Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-04

mischief, were aatonished to see the trio come
| out together Edward locking the door and Johr
| carrying Miss Tanners satchel, all of them smil
| ing and apparently happy, the two boys being
| careful to go ahead and mako patch through
the light snow for their teacker to walk in.
The people said it was astonishing that their
school was 30 nice and orderly, and all looked on
with wonder that their children loved their
teacher 30. The parents began to sec how it
was accomplished, and the committee came with
great dignity and complimented her on the good
discipline, and the scholars on their good beha-
vlor, while every ono showed how great WAS
their reward for being good. And now the great
man OF the place, DR.. John Reinett, John How
ards uncle, whom Miss Tanner had never seen,
though she had often heard of him az the doe
tor, the kind, efficient doctor that every one, both
rich and poor, had good word for, began to thnk
he must find time to visit his nephew; and one
noon John came herading in his.unce, and in
MS own frank way presented him to Miss Tanner
FOR one moment the doctor looked at her in
glad surprise, while her cheeks grew very pale
him
"Anna, Anna Tamar ia it you who has been
near me 80 long, and | have not known it, my
poor darling p
And he took the lttlo hand in his own broad
palm, and looked tenderly into the upturned
wondering face.
80, Henry is it you at last 7" she asked faint.
"Yes, Anna, and we have much to say to each
other"
The scholars stoutly maintained that the doc
tor himself kissed their teacher then. At all
events the school was dismissed until the next
morning aud, before all tho Mrs. Grundys in
town, DR.. Reinett walked home with Miss Ia
mar in broad daylight, leaving John filled with
amazement. wondering what all the world was
coming to.
After this. there was happier light in Miss
lamers eyes as she moved around the school
room, and, little by little, the wondering people
discovered that years ago, some four or five
years before Anna Tanner was an orphan sle
had known and been betrothed to Henry Rein
ett who, to further pursue his study OF medi-
cine, went to London, and while he was there,
Annas parents moved West and died : and then
the old story OF lost letters, but never thought
that the other was not true Some people say ii
was chance, but Anna says it was u kind, over
ruling Providence that brought them together
at last.
In the spring, when Nature was donning her
most beautiful robes, and blossoms were put
ting forth on the trees and shrubs, and scholars
wed with each other in adorning with eyergreeps
and flowers, the little white church under the
hill, where Anna Tanner early the next morning
would come to go out no mora Over the altar
was arranged, IN white howeis and overgreens,
the motto, :" God bless onr beloved teacher. :"
Before the door and half down the walk, was an
evergreen arch, on thh top OF which, arranged
in white flowers, were the words, =" Our beloved
Anna" while as they come out of church, they
read, Our happy Doctor and his wife,"
Annals heart was full to overtlowing She
had been very sad and lonely since four years
ago, when her parents died. and she had waited
long for him she loved, but she had waited pa
tiently, for she knew God would make all things
right, and her faith never faltered.
Now, as she looked into the manly face of her
lover, and saw his glances of tenderness his
beamng with happiness, looked
around her and saw the testimonials of her
scholars love, she felt that she had received an
exceedingly gre,t reward.
Years have passed since that day when Anna
Tanner became Anna Reinett, and in city where
her husband and herself are known and hon
ored, she sits in a coZy room in ono of those
cheerful little villas that we all admire 10 much,
and reads to her husband, who, in dressing
gown and slippers, lounges in an easy chair near
her, with his feet on the fender, of the admira-
ton and honor that the Hon. John Howard re-
ceives from the people of his State.
" Yes, Anna, am proud of my namesake, but
you found his incentive for him."
" don't know, Henry; Edward Conger, as
we'll as John, was born with fortune in store
for him; only Edward chose to win his greatness
in treading the path of the meek and lowy
Jesus. / hear that he has become known for
his eloquence in the pulpit, and his single-heart-
edness in every day life"
" They are different mon from what their boy.
hood promised" !" said the doctor.
The seed Ct goodness was in their hearts
from the first shall always think of that win
ter in Clinton as one of the happieet in my lifer
." Mine too dear Anna for had 1t not been for
you, DIR. ]. II. Reinett's sign would meyer have
been seen out Of Clinton, and 1 should have
missed the loving little face that is my sunshine
and blessing always.'