The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-01

not useu 10 being contradlcted And
yet she did not deny his charge.
I s. expected all that, Miss Revere
he went on, with no less vchemence.
81 looked for your dislike; l expected
you would hate me. But | could not
let you do mean thing, and occupy
false position, without putting in my
protest. You didn't need the position,
Miss Revere-Miss Onderdonk did She
needs it badly, and yet you took it away
from her. Was that fair thing for
you to do? And l knew, too, you were
not the tittest person in the world to
teach a village school. You know too
much, Miss Revere; and, excuse me for
saying it, you know too little | would
have spared you this exhibition. as you
call it, to-day, if l could. But, Miss
Revere" and while his voice sank low
and trembled little in its intensity, yet
every word was clear to Kate's wonder
ing sense, 81 would rather have the
girl L love hate me than let her 90 on
acting a wrong part. 1t wasn't on
Miss Onderdonk's account, Miss Kate,
that | opposed you last fall, and did this
to-day-it was for the sake of your own
self. L love you too well, Kate Revere,
to let you do wrong-if | can help it. "
And then he drew back a few steps,
folded his arms, and looked her in the
face. A more astonished, bewildered
girl he never saw. What he had said
was a revelation. She had been all
along regarding him as the lover of an
other girl, and here he turned out to be
her own. She had been hating him, or
thinking that she did, with all her
heart, and now she was as good as
asked to love him. Was there, indeed,
any foundation left for her hate? She
had supposed that he disliked her; if he
did not, what reason had she to hate
him? But this was long way from
love, Kate thought. How could she
love man who had Just told her she
had acted meanly and was an incompe-
tent teacher; who had been rude, and
overbearing, and ungenerous? She
might not dislike him-Christian char
ity could carry her as far as that-but
something was due to her sense of self
respect and even if her heart did beat
more happily than for months past,
and her eyes shine with a softer light,
she would not so much as confess it to
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he waited for an answer, and the hot
blood came and went upon her cheeks,
she crowded down the gladness that
had so suddenly come to her, and
stiffly said:
I'm sure | don't think I was at all
wrong, DIR. Barrows; and, if you'll ex-
cuse me, I'll 90 home"
The doctor bowed courteously, still
standing with his arms folded, and the
same imperturbable look upon his face.
And there Miss Revere left him.
1t was three months after this that
another examination was held in Upper
Nineveh. This time it was in the little
schoOl-houSe. When the exercises were
over and the few visitors dismissed, it
so happened that Miss Revere and Dr.
Barrows found themselves walking up
the road side by side.
81 am glad you came to-day" he
said, warmly.
"Of course | wouldn't have stayed
away" protested Kate.
"There wasn't much public inter
est" he remarked.
"No," Kate admitted; but there
ought to have been. Miss Onderdonk
has done very well with them"
The doctor nodded.
Considering she's only taught them
three months" he said.
Then there was a little pause.
"She won't have any school COM
mittees from Babylon Center" he went
on.
mo" she said, meditatively.
"Nor any Secretaries from the State
Board
81 suppose not"
"And probably Mr.. jenkins is doubt
full about her being much of prize"
Very likely"
but, after all, " looking amusedly in
Hates face, q" she's very capable
teacher"
Kate waited a moment, while her
face flushed and her eyes fell to the
ground.
81 suppose if l say yes to that" she
replied, quietly, . l might as well admit
the other thing"
"What other thing?' innocently.
"Why-that l wasn't
The doctor was about replying when
they were separated for an instant by
group of the school girls. Among
these was Carrie Ainsworth, who as
she passed made surreptitious face at
DIR. Barrows, and then, turning round,
looked such unutterable reproach at the
doctors companion that Kate could
not fOrbear laughing.
1T was Carrie Ainsworth," she ex-
planned. "She asked me once if didn't
hate you"
land you told her?"
g 1t was wicked to hate"
THAT was an evasive answer, Miss
Revere"
Yes" said Kate; 81 intended it
should be-
Perhaps suggested the doctor,
"you weren't sure"
Kate smiled and blushed a little.
"No," she said frankly, 81 wasn't"
The doctor stopped still in the road
and grasped her hand. "And are you
now?n he asked.
"Oh, do let me CO." she exclaimed
in alarm; here comes the lawyer and
DIR. Trumbull.n
But the doctor maintained his ground.
care you sure nowp" he reiterated.
| Kate heSitated: the others were with