Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-12
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shafnwed by apple trees and sheltered.
on the west by IL long. steep hill. where
the aco.ns and wills grapes grew. Mary
Howard taught IL little iioc! of twenty
fvc. c~rasiag some. urging others and
teaching them MI by her kind words AND
winscme ways 10 love her as they had
neve9 liefov. loved an INSTRUCTOR.
Wicn first She WAS proposed as Il
teacher in Mica Garner. Widow Perkins.
and IL few others who had 10 chill lren to
send. hell up their hands in amazeincnt.
WONDERING. what the world was comm
to, and if the committeeman. Mr.. Knight.
s'posc,l the? WAS goin' to he ril over
ron-l'ssoI by y town paupcr; but she
c%o"l,,n't get a s~tiifc,,t. for the orthodox
minister wouldn't give her one; and If
he did. the Unitarian minister woniin't.."
Accordingly. when it WAS known that
the ordeal had been passed and that
Mary had in her possession Il piece of pa
per about three inches square. authori=-
ing her To teach Il COMMON district Sclluol.
this worthy conclavc concluded that
"eitiicr everybody had lost tlc:v senses
or else Miss Mason, who WAS present at
the examination. had sat by and wills
perea in her ear the answers TO all hard
questions"
lin all my horn days l never seen any
thing like it," said the widow. as she
distributed her green tea. swcrtencd with
brown sugar. to Il party of ladies. which
She was entertaining. But you'll see,
She won't keep her time MORN half out
Sally Ann. pass them nutcakes. No
body's soin' TO scnd their children to Il
palper. There's Miss Bradley says she'll
take llcr'n out the first time they get
licked. Have some more sass. Miss
Dodge. want it eat up. for l believe
Its a-workin'-but l tcllcd her that
warn't the trouble, Mary's too softly to
hurt. a miskccter. And so young. too.
It's government she'll lack in. III my
boayIl have Il piece of this dried apple
pie. I'll cut it,
Fortunately. Mary knew nothing of
Mrs. Perkins displcasare, and never
dreamed that my feeling existed toward
her save that of perfect friendship. Since
we last saw her, she had grown into Il
fine. healthy looking girl. Her face and
figure were round and full, and her COM
plcXion, though still rather pale. WAS
clear as marble, contrasting well with
her dark-brown hair and eyes, which no
longer seemed unnaturally large. Still.
she was not beautiful, it is true, and yet
Billy was not far from right when he
called her the finest looking girl in Chico
pee; and it was for this reason. perhaps,
that Mrs. Campbell watched with jeul-
ousy.
Every possible pains had been taken
with Elias education. The hest teach
crs had been hired to instruct her. and
She was now Mt Il fashionable seminary.
hlt still Shn did NOT ppssno. np,-l,,iF tIn
ease and gracefulness of manner which
seemed natural to her sister. The two
girls had seen but little OF each other;
and oftcntimcs when Ella met her sister
she merely acknowledged her presence
by n nod or a simple ''how dye dog"
When she heard that Mary WAS 10 be
was more respectable than going into IL
factory or working out" Mrs. Campbell.
too, felt in duty bound to express her
would give satisfaction. but twas cN-
trcmely doubtful. she was so young. and
possessed of so little digni1y.!'
Unfortunately Widow Perkins red cot
tnge stood directly opposite the school
house; and as the widow belonged to that
stirring few who always wash the
OlSliCS anu iIlstkc tllt pctla fDc-
fore anyone is up in the house," she had
ample leisure to watch and report on
the proceedings of the new teacher. Now.
Mrs. Perkins clock was like its mis-
tress. always half an hour in advance
of the true time, and Mary had scarcely
taught II week ere Mr.. Knight. "the com
mi'tceman." was duly hailed i'll the street
and told that the '~schoolmarm wanted
l0ol-;,, q "a So, IL, l:1,,s% l..-:, $50 .,-.-
in till half-past nine. nor no afternoon
till haif-iast one! Besides that" she
added. II think she gives EN- too long Il
play spell. Anyways, seems eff some on
'em was out o doors the hull time
Mr.. Knight had too much good sense
10 heed the widows complaints. and he
merely replied: I'm glad ont. Five
hours is enough to keep little shavcrs
crampcd up i'll the house-glad ont
The widow. thus foilcd in her attempt
at making disturbance. finally gave up
the strife. contcnting herself with quiz
zing the older girls. and asking them ii
Mary could do all the hard sums in aritll-
metic. or whether she took them home
for Mrs. Mason to solve.
In spite. however, OF these little an.
%noyanccs. Mary was contcntcd and hap
pS. Snc KNEW tnat ucf pupllS lONeu her,
and that the greater part of the district
were satisfied. so she greeted the widow
with her ~plcaSantcst smile. and by III.
ways being particularly polite. finally
ovcrcaine her prejudice to Il considerable,
extent.
One afternoon about the middle OF
July, rs Mrs. Perkins WAS seated by he,
front window engaged in "stitchine
Shoes Il very common employment III
some parts of New England, her attcn
ton WAS suddenly diverted by a tall
ytylisl-looking young man. who. drivin.
his handsome horse and buggy undcl
the siia;low of the apple trees. alishtet
md entered into conversation with (;
group of little girls who were taking theil
usual recess. Mrs. Perkins curiosity wa.
aroused, and Sally Ann was called t.
see who the stranger was. But for /:
wontcr Sally Ann didn't know, though
she guessed the boss was one of tn,
East Chicopee livery"
He's talkin' to Liddy Knight" sale
she. at the same time holding back til,
curtain and stepping aside SO as not tt
be visible herself
'.Try if Won can aeor what he'a savin'