Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-09
fixed on the shrubbery, and in CONVEX
sation he did not appear his best

fixed on the shrubbery, and in CONVEX
sation he did not appearh his BEST.
/ am extremely sorry; lido not at all
approve Of this" escaped his parish
toner's lips, as Miss Dexte-.app earedi in
the shrubbery, emerging from it's re-
mote dusk, hand in hand with the dis
reputable Fritz. A prolonged good-by,
and then 1.-The young\ school-nnis-
tress presented herself in the drawing
room, somewhat difident and flushed.
When the clergyman had made his,
adieux, Mrs. Perricastle expected an
explanation. None was given.
/" Are you engaged to him, my dear?"
she asked at last, direct.
Fl cob no. "eGQe atj sYsd sas =
els he relative"r 5lfw Eia. vaia
?" Oh yes. He is q relative. He is q
he is noy BROTHER" said Miss Dexter,
blushing and then turning pale, and
evidently, as Mrs. Perricastle remarked
afterward, Gin the very face of the dis
crepancy of surname too, telling an un-
truth. .8sa1 aaAtse3 we'd saf
Please dent ask me any more, :"
Miss Dexter plead els IA sn8maia
{" It does not do" lamented Mrs. P. to
her husband the night of her guests
! departure, :" to invite these people to
your house. I am persuaded there
should be no such familiar recognition
on our part" agaGJ hur a'ale bslln
"a very nice girl, I thought" Mr..
Perricastle said. agoIou 10 lGI
"Mr. Gillette was carried away by
her too" observed Mrs. F., eblandly.
"He has fallen in my estimation. AS
for myself, [ am too ready to show
kindness. Another lesson in human
. nature, that's all. s1eaW n"o. T"
!" Mamma, NTH Dexther'th gone
home and left herlwild planth,' said
tiny Tom Perricastle, peepings into the
: parlor the following day, while his
mother was receiving a morning call. :.
The morning caller seized upon the
: mentioned name at once. Her curios.
: ity had been excited bylrumor of Mrs
Perricastle's guest, and ntae interview
, with the disreputable Deming, which
/ she had witnessed in the church porch
l She had a hundred questions to ask
5 and as she was not of the peace making
: sort, Mrs. P, in answering these ques
t tons, found hcrself growing more anC
{. more suspicious of Miss Dexter, and
S more and more, to useiher own expires
Y sion, " indignantly wrought up" aa
| The result WAS she felt constrained
/ to write to several patrons of Miss
: Dexter's infant class that circumstances
i singularly brought to her knowledge,
/ compelled her to believe Miss D. no
f the proper person to have charge Of
infant minds "We CARROT, she wrote
4 g be too careful into what einfuenc
4 We ir reduce these precious buds" SIS
. Edward Citing did not relax his af
fectlonate care of the poor little widow
and her troublesome brood, who ;recog
: nized the authority of Uncle Ed, ever
/. though they rebelled against all other
Il One night, after an unusually severe
case of discipline, during which thu
offenders had been sent ignominiousl.
/ to bed, JEANNE drew her chair contid
: ingly near his, and said: asf n
: "Brother Ed, you are always SO will
; ing to help people who are in trouble
r L wish you would help some one wht
) interests me very much, or at least Civ
= me some advice how may help her
: Not since her husbands death hat
:, JEANNE looked so like herself as now IL
! speaking these words. q Her pale face
: lost for the moment its expression o.
$ all-absorbing grief. 6al...a..
I "You know Miss Dexter, Mays anG
: Kittie's teacher" she went on, cor a
,. least you have heard us speak Of her
: Well she has been here to-day, and sh,
Ills in great trouble. The school was Il
: have opened tomorrow, bat it appear
e that more than half her, scholars haV,
J. been taken away She does snot know
1 why. She came to me to ask If l Woul(
( send my children, in view Of possibi,
!; ity that the class might not be sustaine(
' through the term. / declare, my hear
S ached for her. She said not much O.
ner troubles. but ]. know she has beer
% cruelty overburdened; she shows it. 4
e year ago she was quite young and pref
4 ty; now she has that old look that come
with" JEANNE paused. Her eye
q filed with tears her lips quivered. g
0. E"Oh, Edward, = she, exclaimed, q.
have been ungrateful. I knew that to
0 day, when was listening to that lonely
: oppressed girl. With my babies cling
S ing to nle-ittle hands on my knees
e my cheeks, my breast they ought t
, SuSIdIu AC. ALL OGncf - ucdTIS CudI
4 mine are bleeding. I must not forge
+ this IN my desolation. i promised be-
Y May and Kittie, and perhaps little Ed
J, die, if you think SO. And I went into
Mrs. Changers, and she will send Lottie
q But these are very small additions
s only two, and she has lost sixteen"
: HAS she secured her CLASSROOM? p
8 asked Edward s % aeoj1of
+ I'll don't know; [ fear not. She sale
e something about needing the half-quar
ter advances. Her brother has, jus
: gone to Texas, think she said, and re
Il CURED all the funds that had been lait
e aside Oh, Edward, you understand
e business So well, I wish you could Sc,
e the poor girl yourself Gould you
a But no, that is asking too emuch.sa
d was going to say, could you take, OF
e your way down town tomorrow a not,
r from mel promised to send wore
s |iabout Lottie Granger SO make al
/ eYcl1se to see her2 T s11nnosiot oh.