The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29

ised the principal t" remain I'll! spring. VIVA
an uubushing fool he had seen in hcr, Anl
from that moment stc thought Of him rs
something very far from icoI--lntnl'cli
nOblcr than herself; and ont day She "lNhe'
she had ncYcr seen him; the next, wouic
have given a years life II he hal never hrmo
OF her: and the day after, longcd e. 7Eo"
him she was not SO bad as Ice thought j
Mr. Mowbray wanted redress, lac WAS last ob
tanning il, for Louise RclleschcyauN va
| thinking altogether too much OF him,
She observed him now, from her desk
Through the glass door. There was some
thing very r.atlr AID tiUc in his manner with
those hr taught: lac WAS not So plain %, Sic
had supposed; rugged features, 10 be sure
but who could be- plain with those great deep
set eyes and that smile: She listened when
| the door was niar. He had singuIlI,y clean
and penetrating voice How lucid b" ma'c
! the problems she might have known some
thing ii Nj Nuwbray had been her 'oy"a.r
What now? Well, the Mowbra}s might b. rs
good as the BcllcschcvauX,enG il they wrrnoL
were not all men equal before God Miss
BclcschcyauX was becoming ltl!le radical
She used 10 listen % hln, too, talking OH dit
icrcut theme, WtiA the principal i'm the long
recess. Wen. Size had wrought her fate. SHE
must put lt on and wear IL; the patience She
had used in accepting poverty and work -He
must use in accepting the disostccm %. This
one man in the world. SO she plpddod On
her drearg path; and, IL before nobody nn,"
what il cost lor. There was no CHEEKY good
morning OW from any deep voice, there "rle
no more flowers to brighten the day, 10 take
to her mother and the children at DigA' yet
if she missed them, sho deserved it; She must
make amends by frightening the day 90 those
around her Aud size did, aud the girl be-
gan to say never anybody taught like Miss
BclicsChcvauX--she was just music Itself
while the old urpCcUlrcSs assured them that
"blood always tcls'
Thus through the long dark half O. TIE
autumn term. through the beginning Of tie win
ter, the dark days Whcn life and gloom seem
ed one. There was little pleasure in the
school, and home was 50 changed that there
vas little solace there. She was thoroughly
dspritcd: and more than once she might
nave been seen lingering after the rest at close
Of day, with her arms flung across the desk
and her head fallen between them, Abandoned
to her tears. She WAS very unhappy and She
learned ut last that she had brought il on
herself, that her heart awOke too late, and the
light that might have burned an eternal altar
Gre she had herself put out. She grew worn
and thin; sad smile played with the dim
,
but the rich color, slowly waning, seldom
hung ITS signal on the soft cheek, unless some
voice startled her, Il voice that her heart
sprang up to meet. She dragged hcrsclfcvCry
day to school, and it seemed 10 her that in.
stead of The grandiloqucnt legcld over the
gate, should have been written, "AhanGOn
hope, all ye who enter here Il would be
vacation soon; the second half Of February
was breathing space; he would be gone; and
she would escape her troubles or gather
strength to endure them.
1t was the last day but one Of the term.
Mr.. Mowbray left on The morrow. As She
heard the regrets everywhere about her herr
heart sank The hours crawled It length
the bell stuck, the file, departed she was
lett alone.
Alone? Mr. Mowbray behind the glass
doors, was sorting some final papers. Could
she let him leave with this cloud over her.
Fear shook her. But no; at any rate he
must dispcl that; and ali at once she walked
not boldly THIS time, but twiC" turning back
on the wav to his side. lie didnot look up
at once She put out her hand 70 attract his
attention; it tcll on his; then Ic rose. She
was stone still; not a word came % hey.
Can help YOU he said.
"Mr. Mowbray | want to ley your"
And she broke into food Cf tear and ran
away too fast for any feet to follow.
1t was harder work to go 70 school next
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And beneath the whole, rs If he had hceD
proud to set his hand and scalto it. WA, the
boldly written name of John Mowlray.
There came a tap unou the door and q,
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