The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-12-15


ness, which, let US add, was not the re.
suit of bashfnlness, but merely of thin
skin. Perhaps there was no less BASH
tul man IN the world than MIR. Reed,
and Miss George was match for him
there, and did her prettiest to put him
to confusion. She sketched his unrnis-
taxable caricature on the blackboard,
where she had been sent to work out
an algebraie equation, of which he
caught glimpse, turning his head in
opportunely. Before her quick hand |
| could erase it he had stayed the move
ment by his own.
lis that your unknown quantity, |
Miss Jones ?'' said he. "Please to fin
ish your problem"
Miss George seized the crayon': in an
instant of daring impudence, and wrote
off against the caricature, ss2ole<s his
blush eqetctls"-and then she paused.
Now, the woman who hesitates, we
know, is lost.
"Can't you fiuish 1t ?' asked her
teacher. 81 thought you had commit
ted your lesson. Give me the crayon, if
you please"
"EqetaLs Miss Jones pl,ts her imper-
tinence,'' he wrote.
"Now 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 an,
swer the door brought up note, which
ran thus:
s'Will Mr.. Reed kindly dismiss Miss
George Jones at 10: 80, and oblige her
aunt ?''
"Miss Jonos,'' said he,. "you may be
dismissed
"T?'' she asked, with an air of sur
prise. sI was to remain after school" :"
"Your amt requests that you should
be dismissed
ooh, thanks" There was general
litter as Miss George decamped, cast
ing triumphant look over her shoul-
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 vio-
lent fit OF sIieezing, and returned by
means of small urehiu she had bribed
F., with a penny.
| Unfortunately for Miss George, Mr..
Reed, having an errand at the railway
station offer school, encountered her
aunt just stepping from the train.
t 'I didn't know you were out oi
town. said he. "IIave you been away
lorg 20
sonly for weeks shopping. How
i is George doing Nj. Reed? Do you
a think she will graduate this year? Pm
3 anxious, because she will have to teach
when she gets throngh."
"indeed | hope she may fiud pu.
II pills as docile as herself"
t The next time Miss George brought
Y her pencil and requested Mr.. Reed to
;, sharpen it, as she sometimes did, he
: asked, care you going to write me an
e other note. Miss Jones %
q sAnCIher note.'' she repeated
o ''When did l ever write you note p
, ''Can you say that you never did p
" "What do you mean, Mr.. Reed ?''
+ "What does this mean {" and he pro
h duced the note in question,
A She gave light laugh. s.It means
that you hayn't proved your problem
yet. All's fair i'll love and war, the,
say.'
Mr.. Reeds face did not reflect he
smile, and George noted The fact wit
astonishment.
y "Do you think this quite honest p
lie he asked.
s. ''IIonest r' she repeated colorins
t, ''I certainly do not think it is polite t
l. call me dishonest" defantly.
in t'Was it polite to deceive me 80
n ''Please give me my pencil,'' sai
se Miss ImpeTtinence. "Your riddles ar
ut too hard for me-"
up "You may take your seat, Nil
I'd Jnes."
I" Miss Jones took her scat obedientl,
Is az AMI presently the bell rang in the lowe
" ~ hall. a stranger might not have di
. covered any connection between the tw
- - facts: but the young ladies were allowe
IL to answer the bell by turns, and it
n- happened that it was Miss George
=, week to perform that pleasant offic
=: ~ She rose quickly to the performance
~ her duty. Compose yourself, Mi
y Jones" said AIr. Reed. e'AIiss Sam
+" son, if you will take charge OF the scho
:. I will answer the bell myselfr' The
- was q general litter, led by the d
=. - gTaced George, as he suspected, +
when he reached the lower hall noboe
.. was TO be seen, not SO much as a naug
- M Gy urchin scampering down the green
'0- peering from behind an elm. He we
:. quietly up stairs, but said nothing. Il
iSe next afternoon tic bell rang agai
>, "You may go down, Miss Geergie,'' -
= said. Miss George did as she was bi
nc ,.,s den, for q wonder, and, FetuTnin. aft
M :. a reasonable time, remarked that Mi
~. Kew was wanted. Miss Kew was
~ ~ her feet before the words were well o
-" OF Georges mouth.
ner ssSit down, if sou please, Miss Kew
ia said Mr.. Reed. stI will go down m
self and see your friend ! If it is an
ks thing urgent, you shall follow" n
use Reed accordingly descended nobo'
was there, "You may remain aft
,r;. school, Miss JONES'" he said, when
ast returned ssand in the meantime wi
to prevent any further interruption fro
,ir. visitors, invite you to take this SCI
as which, think, is more than armsleng
- ,....., f..o.,. 4f,o 1,aIl miro - Miss .TOr