The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-04-23

l will pay him well for it, and YOU will
progress much faster than you would
at lockwood. want you to study hard
and apply yourself strictly to your
music. shall poster you no more
about Walter Graham, for 1 have writ
ten to him how you feel upon the sub
Ject and now that Prof. Bangemwell is
coming you need worry no more about
that fellows annoying you"
Prof. Bangemwellr' repeated Min
ME. What a name! / know he is old.
and tall, and thin, and wears green
spectaeles, and will be as cross as a
bear, but | don't care SO long as l can
take lessons in singing, if he is an
ogre"
Prof. Bange1nwen 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
just come in from walk He was tall,
as she had said, but not old, being GER
tain1y not over twenty-five, and not
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. Bangemwell is perfectly
splendid, papa,'' Minnie cried, after an
hours conversation with the professor,
finding herself alone with her father
''He is Just as handsome as he can be;
and oh! what eyes. And he is so agree
able! know we shall get on
splendidly"
There, there, that will do,'' said her
father, frowning. II would advise you
not to rhapsodize over a 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 il for her, that she
might understand it better. His voice
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.
"a magnificent man." Minnie said
that night in her room. Il 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.
Bangemwell 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 .'how DOL
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.
Eyes, / do love him." she cried one
day when they were warning her not tc
allow herself to fall in love with a poor
music-teacher Il do love him, and he
loves me, and l am not ashamed to con
fess it. | would rather die than give
him up, too, if he is a poor music
teacher
Her father groaned.
''Wild, insane child" he said. 50
will go and discharge the fortune
hunter immediately" and away he
went in rage, leaving Minnie il
tears.
Half an hour later Prof. Bangemwell
detected and sad, came to Minnie.
'Darling,'' he said, Il have beer
turned adrift by your stern father.
must leave the house tonight and for
ever. Can you give me up or will yor
go with me? / am a poor man, but
will work for you, slave for you, if yol
will be mine.
Slfe clung to him weeping.
81 will CO." she said, Ito the utter
most parts of the earth with you"
sAnd you will leave all-father
mother, home, luxury?"
Eyes, gladly, if by SO doing can b.
yours forever"
He drew her closely to his breast ant
kissed her tenderiy.
'"Then, little one, if you love me 81
truly, you can forgive me for LITTLE
deception, / am sure. have been play
ing a part, Minnie.
.'Then, who-what-" she began. =
don't understand
"Then must explain. | am Waite
Graham"
She sprang from his arms in wonde
and amazement.
''Walter Graham!,' she repeated,
''Yes, Walter Graham. Your fathe
wrote to me how utterly you seorneC
!. my suit. / had not and could not forge
: my childish fancy for you. Through al
: the yeas / have been in foreign lands
have remembered you and hoped yol
: would not forget the pledge made b,
our fathers. But found you had for
. gotten and refused to see me- Thel
| your father wrote, asking me if coult
not play the part of music-teacher TO