New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-20
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.asWhat! Another Fenian?''
Waal, I wouldn't go ez fur ez calm
it tibet, James Francis. OF corse, not !
being "a Methody er Baptis', either hard
or soft, kinder sots s'picion on her in
Otter erik, but Fenian!'' The worthy
postmistress shook her head in chart
table doubt. IT wouldn't prefer SIGH
ser'us charge. She's pleasant spoken
young critter, an not tall rev looshanry
lookin. y
) ''Kelly wuz Fenian, = asserted a
veteran farmer, deftly balancing demi
john of molasses against the sundry con-
tents of huge bandanna handkerchief
Pears ez eff this deestric' is jes' runnin
riot after SIGH firebrands -
Kelly was the late incumbent Of o.
ter Greek, discharged by the selectmen
on three counts, age, subscription to
incendiary literature and indifference
to arithmetical accuracy, as clearly
proved by his favorite formula, IF you
come within three figgers of the answer,
you're nigh enough
''She has smilin eyes, - irrelevantly
remarked an imprudent youth sorting
out hand rakes in the corner.
'Hit already, Abe?'' sneered the vet
eran. ''Smilin eyes be bowed! For
sarviceable schoolmarm give me a
savage lookin gal. Howdy s'pose this
| un ill rassle 18th the mill gang?''
II don't favor her persuasion" can
didly admitted the stalwart James Fran
, els, ''but for all that I'm for giving her
fair trial, even though she does turn
the boss head on the wrong road to
meeting.''
Here she comes now, a-caperin down
; the hill with them Tucker children,
remarked the postmistress, pleasant
smile lighting up her comely face. 1T
do beat all how great growed gal, an
a schoolma am at tibet, kin frisk along
ez giddy an friv'lus ez eny of her schol-
ars''
Quite unconscious of the interest she
J had excited, the young teacher came
I blithely down the hill, her own rapid
! step still further quickened by the i'm
patient urging of her small charges, the
little sailor hat tilted forward over a
face pretty only in its youthful curves
and happy, frank expression. The post
mistress was quite right in deciding
that there was nothing revolutionary in
her appearance. Abe also was correct in
his opinion of her eyes, and James
Francis, viewing her critically, became
conscious of an alarming Indifference to
the manifold evils lurking in her per-
suasions- So suppressed was he by the
unfairness of his original remark that,
after Investing in chocolates for which
he had no earthly use, he requested the
genial Mrs. Forbes to observe silence OH
the subject, favor readily granted and
quite aseheerfully withdrawn under the
irresistible temptations of cozy tea,
! with the girl teacher as her guest.
7 Teaching in the country is the ordeal
through which nearly every tyro must
pass before being allowed to engage in
city service. Though not the ideal pur-
| suit painted by pen artists, it is the
:; stepping stone from which many an
ambitious worldling hopes to climb to
I theiheights of fame In her unobtrusive
way Cecilia Desmond was ambitious.
She coveted college course and in
'dulged in roseate dreams of future
crowned with honors won by personal
effort. AS a step in the right direction,
when the Otter Creek vacancy offered,
she promptly packed her simple ward
robe and said :goodby to the dear ones in
her city home. It was the first separa-
tion, and the ache of parting throbbing
in six hearts expressed itself in copi-
GUS shower of youthful tears, quickly
dried, however, in flash of fun as the
strenuous efforts of the stage driver to
lash the trunk to the tailboard resulted
+ in the breaking of the rope, sending
4 him sprawhng in the roadway.
i After a months experience of the
] new life the young teacher was begin
! ming to realize that fame asks much Of
] ITS votaries The routine of work was
wretchedly monotonous, varied only BY
j occasional :skirmishes among the differ
ent sections of the district. The constit-
! nency of Otter Creek academy had
Y many subtle subdivisions based on fam
!. lily feuds or political and religious vari-
ance To unite so many elements in
even seeming harmony and at the same
time impart sufficient instruction to
! satisfy the rather exacting community
was a task of gigantic proportions, and
one which the girl in her home letters
frequently asserted could be accom-
plished only by the united effort Of
statesman, a professor and police off,
Ger. As comparison is relief or q tor.
tnre free to all, Cecilia fell into habit
| Of contrasting her fate with her sur
ronndings, and thus became fully con-
scaous that her lot was not as fowery
as were the meadows stretching along
the slope and TRANQUILITY monopolizing
| the fertile interval.
From the meadows her thoughts re-
verified naturally to their owner, the fair
minded young farmer who had cham
pioned her cause even while condemn
ing her belief. he was one Of natures
noblemen, she admitted rather grudR-
ingly. and oensured herself severely. for
allowing her thoughts to dwell pleasur-
ably on his masterful manner and Wig
orous, manly beauty. At snch times,
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