Telegram-herald., 1889-06-28

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useless f0rE44tg. He stepped llso b.sssl's
lzrgs. sr4Etlly flrnis1ed. r-4g c4rpstSa oesg
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Dc gzsped as BE ssood there. He bad
v4guely hoped fos little reprlsse, b.-l sis
AL there Dy the amp, ssons, o-sDdAsg
ossr so1o s0rz SIZE FOse a. hls entrance.
sHa came fus~2r nIIlS tOo-er her hanc,
Det ne dld ao< see A. sad sac dropped u
cacs a. ass.src haste
y OCT yO4 tszs a caalrf- sire said
she broaght cne tr~ad Thornton sal
down he dropped h1s n@a1 Is he I'D 50, and
picxed ap ~ssu a rod faGe Then he sat
stu he wou-d have tired 70 speAk, bat hs
knew Ne could not, Ia tongue telt shIc4
ard ia movabhs
It's showing, ant y" said the school
teacher, sa> bore the mar As CT cIf1dencs
herself N her tImOro1s voice and hook
Thorton nodded II was al he could do
II stared At her fixesily, almost vacuously
HIS mind wandered back and stroye 20
anchor itself 70 something Once he had
Of a sociable. and taken her hand in one Of
the games; once be h al overtaken her, n
wagon, on her way 70 school ami gwen her
q lift Thai was all lie thought II might
have been less hard for hHa II there had
been something more. but th'.t was al his
morbid sei-1istrustfaIness had allowed
hlm.
The ticking OF a clock on a corn-rstand
hlied the silence. IL was round, nickel
clock, and II tlcked so loudly as 10 force
Itself upon them
That's nv school -ctock,7 said the teach
err Il am al ready for tomorrow There
are my books over there with 4 and the
register.
The school director dropped his miserable
ewes 10 the faded stripe in the carpet ~ his
feet, but he did not IL; ms hat shook
with the trembling OF hIs hands
1--WE ben thinking how many I'll have,
likely" the school teacher went on. His
misery impaired itself 10 her ia "A degree OF
nervousness, and she let her work drop IL
had twenty five this summer; there's al
ways more winters, amt there,"
tie managed 20 say yes His eyes were
wandering about the room now, his lips
parted as II for AR He saw n new pane In
the window, clunsily putt.ed-a cSmphor
bottle LEFT on the melodc ou-a brrak IN the
cane seat Of u chair-a small tub filled with
white asoers still in bl0om. he continued
lookirg ut hese.
They're real late, amt they" said the
girl, They're mine. l potted S1n myself
and guess they'll last best part OF the win
ter; Eve heard they Will, took care Of Do
you want ones'
She put down her wori, and went nnd
picked one. Then, with a shy laugh, she
took her scissors and went back TO them.
May oe your mother'd like n few; she
hadn't got 'em, has sher' she said.
She made a bunch and tied 1T with her
black thread Thornton watched her, a
slight girl In cheap and well worn dress,
her dark hair in girish brad, and her
eyes mild THIS she was, but who shall tell
what be wasi HIS agooy rose, cutminated
"a she turned 20 nm; he clutched his hat
toward him with the flowers.
There, NAV be she'd hike n fcTv,' She re-
peated. fam t-hesrtediy; buthe lid not bear
her He felt has face afiame like fire, and
a choking IN hrs throat he struggled To
speak aud did make an Tnarticuiate sound,
AZ which she looked at hnn in wonder
He looked up at her pitlfuliy-and then fell
stumbingiy on his knees az her feet and
buried his face IN her skirt, and cropping
for Der hands, pulled them down TN they
pressed hEs throooiug head and rested
there, her happy, wondering tears falling
upon them
- Bssafuig- said Dave Kinney TO Hanks,
the store keeper. "rd ike to know what's
yvur tdcs o. bash fuluess wy, Jim Thorn
ton walked out o. thus store that night and
up TO BisseIs straight q string. and told
that schOol-teacher that. OWN to cIrcum-
stances that he didn't have no control over,
she couldn't have the school this winter, ner
likely there couldn't NOBODY else Deither.
but II it'd be any consideration 70 her, she
could have his; told her that right up and
down. and didu't make no bones Of II. IL
Jim Thornton's 5 bashful. Wv, the feller that
amt what ia like To see.'-Emma "a
Opper, in Leslie'S Newspaper.