The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-01-13
CAPTURING 4 WIFE.

Lad been teaching 60 use a well worn
l5agc) the Young idea how 10 shoot. His
I.zesent task was that Of writing a letter
30 ohum in his city home.
oNo doubt Che wrote) you imagine ]
au dwelling III sort Of rural Arcadia,
arl just a. far as physical nature goes, ]
'em, for there can be nothing more green
I. an the hills, nothing more clear, cooI
a1 hmpid, OF musical than the brooks
tt4t everywhere ribbon the valleys. Para
Else itself could not produce more life
/ aising breezes, and yet my life Is a bur
den, because the girls (and they are
g atty the majority Of my pupils) are
slch wide-swake, mischief loving, tor
mautiDg beauties as were never before
/ given to one person 20 manage. They
" ! b we their own way, aud completely
/ 5-noraIize the school; they tease, coax
aal wheedIe me out Of my most import
T tlt rules, and when enduranca ceases 10
t a virtue, cast upon me such repruac
( I'D glaucsB, and put up such pouting,
pretty ips, that fellow Is tempted to
as.ze his hat aud vamose the ranch, as
t.ey say west. Bat in spite Of my com
/ Iaints, don't imagine me subiugsted. !
nave at last issaed positive commands for
TIE students not to range of during study
hours, as has been the practice.
"a sort of Gypsy encampueut isIocat-
! "a near an isolated nook among the hills.
smong the tribe is an old fortune teller,
ald Of course the pretty heads Of my fe
male scholars are completely turned, and
have not only laid dowu the law against
visiting the camp, but fixed penalty
thereto.
s'Now I know you viii raise your
hands in holy horror when [ tel you that
afsar es h4usting every other form Of pun
isdment, from the Ounce cap 20 writing
lengthy compositions (the bitter abhor-
renee OF every feminine hearty and al to
no purpose, / have in this instance, re-
sorted to the old.foshioned one, the fer
rule. And so help NE fate, I VIII carry
# out 70 the bitter end, and make every
t'e hand smart whose owner dis0beys,
ar my name IS not Paul Cheney"
The school house where our hero pre-
;ted was situated some distance from
II q village whore he boarded, and the
walk, though pleasant, was lonely and
D,ssing graveyard. And Of late weird
tales bad been told of ghosts who walk
here 10y moonlight, and in one or two
ia atances, when the school master bad
been helated lie bad observed an object
.lathe IL white fit 1T a distance before
ll y, and in his very path. Though a
lie startled, he had no doubt that it
qas a riddle that time would unravel
Therefore, upon the night when he bad
enained writing to the city friend. as he
| hurried hOmewaTd to be in time for sup
per, he gave the matter no thought and
d reached the boundary Of the grave
ii when he was confronted by the
v'j,e-robed apparation, approaching him
with extended arms.
The suggestions natural to its appear
ancs were the reverse of pleasant, yet he
never dreamed the gliding visitant was
other than earthly. and quichened his
pace to meet it, but to his astouishment
it d.sappeared as quickly and entirely, rs
If svaIlowed by the earth. Not little
startled and puzzled, he hastened homo,
Hgt kept his own counsel.
The next morning he proceeded to
oIool more early than usual and spent
srme time in accommodating the walk Of
ms ghost, and evidently TO his satisfac-
lien, for the broad smile that Illuminated
l.. face as he entered the school-room
taepeared to assure The pupils that their
I 'eseher was in the best humor, aud they
would accordingly receive many indul-
gsuces.
At recess a number Of pretty heads
we're in close consultation, and Sue Sal
mon, a black-eyed beauty said with a
pont:
Wasn't it mean for Mr.. Cheney to
threaten to whip any one who went mp to
the Gypsy encampmentl" Just as if he
dared to to do it!'
~ would like to see him ferrule my
! hands, chimed in May Ellis.
''Or mine, eitherl" exclaimed Kitty
Dalton. whats the use of being such
oowardly ninnies, girls: Let's 60 in spite
Of him.
Il will pay for any girl who viii 60
with me to-day to have her fortune told, :"
laughed Sue Salmon, merrily.
"Will you? Thsn we VIII all so. even
If we have TO submit to the punishment, =
answered May.
( Il was decided to run the risk, and &C
carIing}y when school closed at noon they
marched OF bodily to learn the mystery
Of the future.
sit mast be half past one O'Clock ut
lea;, exclaimed one Of the Dumber, as
they were fastening back from their visit
II the Gypsy camp. half repentant and
acZioas to know waat would be the re-.
sa.t of their breaking the Iaw.
j wish we hadn't gone. sighed Kitty
rusfa'ly. 1T was MI yoar fault, Sue. +"
/ know 1t, rstlrael the youag lads,
Win merry laughter; ''ant / an really
nee only to taka ny share of punishment,
BAT yoars as well. =
1T is al very well to talk. said May.
'aUt you are sure you wall get of With
tha ightess penalty. an1 that you can do
anything you please with Paul Cheney
Can I? Well then I'll shield you for
yoar disobedienca. So c5eer up and be
l--.-., I.