The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-05-26
And the pranlzs they had played!

and the fun they had had!
probably it is because people only
hear of that side of the story that they
call society frivolous" thought Dorothy
as she remembered some of the queer
notions she had had herself.
4 "Why, even the men had been a de-
lightful surprise, for with all their as.
sumed Indifference they had done some
that morning she congratulated Ned
Marshall so gushingly on his bravery,
and he replied:
"'You're awfullv kind, Miss Adams,
but you didn't think I'd let the little
fellow drown, did your"
Oh! yes, she might even have made
hero of him if he hadn't parted his
hair in the middle and talked with 3
lisp.
If she could only have been as sensi
BILE about them all! But how could she
one she had ever known, and he had
been so kind-just cousinly kindness
of course.
"And it's all over now." she thought,
land will be sensible. was born to
be teacher, ! was trained to be 8
teacher, and teacher will be-"
i. Having freed her mind she swung her
chair around with force that did not
augur well for the pranks of the com
ing boys at Queerville academy, and
that provoked a smile from the gentle
man behind her, who exclaimed:
Gently, Cousin Dorothy, you almost
demolished one of my pet castles in
the air. know you must have been
preparing harapgue for the doctor on
confess now, wasn't it the follies of
fashionable life?'
"Where did you come from, Cousin
Jack? You certainly were not there
when I came into the car Where
were you? And where are you going?''
mot so fast, Cousin Dorothy! Hasn't
the doctor always said that a success
full teacher should progress step by
step. tremble for the future of the
academy"
Don't be foolish, please. Where did
you come from?"
''Originally? merciful Providence
alone knows. To-day, you say? From
Bar Harbor, madam"
where are you going?"
ITO Boston-if it please YOU Can't
go to the head now?"
II don't understand" said Dorothy,
petuantly.
But you can't blame me for that
I'll help you all can.
'You see, with my natural modesty
kept aloof from your giddy party on
the boat. and at Rockland there were
so many tears shed and such sad fare
wells said that really could not in-
trude. took my chair after the train
started and then you"
"Yes."
sob, yes. Then you were lost in
such deep meditation that you ignored
me until-yes, you certainly did. You
flung yourself at me, Cousin Dorothy.
What do you suppose the doctor would
say?"
II don't know. You'll have ample
opportunity to ask him yourself in Bos-
ton"
perhaps 49, but you really did not
think would let you go without say
ing good-by, did you?"
81 thought we said it all last night.
Didn't you say you should see me as
soon as you reached Boston? And
didn't / tell you you would be quite out
of your element in Queervllle?"
Exactly, we are of one mind.
Cousin Dorothy. I mean that is just
what I think about you, only didn't
muster up courage enough to say so
last evening.
But when you looked so sad just
now, dear. I couldn't help feeling
jubilant; weren't you a just bit sorry
at leaving us?"
"Why, Cousin Jack, how can you? If
I weren't sorry I'd be the most miser-
able creature alive, What has not
Cousin Mildred done for me?"
''Confound it! I say, Dorothy, that
isn't fair, you know. I didn't mean
mother. Can't you say you're sorry to
leave me?" His voice was scarcely au-
dible to her above the rumble of the
train. Cant you say you'll come back
soon to stay with me forever? You
know how much love you, dear.n
''0h, Jackl"
The look that accompanied her reply
must have meant much to jack, for a
blissful silence ensued while he beat a
triumphant tattoo on the arm of his
chair and Dorothy again peered out of
the window at the sympathetic land
scape. Suddenly she exclaimed:
But Jack, what will Cousin Mil
dred say? And what will papa do
about the academy?"
''My dearest, don't you know the
mater is longing to have you for her
daughter! We're such woefully ig=
norant family we need a little academ.
ical training"
Now there is no possible chance of
an Adams again being master of
Queerville academy, for Dorothy is now
Cousin Jacks wife, and her name, of