Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-09

their persistent mischief as much as her
own incompetence that she lost her
situation, and MIR. Reed came TO take
her place. Even he found it no bed
of roses-a handsome young
fellow, with an eve like
Mars, which was greatly needed
at Wildacre to threaten or command,
and the muscle of an athlete. But Mr..
Reed had an inherited habit of blush
ing, and the young ladies were notasloW
to take advantage of it. Perhaps the
ringleader of the school was George
Jones, as pretty q little witch as 9
worked mischief; she it was who first
discovered his one weakness, which,
let us add, was not the result OF bash
f~ulness, bat merelyof a thin skin. Per
maps there was no less bashful man in
| the world than Mr.. Reed, and Miss
| George was a match for him there,
and did her prettiest to put him to CON
fusion. She sketched his u~nmistakable
c~aricature on the blackboard, where
| she had been sent to work out In alge-
braic equation, of which he caught a
glimpse, turning his head inopportune-
". Before her quick hand could erase
he had stayed the movement by his
own.
"Is hoH your unknown quantity,
| Miss Jones P'' said he. "Please to fin
ish your problem"
Miss Georgia seized the crayon in an
instant of daring impudence, and wrote
off against the ~caricature, "ptus his
blush equoks "-and then she paused.
Now, the woman who hesitates, we
know, is lost.
"Can't you finish itP" asked her
teacher. 81 thought you had commit
ed your lesson. Give me the crayon, if
you please"
"Eq~aIs Miss Jones plus her imper-
thence" he wrote.
Snow prove it, sir, if you please"
said Miss George, demurely.
"You may take your seat, Miss Jones,
and finish your lesson after school,"
But presently the bell rang, and the
young lady whose business it was to
answer the door brought up a note,
which ran thus:
"Wil Mr.. Reed kindly dismiss Miss
George Jones at 10 $50, and oblige her
aunt?"
"Miss JONES'" said he, "you may be
dismissed"
"I?" she asked, with an air OF sur
prise. 81 was to remain after school"
"Your aunt requests that you should
be dismissed"
"Oh, thanks" There was a general
litter as Miss George decamped, cast
ing a triumphant look over her shout
der, for they were all very well aware
that the note was a. fabrication of her
own, carried out by Miss Kew, who had
been dismissed on account of a violent
fit of sneezing, and returned by means
of a small urchin she had bribed with a
penny.
Unfortunately for Miss George, Mr..
Reed, having an errand at the railway
station after school, encountered her
aunt just stepping from the train.
81 didn't know you were out of
town." said he. "Have you been away
longP"
"Only for a weeks shopping. How
is George doing, MI. Reed? Do you
think she will graduate this year? I'm
anxious, because she will have to teach
when she gets through"
"Indeed! hope she may find pupils
as docile as herself"
The next time Miss George brought
her pencil and requested Mr.. Reed to
sharpen it, as she sometimes did, he
asked, care you going to write me n
other note, Miss Jones?"
"Another motel" she repeated.
"When did / ever write you a note?"
"Can you say that you never didP"
"What do you mean, Mr.. Reed?"
"What does this meanP" and he pro-
duced the note in question.
She gave g. light laugh. set means
that you haven't proved your problem
yet. All's fair in love and war, they
say"
MI. Reeds face did not reflect her
smile, and George noted the fact with
establishment.
"Do you think this quite honestP"
he asked.
"Honest!" she repeated, coloring.
81 certainly do not think it is polite to
call me dishonest, defiantly.
WAS it polite to deceive me?"
"Please give me my pencil" said
too hard for me-"
"You may take your seat, Miss
Jones'"
Miss Jones took her seat obediently,
and presently the bell rang in the lower
hall. A stranger might not have dis
covered any connection between the
two facts but the young ladies were al
lowed to answer the bell by turns, and
it so happened that it was Miss Georges
week to perform that pleasant office.
She rose quickly to the performance of
her duty. "Compose yourself, Miss
jones'" said Mr.. Reed. s'Miss Samp-
son, if you will take charge of the
school, Twill answer the bell myself"
There was a general litter, led by the
disgraced George, as he suspected, for
when he reached the lower hall, nobody
was to be seen, not so much as a naugh-
ty urchin scampering down the greenor
peering from behind an elm. He went
quietly up stairs, but said nothing. The
next afternoon the bell rang again.
"You may go down, Miss George" he
said. Miss Cta0roia did or ohio xuao hid