St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-04-18

bear, but don't care so long as can
take lessons in singing, if he is an
ogre"
Prof. Bangemwel looked any thing
but an ogre as he stood in the parlor an
hour after his arrival, and was present
ed to Miss Minnie, his pupil, who had
4 inst come In from walk. He was tall,
as she had said but not old, being GER
tainly not over twenty-five, and not
4 thin, for he had the splendid figure Of
an Adonis, and his dark, magnetic eyes
were not covered by green goggles, and
the sweet smile that parted the hand
some lips under the long black mustache
proclaimed him any thing but '.cross. !"
''Why, Prof. BangeNwe is perfectly
splendid. papa Minnie cf(sd, after an
hours conversation with the 1rafessor,
finding herself alone with her hther.
s'He is just as handsome as he can be;
and oh! what eyes. And be is SO agree
able! / know we shall get on
splendidly.''
"There, there, that will do" said her
father, frowning. 81 would advise you
not to rhapsodize over common pro-
fessor of music. He wasn't brought
here to play the agreeable, but to teach
you music"
Minnie pouted, and thought her
| father lawfully cross" and went back
| to the professor He wanted to hear
her voice, and SO she sat down at the
! piano, and he stood very near and gave
her suggestions about her position and
told her how to draw in her breath and
how to economize it; and then, when
she sang passage, he told her where
she failed, and sang it for her, that she
might understand it better. His voica
was a splendid, soaring tenor, and it
just lifted Minnie up to the seventh
| heaven" to hear him sing. They were
| full two hours at their first lesson, and
then Minnie played and sang some sim
pie airs, and the professor joined in the
chorus. So they whiled away another
hour; and then Minnie went to her
| flowers, and the professor soon joined
her in the garden, and proved himself
as learned in botany as music.
- magnificent man." Minnie said
| thE night in her room. II have heard
and read of such men, but never saw
one before;" and all that night long she
dreamed of handsome, dark-eyed Prof.
Bangemwell.
That was only the beginning Prof.
BangemweA not only taught Minnie
| music and botany, but love. 1t was
| useless for her to try and conceal it.
| Her father frowned, her mother chided,
and Minnie told them both t'how fool
ish it was to accuse her of such non
sense.'' but at length she did not try to
| conceal her passion for the handsome
professor.
''Yes, do love him." she cried one
day when they were warning her not to
allow herself to fall in love with . poor
music-teacher. = do love him. and he
| loves me, and 7 am not ashamedto con-
! fess it. would rather die than give
him up, too, if he is poor music
teacher"
eeHer father groaned.
"Wild, insane child" he said. II
kll go and discharge the fortune
hunter Immediately" and away he
went in rage, leaving Minnie in
| tears.
Half an hour later Prof. Bangemwen,
detected and sad, came to Minnie.
Darling" he said, II have been
| turned adrift by your stern father.
must leave the house tonight and for
ever. Can you give me up or will you
| go with me? am poor man, but
| will work for you, slave for you, if you
| will be mine"
She clung to him weeping.
will rro - ch cold tstn tho 11ffa,.
| most parts of the earth with you"
"And you will leave all-father,
| mother, home, luxury?"
Eyes, gladly, if by SO doing I can be
yours forever"
He drew her closely to his breast and
| kissed her tenderly.
'Then, little one, if you love me SO
| truly, you can forgive me for little
| deception, am sure. have been play
| ing part, Minnie"
ssThen, who-what-" she began. II
| don't understand"
'sThen must explain. I am Walter
Graham"
She sprang from his arms in wonder
and amazement.
'sWalter Graham!" she repeated.
Eyes, Walter Graham. Your father
| wrote to me how utterly you scorned
| my suit. had not and could not forget
| my childish fancy for you. Through all
| the years / have been in foreign lands
have remembered you and hoped you
| would not forget the pledge made by
| our fathers. But found you had for
| gotten and refused to see me. Then
your father wrote, asking me if could
not play the part of music-teacher for
a time and stating the case as it stood.
Fortunately had received thorough
musical education in Germany, which
| enabled me to play my part we'll I did
not need to disguise, as there was no
danger of your recognizing me, and
your father and mother were in the
secret. came, saw and conquered.
Won't you forgive me?"
| She crept into his arms.
''Why, I suppose shall have to-" she
said, ''for love you SO, could not be
angry with you"
4 Just then her father came in.
$50 hor' he cried, '.you have con-
cluded to accept that horrid, impudent,
insolent fellow after all, Minnie?
Well, well, am glad that things have
ended SO happily. Take her, Prof.
Bangemwell. and if you find her half
| as good wife as she has been 3
daughter, in spite OF her caprices, you.
will never repent having taught music,
know. IN. Y. Evening World
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