Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-08
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A&~N @~F~~A~NfA@4N~NNo =
Ii : bad ei,Orgh To have a wash
rrwo1Isn's daughter. who has tn j,
xhOes for Ter tuition, in school, n
arE rRle. bnt when size begins {,
zxrlle Slscu; Us il Is time 10 teac.
a~T d lrSsOR. Miss Gordon Ian
saa6e,-oO nm Il Il her. She forget:
arIsesf and i really beginning Il
E-Sl on al eQnsli;y with Us. fol
ere w7l snow Miss Rag Bag he
EsASe.n
Just tlsen tie deer opened and ;
sz=gil-. deIiczte Girl "a some IA sum
Es-rs Ssrlg.ed IN.
Good morning. 8 said pleas
zu;ly 10 lie group # girls.
There WAS IN rtplv. All looked
ginidly Il HorienSe. for she was all.
powerful there, and her flashing eve
deferred any uf tie more venture
some who would Lave addressed
1-uau Anen.
''GoOd morning, girls" repeated
LIla.
UoTtenSe drew herself up haughti-
ly, Attend TO your duSting," said
she. You do not lay your tut
T5On by entertaining US. and we do
nol care % hear any Of your hypo-
critical remarks. The society of q
tRttler Is anything but agreeable. !"
'NOf TIcTlsIaSe. lid not tatlle, ."
eNc.aimea poor. Lulu, while tears
rushed to iser eyes.
~TatIlrrs are always liars, !" scorn-
f1lly rrplied Nortense ~ she turned
"a, while Lalu SAX sobbing into
lpr- seat. n few r'f the girls looked
ri,Siagly upOl her--bat no one VEN
tI-ed to approach her.
- don't bsIievp she 6i tell, Ten
sic, whispered Martha We non.
"TOn are at perfect liberty to
think what you please, :" replied T!or-
{ Sss. Go If you choose, take the
l.4rt af = mean informer and spy.
But / thought yNu-hal more spirit
IhRn n be turned round bY a few
crncsdile tears
Martha shrunk back abashec, and
the rest Of the girls were elsily,,per-
E.ladsd That Hort nse was right.
TIE bell soon rang and all entered
lIF their school duties.
EIortPnse Lee was at this time
about Is yeA's cf age, and certainly
very handsome. She was at once
the i5nl and terror of the whole
schOal M one,caald be more agree
able than she when her will was
oAeyed no one understood better
than she how IN visit any orposi-
tian % it ON the heads Of the Often
ae-s. Size was 4 fine scholar and
had always been treated by her
teachers with nsa. ked d stinction.
Her father WAS wealthy anu delight
I'd TO deck in rich attire his child
sfle pride OF his heart. lie either
dia not see her aristocratic and
haagaity notions or found an echo to
them IN his heaTt-for his child re.
SPmhled him much in character at
any rate ne Fnever checked then.
Her mother, one of the most gentle
and humble OF women. often reason.
cd With her ON the folly and wick
edness OF her neiae, and imagined
that The respectful attentions which
her daughter paid her betokened a
disposition ta correct her faults.
Could >he lave glanced .into her
ciliidAs mind she would have been
SstoRislred to see what thoughts
were passing there. Hartense loy-
Cd Rer mosher. but she was well
aware that in intellect she herself
WAS far her superior, ard it was
with = kiad Of litying affection that
slpe listeneed to her parents admo-
filiaHs, Her father she reverenced.
Size Acknowledged that he was her
superior, and his words of sarcastic
GiSs sprOr&l. Sar that was his usual
way OF expressing his diSapproha-
sisn nf her. OadRct, were all power.
fal with her but he never reiterat
cl what her mother said to her ION
This subject. and she pursued .her
o~n course, becoming a leader ia
school. ss be WAS in society. Thus
u happened that when Lulu Allen
hrst entered the school she had
Irc1rred her diSpleasure Iirst,
because she wsS poor-an offense
which might possibly have BEEN
e-cll Hoked had she not proved
herself fiue scholar, and by her
ge.sIlcness Ibid fair 10 become N
formidable rival also in theaffections
If hsth teacher and scholars. For
AZ at thtse reasons Hortense hated
her. and DON, when school freak
had bcen disc svnled by :heir teach.
9. : Lul hsi i,oen the only one