Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-10-04
LOVE VS. DISCIPLINE.

n wa evening In the gloomy old fash
lOned kitchen Of Farmer Grey. The
green paper curtains. covered with pict-
ures Of impossible scenery and strange
ErOtesque figures. were lowered. shutting
out the white moonlight as Il lay upon
she now covered fields like glittering
erystalA
Great logH Of oak and cedar filled the
wide fireplace, casting a ruddy. cheerful
glow around the rOom; an AngOra cat
hay basking In the bright freight, while
upon the opposite side Of the hearth,
SWITCHED a. full length, lay a great Now.
soundland dog; the yellow painted door
was OleaR as hands could make H. and
aieOgetbef the room presented q scene "
pWEnl comfort o 20 bC despised.
The farmer sat IA hS easy chair. deep
~ meditation. with hia eyes fastened
uPOn the lire. while the busy housewife,
with doft fingers. piled the knitting
neodleN end glanced occasionally ~ the
couple seated - the table busy with
tbeiF hSOkS. Il wa their daughter and
she distFiet school teacher.
Path Orgy was IN only child, and
from the time when Gho hrst began to
oalk had ruled her loving subjects In the
Mite kingdom Of home with absolute
sway. She wa now n years Of age,
with laughing brown eyes and waving
aubuFn hair. that rippled aud shone
with a touch Of gold In its soft meshes
when Sho faced the sun. Her COM
plexion was fair and pure as an apple
blossom Her dress wns q simple brown
naerno, with q plain white collar fas-
tened at the throat by a blue ribbon,
while streamers Of the same azure hue
Conhned the meshos of waving hair.
She was tail and slender, with a supple,
willowy grace p%erceptible In every move
Rent Of her graceful form.
Her companion wns apparently 20
years OF age, with a broad white brow
and dark hair. which clustered in little
ringlets about his forehead; his eyes
were black and penetrating: the grave,
firm mouth betokencd indomitable will
and strength Of character; his face was
smooth. and his large. well made form
wa arrayed In a suit OF plain black. He
wa college educated, and while waiting
for q situation had learned hat he could
have the winter school in this district to
teach. and being poor. had accepted it
rather than remain idle until a more
eligible n presented itself. He was far
from despising small beginnings.
lie well knew that the school bore no
enviable reputation. for by report 1t was
known far and near. Only the winter
before the scholars had chosen to give
the teacher a seat in a snowdrift, and
and then entering the school room had
held high carnival, laughing and ieering
at him as he tried in vain to enter. and
In despair no had turned his back upon
the school and the town. He well knew
that It was no light task which he had
undertaken, but only q tighter closing of
the firm lips was visible as he accepted
the trust, and silently vowed to conquer
or die. II wa Il school of fifty scholars,
ranging from four to twenty years Of
& A mixed assembly. some good,
some bad, and some neither the one nor
the other. but ready to join the strongest
party
lie was Obliged to board around, and
as he was exceedingly particular and fas-
tidiOuS in all his personal ~affairs. some
which he was Obliged to make
were Iaughable in the extreme. echose
the place farthest from his school for his
first bnarding place. and az he took his
seat nt the supper table he glanced ap-
pa!lrd at the view which the board pre-
aented The dishes were cracked and
gnmy and the supper was composed Of
a dish Of potatoes. Familiarity known
among the country people as the ''long
Johns" Gigantic in size, they lay black
and heavy upon the dirty plate, hanked
by n deep yellow dish, two-thirds full Of
pork fat, while slices of the pork, fried
to a cinder. ioated upon the top. A
plate Of bread. with a leaden strip at the
bottom Of each slice. and a small piece of
butter composed Of alternate stripes Of
white and yellow, completed the viands
He crushed down the rising feeling OF
disgust and made no sign. even when
the young son. a boy Of 10 years Of age
seized u Of the potatoes I'm his dirty
unwashed hands. and, squeezing II. ex-
claimed Marin, this ere later aint
done. and laying It down coolly repeat.
ed the operation with the rest.
This was a sample Of the meals which
be was compelled to partake of while he
stayed at his first boarding place, but ne
was more fortunate in his next selection
Il was at Farmer Qrey's. and Mrs. Grey
wal a noted housewife. Faith was one
OF his hardest pupils TO manage. Never
dung any mischief which he could trace
i"cv To her. yet. by some u%naccount
ir'. he was sure that she j
st a. art IN direct defiance,
%4lf.aly and hen detected b
own i.c. would be az demure and inn,
cent looking IA that Of a kitten.
She W." 4 ready and apt scholar. ar
AremsL really delighted with the oppor
-hties Of ~learning which the talente,
young master placed within the reach Of
90 He WIS Possessed Of a vast fund G,
general information, and he gave Z,
plrm without measure and without
rnt De was kind and gentle. but q
rulh ihsy found him ~maater-n'