN.
of the children under her care; and as t.
her social POSITION it was matter entirely
beyond the QUESTION; that many ladies
were quaEfyinI for certificates, prefer
ring the life of schoo mistress to that OF
a governess. in which they showed their
sense. He did not know whether Mrs
Henry was lady or not, but he knew she
WAS q first rate mistress, and St. Bridget's
ought to think itself very lucky to have
her.
We all felt rebuked after that, and as
time went on we began to value our mis-
tress as much as Mr. Dobson could wish
At first Mrs. Ambrose made little doubt
full 0vertures to her, but Mrs. Henry show
ed every one whom it might concern that
she knew her position and intended to
keep it. Once and again. at long inter-
vals, she would accept an invitation to tea
at the vicarage, or at any house; but she
never told us anything about herself
Who she was. where she came from, we
had no idea. When the holidays arrived,
she went away and left nD address, but
was back again at St. Bridget's the day
before school opened.
How we did miss her during the holt
days! Not on week days, but in the
church On Sundays; for the organ behaved
as different under her hands as the Chi
dren did, and her splendid contralto
voice had brought strangers to our church
from far and wide. The choir were con
tent to be taught by such mistress, but
they wandered out Of the way dreadfully
when she was absent, and got lost in the
TIE Deum so hopelessly that it only reach
ed conclusion by some one gilmore sense
than the rest beginning to sing the con-
Guiding verse.
W. used to wonder, Mrs. Ambrose and
I, what Mrs. Henry did in the evenings.
Her dress was SO simple that ne 'dlewoIk
for herself could not occupy her time;
yet she was seldom out of doors, even In
the sweet summer evenings, until it was
almost dark, and then she used to walk
up and down the little garden that di-
vided her house from the school for an
hour at time, more for the sake of ex-
ere Sc than enjoyment, it would seem by
the rapid steady pace at which she moved
One night, when I was coming home late,
I stopped and spoke to her.
"You walk late Mrs. Henry; but per-
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