The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
sCIE4oL DAYS.
A True STORY.

Oh our Scllool-tilaN1V'' ~ was "i
together unprecedented and invol-
untary on her part, but that made
it all the more enjoyable.
Mr.. Charlton was very dignifed,
stern at times, and prided himself
on the strict discipline enforced in
his school. But Fanny Burns, with
her black eyes, irrepressible love Of
fun and ready wit, was almost too
much for him.
Fanny and | were very good
friends. used to draw her home
on my sled, run races with
her, gave her dainty morse's out Of
nv dinner basket, and perform va
rious other gallantries suited to our
juvenile ideas Of such things And
when we were little older, | walk
ed home with her instead Of draw
ING her, and made purchase Of
oranges in lieu Of bestowlng on her
tarts and baked apples. Although
we saw each ether batore school, at
recess, at noon, and after, it iuya-
riably happened that during study
hours matters Of sudden aud vital
importance would arise, demanding
epistolary communication between
rs. Notes would he written and
passed from hal d to hand until they
reached their destinations, for there
was a mutual agreement between
all the pupils to perform such offices
secretly aud faithfully. Sometimes,
indeed, we would sit near together
on opposite sides Of an aisle, for
instance-so that we could deliver
our missives directly to each other.
This practice Of writing notes was
ofcourse strongly condemned and
strictly forbidden BY our teacher !;
aud as Fanny and | were especial
and frequent offenders in this par
ticular, lie managed to glance to-
wards us many times i'll the course
ofa dav. We were generally sue
cessful, however, IN eluding his
watchtuliless, but managed to ex-
change great Numbers OF small bits
of paper, on which messages were
syribbled.
But one day our hour Of yriet
came-or at least sol thought Tor
the time being. Fanny had handed
me several notes to which, Tor some
reason, | had neglected replying.
And soon came another neatly fold
cd, which she reached over to me
with considerable exertlon. -Ac-
compallying it was q lead pehcll,
though tar what purpose ! could
not imagine. was just reaching
over to receive it from her hand,
when a loud stern voice paralyzed
Us both tor an instant.
"There! Miss Burns! i have
caught yon at il at last!to
tamy's bright eyes dilated with
fright. / >hraak back in my seat,
leaving thcuotc still in her hand
"You wjli please step forward,
Miss luras, aud bring that note
with yoa."
Fanny obeyed with q sUbined
mir, thVngh lot without first tmnl-
ng up her nose furtively. ! tem-
bled VITA apprehension, more for
her SAKE Jilan my own.
"otaod up there on the stage"
said Mr Charlton, Sten'ly. ~
took the lote from her.
II have often spoken Of this DIES
picable practice Of writing notes"
he said, turning So as to view Fan
nv and the whole school Simnltale-
ously-"ot'i its wrobgtal"essa bad
influence: ! have given warning
repeatedly that it must not be done,
and have threatened to visit with
severe punishment the first otlense
ot' the kind, coming within my
knowledge. 1'he silly ald baoetu'
loye-trasa with which they are fill
ea should never pass betweeilyomig
people. In fact persons OF your ages
should never say to each other, by
word or letter, what you would not
be willing the Whole world should