Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-25
OUTWITTED.
o." It's Disciple, Falls Before
Artless Girlhood.

! professor of mathematics taught
to a few of the girls at the acad-
the older girls, who were going in
|any examinations. Hisreal name
Brandon, but none of the students
! him Professor Brandon except to
Zee. Even logical girls will invent
|mcs, They called him Baroko,
! was considered a good joke by
ktistcd to say that Baroko was in
PRS: mood. Nearly all the teach
The academy were honored with
flattering OF untlattering,
generally containing some refer
to their particular branches of in
tion. The science master, Mr..
had been called Sirius until
especially intelligent member of
las that dealt with the eclipt'cs,
and the like discovered that
5 was the dog star. 1t was felt
nothing less than a constellation
would do for Mr.. Madison,
IS so universally popular; so from
his name passed to Arsturus, or,
mentally, the Bright One, or even
Archangel." The amount of
ton that was lavished on Arcturus
nca!culable; but luckily he was Il
young fellow enough, and it
turn his head.
girls could never understand why
rus had anything to do with
20. They were excellent friends,
n baroko was as generally dislikcd
was admired. He looked
d. perhaps, though he was ten or
Years younger than he looked, to
>cnating. But a worse drawback
hat, though he never got vexed, he
iven to making the most bitter re-
IN the coolest, blandest Of tones.
'>tcr who wishes to be unpopular
lot DO better than keep his temper
{ sarcastic. One polished sentence
more to make his pupils hate him
4 dozen ebullitions of wrath.
lar as learning went, the logical
We're very advanced. They knew
lie about states, a little about
my, they We're always knowing
orgetting again the difference be-
the cerebrum and the cerebellum.
) AN exceptional class. There was
one backward girl in it; and she
'' stupid, but loglcseemed to burn
ram; 1t was Molly Drummond.
vas bright enough at music. and
hg. and history, and literature,
'oNid even write bad verses in the
OF the other girls. Her arith-
1f"ly, was a failure; she owned,
frankly enough to the arithmetic
T., who was not Professor Bran
mat the other girls always did her
lor her; but she considered it
'lclent expiation of this otfense
she aid their essays for them.
!orailty of the average schoolgirl
Y. Would she do the sums by
ior once? Yes, certainly; Molly
no any thing she was asked to do
she dld. They were wrong, all
H. They We're more than wrong;
were ridiculous. Evidently the
s1'enteen, too!-did not know her
pllcatlon table.
lor logic, she had as clear a head
I u ony one, when she chose. But
y NOT choose. She diaikcd the
= S1fls, whose virtues afflicted her
painful a sense of contrast;
Nc consoled herself with the re-
NJ That she could outstrip them if
also, that she dressed more
'aly' and was prettier than any of
Except Alicia Hargreaves. Alicia
',ieleen, tall and dark and hand
with a fine figure, and eyeglasses
= one Nearly all the logical
Sofe eyeglasses, except those who
f.e'acles; and they were subject
n mem to headaches and neural
Iloily was exceptional in having
sight and health and a fresh
cue wa, not beautiful, but her
"a as very charming, with its laugh
y. earnest, dark gray eyes. Her
was 1.-the and rounded, and she
III well and . ~ IT.,