Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-01
Giving Music Lessons.
The summer vacation

The summer vacation
What world Of changes it brings TO
the innocent young school girl--what u
revolution of thought, fact and fancy
In oil orr future, will ever the weeks
come to us, garlanded with roses and
radiant with the fancies of the heart, rs
they came to us in the days of orr sum
mer vacations
That was what Elsie Dale was think
ing, as she sat beside the river, dipping
her water-lily buds In the cool tide, and
watching the birds nests in the rushes
She was homeless aud motherless, and
all the other girls were full of happy
anticipations, as they clustered on the
green spot of shadow under the giant
elm tree. And yet, beneath it all, there
was throb of exultation in her heart.
i am to have season ut Saratoga,
said Cynthia Vail, the beauty Of the
school. Mamma says am young, but
then very young girls are oil the fashion
now
Il am to 20 to the Adirondacks with
papa, to take sketches, and strengthen
my lungs said Mary Allison, proudly.
Il am to have music lessons from St.
gnor RallentandoH triumphantly pro-
claimed little Bell Burton. Tell rs,
Elsie dear, what are you going to dor
Exactly the opposite from you, Bell
said Elsie, laughing, while the dimples
came into her chin and the carmine color
into her cheek, 4 shall spend my vaca-
ton in giving music lessons, so that l
can test my own capacity and earn
little money for the future
Bell Burton looked on with wide open
eyes of surprise.
ooh, Elsie cried she do you believe
you can! p
Il shall try said Elsie, bravely.
Il can't possibly fancy a music-teacher
without false hair and spectacles,' said
Bell. ah..#|#t
Madame Duchesne is very kind said
Miss Dale. She has got Inc this situa-
ton, because she knew that / wanted
remunerative employment during the
vacation. Some lady wrote to her from
the Shewangunta Mountains, one of
those castellated mansions on the
heights, you know, that one dreams
about-that she wanted her to come out
and give quarters lessons in her fam
lily. And Madame Duchesne could not
leave town, so she wrote to propose me
for q substitute
Are You to have many pupils p in
quired Bell, with interest.
Only one
"A girl or boyr
4 don't know said Elsie. 4 think I
would rather have n girl, if | am to
choose. But Madame Duchesne says
that boys are the more often intelligent
and appreciative learners .
The next day came, with the flower
hung halls, its band of music, and blue
ribboned diplomas, and sweet hustle of
departmental when the gray shadows
of evening fell, Elsie Dale was on her
way to Mount Sorel, in the Shawangun-
ia Mountains.
She had never been out of the CITY
before, except during the year she had
been ut boarding-house school, at the
expense of the eccentric old aunt, who
had lately bethought herself to die, leav- |
ing all her property to u sectarian
"Home for Old Ladies'" and the sub
lime crests of the everlasting hills were
as new as they We're delightful to her. |
Glens, cascades, wild gorges, and DESC
late ravines, clothed with the black
green growth of pines and cedars, sue
ceeded one another in bewildering ar
ray-and the mountain stage was &C.
tually at the door of Mount Sorel before |
Elsie realized that she was more than
half way on her journey.
1t was fine mansion, with . central