The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
THE NEW SCH00LMASTER.
[From the Boston Courier.l

LII was warm GWlllgnU III early OcGO-
Der when the new schoolmaster arrived
at the Forks. He came on foot with his
travelling bag slung over his back by
means of a cane, sturdy young man
with red hair, shapely features and an
independent gait. He held his head as
if he were determined to thrust it through
every obstacle which came in his way,
and looked neither to the right nor to
the left, though glance over his
shoulder would have revealed to him
through the fringes of the gigantic pine
trees, sunset picture such as is seldom
seen In this cold New England region.
There was more than the usual number
OF sitters in the store that night, drawn
thither by the fact that the new school
master was expected, and when that gen
tleman reached the dingy little building
they were all on the steps to greet him.
New schoolmaster, / catilate; step n
be sosherable awhile, hey?" said the
storekeeper, who was also the school
agent and mill owner-the one great
man of the place.
"Would like to, but the fact is, I've
been travelin' ali day, pretty much,
and am gettin' to be rather sharp set.
Besides that, I'm afraid my boarding
mistress II get tired O waiting for me,
and clear away her supper table"
"Ah, yis, wal. praps ye'd better keep
along. The wilder haint over pashunt.
Thet's her haouse over there, the secont
on the right. Hope [ see you well, mis-
ter?"
The second house on the right was
cosy and inviting. 1t was implanted,
but the curtains at the windows were
daintily white and clean Great trees
stood about and gave it pleasant; shell
tered look, though the leaves had nearly
all fallen. A row Of milk pans hanging
on the fence reflected the sunset clouds
in their glowing surfaces, and suggested
the perfection of household neatness.
A motley brood of fowls are eating their
supper with a great deal of cluck and
clatter from the hands of a rosy, ener-
getic-loohing matron who stood IN the
doorway. A young girl with complex
ion like picture of Greuze was driving
a speckled COW up the lane which led to
the barn. The cows horns were fanci-
fully decorated with garland of the
travellers joy,' still beautiful, though
its leaves were slightly discolored by
frost, and its white blossoms changed to
airy, silver down. The girls rustic
broad brimmed bat was also decorated
with leaves, berries and dried blossoms.
/ The picture was worth seeing, but the
sschoolmaster evidently had not au art
lists eye.
AT the first glance he said to himself,
pity that girl doesn't know how to
spend her time in a more profitable way
than to trim up q COW In all that non
sense"
The girl colored to the deepest crimson
when she discovered the strangers eve
upon her, and she disappeared into the
oaT IN with her COW as quickly as possible.
The woman in the doorway disposed of
ner dish of corn, felt of her back hair
anu made haste to decorate her plain
able smile. 6H'' nosPlt-
so;a Inc me new schoolmaster, 1 s'pose, y
sad she, holding out her hand '
II don't know, replied he oaz;no
after the retreating figure Of tbe, 9 yo,,n :
girl IN dazed sort of way. ''i'e
"What!" came in a tone of avtro,.
astonishment from the woman who , ~.
garded bun with sudden suspicion.