Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-08

>" ~ D"o w Care duouO uo
anyhow! Pve got sleh a start in til
, world that ought to marry a rich We
man. Rich widows are plenty ever
now and then. dop't imagine he
mother hes much of any property.
As soon as he had finished his meal
Phebe hastily removed the dishes fror
table and escaped into; the kitchen, an,
he saw nothing Of her until the mex
morning. She appeared then in celes
tial blue, which harmohized wonderful
| ly with the rich sunbufn on her blond,
cheeks, and one of the other boarders,
handsome stalwart young lumberma,
who sat beside her at tho table, regard
cd her with devotion anl talked to he,
in low tones, so low that no one else
was able to hear what bic was saying.
Phebe seemed filled with confusion
and beyond blushing ayes" or "no,'
made no reply, but the sehoolmaster be.
came instantly fred With jealousy, and
commenced TO draw all attention to him.
self by his boastful and ipompous talk.
He talked both ofcomlnerce and learn.
ing until the two yo,sl]g lumbermen
looked properly subdrGd and became
silent.
"Speakin' ov books,n ,said the land
lady, 81 bought one of oi' peddler last
summer. 1t has got :4n orful purity
cover, but there's poetly inside; per.
haps you'd like to READ that. / can't
say as how enjoy SUCH reading myself,
but Phebe, she's all carried away with
it," i;
II generally make MY own poetry, :"
said the schoolmaster, gsandly.
An awed hush succeeded this an
nouncement, and for the first time Phebe
lifted her eyes and looked the conse-
quential gentleman full n the face. It
was a shy, brief glance, Tut filled with
a half-awed, half-adnAring interest.
The schoolmaster started when he met
their gaze as if he had received blow,
and from that moment hk was q changed
man, so bound b. the chains of love
that his mind took no raore ambitious
flights so anxious with its doubts and
fears that he lost his flippant manners
and became subdued and, silent so hum
bled by its insight that he no longer
held his head above his f3llows, SO soft
ened and changed by it's sinfuence that
his mereenary projects an pent to moth
ing.
at the end of the week: it was voted
by the other boarders that the school
master was a "good felicr, awful diff
ferent from what he SEEMED at first"
At the end Of the month he was called
, kinder grumpy" at tie end of two
months it was surmised that he was IN
love. Never was lover $50 tormented.
The shyness of his lady glove was re-
markable she was never:visible except
ing at meal times and IN the school
room. He spent all his leisure time in
planning how he could meet her, but
his plans always faileG. If he found
her alone in the kitcher; at work, she
wonld drop whatever she had in her
hands and slip away in "a flash. If he
to walk with: her to school
with her she would manage TO elude |
him with truly wonderful adroitness.
Once he hid behind tree:to waylay her
on her way to school, but she seemed to
guess his intention by intuition and
walked half mile out OF her way to
reach her destination by Another road.
On spelling-school evening, when all
he young fellows in the iregion round
sbout congregated in tile old school
house, each one waiting: on the door
teps when the exercises :were over to
whisper "May see you home ?" in rosy
naidens ears, Phebe clung to the skirts
# some sober, married female for pro-
ection and insisted on going home in
Ter shadow. In school hours there was
10 opportunity for love-Ipaking. Phebe
vas a model scholar. She never missed
Ter lessons; she neither whispered nor
aughed. All the other gills were con-
inually asking questions ef the master.
hey hung round him az recess; they
wished upon him all sorts of coquet-
III attentions; but Pheke was never
uzzled over arithmetic and never APP
reached him from one days end to an
ther So the days went on and the
,rm was nearly ended. lie had spoken
} Phebe's mother, and she expressed
er pleasure in receiving him as SON !
Flaw, but declared that she Couldn't
ew nothin' with the gal, she was head
,rong as well as bashful, aud if she were I
} speak to her it would only make the
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