Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-04-03
CAPTURING A WIFE.

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had been teaching Ito use well-wOrn
adage) the young idea how to shoot; HIS
present task was that of writing letter
to chum in his city home:
mo doubt (he wrOte) you imagine am
dwelling in sort of rural Arcadia, and
lust as far as physical nature goes. am,
for there can be nothing more green
than the hills, nothing more clear, cool
,or limpid, or musical than the brooks
that everywhere ribbon the valleys. Par
adise itself could not produce more life
giving breezes. and yet my life is bur
den, because the girls (and they are
greatly the majority of my pupils) are
such wide-awake mischief-lOving, tor
men ing beauties as were never before
givse to one person to manage. They
will ave their own way, completely de.
m0safize the school; they tease, coax
and wheedle me out of my most impOr
tant rules, and when endurance ceases
to be virtue, cast upon me such re.
prOachful glances and put up such pOut-
ing, pretty lips, that fellow is tempted
to seize his hat and vamOSe the ranch
as they say out West. But in spite of
my complaints, don't imagine me subju-
GA ted. / have at last issued positive
.scsrn mands for the students not to range
.Off dn ling study hours, as has been the
.ssrt of Gypsy encampmenti is located
ynear an isolated nook among the hills.
Among tSe tribe is an old fortune teller,
and of counse the pretty heads of my fe-
male schOla6s are completely turned,
and have not only laid down the law
agains visiting she camp. but fixed a
penalty thereto.
Now I know you Will raise your hands
in holy horror when i tell you that after
,exhausting every other form of punish
rnent, from the Ounce cap 20 writing
lepgthv compositions fthe bitter abhOr-
,rence of every feminine hearth ;apd all
ito no purpose, / have in this ilRStance,
,reSOfted to the Old-fashlOned one, .the4er-
,rule. And so help me fate, will carry
tit out to the bitter end, and make every
little hand smart whose owner disobeys,
,Or my name is not Paul Cheney"
The school house where our hero pre-
sided was situated seme distance from
the village where he boarded, and the
walk, though pleasant, was lonely and
passed a graveyard. And of late weird
tales had been told of ghosts who walk
there by moonlight. aud ln one or two
instances, when the sehool-master had
clothed in white fit at distance before
him, and in his very path. Though Q
trihe startled, he had no doubt that II
was a riddle that time would Rlfayel
Therefore, upon the night when be had
remained writing to the city friend. IS he
hurried hOmeward to be in time for sup
per, he gave the matter no thought, and
had reached the boundary of the grave
yard when he was confronted by the
white-rObed apparitiOn, approaching him
with extended arms.
The suggestions natural to its appear
ance were the reverse of pleasant, yet he
never dreamed the gliding visitant was
other than earthly, and quickened his
pace to meet it, but to his establishment
1t disappeared as quickly and entirely
as if it were swallowed up by the earth.
Not a little startled and puzzled. he
fastened home, but kept his own cOun-
sci.
The next morning he proceeded to
school more early than usual and spent
seine time in recOnnOitering the walk of
the ghost, and evidently to his satisfac-
,tiOi, for the broad smile that Illuminated
his face as as he entered the school room,
Appeared to assure the pupils that their
teacher was in the best of humOr, and
tthey would accordingly receive many in
,nnlgences.
AT recess q q4mber of pretty heads
were in close consultation, and Sue Sal
mon. a comedy blaek-eyed beauty, said
with p0ut:
&Wasn't it mean for Nh. Cheney to
threaten to whip any one who went up
to the Gypsy epcampment? Just as if
he dared to do itr'
II would like to see him ferrule my
hand" ehimed in May Ellis,
"Or mine. either exclaimed Kitty
Dalton. What's the use of being such
cowardly ninnies. giriss Let's SO in
spite of him."
Il will pay for any girl who will go
with me to-day to have her fortune told"
laughed Sue Salmon. merrily.
"Will you? Then Well all 60. even if
we have to submit to the punishment"
answered May.
1t was decided to run the risk, and &C
cOrdingly when school closed at noon
they marched off boldly to learn the mys-
terry Of the future.
1T must be half-past one o'clock at
least" exclaimed one of the number. as
they were fastening back from their
visit to the Gypsy camp, half repentant
and anxious to know what would be the
result of their breaking the law.
Il wish we hadn't gOne," sighed Kitty,
ruefully. at was all your fault, Sue"
Il know it," returned the young lady,
with merry laugh; land 1 am ready
not only to take my share of punishment,
but yours as well.'
1t Is all very well to talk" said May,
but you are sure you will get off with
the highest penalty, and that YOU can
do anything you please with Paul Chem
ey."
"Can I? Well, then, I'll shield Won for
YOUR disObedience. So cheer ND and be
brave. Here we are, and school has COM
menced."
They marched in and took their seats.
and lifted their guilty eyes to encounter
the Indignantly flashing ones of their
much abused teacher. OF all the schOl-
,ars Sue was the prettiest, most l0vable,
and most trying. She laughed his most
serious and just reprOOfs to scOrn, and
when she found he was really wounded.
ner great black eyes would fash up to