St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-05-21

s<s bmssu In the east and: Will,
awaiting response. tn. setfetary
joined with his colleagues in aSlvanc.
ing the work Of construction (which
was going on 1t the ForkA sTher,
was not little speculation Is t, wha
sort OF person the new teaches woult
be, and we concluded that be wa.
likely to DO Of the sickly. earncft, nm
practical missionary type.
One afternoon. about three: week,
after the first directors meetiua wa.
1t Hawley's store waiting for Ii. after
noon mail, and discussing with him
the advisability of writing agai& to the
teachers bureau. While we we've talk
ing a blackboard ratified up Ito the
door. and presently a-well. Vas 60
ing to say an angel. but these va.
rather too much of an atmosphere Of
perfectly human health abSut the
vision At the door to describe her that
way-presently some one asked in the
the post officer"
An electric shock cou!duX have
started us to our feet moro suddenly.
1t was An hour to mail time. AID Haw-
ley and l were alone in the store. Our
hats were of in . quartet Of Z
second. and l would haves given
. great deal if hadn't taken
| on my coat aud braces MP q
the cabin. Hawley rose ana went
towards the vision. acknov. lodging
with . shocking matter-of-faat Bene-
dictine bow the next question: lis
this Mr. Hawley?" Then she-thc
vision-continued: II am Mis- Fiske,
OF Denver. l came to see about the
school here. l understand 4 teacher
was wanted"
Alec turned helplessly to me with q
weak gesture, and came forward.
"Miss Fiske-ah-ah-Mr. lawrence,
the secretary" and Hawley rttreated.
leaving me 10 explain to the vi1ion that
we wanted . man teacher.
But Miss Fiske had come to;get that
school. She was bound to have il. and
we couldn't do anything but LEI her try
i. S What else could > few shelple's
SO when, a few days later5 letter
was received from = young Imam At
Omaha who wanted the position, Of
which he had heard through the teach
ers' bureau. the writer was duly in.
formed that the plscs had beSn filled:
and Miss Bertha Fiske was ins1allcd a
principal and corps Of instructors ut
tho Kingbolt Forks ''scadeSny," rs
most of its patrons were pleased to
call IL
About . week after the opening Of
the school the board Of directors made
call OF state upon the teacher and her
flock. and Miss Fiske reported prog
ress as well rs three or fouf cases of
well-deserved trouncings sh& had I'D.
ministered just where they ;vould do
the most good. She pointeJ out the
trouncees and intimated that they had
suddenly developed heretofoSe unsus-
pected goodness
1t was evident that Mist Bertha
Fiske was not only an excellent
teacher. but had practical ideas of dis
ciplinc. We took . vote before we sep
arated and unanimously del ided that
the new teacher was . succeA
She also made . great hi socially,
and in less than . fortnight. after her
arrival was star boarder at the home
Of Maj Densler, manager OF the Star
Of the West and she and Mrs.. Densler
were bosom friends
There were q number of cAher peo-
pie in camp who would have; given all
they possessed TO occupy the position
of bosom friend to Miss Fisl;e. These
were. It must be stated. mostly men. of
whom there were at least twenty Of
the eligible variety. am quite conf
dent that . frank conicssidn on the
part Of the seven or eight BACHELORS
who became regular caller& 1T Maj
Densler's would develop thS fact that
. round half dozen availed themselves,
during that fall of opportunities more
or less favorable for PROPOSE e to the
pretty schoolms'am But sic couldn't
accept all Of them, and wouldn't &C
cept one. I am inclined to think that
she gave each and every one of them .
lecture. winding iup with .
serious dissertation on the Iaissiou Of
and an argument in favor
Of universal celibacy. for I overheard
belong and Parry. two Of tie rejested
ones, comparing notes. ands their ex-
periences were strangely similar.
] wondered why Stansbuiy was 50
I was, for reasbns unnec-
essary to explain, merely a!looker-ou.
and could. therefore, give <hc matter
study. had only known
Stansbury q few months, ,he having |
some to the camp . stranger the win |
ter previous. but We had been{thrown to- |
gether q good deal. and had often heard |
his opinion ON the subject Of tsomen aud |
they werI not very
or acknowledgements |
opinions STILL have hard other |
men talk Is he did, and have observed |
hat when the enemy appeats, 1t some |
period. they capitulatc even jnorc easily |
Than do some other men. Ehad rather |
expected that Stansbury, untier the cir
would succu&ab to the
charms of the pretty schpolma' am
but he didn't He called tpon her ~
,ftcn as any Of the other bhys did, but
his spirits remained the same. and he !
lidn't grow pensive or lo,,e his appe-
lite. l tried to draw him out once in
lwhile BY mentioning Mist Fiskc. but
,e treated the subject in las usual on
,and way. Not that he mide discour-
eous remarks about Misc Fiske-he
vas enough OF . gcntlcms,a not TO ap-
,ly any Of his coarser remarks TO any
member of the SIX. But he
coffed. nevertheless
One day we were talking, about poor
belong, who was in bae way with
he case Of unrequited Affection before
nonA;on>d AZ xrhich hx TIA ,xan al,onA