The Van Buren press., 1895-09-28

feel mighty bad II Col. Preston's Mis-
Imeoenonl3fisa AAsysan-iluzi1l nsstsysA
on dc road lookin' like dat.
"Nonsense, PegRyl am perfectly
willing to meet the vhole county at
once; ana jid zfotsA / knkstio6 ofsttlA
but question of comfort, you must no
member that"
She spoke indifferently, but she was
conscious Of . slight inward shiver at
the thought Of the general disapproval
her innovation Of riding to the school
house N . bicycle nig1t mesl withsia
view Of the fact that II had begun at
her very dodr.gl1 SJICUc s G'
she was trim, sweet-looking girl.
with pretty brown eyes, fresh color
and soft, brown hair of sunniness
tlg4 was r6ngctan IA -nes eyes, and she
wore : modest dsrk-blue frcck that
lifted her slight fgure, we II. reaehiRo
Just I'd her shoe Tips, tah iegg gings k1ii q
shoes, that wouldrnot shaw the duaisof
the road. and - iblisnp pailof that tn
shield her face from the warm Septem-
ber sun. Alsixf asssi ~ SAl7 e. 81
She wheeled the new bicycle, the
first, the only o4G' In Harmon, OUT into
the yard, and mountip8 it easily she
was Of like Al bird down the country
road. with the sunlight catching the
shining wheel, and Peggy watching
her anxiouslY and mutteripg renewed
hopes that she Would not meet, abovs.
all, the colqpel's fapily,w ,gvsas b,r,
Jessie Tuthill was nortbeyp girl,
who for the sysArr Rsxt had been len,-
ployed by dozen of the old fsmilies
Of HARMONIC Va, TO- condnctna s6mah
schoolEfo their schiIdren. Before the
war Harmon thadDsbeen a gay spot,
noted Tor It's beautiful places and hos
pitality. but since then. it seemed 10
have fallen asleep, awaiting some roy.
al touch to awaken II again. Jessie
was dstantly connected with the Pay
son-Sniths, one of these old families,
and so with that IrecommendA ton and
lettera from. several 4 distinguished
northdrners. youching for her capshils
ity as p teae}lef, sah6 had secured the
position which tile dozen families had
found some slifliSuisy inSagreeing upon
filing, and she had soon won thesc1ns
tldence and love 1f the children nnd the
gratitude Of their parents for her gems
tie influence upon. them and Tor their
progress Her mornings wers devoted
to the younger scholars and the after
moons TO tutesing A,class of halt = dcz.
en- boys prepaxiug for eoaless. She
had been holpe north tcR July and Au-
gust and shsihad justssturnod.s How
she hsd enjoyed these ftws months OF
freedom anitnf her Did friends in the
dear little home she had grown up Ii
on the Hudson, which, ~ il was sma n;
had such big view pf, river and misty
hills, and which she was so 1oath to
leave but that she would not stay and
be burden where there way not al
ways enough, and the position south
was very good pne-sisss zassd II -
While she had been, gone shs had
tried one day TO ridea sgiri-cousin's bI-
cycle. and learned 10 qaielsly and en-
joyed It so thoroughlythat her uncle,
who would nave dome more for her Il
the gifrs Independence would have let
him, presented her with oue fars her
own as parting gift; aud nuN this
morning she was riding it for the first
time to the little schoolhouse. three
miles away from where she lived, find
Ing it great relief .fromf hurrying
along on foot as she had been Obliged
20 do al the year befor'ss and yet, W ith
all the exhiIaratibn Of the exercise, in
the fresh morning air. stilla dreadipg !
little the criticism this, ,iilneystiop
might meet With. = For as Har-
mon was less wea althy than in the old
time, il was proportionately more for
NAL, and woe betjde the indiyidual,
and especially An outsider, who dared
70 do anything for which he or she
could find no former shining ex-
tfhe couptft Iroads Fas hard and
51z6oth. sfid, Ii spite Of her fears. she
was beginning to be quite happy.
when She heard ths sound of carriage