The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-17

% him. Ara - despIsss mel And -
will never. never forget"
And there forgot that | belonged
10 family u boys where no one ever |
wept, and burst into sudden tears; and |
Claudia. Nell and Lottie fell 70 CON-
forting me.
A. the weeks went on grew more
and more convinced that hated and
always should hate Mr.. Tudor-that
he thought me young. ignorant, stupid.
flippant. spoilt and conceded; that he
despised my intellect. rcmemembered
nv foolish speeches and always would
remember them. His eyes had way
u twinkling when he looked at me and
looked away again; all the perplexing
questions seemed 10 fall 10 me, and his
lips twitched when ! spoke Of gavel-
| kind rs a custom duty, and found
Wo,sey guilty under the Statute OF
| Purveyance. He seemed to enjoy my
| blunders; the worst mistakes Of
/ Claudia, Nell and Lottie never pro-
voked in him even . temptation TO
\ smile
! But the bad half-hour in my week
was on Saturday afternoons when
went alone to him. and sat by his side
whilst he spread out that weeks his
tory paper Of mine before him and
commenced on its faults and required
an explanation Of its antiquities, and
waited patiently with most courteous
attention for my answers Now and
then. glancing up at him quickly, \
caught CLEAN Of laughter deep down
in his ewes Yet when he spoke his
voice was slow and grave and weighty.
II was Saturday afternoon in the
middle Of the term. l sat beside him
at the table. listening meekly to his
criticisms.
..You miss the point here. Miss
ChrystaI"
Yes. Mr.. Tudor
"And here you speak Of impeach-
ment A. though it were procedure by
bill
.Yes. Mr.. Tudor
I THAT is a somewhat grave mis-
take"
l could not acquiesce again. And
| | the monosy liable yes was the only
I form of answer that came TO me.
II And here. think. you were re
, quired 10 discuss the constitutional i'm
: portance Of these events?"
: "Yes. Mr.. Tudor"
; you have not done so, Miss Chrys
] tall
{ ..No-I am afraid Il am afraid not
You mistook the question, posi-
: bly?'
: He was looking gravely at me. wait
: ing My spoken answer. like my writ
ten answer, was not very much to tn
point spoke desperately.
What j. the good 81 il alp ! said
= What does il matter about the judi
/. cial system. and who has the control Q
! taxation' What does it matter abou
/ the Parliament. and the courts, and a
! the dull old lawss One cant reall
z care for the constitution
4 had time while he sat suryeyin
me to feel ashamed Of my babyisi
: passionate speech
what made you think Of devotin
yourself to the study Of constitution;
hiStory2r he said. with gentle surpris'
"A His rentleness seemed like satire NJ
= eyes. in spite Of myself. suddenly file
a with tears Suddenly he looked ava
from me- He asked me no more que
~ tions. For the next five minutes
talked rapidly. without pause Whs
resolutely blinked back my tears N
i glanced at him. he was diligently III
y figuring my history paper with crook
y circles. and his face was less brow
~ than rudy.
After that day his eyes ceased
A twinkle when he looked at me;
~ passed me over in class and put Il
n pulling questions to Nell N
" Claudia. and was almost gentle whs
went alone to him. He gave up a
~ ing me to expound this theory al
In that argument which he had failed
M follow; and. when he was forced
cn condemn my work. he worded
a. blame mildly and looked away as
IN spoke
'I ..He has forgiven you. Cis." sa
- the girls. HE completely ignor
you now-for which you are thankf'
a. Cis. are you not?'
VERY thankful" said. sand
go impressiyeiy. for needed to convin
ia myself as well a the girls
I;d / was inconsistent. for l began
wish that he would find me amusi
~ again. and % feel pangs Of disappoiI
a. ment in class when he passed me ov,
~ and to desire. with quite unreasona'
~ eagrrness. that he should look at !
again. even il his eyes should ha
IL. laughter in their depths But eve
= week the laughter seemed furtf
away And il he was grave in ella
he was gravcr still on Saturdays
gazcd steadily At my paper As he q
"A cussed 1t. and discussed it rs though
dream. He no longer thought
flippant. and conceited. and fooli'
ire and tried to cure me. lie no Ions
u thought OF me ut all. II was only
ew the end Of the term that he set asl
-. his perfunctory tutor manner.
ers Are you going home. Miss Chr.
lor tal?'' he asked me. hesitatinglv.
"a. Yes Not nj once though Fol
led week or two am going to stay "
10 Claudia Miss Harrison. mean III
se. she will come home with me-
IA II may be spending my holid
hin near you. Perhaps-possibly-we n
ant meet each other"
a. ..Oh yes. very possibly" said a
al suddenly I felt light-hearted ~
thought Of holidays There was
trc nance and ro.e and held out