Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-07
CAUGHT.

OAUUn1s Est'
There had been strange times in the
seville Seminary. Two or three o.
. Girls in the junior class, and few
| the senior, had been in open revolt
{oupb the cause Of this singular be.
kyi0r was not generally known among
le scholars.
The facts were these, Julia Fessen-
In, one of the girls living in town,
Id given a birthday party, and a dozen
more of the students had been in.
he'd and the invitation submitted to
faculty.
After little delay. Prof. Montrose
lied the girls together. They knew
nv we'll what was coming, and if the
nth must be told, there was but one
INV face among the group, and that
onged to Kitty Bache.
Young ladies'" said the profess or,
While | dislike to stand between you
any apparently rational enjoyment,
bail be compelled to request you all
return your regrets to Miss Fessen-
n. beg you to remember that l am
only responsible to your parents
d guardians for your intellectual i'm
byement, but for your social and
bral welfare. Miss Fessenden's party
" or may not be a good place for
students of Rosevilie; but so long
there is the slightest fear in my
N mind in regard to the acquain-
pces you may form there, the ma
|e of my Office compels me to the
brse have mentioned. feel sure,
lng ladies, a little reflection will
lble you to appreciate the very
icate position in which l am
ced.'
Isn't it shameful" said Laura Cary
Kitty, as they filed out of the pro-
|or's study.
l thought I should like to CO." re-
ID Kitty, "but of course the profess
knows BEST"
Well my father and mother would
|ver think Of saying no if I were at
(me," continued Laura. 1.-The idea
a girl seventeen years old being tied
in this style We all ought to tave
u chairs and bib-aprons.
Yes and nurses" said another girl,
md baby-carriages and blankets, and
equli'ed hoods. Prof. Montrose is
old stick p
that's just what he is" said anoth-
"a perfect fossil. He's SO old he
tenoy anything himself. and he
,Ss nobody else can. l mean to 90,
think you might have said some
70 KITTY" put in Carry Dykeman.
you had leased a little, and promis-
mat we should all behave ourselves,
sure he would have consented. He
!, acted e as if he expected you to
never want anything enough to
lof IT, replied Kitty, pleasantly.
good deal more sorry for him
l uid TOR myself. l know it hurt
10 refuse u.s."
p,ha" exclaimed Laura Cary.
VI, Montrose has never granted me
'aVor since l have been in this
mary; 1t Just tickles him to tor
Was on the end of Kitty's tongue
70 Miss Laura that if she had re-
~ no kindness from the professor,
could be but one reason for it :.
cd va" va" because she had never de-
~ any But so many things that
, Teeh on the tip of this little unruly
" nI mad dropped off before now,
o ,""ue ner trouble, that she decided
eep a tight rain on it now.
~ had had a good deal on her
"Ieiy, and just at this time she
,bo his ielt the disappointment much
Of u she might have at some other.
l. ior 'Ie town scholars, young and
h., ley girl, had been taken sudden.
a;s strangely ill. Her malady was
n one. from the fact of its
wholly of the brain.
,o M was known only to the mother
a anG OF Roseville, the minister's
s amu Nifty Bache. The report
notbo leu mat Ethel Lee was crazy,
pb teenef we'll knew that were her
e eI 10 1--we a hundred years, she
ant Ways be called crazy by the in
m ol Roseville. So this feature
On " mes was kept a secret.
wa n 'nere was another reason. Mrs
\. "a widow, and possessed of small
sb,ony great economy, she had
kona 40 70 educate her daughter, in
80 pS una; mat she might support herself
rbs ing nf 1t lacked now only six
al u her graduation, after which
zee. oeen promised good position
/. rrU normal school. = :
1v tronise had only been secured
ana aIte to Ethel by the greatest
''''1 influence. Mrs. Lee Believed