Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-05-27

the law school had not failed to supply it
} quota ofadmiring young men. Aud there
too, was Professor, looking very granC
: and kingly," Kitty was thinking, ia liz
tie out Of place among so many of his ju
niors." was his own less favorable verdict
He approached his young hostess, {
smile of real pleasure Illuminating his face
Permit me to congratulate you, MIS-
Drexel, on the pleasant termination o
your scoool life"
"Ah," interrupted Kitty, with the mis-
chievous laugh he knew so well it il
yourself who should be congratulated, oil
getting rid Of me, mean. never was
muck of "a paragon you know"
But if the Professor did not assent tC
her statement neither did he contradict it
He was studying Bob, Burnett's rather
:" snobbish" profile, and tureed abruptly
from the contemplation to the bright ami.
mated face beside him.
" If runner is to be credited there is still
another subject on which it is proper, |
suppose, to offer fluctuations | alude to
your engagement to Mr.. Burnett yonler.
Kitty laughed, little constrainedly
this time
" Yo1 seem TO be in congratulatory
mood, but fear must abridgc your list
of subjects. am not enga god to Mr..
Burnett"
Was it kitty's fancy, or did the Pro.
fessor draw sigh Of relief as she spoke /?
"Ihen," he continued, speaking little
more hurriedly than he was wont, there
Is something else | would like to say to
you, something that only my sincere friend.
ship for you can justify, if indeed, do
not presume too much upon Jour consid-
eration."
Presume" replied KITTY, II think
you forget, sir, how strong a claim you
have on my consideration; how much
owe to your kindness and forebearance.
Y ou are the best and truest friend ever
had"
1t was the first alusion they had ever
made to kitty's experimental letter.
81 am going to offer test to your
friendship Kitty. Will it bear, a very
strong one, think you" ....
"Try AMI see, she answered softly.
81 am going to ask a favor of you,
KITTY you are very young yet; you know
little of the world, or of your own heart.
Bob Burnett is not man to make you
happy; | think you will see this yourself.
after time. You say you are not en-
gagged to him now. | want you to remain
free, to promise not to bind yourself to
him for at least a year to come.'
Il will promise for hundred years to
come if you like, as far as Bob Burnett is
concerned" was the accommodating ans
wer.
"You do not love him then p There
was no answer.
They had strolled out into the moonlit
veranda, and as he noted the downcast
eyes whose dusky lashes swept the crimson
checks, hope, the sweetest if the most
daring that had ever entered his heart
sprang into life.
Kitty he said, pausing suddenly be.
fore her, and taking both her hands with
in her oRn, =" love you and want you to
be my wife"
"But you said moment ago that l
was not to bind myself to any one before
another year, and now
"Aud now | want you to bind yourself
o me" concluded the Professor, with
inconsistency.
" But have you forgotten what you said
lbou' my youth and experience, that my
deas would change as | grew older 2"
or course the Professor had forgotten,
IS indeed he had perfect right 10 do.
:" But yon see, darling, | had no idea
ou cared for me when | said that"
And was Kitty convicted by such rea- ,
oning as this? Alas! yes. Albeit the {
avs thereof were not laid down in any of
he books. Loves logic is doubtless the
leasantest and most satisfactory in the !
yorld, but it must be admitted that it will !
OF bear very close lysis. .
They are having Baxter. Brooks '
'ar in one OF the school districts cf Wa 4
erford. A member Of the committee v
jred a woman to teach school for the sum
Ter, without consulting the other two f
lembers, but they didn't propose to have a
lipgs run that way, so they appointed |
IAN. On Monday morning the podagogue d
,ok possession Of the school house and
lockaded the door. The young lady
ION came aud coaxed and threatened, a
ut in vain. She was finally admitted as s.
visitor, however, but no sooner had she Fl
ot in than she assumed command, and g
hatever the man told the pupils to do G
10 told them not to do. Neither has u
elded yet. and there is great excitement Il