The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-01

The children acted worse and worse as
the days went by, and little Miss Kit,
who tried the best she could to preserve
order, was sorely perplexed. As Mrs.
Deacon Carter expressed it, Them crit
tiers at the school house act as if they
were possessed with witches" and Miss
Kit felt that she would gladly have ex-
changed them for the whole company of
servants of the "prince of the power of
the air." that of old time so sorely af-
flicted the good people TofI the, ancient
town of Salem. fifi il ~ NJ s.s3
Such state of affairs could not of
course long escape the notice of the only
remaining school director, and Mr.. Wal
lace had frequent interviews with the
perpleXed teacher, and found himself
thinking of her in a way that he had
never even dreamed of thinking of a
woman, yet l suspect he would have
been astonished if any one had suggested
that he was in love- He was interested
in Miss Kit-and in the school-because
it was his official duty to be. Only that
and nothing more 1t was his duty to
attend school, and he discharged that
duty in the most painstaking manner.
BY the advice of the director Miss Kit
took a firmer stand and punished one or
two pupils, but rebellion is much more
easily suppressed in the commencement
than after some time has passed, as all
history teaches, and as Miss Kit found
it.
The school had been running two
weeks.
Deacon Carter was expected home
Monday night, and the people predicted
that he would at once bring order
which is heavens first LAYOUT of what
pretty closely resembled chaos as fas as
law was concerned, by the discharge of
the teacher, and hiring either the Brown
girl, or Mary Liscomb, who, it is said,
would thrash the rebels into instant and
unconditional surrender. j
Saturday evening Mr.. Wallace called
at the school-house after the school had
been dismissed. 1t had rained more or
less all day, and the roads We're rather
muddy.
eff Miss Kit is here I'll take her
home," Mr.. Wallace had thought as he
drew up his horse iii front of the temple
of knowledge.
Miss Kit was there
And Miss Kit WAS in tears.
And naturalIy<NIrl Wallace inquired
what fresh trouble had occurred; in
quired, be it said, with sad heart, for
he could not disguise from himself the
fact that Miss. Kit must go.
''They are getting worse and worse. y
sobbed Miss Kit, "And to-day when l
put Tom Dyer under the desk to punish
him, he cut my rubbers to bits, )" and the
little teacher held up the fragments OF
what had once been a dainty little rub
Der. "And now, 2 she added, "they tell
me that cross old Deacon Carter will
make me leave, and where can get an
'G'lI'iI tel YOU Sag Ross Wallace.
She lookeA upsand had the love-story
that his eyes told Ibd her own black
eyes fell again. -.
Il 'sTake me for lifelong pupil, Be
nv wife," he said.
Miss Kit looked up shyly and whis-
pered something that was probably not
a refusal, as Mr.. Wallace gave and re-
ceived his first love kiss. 8r
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Deacon Carter returned home ON Mon
day, and the Brown girl was at once in
stalled as Mistress of the district school,
succeeded in keeping the term out in
peace, and Miss Kit was installed as
mistress of tbNf4 Ne OF Mr., Ross Wal
lace some few,Weeks later