Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-07

| suited.
None of the girls had been told abou
this move, of course, and as the car
penter had been at work while the,
were out of the room, and the door o
the closet hid all traces of his work
/ really thought had captured a sen
sation which would confound the cir
whose valet had waved his hand twice
worked her to the verge of FRENZY
during the study hour by hooking the
elegant gestures of the valet, and indi.
eating delicately that my heart also had
been touched. At the play hour |
walked across to her.
"Hello!" / said.
"Ello, vous-meme," she replied,
what is the matter with you? Have
you seen him?"
Have / seen himl" answered scorn-
fully. "No! have not. but" and so
on and so on, with the artful ingenuity
of 10. OF course, the news spread very
soon in spite of the sworn secrecy. and
at meal time the girls eyes were fixed
on the closet door. Those whose homes
boosted of modern improvements ex-
planned the dumb-waiter system to the
less fortunate.
While this was considered exciting.
the chief interest eentered around the
charpentier, and as some unfeeIing
man named Carpenter had edited a
text book, there was certain daring
in referring to "Mon Charpentier
d'Edtelle," even before the head mis-
tress.
The excitement was at its height on
Thursday, when we all filed in 10 the
refractory and saw the superior and the /
matron standing by the closet, the door
opened wide, and the charpeutier i'm his /
Sunday clothes, buttonhoIe bouauet /
and all, gently toying with the rope. l
nodded to him with an easy familiarity /
which impressed the girls, and led the
superior, who disliked my manners, TO
point down the flue, where. of course.
be was obliged to look with respectful
1t seems that he was to teach the
natron and the cook how TO work the
and he stayed during the
neal. II was pathetic to see the wonder
With which the lay sisters regarded
he contrivance. They nodded and
together, and rolled their
yes. When called TO use il they han
led the rope as if it had been made OF
pun glass, they chung to il as to a life
'reserver when sending down a heavy {
Dad of plates, and unanimously dubbed !
la Bette" 5
| have always attributed II TO the s
onscious embarrassment of the car Z
enter in having so many girls staring o
I him that he omitted to explain the +
Sc of the speaking tube and whistle I
eside the door. E
At the evening meal the superior in
erson superintendent the use of la :
etc. II went pretty wen, but could q
e that she was nervous. In the morn y
e the head mistress and the matron .
hciated. Also at dejeuner and dinner 2
fact, for several days Ia Bette was 4
'ed and commended with discretion. :,
be jolly little sister who used to bring -
} the plat au jour came up the first =
" empty handed and looking anxious.
he next day she sent the potatoes
1t appeared with the principal dish
yore, and beamed upon or hum Ell
ces. IN
Surely, ma soeur." said the matron, OF
'litely, "you might have saved your ca
cps" h'
"Oh!" she answered, lit is so unstyl-
D. 1t must take away the appetite to u
I've a dish sent flying up through two NJ
Dries, and the sauce all spilled in TAX az
g it from the shelf" The matron did
It reply, but when the time came to
nd the dish down, behold, la Bette
,uld not work! A few timid tugs at
e rope only seemed to make it more
ltionary. | volunteered to help, but
ind that the rope was caught in the
heel, so that none but the carpenter
uld remedy IL. He was accordingly
Mt for. He did not arrive until we
d assembled for the evening meal He
'rked over il for a few minutes, ex-
aiming with the greatest condescen-
IN the theory and the art of il. At
st he went down to the kitchen TO see .
at the dinner was sent up in safety. vi
timid little lay sister, who had Just u
en- promoted to the refectory service,
,od by the waiter, with her hand on
e rope. The matron kept her eye on
r while she cut the long loaf into
Ick slices. The girls, who had revived
r moment in the presence of the car
inter-, had settled down to a gloomy
ence. We were all hungry and tired. alb
= could hear a slight murmur of voices ! 70
ming up the fiue. The ropes creaked
d we all reioiced in the prospect OF m,
wing our dinner, when a loud shrill on
listle from the speaking-tube fright
ed the sister so that she let go Of the
pc and screamed. II is needless TO
? that there followed a loud crash of
ina falling two stories. In mo-
mt, the carpenter, followed by the
ok, rushed into the refectorv. He be-
n TO expostulate with the sister. The
ok explained that the dinner was 40 -.
Ned with broken china that there was
a mouthful fit to eat. The girls be-