Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-03

tooh wv DlSn toHe. II was BAD affair
altogether, and am sorry it happened,
very sorry, for liked the bow. andlhow
cosy they looked how wonderfully COM
Portable and homely'
Thus meditating, Mr.. Bond, in the
course OF time, reached his boarding
place, thoughtfully let himself in, hung
the shabby coat and opinionated hat in
their accustomed places, and with less
decisivness than usual mounted the stairs
to his room and sat down to volume of
Gisbon. But somehow Gibbon seemed
uncommonly dull tonight and when he
looked off the book the same thing was the
matter with his room; AMI taking amen
tai survey of life in general he found that
uncommon dizziness was its predominant
feature also. But at whichever thing he
looked there was shining beside it in
sharp contrast that picture Of warmth and
love and happiness which he had Just
stolen and laid away for future contem-
platlon. For some reason this wasn't the
comfort to him that it should have been;
instead of proving a good substitute for
the reality of these things it served only
to make him feel his remoteness from all
three-as man might feel cast away
alone upon an island watching the passing
OF great white ships that never conc near
enough to take him in. After wrestling
an hour with the "Roman Empire and
his own thoughts, and finding both in
sufferable, he threw them over and went
to bed only to dream that Nero was
Dimick Blair and had forgiven him, and
wanted him to marry his sister for the
good of Rome.
The next morning when the geometry
class was reciting, and Mr.. Bond, looking
as superior and unsympathizing as ever,
was busily employed in knocking down
demonstrations and quarreling with de-
formed triangles, who should walk in but
their schoo]mate Dimick Blair. To the
surprise OF everybody, but especially the
teacher, he walked straight up to the desk
and said, his fine face flushing, but his
eyes and voice clear and brave, g Mr..
Bond, | was very wrong yesterday, and
treated you disrespectfully; l am sorry
for it now and ask your pardon"
WHAT change came over the firm cold
face! The lips quivered, tile gray eyes
lighted up and then half filled, while Dim
found himself grasped by both hands for
an instant, and heard Mr.. Bonds voice,
wonderfully soft and deep, saying, 'You
have made me very happy, Blair. Now
stand up and show those fellows the diff
ference between circle and paralIello-
gram; they don't seem to know this morn
ing" And then Dim had to wipe his
eyes and laugh, and the boys laughed and
thought it was jolly, asking pardon
And it was all SO different from what
| thought it would be" said Dim, telling
Kate about it afterward; "not hard BIT,
and Mr.. Bond is an old trump, after all,
and cares lots more for us fellows than he
pretcnds to. Don't you believe, at recess
he came to me and said he was wrong,
too, yesterday, and wasn't sure but he was
the one to apologize, and stuff like that
that made me feel awful cheap. And l
told him how mad I was at first, and how
you coaxed me to come back and do the
right thing, and how the music helped me
and all. When told him that, his ewes
looked sort of wistful, hes got splendid
eyes, Kate-and he said he would like me
to ask my sister if he might come in once
In while and hear us sing for an hour
or so'
"Well, what did you tell him, Dim
ick?"
I" Why, Katherine, took the liberty
of informing him that we would be most
happy to see him at all times, and would
warble in our most angelic style for his
beneit-or something to that effect.
Was that right, Sis"
wholly and entirely right, my dear
baby. l wish to inform you that 1 am
perfectly proud of my brother, now.''
Sin that case," says Dim, edo let's
have acream- toast for supper. Humility
has made me fearfully hungry" -CAris-
tain Union.