The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

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Harpsr's. sistcr1~
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besk~
And mamma . rev drcss7 Tou
said 90. 200 know. and : novsr told
that secrel 70 anybody
Yes. mamma y new dress if-bnt
there ONE my car. pei. and ] mnst
catch THAI or be late.' and IN . few
moments Honor was seated By Virefe
in the q that bad taken them for the
past six months 20 the door Of the
trainfng-schooL.
For the last time. they said grave
~ 70 each other. but their faces
frightened with the thought that their
record had been perfect
.Tbe position l. your4 without =
doubt firgie remarked, carly.
"Why so2 There may have been
others, and, besides. you stand the
same chance that l do
"All the others have been either late
or absent some both. ! heard Nr
Harding remark 70 the commissioner.
and he also said that you wera the best
teacher In the training school Ayf
what has happsneds thought ] va
In the middle Of next week.
The exclamation wal caused By =
sudden jerk Of the car, which made
nearly all Of the standing passengers
lose their equilibrium Then there
was another which gave evarybodys
hard shake. and the . stood still
with one end considerably higher
than the other.
Were on the track. and no lnis-
take" remarked Honor. Il hope we
are not kept late; that would be . e.
tastrophe. How the car Il packed this
morning. Are any Of the other girls
here7 Yes, there l. Annie Hunter"
elf It weren't 50 far We might get
out aud walk" said yirgie
That would hardly do any good, for
the car would overtake IA See, the
men are getting out 20 help. and It
will soon be on the track now"
But It was an ugly hole that the
wheel had gone into. and IL required
much Juggling. pulling, lifting and
showing, " got it in place again. The
girls walted anxiously, and every
minute seemed N hour.
do you thinIE we would be excused
II we were Inter. asked Honor THIS
isn't our fault"
Il don't know. Once when Mary
Ridley was late and she blamed the
cay for Il, Mr.. Harding said she ought
to have taken an earlier one and made
allowance Tor decays"
Lut nDally the q was In place and
WIS .rushiny slong q II trying TO make
up tor lot time. Itreacned the snhool
just Is Inc nine o'clocx bell stopped
ringing, and by the time the girls
reached the PRINCIPALS room. where
the record book was kept, IL was i've
minutes past nine by the clock
Mr.. Harding isn't here" said
virgie, hurriedly, and In q low tone
Don't spoil your record, Honor.
Think how much depends on It Put
down sight-ffty. I'm going TO. He'll
never know, and we can hurry TO our
rooms before he gets upstairs We
couldn't help the delay Of the cars"
Honor went up 70 the principals
desk followed By her friend She
opened the time book, picked up .
pen, aud then hesitatsd A. Virgie
had said, so much depended on this
record The girl thought she had
never been so sorely tempted Would
it be very wrong TO yield Just once7
She had counted 50 much on getting
the position For little Nsd's sake,
for her mothers sake-and yet Il WA
that mother who had taught her 70
love the truth
ii can't do IL, DEAR" shs said. with
tears in her eyes. lit must 20 against
me-" and she wrote down 'V:o6"
Then virgie took the pen She
meant to save her own record. any
how. She had started from the house
at the usual time, and would have
been in school early but for the q 1.
She dipped her pen In the ink and
then her real sense Of right and her
friends influence won the victory. ane
abe, too, wrote down: ''0.0a"
Honor gave q sigh Of relief
AFTER all, more depends on Z be-
ing true" she said, with . sweet
smile. and they slipped away to Their
roo1ns.
At t6:so, the time Of the morning re-
cess, SIR. Harding called = meeting Of
the teachers
young ladies'" he said, II have
been looking over the records this
morning, and find that two Of you
have been perfect with the exception
OF to-day's time That lsteness viii be
excused II was caused by the .
getsing OF the track, and It was on
long enough to make the excuse .
legitimate one. / know. for ] "a on
the back platform Of that car and had
70 help lift it on the track In eases
where o little delay has been said TO
u ~lateness, and ! have inquired
into the matter. ! have discovered
that the tardy teacher had taken .
late car. and I could not excuse her.
Miss Merriek. Miss Bright, Miss Hunt
err
he stopped q moment here and ez-
smined the record mose closely. Miss
Hunter, ! thought you were on that
carr. he continued. in an inquiring
tone.
sT-I-was,r she stzmmered-
s.Then will you please explnin how
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