, 1874-05-23

tlirtlrata pupils ut tho thfrdrate 'Kcninary for
yonng lndicn." There wan a littls l,nin at her
below him but, romantic md ignorant and fond
Of novels as ahe was, sho had novor had any Hem
timentnl fanoIes of DR.. Tleobald's deAcontl'ug 10
her ioyel 10 II nho said good;byr . little aa'l-
" sllo said It quite almply, and loft him no al-
"0ood-by," he said. II nm Borry 1t Is good
W %o',ia sidGSs" ae Aa'' 0''n ''no''''s "D'' '''
"1hunk you" she hnnwerod; lyon woro
very kind to think Of ME. Every ono 10 very
torcl somewhat" s1r. Dnrant has been very
good to me-" she added; "and lie said 1t uas
Ths csb droye swsy ton Minutes aftor' mud
feoling aurionaly diHturbod.
;. Back to Miss Dllkoraon's," ho said to him.
self. p" IL that tho right place, I wonder Lot
ua hope tint Mias Dllkorson will treat her
we'll"
80 back to Miss DIlkorson'a Tina went. aud
was reinatallod In the baro bedroom with Jenny
Ackerbvry, and taught tho smaller pupits gram
tnnr md geography, and WAS rathor enviod %
one who hatl Hoon tho world. She WAS as fond of
Jenny Aokorbury, too, M ovor, and NJ ready to
and yet Jenny Ackerbury, with all her dulnoss,
that
a CHANGE HAD COME OVEN nEn,
tllat tho melancholy blach eyes had an absent
look sometimes, that now aud then they seemed
one iay, wallting ut tho head Of hor pro.
cssBlon OF pupils, tho older Hiss Dilkerson
cav That q gentleman, in passing. howed to
sharpacss sbe found tSst @ Il tq wa 4in. | Who o lad
been bored to, and that Tim looked frightened,
She backonod to her with her parasol.
Who WIS thae-person WHO bowed to you2"
atlo demanded, whon the culprlt canlo.
0r H4n11 Vt Qrj1 1Jn
Mr. nnrant'e family physician, aud when Today
wnH i'll I Haw him very often"
"ls 1t The Dr.. Theobald?"
~ think sc" Tina faiscred. ''He ls very eel.
".oh1 I" Heid Miss Dilkorson. in rather mnlli.
fed tono, "You may 60 back to your place."
she lad gront doul to do at Miss Bilnor-
sons, and hor small charges kept hor very busy,
and yct tho time soomod to pass worry slowly
She did not find another situation for 10 long
TINT aho had quite settled down into hor old
pAcc, when the prospect Of change came, and
even this, when 1t camo, was the prospect Of
such change rs aho had neyor droanod of.
She was sitting by tho piano in tho parlor
one afternoon. giving q muHio-lesson to dull
little girl, mud feeling rather weary and spirit
lehs, when ring at the front-aoor attracted her
attention, and III r moment or 30 more Botne ono
was ushorod into the room. sho rose from hor
yea 1eat rather hnrtiedly but, Whom she confronted
> 1T WAS Dir. THEoBALD,
and Dr. Theobald advanced toward her with out
sAliaB Floydl" ho said. And then In q
strange VOICE, almost ns il ho could not control
She did not know what to say. Often as sho
Ind thought TINT she would like to SEQ him
again, she had never fancied that tho sight Of
his face and the sound Of his voice could moyo
hor as 1t did, Sho scarcely dare trust horsolf to
epeak. And yet, Of course, he could only have
COMO on business,
Miss Bitkoraon is in the school-roon,," sho
faltered. ibid Janet take your name7"
porato decision. "It WAS not Miss Bilkcrson +
t camo to aeo Can you postpone tho roas Of this
" think it III hntghoa," said Tina, "Youmay
60 up Btairs again. Mamie"
But when Lie child had left the room, eho nas
so frightened that she would have ukod to run
away herself. she folt Us sho had mover done
could not lookup. and in . fow u1omonsa Bho
became conscious that her visitor was disturbed
too. The hand With which ho held hers was un-
stoady, and for little whilo lie did not speak
But at last ho broke the Hilenco He fol her to
tho aofa, and made hor sit down.
Twill you sit there" saidllo 'tand have ap-
tienco With ma tor n little whilo7"
She could not make any pretense at boing
calm, Or believing. that ho was calm. sho said
Yes " in low timid voice, and Sat still, lool1-
ing Mt the penon With which sho had boon point
Ing out notos to her pupil Theobald turned
about and began to walk up and down the room
before hnr, his hands clas},ed behind lin, 0 sl1-
gular excitement in his manner.
"Iina," he said, II layo como to make IN
appeal to you.''
"To mel" she said, with IN innocent start.
no you," he went OIL, his voice shaking.
can hardly hope that you will hoar It to tho ond.
have been passing through sort OF mental
crisis latoly. I have been slowly discovering
shat-that my life is worth very little to mo
without ono thing which you have taught me to
been that all my life have somehow OF othor
missed what usually comes early enough to both
men and women. perhaps it has boon through
! have been man OF faucies and theories.
I have had theories Of wrong and right. T
hayo eyon had q theory about you and it
has ended in this way, that you, Innocent
ehila, ;h ; have Taught me tfat l!was laundering
Nay, /" turning round to her, palo-facod and huns
bic, agitated beyond 1noasure--" nay, Let mo
end. have not words to toll you how havc
learned a'l this. Only love YOU
LOVE YoUlh
And then that momont he was kneeling at her
aido holding hor small cold baud, and bending
down to kiss il with wondrous reverence.
Tim, trembling, could only. let him hold
anu KISS IT,. Ine nttle pancll Hllppou down
upon tho floor. Was this herself : Tina -
whom the Misses Bilkerson snubbod, and
who had nobody but Jenny Ackerbury to caro-
for her much? Was this Or. Thoobald, Of whom
she had thought In that sad socret way rs a herr,
who would forget all about her bocalse she vas
not worth romembering2 A wild bliss filled l,cr
heart, aud d little sob broke from her throbbng
throat.
"You aro 80 young" said Tloobald almost
mousnfilly "that It is lard for sou II uuder-
stand I'll at once; and do not ask that you
VII! Only have thought Of it 80 long alouee
today vowed to myself that 1 would
toll you1, and ask you 1T least ito lot mo try
to teach You to think kindly OF me-only
thnt until you are ready. God knows would
rather lose my poor lifo than shock or wound
you. Will sou any that may como hero to ssa
You and try9 Twin speak to these people and
maize tlem understand, IT you will only sny that
may"
There was sound as Of rustic OF sk upou
tue stairway and Tina heard it. A1ld know it 1yus