Middletown transcript., 1876-11-25

and she had rebuked him. A pretl
affair between teacher and pupil, veril,
How pleasant it would be to open scho'
next day, with each young lady read
to touch his wound with the scalpel (
her ridicule, and Miss George NOR
audacious than ever! But Miss Georgi
did not present herself, and the mis-
chief of the others seemed to procee
lamely without her. Mr.. Reed thank
ed Heaven that it was half-holiday
and instead Of going home to Dime
like sensible man-though what love
ever is sensible, for the matter of that
he struck out for the woods and tn
river. a long tramp in the burning sun
and being exhausted on his walk home
ward, be threw himself down in tn
shade of some wild blossoming shrub
and fell asleep He was awakened b,
the sound of voices Were the leaves
talking? Was the wind syllablint
familiar words
'.Georgie had headache this morn
ing when called for her lectures dom
agree with her digestion" All at once
he sat upright. 1t was Miss Kew who
was speaking. and he could see her and
half dozen others through the opening
among the boughs, weaving oak leaves
and gossiping idly
"Peor Mr.. Reed looked like ghos,
this morning. broken reed indeed !
guess be found that George belonged to
stiff necked generation y
Il wonder what they talked about.
Do you suppose she promised better be-
havior ?"
Maybe she promised for better or
worse"
"Pshaw !" put liz Miss Kew; 81
asked her if he said anything tender, and
she said Tender! is bear tender?'"
He hugs!''
"I've told her that he was dead in
love many's the time" continued Miss
Kew, "and meant to marry her some
day, with all her imperfections on her
head"
II dare say she wouldn't say no"
Indeed, you needn't dare say any
thing of the sort. George Jones is
above marrying poor pedagogue."
"She's poor herself. Her uncle's only
a farmer, and she's got to teach"
''But beauty like George doesn't
need to jump out Of the frying pan into
the fire. What sort of match would
Mr.. Reed be?
IA lucifer. 1 guess.
Surely listeners never hear any good
Of themselves, thought Mr.. Reed. as be
picked up bis hat and strolled quietly
away, screened by the friendly leaves
He felt as miserable as man of twenty
nine is capable of feeling who has been
guilty of nothing but an error Of judg-
nent. His term would end in a fort
night, however, and then he would
brow up his situation and leave Wild
lcre forever. He walked on and on in
IN unnatural mood, taking any route
hat invited, trespassing over corn6elds.
climbing stone walls, crossing lazy
streams, till all at once the sky seemed
o change to inky blackness, shot across
With binding flashes of light; an Atlas
weight seemed pressing upon his brain,
he roar of cataracts was in his ear, and
followed.
There was young girl rocking and
ewing in the farmhouse near, who,
oused from some absorbing reflections
f her own by the approaching feet and
he tremor of anxious voices, moved
eisurely to the doorway, and encoun-
cred the hired men bringing in a bur-
en-.
"It's sunstoke, l reckon" said one
Don't ye be scared. Miss George
amt none of your folks"
"Oh! oh! OH" cried George. "Call
Aunt Sue; call Uncle True Run for
he doctor, Jake-run for your life
'b! oh! Is sunstroke very danger
US? Can't bathe his poor head. or
o something? Poor fellow !! it'll break
omebody's heart. Why. it is-it is,"
18th a gasp-''it is Mr.. Reed Go,
9th Of you, all of you-go for tho doc
,r. I will take care of him Mr.. Reed
dear Mr. Reed-speak to me-look
me. am your own George. and I
n so sorry-so sorry, and ! will never,
ever vex you any more if you will just
", L love you again. just once
yain!" and the tender words somehow
'ached the half conscious ear, and be J
owed his lips feebly, whispering, half
audibly: "Love-I love you! 1 love =
,up' :
And SO it happened that Mr. Reed !
d not resign bis situation at Wildacre, s
ough the trustees were obliged to find !
substitute for many week, while he .
as recovering from the sunstroke, and =
hile be made wedding tour And go :
it happened that the Wildacre school I
came the most orderly in the country, :
rhaps because be married the ring :
ader! .