Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-02-27
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MAN.

AIR, and away over the fence salleS
the professors hat, battered and dis
honored. -1sr ...- s-s.. .s.,t .-..
A ripple of girlish laughter fioatet
up from some one behind him, and
looking around sngrily, the professo
caught glimpse Of a pair OF dark,
roguish eyes peepingat him out of
pretty hood, which did not hide tht
saucy face of the maiden who hat
thrown the ball.
She watched the professor as h,
climbed over the fence. regained hi
tile, and tried rather ruefully t.
smooth its battered sides; ther
she scampered toward the school
house. sid. ....
Joel Sherwood had just emerged
from the university at W with
considerable honor and the degree oI
good opinion most men of his age en-.
tertain for themselves. He really wa.
entitled to great deal of credit fol
the courage and steadfastness of pur.
pose with which be had toiled to make
his way through the tedious universi-
ty course He had done it alone and
at the same time managed to help his
widowed mother in keeping what had
proved to be very gaunt and per-
sistent wolf from the door. But the
world, as is its custom, had been
somewhat slow in recognizing his
genius, so that when the winter term
of school at Weston was offered to
him he was only too glad to accept
it, hoping that in the meantime
something better would come to
him. = ,.a-.g ..a ...sJ g. -
. He epicked up his hat with some
sense of disgrace and strobe to the
school l-house. %. t'..' .
1t was the eventful first day. aud
it must be confessed that Joel's heart
for minute sank very low as he saw
the roguish face disappear through
the door of the building which was to
be his castle for the next few months.
He had a dim foreboding that trouble
was in store for him. But shortly his
courage rallied, and with lips closed a
little more firmly than usual be stepped
to the desk. ..ors.' -.al -,IsaJ ed
Nan, with many a girlish giggle,
was relating her adventure to a circle
of admirers. as ..sf U.-n a. q
The idea of young fellow like
him bringing tall hat down here /!
My! how mad he looked when the
thing went over the fence! Well, it
was rather mean, after, all, but I'll
never see him again. I don't know
who he is. Some city chap, | s'pose,
down to look at the natives. IN, O..
Just then the door opened and the
professor walked in. .a. np.su.s .
If Joel could have seen the glorious
crimson which swept Mans face he
might have known how toorly priced
was her victory. But he was busy and
had almost forgotten the episode a
moment later. 18t
1t was brought back again, however,
when he CHANGED to glance at Nan.
Once more the food of crimson dyed
her cheeks, but she buried her face in
book and waited until it had van.
ished. ... b.. r ,.
That winter Joel Sherwood learned
many valuable lessons. 1t was a good
school for him. He knew more about
himself when the term was over than
he ever had before. He put away the
silk hat and wondered why he ever
should have worn it down to Weston.
By this time he did not feel himself
so very much superior to the people
there as he had felt They proved to
be kind hearted and intelligent and
he liked them the better the more he
knew them. "a. a,.,,,.,.. .,t 2a' 81,
aG He had found Nan disturbing ele-
ment in his little dominion. Not that
she meant to do anything wrong, but
that she had to much mischief in her
nature not to be at the bottom of many
project which brought the new
teacher into disrepute. She never pre-
tended that she had no hand In these
plots There was no deceit IN Nan.
Whatever she did was so frank that
Joel's Preproof was tempered by
strange feeling which caused him to
forgive the spirit which prompted
Mans action-a feeling he knew not
how to anslyze. 4 is o} -i,oL
< Once, when she aperpetrated some
annoving trick on him, and
he had met her out of school hours
on, the way home, her pretty smile and
look Of respect had driven every spark
of anger from his heart, and he broke
oh, Mani Why will you---'a al
.sq, But she had pulled her hand out of.
land fed before words were out
of his mouth. hGa e,!fao s'1gnesagtI .fs
!. And { MAJ - she, was the. same
thoaghtless girl, as far as Joel acould
see, as the weeks sped quickly by and
brought them nearer the end of the
term, She led the boys and girls in
every gsme.eS She could outskate them,
not aboyf dared To challenge her to
srace Son theSiceaforfear of the defeat,
he knew would await him. Her hap,
Dylau0h rippledi eyerywhere. Not a.