The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26

pupil need no longer exist between us
let me he your friend and ~helpmate. ,
do not know why you appear to dislike
me, and are so constrained in my pre-
sence. / have often noticed that you
are never so frolicsome and gay when /
an near. No need to put constraint
on your happy spirit on my account,
child. Although the Joyous mirth Of
youth has departed from my life for
ever, it still gladly echoes the music OF
other youthful hearts"
Indeed, Prof. Ingram, you mlsjudge
me. / do not dislike you, and | know
you have always been just to me. 1
confess I was not r'ways perfectly free
and at ease in YOU class. You always
looked at me rs though you were criti-
Ching what 1 said so severely in your
mind"
Did I" said he, laughing. We'll,
hear me swear, right here, by the shade
of old Tactitus that l will not do so
again. And will you not, on your side,
promise not to look so solemn whenever
| come neal yOu?"
Elise promised, and it was not long
before she and her teacher were fully
enjoying each others society. They
often sat and conversed long after les
sons were over. Nor was their conver-
sation confined to Latin literature for
Elise was beginning to feel SO free in
his presence that she could converse
with him as easily as with one Of her
schoOlmates. She would show him her
books, birds and flowers, and even let
him examine the collection of botanic
specimens she had made. She would
often go out for a walk with him, and
as they wandered where the prospect of
green, slOping hills, shady dells, spark
ling streams and distant, blue noun
tains was spread out in heavenly beauty
before them, the grave professor lost
many a lesson that nature, III her silent
language, would have taught him, in
listening to the siren voice of his happy
companion. Elise would go on with
her merry discourse, hardly realizing
that the dark face before her, which she
had come to think so handsome, was the
same that had often been turned upon
her with a frowning expression IL the
dreary old recitation room at the Insti-
tute.
Sue often sang for him, and he seemed
never to tire of hearing her voice. One
evening when she had finished singing
Kathleen Mavourneen," be said: do
you know that | once heard you sing
that song more beautifully than l ever
heard it sung by any musical artist of
either continent?"
"Why, no; 1 did not know you adj
mired my voice enthusiastically. Please
tell M when l was so fortunate as to
deserve such praise"
do you remember of praeticing in
the music room neal my office the
hour after | read the examination re-
port of my Latin class? / heard you
singing, and went out and sat down by
the window and listened to our songs.
/ was there when Miss Hatton came in
and you told her how soraly disappoint-
ed you were in not getting your di-
ploma. | cannot tell how deeply /
sympathized with you! 1t was then L
determined that you should not be dis.
appointed, in the end, if any assistance
l could render you would be of avail"
"Oh, you eayesdropperi and how
little / dreamed then you were so sweet
and kind. lido not remember all / said
in my disappointment; maybe / said
something naughty about you," said
Elise, affectionately taking bis hand
from the back of the chair, where it
was lying, and tenderly toying with the
fingers.
"No, you did not" he said, bending
his dark, handsome face close to hers;
"and my little darling, / have some
thing more to confess. Do you know
that, as heard You sing, / determined to
n day make that sweet voice and these
sunny curls and laughing blue eyes all
my own? 2"
But we will not listen to the words
he uttered as he told her the old, old
story that has kindled lovelight in the
eyes of happy maidens from time inn
memorial; the old, old story that en-
chanted Elise as no music had ever
done, and called forth from her
heart a confession of the love she
bore for nina love that "was founded
on d rock, and was as pure as her spot
less life.
Ere another commencement day rolled
around at the institute, the professor
had made her his bride, and when he
came to sign his name to the diploma
that Elise had so fondly desired, q thrill
of happiness and pride ran through his
heart as he thought Of all it had helped
him to gain.