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

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/ before seemed 10 both Of them TO
severe a lesson in self-e0ntrOl. The,
COUNTED the DAYS, and al night The,
xere both sincerely thankful tha
there vas one less Their esirange
meat grew wi;h eTerything which oC
Cured Neither looked willingly il
the face o. the other. CT exchanged
syllable more than vas necessary be
tween teacher and scholar; bu; twl
Young hearts we're both aching s0rely
And now there we're but two nor
days 10 the close Of the school Thes
over. they e0Gld 20 theirseFerai way
again, each learning 70 bear alone iht
sharp sting Of ihsi painful bat 10
easily forgotten past Alas. how oi
Ten has this happened before
Goodnight. Squire Auber. an,
ladies. both Of you." said the prime
pal trustee, stumbling into the littl
sitting room of the family, and rub
bins his unmittened fingers with zes-
This spring weather : colder than ;
real winter. lealegla;e When ever
thing snaps Ike ic.cIes, then the cox
seems brittle and dry; bat this We
co.d i terrible -
Once comfortably seated and warm
ed. the trustee began afre>h,
Wei. We have had . good scho0
this winter. Everybody admits that
The young man was the right sort
The irurh j. between you and me. !
Miss Susie there can keep 4 secret.
pledged the young fellow. 10 begin
with. the. be would SCI his face Tx,
2 flint against school c0urting and al
that No ai-tations heard Of ihi:
Eiate- Il has worked Ike . charm
The scholars neTer learned % much
before in oae winter. n my opinion
eh, Susie -
Perhaps not, answered the giTI
quietly. But her heart was In bel
throat. Was that the reasoa. then
oE any pa-t Of tie reason, for the IN.
whiting g.aaces which had first w01
her heart without : word. only 70 toss
Il away a, last upon the point Of 1
word r9o abruptly spoken. Susie
didn't know. There was nothing
which could help her to decide. Bui
she formed ! plan which aroused al
the courage In her heart, kindliBe
fresh light in Der eyes that flashed
from every glance Ike ARROWS, and
arrested tie attention o. the master
tie moment she entered the school.
room next morning. What did il
mean - he began 70 ask hiuself, and
TO lgok doubifullv This question
waited = solution.
They we're 70 have . review in
geography IN me afternoon
~Wba. Cape south u Greenland =
questioned The mas;e-.
Cape lookout answered Susie,
promptly and steadily
The color lesped r0sily into the
white brow OF the master his eve
glanced on 20 the next plp.l
Cape Farewell vas the won-
dering response Susie never hai
missed before II geography
Where ! Cape Lockout . asked
the teacher Of the next 2upil-
East OF North Carolina
What other cape east of North
Carolina =
Cape Fear
Yes. Many Of the p7olninea;
capes have significant names Ike
these said the master, in his pleas
ant, instructive tone. II was his Gus
tom to make the lessons more inter,
esting by remarks Ike this
On went ;he questions down the
line Of 4 long class. and once mere II
was Susie's turn. What cape south
Of Ireland =
Cape OF Good Hope smiled Su-
sic, innocently. Everybody laughed
" Oh no, Ihars gire1 the Eroag an
sscsr- I did tiGt oace before" added
Susie. deliberately. |; i Cape
Clear
Certainly. Cape Cleas, affirmed
the master. Whether II signifies
fair weather, the last tie 70 the land
behind, or whether Il : named a. a
against the hidden rocks.
cannot say.
4 think the lar requires the
best construction to be put on
every thing, unless there i good rea-
son TO the contrary retorted Susie,
ssueily. and with Z little defiant
laugh
Tel ne the names Of tie p,inei-
pal countries Of Europe. said the
master. turning hastily to the next
in The class. hi face az red heat, and
his voice crisp and cGttiag- Itwas
nearly the last day; Studying was
over; the reins OF government had
been held rather loosely since the
yet now the girls opened
their ewes frowninE az the naughty
cla-smate; and one boy nud-ed an
other with the audible whisper, "Su-
sie ! chatting the master
The master closed the examination
after half a dszea more questions !:
yet everybOdy noticed that his vexa-
ion was extremely short-liyed- He
smiled al the little ones who stam-
5led wofally over mental arithmetic
n their eagerness 20 get out Of school
early, as lie promised. II they would
give close attention; aid be excused
III mistakes in the most genial man.
leF possible Susie caught Cleam Of
sunshine aud forgiveness in his eve,
md was satisfied
That evening Mr.. Gladstone spent
With Susie: and though be never re-
peAted the old question, and Susie
never gave the right answer, vet
hey mus have learned how TO com
promise their mutual grievances: far
,nly last week they celebrated the
ortieth anniversary Of their wedding
\ the presence Of children and gard
.bildren- Al Is well that ends well;
iut II x currently understood that
be spirited Mrs. Gladstone has claim
ID and received ample payment for
III lack Of the usual graceful courte-
lies CT the e0urting days Defrsud-
d Of just preliminary amount of
'uch attentions, her claim has been
-unning ;, interest ever sinee-the
,ortIy judge, Ike a chivalroUs gen.
lemsn a. be i. having been for these