The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-20

school, and | intend TO be its ruler also,
Here, Aun, take my hand! Walk with
mem
The children, one and all, eyed the
Indian girl with no favor, She re-
turned their regard with certain de-
tiauce.
''please, teacher spoke up II pert
miss, 81 don't wanter set next to Indian
Abe's gal
"No more don't II" bawled trucu-
lent, untidy-looking girl of fourteen.
"We won't none of us set next to But
tonbail Ann," said third, 1.-THE last
schoolma'am she said it wasn't decent to
hev no Indian trash round white folks
school. Ali the schoolma ans we've had
they've KEEP out the Indians, p"
Buttonhall Ann hung her head, but
her eyes lightened ominously.
Miss Evals looked calmly around
Emily Ekstein, said she, to the rru-
culent damsel, "bring me that camp.
chair-the one with the carpet seat. Put
| it here beside me. Thank you.
"Ann, reckoning to the Indian girl,
"come here and sit by me- am not Sc
hard to please as these young ladies.
Ann obeyed. The other girls WINGED
beneath the sarcasm of the teachers look
and words As the Indian girl took hel
seat, half-decayed apple hurtled across
! the room and struck her on the shoulder.
| Miss Evals sprang to her feet.
I tWho dared throw that applet" de
manded she.
The culprit--a red-haired lad, of some
dozen years old-was speedily pointed
| out.
SITS John Dean" spoke score OF
voices.
"John," said Miss Evals, "you are ex-
PEELED"
John sat STILL sullenly staring at her.
The children looked eagerly on. They
had seen their schoolma'am beaten be-
fore, and expected to see it again.
But Miss Evals knew that she who
hesitated was lost. Like lovely, Grim
SON. checked young cyclone, she swept
down the aisle, pounced on John Dean,
and walked him out of school.
$50 home, you young rutfian! !" said
| she
Father he's one of the trusteesF
! howled John. "You dassn't-"
Il don't care if he were the president, VI
said Edna. tI'll have no half-clvilized
brutes in my school. Go home, and don't
come back until You come prepared tc
apologize to me, to Ann Buttonball, and
to the whole school"
The first victory was decisive one
Miss Evals had no more trouble.
Ann proved an unusually bright scholar
! and during the week two other olive
/ skinned young Buttonballs appeared Oh
| the scene, and were admitted to the edu
cational privileges OF Arkand school,
! contrary TO all precedents. as it seemed.
On Saturday night Edna went to carry
some jelly that she herself had made
after an eastern recipe, to Indian Abet
wife, who lay i'll of ague.
'sBe this the new schoolma am2' sale
the old Indian, who SAT in his doorway
cleaninga clumsy, old fashioned gun.
Eyes" Edna answered, with one o.
the gracious smiles which had assured
her supremacy over the biggest anc
ugliest lads in school.
II kind O wanted to see what you was
like" said the man. "This 'ere's the
first time them white folks has let my
kids 90 to school | dunnos it's thei
! fault they've got red skins. Not so yer,
red neither-the ole woman she was
white gal Go in and see her, teacher
and thanked"
He took up the oiled rag once more,
and relapsed into his usual silence,
while Edna passed under the low door
day and sat down by the sick woman's
! bedside, with gentle words of consola
ton.
AT the end of the quarter, the chair
! man OF the board of school trustees
eyed Miss Evals curiousiy when he called
ON her.
"Goin' to hand in your resignation,
ehl" said he.
Certainly not" said Edna. ''Wh,
should Isn
"Ghost hain't bothered yous"
"Not at all she answered
"P'raps you come by the short cut2'
"No, l do not. | came past the grave
I yard twice every day., asserted Edna
"Hain't spreined your ankle nor los
your jewelry, or had no bad luck happier
to ye?" curiously inquired Mr.. Dean.
Nothing whatever"
"Well, said the chairman, II told II,
wife, when our John Tyler went back AMI
EFT humble pie that day, and axed pardon
for his sass, that you weren't no ordi
nary gal. Here's your money, and wei
be proud to retain you in the sitooation
There amt no schoolms am we've eve
had has done like you've done.
~ have had no trouble at all, sail
Edna, SIMPLY. IL shall be glad to re
main at Arkand.
That evening, carrying a bunch of lat
roses to the sick woman at the Button
ball cabin, Edna carried good news also
Ezra, the eldest boy, was, through he
intercession, to have the post of newsbo,
on the train which daily whizzed through
Arkand.
Mrs. Buttonball looked pleadingly q
Edna.
as it true that the freight superinter
dent is sweet on you, Miss Evals!n sal
= she.
Edna laughed and colored.
"Not that know of, " said she. stoop
ing to pick up fallen rose.
"My old man says so, protested til
woman. "And my old man he's awfu
sharp to notice things other folks don
notice. | kind o hope it's so. I'd lik
We to stay in Arkand, Miss Edna.
''But | mean to stay in Arkand an
teach"
The woman put out her skeleton fin
gers and softly stroked Edna's velvet
soft hand.
you've done so much for we,n sal
she. "And us--us couldn't do niue
for yoa But we've done somethin
You amt never seen the graveyar