Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-06-20
CHAPTER Xt.

Swallowed by apple trees aud sheltered,
ON the west by long, steep hill, where
the aeorns AMI Wild grapes grew, Mary
Howard taught little iiock Of twenty
Ave, coaxiag some. Urging Others and
teaching them ~ By her kind words and
wlnsome ways 10 love her as they had
never before loved IN instructor.
When first she was proposed Ms q
teacher IN Rice Corner. Willow Perkins
and few others who had no children 10
send, held up their hands in Amusement,
wondering what the world was comm
10. and II the committeeman. Mr.. knight,
a'poaed they was goln' 10 be rid over
roushshod by town pauper; but she
couldn't get aillfeni. fur The orlhndnx
minister wouldn'l give her one; and Il
he did, the Enltarlan minister wouldn'tg'
Accordingly. when Il was known that
the ordeal had been passed and that
Mary had In her possession piece Of pa
per about three inches square, auihoriE'
ing her to teach common district school,
this worthy conclaye concluded that
"either everybody had lost their senses
or else Miss Mason. who was present at
the examination, had sat By and whis-
peFed In her ear the answers TO all hard
questions"
''ln all my born days never seen any.
thing like H." said the widow, as she
distributed her green tea. aweetened with
brown sugar, to party Of ladies', which
she was entertaining. "But you'll see.
ahe won't keep her time morn half out
Sally Ann, pass them nutcakes. No
hody's goln' 10 send their children 10 q
pauper. There's Miss Bradley says she'll
take her'n out the first time they get
licked. Have some more sass. Miss
Dodge, want Il eat up. for believe
re R-workln' | telled her that
warn't the trouble. Mary's too softly to
hurt miskeetcr. Aud so young too.
lt's government she'll lack In. II any
body'll have a piece OF this dried apple
pie, III cur Il.
Fortunately. Mary knew nothing OF
Mrs. Perkins displeasnre. aud never
dreamed that any feeling existed toward
her save that Of perfect friendship. Since
we last saw her. she had grown into a
fine. healthy looking girl. Her face and
figure were round aud full. and her com
plexion, though still rather pale, was
clear as marble. contrasting well with
her dark-hrown hair aud eyes. which no
longer seemed unnaturally large. Still.
abe was not beautiful. Il ls true, and yet
Billy was not far from right when he
called her the finest looking girl In Chico
pee; and II was for this reason. perhaps.
that Mrs. Campbell watched with jeal-
ousy.
Every possible pains had been taken
with Elias education. The best teach.
era had been hired TO instruct her, and
she was now at fashionable seminary,
but stlll she did not possess one half the
ease aud gracefulness OF manner which
seemed natural to her sister. The two
girls had seen but little OF each other;
and oftentlmes when Ella met her sister
she merely acknowledged her presence
by n nod or a simple "how dye dof'
When she heard that Mary was to be
teacher she said "she was glad. for Il
was more respectable than going Into a
factory or working out" Mrs. Campbell.
TOO, felt In duty bound to express her
pleasure. adding that "she hoped Mary
would give satisfaction, but twas ex-
tremely doubtful, she was 30 young, and
possessed OF so little dignity
Unfortunately Widow Perkins red cot
tage stood directly opposite the school
house; and as the widow belonged to that
stirring few who always wash the
breakfast dishes and make the beds be-
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 It's mis-
tress, always half an hour In advance
of the trne time. and Mary had scarcely
taught week ere MFR. Knight, "the COM
mitteeman," was duly hailed In the street
and told that the "schooImarm wanted
lookin' to. for she didn't begin no morn
IN till half-past nine. nor no afternoon
till half-past onel Besides that" she
added, II think she gives em too long a
play spell. Anyways, seems eff some on
'em was out O. doors the hull time"
Mr.. knight had too much good sense
TO heed the widows complaints, and he
merely replied: "I'm glad ont. Five
hours Is enough to keep little shavers
eramped up in the house-gIad ont"
The widow, thus foIled in her attempts
at making disturbance, finally gave up
the strife, contenting herself with quiz.
Elng the older girls, and asking them II
Mary could do all the hard sums In arith-
metic, or whether she took them home
for Mrs. Mason to solve!
In spite, however, of these little an.
noyances, Mary was contented and hap
py. She knew that her pupils loved her,
and that the greater part Of the district
were satisfied, so she greeted the widow
with her pleasantest smile. and by al
ways being particularly polite, finally
Overcame her prejudice to considerable
extent.
One afternoon about the middle OF
July, as Mrs. Perkins was seated by her
front window engaged In stitching
shoes" very common employment In
some parts OF New England, her atten-
tion was suddenly diverted by tall,
stylish-l0oking young man, who, driving
his handsome horse and buggy under
the shadow OF the apple trees, allghted
and entered into conversation with q
group of little girls who were taking their
uSuhl ItCehSs Mfhs cIklub CuElOelty was
aroused, and Sally Ann was called to
see who the stranger was. But for a
wonder Sally Ann didn't know, though
she guessed the hoss was one OF the
East Chicopee livery"
Hes talkin' to Liddy Knight" said
she, at the same time holding back the
curtain and stepping aside SO as not to
be visible herself.
"Try IL you can hear what he's sayin','
whispered Mrs. Perkins; but a class OF
boys In the school house just then struck
into the multiplication table, thus effec-
tually drowning anything which Sally
Ann might otherwise have heard.