The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-03-15

tho Hebrides and Yucatan and the Obi
River; but, ~oh. dear! what are the
isothermal zones2"
She made her lips and her smooth
brow into a ludicrous pucker as she
looked meekly up at him.
He laughed, with that enjoying, boy
ish slap Of his hand on his knee.
'IIon't you know, honor bright2' he
ejaculated.
sho shook her head solemnly. 81
haven't the faintest idea. never did
care for physical geography, and it's gone
right out of my head"
She bit tart ruefu!ly. "Won't you
take one of these2 You SEQ how much
of this could never eat No, don't
believe I'll get certificate at all"
He gazed at her with poignant regret
in his eyes.
"Oh, 1 hope so!" he said, sincerely.
'You've handed in your papers, haven't
you2" he added, vaguely.
She shook her head.
"No; I was foundering through the
end Of it when l got hungry
They looked at each other with wide
eyes, startled by common idea.
"Oh, no, no you mustn't Itwouldn't
he right or honest" she gaspea, half
laughing, half awed.
"Abstractly, it wouldn't" the young
man responded, refectively. 'Ordinal.
lily, | shouldn't dream Of doing it, in.
deed; but, you see, you aren't adopt
ing teaching as profession-you're not
going to teach but one term, and that
for the sake of isa being new expert
ence, and to please your uncle-and 1t
would be pity fer paltry certificate
to prevent you, and / don't feel that I
should violate my conscience by helping,
you to it little, aud -and-the isother"
NAL zones are spaces On opposite sides Of,
the equator having the same mean tenn
perature and bounded by corresponding
ing isothcrmal li2asSn .aewI5t
4.asia-RidglAy,a
buggy, two weeks later, and rushed up
the walk like small cyclone.
She had been t5 the Postofhce, and
she held blue envelope in her hautlS or
clutched it. !
"pve got ltP' she crled.
Aunt Ridgley was sweeping off the
sp7e got it'll My per cents. weren't
very good, you know, but l passed.
Won't Uncle John be glade Where is
he?"
Gland alive" said Aunt Ridgley,
weakly. "What you gota He's in the
barn, likely"
Uncle Ridgely was glad. He studied
the small document. with interspersed
remarks. =,
~ knew you hadn't no call to worry"
ssPretty good" "Hain't never ben a
better teacher in this deestrict than
You'll make ke-warrant yel"
He took off his spectacles as he handed
it back.
"There was o young man here jest
now,n he observed, ''about the school.
Seems he had one engaged over to Bev-
erly. and scarlet fever broke out oveV
there. and they amt goiu' to have no
school yet awhile, and he como over to
see about gettin' this one. Dave Han
lev told him abont it; seems he's q
/ cousin of Dawes. Took examination
two weeks ago, same as you did. Wal,
told him my niece had got the school
promised to her. said Uncle Ridgcly,
sercncly. ,
s'What did he look like" said Milly,
with sudden interest.
"Ch, YOU needn't spunk up! He:
goin' home on noon train," said Cnclt
Ridgely, winking. "W'y, good lookin
Teller he was; taller'n most, and hal
color O. that cream colored nag anc
curly, and a good, strong lookin'--"
Miily crushed her certificate in her ex
cited hand.
"Where is he2" she demanded.
"W'y, over to Dave Hanley's. l s'pose
Dawes his cousin. What are you goin
to" :,
But whatever Mi ly was going to d.
she was already doing. She was gone
and she had dropped her certificate o.
the barn floor.
Davo Hanley's front door was open
md reasonably full of small Hanleys, ou
Milly stepped over them.
She could Loo; through to the bac
!, porch, where Dave sat with his visitor
} and she run through the house.
| The visitor rose.
, "Why-why-" he stammered.
[ He was bew1ldered, but his deilgt
} was more than his hewilderment. ID
} took her hand, in his agitation, an
, then rendered that he had small rigt
( to, and blushed.
g Dave Hanley, whether from contusio
1 or superfre dellcacy wandered in'
4. the yard.
! Milly shook hands. If she had locke
8 pretty in cloth gown and cap, she WI
irresistible in blue blouse and stripe
e skirt, and no hat at all, and the your
r man devoured her with bright eyes.
a "Ivc come to tell you," she painted,
il she was out of breath-"that it's me Il
t school is promised to; it's here my unc
n Ridgely lives-don't you see5 Al
l. I'm going to give it up for you, in 20
: favor. ihave no right to it, don't y
understand Idon't believe I'd ever
/. nv certificate if it hadn't been for yo
If had been bit lower in geograph
D. | shouldn't have passed. 1t was rca
q you that got it for me, you unscrupullo
1t person. And l don't need the school
y was only for Uncle Ridgely and you {
sr You want to study law, and-well, you
,. got to take it." -.
n She was not to be moved the fractl
d of an inch. She stood there, flushi
RUnn. ,oro+t;lv smiling md twisting