The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-04-16

irduspanted to the fields and gardens One
at these hedges separated her fathers garden
from the meadow, and she may, perhaps,
have carried the memory of it in her heart,
although it seeeme1 near to her; but child
hood re aims the fragrance Of such natural
beauties in its heart, and probably hers did;
for one Of her peculiar tastes was for the
scenery OF the world, aud her aunt had pre-
/ sented her wiNl a etereoptc1n when she re-
turned home, lnowing that nothing would
give SO much pleasure To Miss Helen a. n
giit by whose Use she could give pleasure to
others Miss lIelen's fertile brain aud kind
hcarl--the latter, indeed, was the iuspirer o
her fertile brain--very soon found plan by
| which She thought she could tame the bad
/ boys of the place. Her brother, who be.
| lorEed to the school, felt quie anxious on
| the morning when She first presented herself
with the prudential Committeeman who was
to introduce her, but she begged him not to
say one word about her, and he had kept out
Of the way Of the boys since the acceptance
Of her position was known, A. far as he could
do SO. She had not told ven him what she
vas going to do, 20 he was quite astonished
sister, ,ter-ol ticon there. Miss Helen was
already known by sight to many Of the
boys, aid the girls vino sat on one side Of
the room were quite enthusiastic ab Dut her
lHey had b. come good deal aCqu tinted
With her, and she had tOll them from the
beginning, that if they would do as she
wished them to do she was not afraid of hav.
ing any trouble with the boys. Indeed, she
had said good deal to them Ct how much
the behavior of the boys depended upon the
behavior at theg,rls they knew and went to
school with In the talks they bad had
with Miss Helen those girls gained many
new ideas, aud looked upon their duties in
if, with very different eyes from those with
which they had had hitherto looked forward
rhey had lived in the pretty valley without
thinking much about it, but Miss Helen
4iuce her return had visited every conner of
it and had pointed out to them Il thousand
beauties that ha.i never attracted their at
tenUJn. Tuty followed her yerywhere, and
were wholly attracted and wakrd up by her.
There was one boy of whom Miss Helen had
frequently been warned, and when she sat
down in her chair on the platform, she was
very sure iuat he must be the one, for more
lowering, brutal lace She had never yet
seen lie evidently hal come to SC lool that
day with the intention of making trouble, il
one could Judge Of Intention b. the express
sion of boys face The school committee.
man had motiontd to the to pupils rise wher
he brought in Miss Helen, aud as soon as h'
had introduced her, he motioned to them tt
ait when she did, and, without making an!
remark, bowed to her and ett the room.
a death-like silence prevailed, broken a
last by Miss lieIens pleasant voice, whose
cheerful tones could hardly fail to put ev
cry one at ease. The first thing | mus
do, she said land to do that We will hav
n little talk and then decide what to do il
| they way of study. | do not know wha
vou have been studying. thought 5houd
prefer to have You tell me yourselves. Whel
left Bostan, "a kind friend gave me fin
,tereopticon, for She knew had collected
great many photographs of the scenery o
, different parts of the world and thought
should like to show them to my friends
have brought tavorite set Of them wit
' me this morning Is there any one her
who has heard of the Yosemite valley?'
: Several hands went up. Miss Hele
u asked one OF the girls who held up her hand
i aud who looked very intelligent, to point ou
, on the wall map the location of the Yost
mite Valley"
Z Did any one ever see very high noun
:, tain?'
No one had.
Neither have |, but | have thought 5
much about them that fancy can imagin
- one. No, do not believe | can, eithe
but these photographs, when thrown upo
the ,tereoptlcOn. must give pretty goC
idea OF one. "Wille," she said to h,
- brother, "will YOU take the sheet that is fol'
ed there and stretch it across that side
r the room?' pointing to the side opposite tt
u windows behind the platform on which st
r. sat "You will find nails all ready FIR II
u rifg4. And think you are the talest your
y man here she said to the dark E-brow'
" youth that sat on the front seat, "will you
'e good enough to help my brother
IT. The boy started to his feet. evidently h
ing a,tonished at being SO courteou,y calf
-, upon, aud stammered out YES ma am,
\ few giggles from the other boys r.
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