The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-07

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with merry laugh; iand am ready
not only to take my share OF punish
ment, but yours as WE'LL"
ut Is all very we'll to talk" said
May, :" but you are sure you will get Off
with the lightest penalty, and that you
can do anything you please with Paul
Cheney"
Can ~ Well, then, I'll shield you
for your dlsobedlence. So cheer up and
be brave. Here we are, and school has
commenced"
They marched In and took their sents,
and lifted their guilty eyes to encounter
the Indignantly flashing ones of their
much abused teacher. or all the schol-
ars, Sue was the prettiest, most lovable
and most trying. She laughed his most
serious and just reproofs to scorn, and
when she found he was really wounded,
her great black eyes would flash up to
him through tears and appeal to be
forgiven. And somehow his voice al
ways tuned itself lower when he address
cd her, and In spite of himself she man
aged to throw upon him the solving of
all her most difficult problems. She
would come up to him with such q
pretty pleading pout, with my head
aches so" and protest she could not do
her algebra unasslsted; or might not
be excused from writing that dreadful
composition for just this once, please ="
And promised to do anything else he
wished; and she looked so wlnsome,
pretty and bright when he yielded that
she usually carried the day.
So, when the master, In hard, cold
voice commanded the young ladies who
were late to school to leave their seats
and take places before his desk, to his
surprise Sue said something in whis-
per to her companions, and came grace
fully and quickly forward alone, and
leaning her white arms upon his desk
as for support to her trembling limbs,
said
Mr.. Cheney, we have been to see the
Gypsies, but / alone am to blame, and
am ready to take the punishment you
think the rest have merited together
with what is my just due"
ooh you wish to make yourself
sort of scapegoat for your companions 7"
be questioned, with flushed face.
Yes, sir, If you please" murmured
Sue.
Well, If l don't please l think
you have sins enough of your own to
answer for, without shoudering those
of Others"
:" But really and truly" pleaded she,
with tears in her glorious eyes, &C. am
alone to blame. They would not have
gone but for me, and you will make me
perfectly wretched If you punish them,
when the fault was all mine," and she
sobbed audibly.
q" 1 should be sorry to do that" he
answered. cit is enough that you make
every day of my life wretched without
my retaliating, and If you will answer
for the good behavior of your compan.
ions in future it shall be as you de-
SIRE"
81 WILL" promised Sue, but she grew
deadly pale, to the lips, as he extended
his hand to receive hers.
The next moment her little rosy palm
lay in his great broad one, above which
the ruler was poised for the blow; and
though their hands were hidden behind
the desk, the blows could be distinctly
heard.
zone, two, three, four-one for each
truant," said the teacher, looking down
into the eyes of Sue with an expression
none but she could interpret.
The next instant the face of Sue was
buried in her handkerchief, and her
cheeks crimsoned as with shame. Then
she spoke in a suppressed voice to the
teacher, and he had to bend low to hear
her.
Who is the scapegoat 7" she
questioned, and the dimples betrayed
that her emotion was laughter, and If
her eyes were filled with tears they were
not sorrowful ones.
"Never mind" was answered by the
teacher, as he bit his moustache to hide
smile, "You may take your. seat
now"
"What generous SOUL" murmured
Sue, as she laid her head upon the desk,
81 knew he wouldn't strike me. His
broad hand entirely covered mine and
received every blow. How the girls
would laugh if they knew it. But
won't tell. That shall he our little
secret"
The remainder of the afternoon she
studied very diligently and recited clev-