Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-03-28

\ Casa III HIS l'ItScHCC. UcH say hS
4 goes mn eli in society; 1 wonder il
This manner out there is the same
as here! If it is should think
sEthere would always be a vacant
iIsspBce around him.
aioSnot know; l never met him
4 before l came here, but l have
heard he cut quite a figure IN Par
dis, winter before last"
Here Matte, remembering that
1.-THE bell had rung for her next class,
,Nstarted on, telling Elise to come
lover to her room early that even
ling, that they could get through
Fwith their work iii time to go out
for walk. Elise and Matte were
true friends, and they always
studied their lessons together, and
slelpiHg each other all they could,
lsssA$cept in Latin. Elise would not
) #IlllN,thatsWitll any 4one, because
}.sne feltsthat in it, she could. not
Delp themEin returH for the assist
lance they would give her.
r For a few days after this little
episode, Elise, although she pre-
tended not to mind her failure.
worked at the despised study with
more zeal.
s: But ere long she became dis
couraged again, and many time
would have begged the superin-
tendent's permission to quit the
class, but for one reaSon-she
IKnew that unless she attained Il
proficiency in this branch, she
could not take full diploma that
.;ear, and, although the study of
Latin was Il great burden to her,
she could not gain her own con-
sent TO layit down at the cost of
losing diploma, 1.-THE consumma
ton devUutly to be desired" oil ev-
cry school girls heart.
~ am afraid it is useless for me
to try" she said to one OF the girls,
On her way to the professors office
the day Of the senior Latin cxalnin.
alton. "but it seems too bad, after
| have been so successful in all my
other classes, to give up my hopes
of a diploma and the scholarship
medal without even making an eff
fort in this. Ii had gotten the
music medal, | would not care SO
much, but l lost time dronlng over
this old Latin, and could not pay
proper attention to my music. L
rarely ever had such horrid luck in
all my life, and poor papa will be
$50 greatly disappointed when he
comes to the commencement"
Bere Elise's voice ialteled, and a
tear stole Into her great blue eyes.
81 am glad you are going to try,
DEAR" said tue girl to whom she
had been speaking, "and l hope,
sincerely, you will meet With more ,Is
sfnez:..>4:y5 ,'.,;; all the girls iUycd the
beautiful, kind Franco-Irish girl, for
she was always merry aud always
kind. She worked hard all that
day and remained i'll the office
writing long after all the other
girls had gone. The professor
waited patiently for her, but never
glanced 10 The desk where she sat.
AT last she laid down her pen, fold
ed her papers without reading
them and, with deep sigh, hand
ed them to the professor. 1t was
seldom Elise, sighed, but she was
very tired now, and had little hope
of her labor awaiting anything. A
little while atterward she passed
by his door, and glancing in, SAW
that he was sitting in the same
place intently reading ner papers.
IL understand" she said to her
self. Gle is so much afraid my
papers went a mark high enough
to pass Inc that he cannot wait
longer to look over tllcm."
Perhaps Elise felt that she WAS
unjust to the professor in her sur
mise, but she would have felt it
more if she had only glanced up to
meet the kind, sympathetic look in
his eyes as she handed him her
papers, not al hour before.
In a few days they all met again
in his office to hear the fiat passed
on the result of their labor. When
lie came to EIise's name he made
slight pause before he read it, and
the mark he had put on her exam
ination-a pause to give her failure
emphasis, Elise interpreted it. She
was the only one who had failed!
No need Of emphasis to make her
feel it! How was she to bear her
great disappointment
If Elise's good judgment had not
made her know how deticientshewas
in d knowledge Of this language,
she would have believed the pro-
fessOr's dislike for her had intlu-
enced his decision, but she we'll
knew it was just, and her heart
sank deep under her failure. She
did not raise her eyes from the
floor, but sat there motionless, ex-
pressionless, until the class was dis
missed, foTase last time, with con-
gratulatioRs4rom the professor
Then, without speaking to any one,
she hastily turned to leave the
room. She made her exit from his
presence to day less joyfully than
She had ever done, for, heretofore,
however serious may have been her
bearing when she entered his reel.
tation room, her face was always
tho ,pnct r,6innt ~ tho nln,o no