Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-05
THE STORY OF A WINK

From the Springfield Republican.
The Jenkinstown high school rejoice
in corps of eight teachers, seven
women and one solitary man. He who
was SO sadly in the minority was Mr..
Senstone, the principal. For the pre-
siding officer of Il large and tlOurishing
high school, such as that of Jenkins
town, one straightWay conjures up be-
fore ones mental vision tall, stately
figure with rather a severe and forbid
ding aspect But that was not Mr..
Shenstone at all. He was little man,
scarcely five feet three in height, and of
very slight frame. He had the rosiest
of red checks, the bluest of blue eyes,
and his profile was glrlish and fresh.
Yet he had charming little golden
moustache fringing his ruddy upper lip.
He was young, only a at the
time of my story, but he looked like a
sub-freshman rather than young man
out of college two years. The big boys
of the high school nicknamed him
"Rosy," and visitors mistook him at
first for one of the students. Luckily
for my story, inches do not make q
hero. Mr.. Shcnstono'S appearance ut
terry belied his nature and character,
for there was no temininity there. He
was a bright fellow, of strong mental
caGber and steady purpose, and he
knew well how to govern those same
big boys who had nicknamed him so
tacetlouSly.
Il was the custom Of the women who
taught in The Jenkinstown high school
to array themselves during morning
prayers behind the principal in a solid
phaianN at the back of the rostrum,
Among these estimabe ladies there sat
at the time of my story q tiny woman,
newly arrived in JenkinstoWn, who
modcstly shrank into the last chair on
the platform. 1t was plain to see that
this little lady considered herself a
mere cipher in that row Of learned la
dies, headed by the preceptress. She
WAS about to make her first attempt at
the pedagogical art rs she was just
graduated from Wellesley.
The first time Miss Hannah Weed
dad shrunk into her corner seat on the
platform and had timidlv raised her
eyes she saw at the desk a small young
man c'aspiuga large open bible. The
bible and the young man were out o
proportion. Miss Hannah gasped and
asked herself if that could be the prin
ripal The next moment she heard the
little man say decidedly: eff there is
anyone in the school who will not give
his attention during these few moments
of dcVotional exercises ! { nall send him
from the ROOM After that Miss Han
nah concluded that the principal was
not SO much of :, BOY as he looked
MIR, ShenstGne was a shy young man,
and Miss Hannah was shy Young
woman. SO their acquaintance pro-
crossed little after their first introduce
6jon to each other. One morning, how
ever. Mr.. Shenstonc happened to turn
around during the singing Of the hymn
AT PRAYERS, to glance at the clock on the
wall As he did so his eyes rested for a
moment on the tiny teacher IN the cor
Rer, and thought struck him. "By
,E6ye, she wouldn't tower head and
shoulders above q fellow, as all the 9TH
er girls d." No, Miss Hannah GER
tainiy could not do that, as she was
three inches shorter than Mr.. Shep-
stone. 1t was a strange coincidence,
but a similar, thought flashed through
Miss llannah's mind that same morn
ing: "He would not take such long
strides as papa and brother Jack do,
and | wouldn't have to run to keep up
with him, she said to herself.
The next morning Mr. Shenstone
made some observations that his shy
ness had not allowed him to make be-
fore. He noticed that Miss Hannah
had fluffy brown hair done up in be-
wildering little French knot behind--he
liked brown hair. He saw that Miss
Hannah had pair of dark gray eyes,
which had rather an entreating express
sion III them-he liked gray eyes Of Just
that sort He decided, also, that the
most fascinating feature she had was
small, dainty chin, with 4 dear little
dimple tucked away in it. He liked all
these things, but alas, the more he liked
the shycr he GREW The two Young PEG
pic scarcely ever spoke to each other
except in reference to school matters.
Once they stood on the platform to-
gether for moment, us Miss Hannah
stepped forward to ask the principal
some questions about the morning work,
Immediately some OF the older and more
romantic Of the school girls who were
not in love with the Young principal
themselves thought: "What pretty
little couple they'd make /" This
thought suggested other thoughts, and
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