Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-10-06

and see US making light OF our tssk-it's
gall and wormwood To you, Mr.. Steele"
Hush, Mime" said. for could see
that he was getting more and more ex-
cited, and didn't know hut what he'd
fling the lamp st her head, or 'omethins.
But he mastered himself, and up he got
and went swsv without another word.
| thought we'd havea nice evening,
ting down To the table she caught up n
pencil and made the schoo!master take
every ridiculous shane that sho could -
Her ewes shone and her cheeks glowed,
and 7 dilnt wonder Sam couldn't take
his nvcS of her face.
"Sav tho word. Mime" sad sam.
"snd I'll punch the idiots head"
"Who are Won calling an IDIOT ?" said
Mime. turning straight upon Sam. III
you had the hundreth part ~ lis intslli-
gence Won might be glad"
81 thought vou called him so your
self" said Sam, meeklv, for he was head
over ears in love with the young terma-
giant
"Tt did, 4" said Mime. " it was absurd
and tn never doit again No. Sam. I'll
beat him with his own weapons III 60
10 the trustees myself. Ifhe can whecdle
and coax them. SO can I and II he can
huv them, perhaps can do that too"
/" You can do srything." said poor
SAN.
And soon after that Mime said she WAS
tired and sleepy, and sent Sam of, ss
cool as You please. Then she got upon
her feet and walked about the hoor. and
could SEQ she was trrriblv put out snd
excited hv tho schoomsster's visit.
"Yon'll wear Yourself out for notn
ing" | said, for it vexpS mo to see her
all IN n fret that wav from pure Spite
"IIe'n break your health and spirits like
no did with that poor littlo body that was
here before YOU"
% doG't believe All those stories about
that woman, aunty. I've 'ound out that
she had heavier troubles than those put
upon neF nv lnt htupolHhAltTs pu
mustn't believe all that you hear"
That was the wsv with Mime--She ga.
that contrary when she was vexed that
she'd swear black was white, and take
the part Of the evil one himself.
She began from that time uut to fight
hsrd for her own wsv. and il got to be
pretty well kGown she was winning over
the trustees. The children had never
liked anvhoGv ~ they did Mime, and liz.
tie Bill Pritchard, that used to play tru-
AMI half the time, and would rather take
II beating any day, than DO pent up in
school, went there rs regular as clock
work now, and began 70 mark out horses
and dogs with n stump offs pencil him
self and Mr.. Pritchard, he ~ss one Of
the trustees, and thought the world and
all over my niece JemimA.
!, Somehow or other, just ~ | said. the
/, continued worriment Of it fretted N ime,
and she got thin and lost her pretty col
or and the night she came home and
said that she had got the bcst OF ths
schoolmaster, and tho notice had been
served on him that day that he WAS to
let her have her own way OF teaching,
that night made up my mind it WAS
about time it was settled in some way,
for Mime WAS more fdgety and contrary
than ever and l don't believe every
thing would have turned out as it did il
Jemims had been in her sober senses. -
The girl was about half wild, and don't
believe she knew what she was about 4;
, for It stands to reason she must have ha-
tod tho schoolma,ter and yet when be
gan to glory over his defeat, and say how
glad Sam Riley would be, she shut me
, up ia n minute.
Sam Riley and Mr.. Steele" she said
are two very different men,"
| should hope so," | said.
Sam is made Of different stuff" she
went on to say. "The little pricks and
;ormenls that sting the soul Of Mr.. Steele
, TO madness would DO utterly unfelt by
Sam. Sam is u good fellow"
? WAS enough to provoke n saint.
But he was not the capacity for suf
feripg that Mr. Steele has and Oh, aun-
ty, he doe. suffer -
{ Served him right, the monster"
said and had scarce Eot the words out
Of my mouth when there WAS rap 81 The
, door. went over, thinking it Was Sam
Riley, when there WAS the thin, gaunt
face Of the Schoolmaster sgalI
He came in and bowed NJ grave AS an
owl, and sat down on chair by the door;
, his cane rolled down beside him on the
r hoor, and for a full minute or so he
couldn't find a word out of that long die
tionary in his head
WAS glad 10 see that Mines spunk
came back at the sight OF him. Her eyes
were KS bright rs they could be-, and her
cheeks like the heart Of n hollyhock.
! My errand here, Miss Jemims." he
began. "is altogether friendly one
You have 50 much spirit and determine
tion that think your present subordi
r nate position s unfit for you. know Of
one that will be shortly vacant which
r you can ill with great credi: to yourself
and all concerned" E"
lam much obliged to you." said
Mime, her lips beginning to curl and the
color in her cheeks deepening 10 fame,
= "but I'm quite satisfied whore am. |
can well understand that you'd be glad
} 10 he rid Of me, but ! must beg TO de
cline I'm not going away from here" A."
Bat | am going away from here. y
said the schoolmsster, getting upon his
feet 1T is my place that will BE- vacant