Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-04
,EE, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1874.


innocently uttered, to that last Amen,
when the awful brightness died out,
: and to the sad, low cry, "Good-by,
4 Teddy; good-by." And somehsw OF
other, sad ss the picture was, he
would not have forgotten 1t for
! great deal.
He did not see Tina for several days
I after the funeral; indeed, might not
! have seen her again at tali, but that,
| going TO the house one morning, he
saw a cab standing before the dOcr
With small trunk IfpOn it, aud hur-
/ rying. up the steps, he met the girl
/ face to.faee.
She was locking paler and more
youthful than ever, he thought; and
I when he held out his hand 10 her,
she made a poor little effort at a
smile.
IT am going
/ BACK TO MISS BILKEBsON's,
she said, IN rather 4 timid way.
''They were so good as to say that /
/ might come and help to teach the lit
I tie ones until / could fiHd somewhere
/ to 60. You know there Is nothing
more for me TO do here. GOOd-by,
DR.. TheObald."
1t was a curious thing to acknOwl-
edge, even 10 himself; but the truth
was that he had never before felt ex-
.actly the paIfg he felt that mOtnent at
thQstOne other simple ''GO0d-by, DR..
Theobald." She spoke something rs
II they were so far apart from each
other that II was impossible that he
could care very much-Gs il IL. had
never presented itself to her mind that
he could be moved by her mind that
he could be moved 5y her tsoi1g or
staying. And, indeed, such a fancy
never had presented itself to her mind.
How could such a man be touched by
anything that happened to her! On
ly Tina Floyd, who knew barely
enough to make a nursery gOYerness,
and who had no friends but the third
rate pupils at third-rate seminary
for yaung ladies'" There was a little
pain at her heart when she remember
ed how far she stood below him, but,
romantic and ignorant, and fond of
novels as she was, she had never had
any sentimental fancies of DR.. TheO-
baid's descending to her level; so if
she said ''good-by" a little sadly, she
said it quite simple, and left him no
alternative but TO reply in the same
manner.
"Good-by," he said. Il am sorry /
it is good-by, though. 1 have been /
wondering what you would do.
Thank you, she answered; ''you /
were very kind to think of me. Every |
one is very kind. Mr.. Durant"-but |
there her voice faltered somewhat
''Mr. Durant has been very, very good
to me, &" she added; "and he said Il
was for Teddy's sake.
The cab drove away ten minutes af-
ter, and left TheObald standing upon
the stone steps, feeling euriOusly dis
turbed.
''Back to Miss BilkersOn's," he said
to himself. 'Is that the right pirce,
1 wonder? Let us hope that Miss
will treat her we'll.
So back to Miss Bilkerson's Tina
went, and was reinftalled IN the bare
bedroom with Jenny Ackerbury, and
and taught the smaller pupils gram
mar and geography, and was rather
envied as one who had seen the world.
She was as fond of Jenny Ackerbuay,
too, as ever, and as ready to help her
and listen to the relation of her woes;
and yet Jenny Ackerbury, with all her
dullness, saw what Tina did not know Z
herself, namely, that
A CHANGE HAD COME OVER HER,
that the melancholy black eyes had
an absent look sometimes, that now
and then they seemed sad or wistful
One day, walking at the head of her
procession of pupils, the elder Miss
Bilkerton saw that a gentleman, IN
passing, bowed to somebody behind
her, and turning with some sharpness,
she found that Tina looked frighten-
ed. She beckoned to her with her
parasol.
''Who was that-person who bowed
TO you?" she demanded, when the cul-
Drit came.
"It was DIR. Theobald," said Tina.
'He was Mr.. Durant's family physi-
sian, and when Teddy was i'll saw
him very often" 4"
SIS it the DR.. TheobaId?'
81 think So" Tina faltered. ''He 4
S very celebrated
"Ohp' said Miss BilkersOn, in a
rather Modified tone. "You may go ;
back to your place"
And Tina went. 4
She had a great deal 10 do at Miss 4
and her small charges >
Kept her very busy, and yet the time
seemed to pass very slowly. She did
lOt find another situation for so long I
hat she had quite settled down into
ler old place, when the prospect of a a
,hange came, and even this, when it p
,ame, was the prospect of such a b
,hange as she had never dreamed Of
She was sitting by the piano in the a
larlor one afternoon, giving a music 5
esson to a dull little girl, and feeling h
,ather weary and spiritless, when a n
ing at the front door attracted her :
attention, and in a moment or so
more some one was ushered into the :
'oom. She rose from her seat rather :
but, when she confronted .
he visitor, she turned first red and sl
hen white. Il
IT WAS DIR, THEOBALD,