Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-23

bell had rung for her next class, start
ed on, telling Elise to come over to her
room early that evening, that they
could get through with their work in
time to go out for walk. Elise and
Matte were true friends, and they all
ways studied their lessons together,
helping each other all they could, ex-
cept in Latin. Elsie would not study
that with any one, because she felt that
in it, she could hot help them in re-
turn for the assistance they would give
her.
For q few days after this little epi-
sode, Elise, although she pretended
not to mind her failure, worked at the
despised study with more zeal.
But ere long she became discouraged
again, and many time would have
begged the superintendent permission
TO quit the class, but for one reason
she knew that unless she attained a
proficiency in this branch, she could
not take full diploma that year, and,
although the study of Latin was a
great burden TO her, she could not gain
her own conse Mt to lay it down at the
cost Of losing diploma, 1.-THE consum :
nation devoutedly to be desired" Of
every school girls heart.
81 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 examination,
"but il seems too bad, after have
been so successful in all my other class
es, to give up my hopes of a diploma
and the scholarship medal without
even making an effort in this. III had
gotten the music medal, would not
care 50 much, but lost time droning
, over this old Latin, and could not pay
proper attention to my music. l rare
ly ever had such horrid luck in all my
life, and poor papa will be so greatly
disappointed when he comes to CON-
mencement 10 Here Ellse's voice fall
tered, and tear stole into her great
blue eyes.
II am so glad you are going to try,
DEAR" said the girl to whom she had
been speaking, land hope, sincerely,
you will meet with more success than
you expect" And she truly did +; all
the girls loved the beautiful, kind
Franco ish girl, for she was always
merry and always kind. She worked
hard all that Gay and remained in the
office writing long after all the other
girls had gone. The professor waited
patiently for her, but meyer glanced to
the desk where she sat. at last she
laid down her pen, folded her papers
without reading them and, with deep
sigh, handed them to the professor.
1t was seldom Elise, sighed, but she
was very tired now, and had little hope
of her labor ayailing anything. A lit
tie while after she passed by his door,
and glancing in. saw that he was Sit
ting in the same place intently reading
her papers.
~ understand !" she said to herself.
"He is so much afraid my papers went
a mark high enough to pass me that he
can not wait longer to look over
them"
Perhaps Elise felt that she WAS un-
just to the professor in her surmise, but
she would have felt it more If she had
only glanced up to meet the kind,
| sympathetic look in bis eyes as she
handed MIN her papers, not an hour be-
fore.
In few days they all met again in
his office to hear the fat pass Oh the re-
suit of their labor. When he came to
Elise's pane he made slight pause
before he read it, and the mark he had
Iut on her examination-a pause to give
her failure emphasis, Elise interpreted
it. She was the only one who had fail.
ed No need of emphasis to make her
feel it ! How was she to bear her great
disappointment
If Elise's good judg ement had not
made her know how deficient she was
in a knowledge of this language, SHE
would have believed the professors dis.
like for her had Influenced his decision
but she we'll knew it was just, and her
hear sank deep under her failure. She
did not raise her eyes from the floor,
but sat there motionless, ,expressionless'
until the class was dismissed, for the
last time, with congratulations from
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 recitation-room.
her face was always the most radiant
of the class as soon as she was dismiss
ed.
She avoided speaking to any one, and
| WALKING hrisklv To her musc-rOOm OpeD