Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-02

~ AheeNOhAS bhb eAAO WIN ~
one rainy afternoon. when they shoed
every chair and smashed six in the
process. These pots and jars by the
window were not as might at first be
supposed a collection OF mud nies.
but bulbs which the young Gr2ys
were growing with great pains.
II anyone had pushed over the foot
STOOL they would have found under
meath the hideous picture OF young
man burnt with red poker; II the
cupboard door had been open. more
portraits on the door-done in ink
this time-would have been seen;
that is to say. if portrait is tho righ5
word for that simple form OF art
where two straight lines stand for the
nose and mouth, two dots for the
eyes. and q large cracked round for
the head; and huge label shows
whom the drawing is made to repre-
sent.
The soi.disaut funeral march. the
squealSius of the slate pencil and the
Cabling of the reader went o. and
it grew hotter. Suddenly Evelyn
broke into revolt
Il won't learn any moro about the
silly pet lamb " she cried. tits a
wretched animal"
She received bad mark blithely.
for she knew she herself by-and by
would lay the mark book on her
fathers table. taking care that the
page with the bad mark was shut
and the only sheet where good was
written wide open. Out OF this one
good mark she made great capital.
showing it up regularly every even
ing. and the rest OF her black record
was never discovered to her unsus-
pecting parent
Five o'clock-books were put away.
Only Tilla stayed few minutes TO
wrangle over translation o. hers
which began" "a sinister sheer rose
up from the tomb
But it does not mean anything"
her teacher suggested
1T is translation, replied Tilla
doggedly.
But it is nonsense continued
Fraulein almost weeping.
Il can't help it. l did not write
II.
Tilla consented. after much argu-
ing TO change "a sinister sneer" TO
"a sinister sneerer" but further than
that she would not go
The preceptress powdered her nose
grown rather pink. remarking with
simple craft That next to washing
ones hands powdering ones nose
was the most refreshing thing in the
worldm
Schoolroom tea was brought in.
Poor Frauein! She had seen so many
schoolroom teas. Oh. the bread and
butter of ones childhood! How hor-
rid 1t is in hot weather.
The children gave faint hurrah
when the schoolroom maid brought in
II dish OF Singing Hennes delca-
ces made OF little Jumps of baked
pastry sprinkled with currents.
Fraulein sat at one end OF the table
and dispersed fried chumps-a dish. l
believe. never seen anywhere but at
schoolroom teas. Tilla sat at the top
and poured out weak tea from the
pewter pot 1t was rather difficult
for everybody to squeeze round the
table at the same timo and oh so
hot! Seats were rather few so Pop
ply had the music-stool and Tilla sat
on the arm OF the big armchair
Outside. the blue sky was changing
to pale gold and the air was cool
ing ever so little. Alice the elder
daughter OF the house looked in.
She was going to her first party that
! night and came TO show her dress
Radiant and lovely all the world,
she thought lay before her. No
sorrow had crossed her path. Frau
lein patted her kindly on the back
with her thin old hand and hoped she
would enjoy herself. Yet she sighed
a little. She had known nothing but
dull drudgery aud unhappiness her.
self The schoolroom party prepared
! for their evening walk.
Goodbye Frauein. said Alice;
and the bright young creature went
away singing a German rhyme.
Down the long dusty lane nature
had declled the hedges as il for the
passing OF royal procession. Pink
] and white wild roses with bright
gold crowns. nodded and waved.
spreading out little delicate arms
covered with blossoms Clustering OF
their flowers and blushing buds chung
to the thorn, and entwined long trail
ing sprays with sweet scented honey
suckle. Scarlet peoples grew along
the bank. staring up with bold. beau
tiful eyes and ripening corn rustled
in the fields behind the hedge
Fraulein saw none OF these things.
She was looking at her boots won.
dering il they would last until Christ
mas and going over a dreadful COM
pound sum which haunted her day
and night; so much squeezed from her
! salary each year. SO much interest
: from the savings bank-would it keep
her when she could work no more?
A cart driven by man none too
sober came swiftly round the corner
Come up hereg' called her pupils
from the bank.
Hi hi" shouted the man
"Ah!" cried Fraulein. very flurried.
running undecidedly to one side She
! then shrieked running hack aoain