The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-29

like Miss Ronald would help him march
on to fame. ] hope things will got on
good deal farther"
But. somehow, they did not. very
much farther. lie called, not once, but
many times; always had n pleasant
evening; became familiar with her
schoolroom gossip; learned her ideas of
the events and people in the country ut
large, for she kept herself posted in an
intelligent way; and he began to count
strongly on the evenings thus spent.
When things reached this point, there
| they stood for weeks, away into tho
| pleasant summer weather, through tho
change from parlor to front steps as
visiting ground, through an occasional
walk in the park, through moonlight
rides behind the finest livery horses,
| and other prescribed methods of enter
| tainmcnt
She was always pleasant, helped him
to decide many n lsnotty point, appeared
to like him, and always invited him to
| call again; but there was something
that kept things from coming to an
issue.
When August came she went away
for few weeks to a delightful little
lake in WISCONSIN, whose charms she
had acquainted herself with the summer
before and related to him.
Miss Ronald" he had said, on the
evening before her departure, do you
think this pretty little place to which
you are going would be anything of
| rest to the brains of a certain tired law
| yer we wot OFF"
II should think it would" she re-
piled. 'and they tell me September is
| the lovcliest month of all the year to be
| there"
| September When she would be back
in her hot schoolroom, He could imag-
inc her there and himself stretched out
on the cool grass, with the pretty little
lake few yards away, the cool breeze,
the blue Sky and all the other charm
ing things she had talked of; only he
felt sure that, stretched out in the
midst of them all, he should see that
schoolroom, with n very hot little
school-mistress, and SO many restless
boys that needed dropping out of the
window, and SO many girls whose hair
needed combing with the pointer, that
it was hard to tell where to begin first,
and SO the teacher did not begin at all.
IN try it in September" was his re-
sponse, as he dropped her hand with a
"Good-by," and went home to mediate
on what her words might, or might not
mean. and to almost swear Mt the man
who wrote the lines that would keep
running in his mind, until sleep came,
at n late, or, rather, early hour to ban
| ish them.
Ills sweet TO love: but. oh. how bitter
To love girl and then not git heri"
Miss Ronald went away. Inside of n
week her friend had sent her n box of
candy, basket of assorted fruits, the
daily papers, and began raclxing his
brains to think what he could do next
Her pretty little note Of thanks decide d
him. The thing ne did do next was to
send this note:
miss RONALD: Do you not think August IS
almost equal to September. or sufficiently so
to have good effect on the tired lawyers
brainsf"
And she wrote back:
"MR. WALDO: August seems to be doing very
well and hear wo are to have cold wet fall
The lawyers brains may not be cold-watcr
| proof"
He thought SO. too, and the next
morning saw him travelling in search Of
sunshine, material and spiritual, and
very hopeful of finding it.
How cool Miss Ronald looked as he
drove up hot and dusty, to the steps of
the large house where summer board
was dispensed for weekly.considera-
ton. But her welcome was cordial.
They went to ride that evening. He
followed all the prettiest drives with her