Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-13

and rctrcatod to her boarding house. a
similar outbreak to that which COM
mcnccd their journey might have occur
red.
When left alone in her own room
Julia gave herself mp to reflection. Her
carefully formed plans for the future
were upset: her dearest aDticipations
were dashed; her dream had been sue.
cceded by reality which. something
told her. was much the best thing. All
during her school HE she had been pre-.
pairing for career: there were many
bright spots in It. but 1t was unmixcd
with sentiment. She would go West
and make a competence. This would
take about five years. and 1t meant
contact with n vastly different element
from that of her own quiet college
town-but she would perscvcre.
There We're lots of poor boys who
lacked mothers. there were sewing cir
Caes that needed encouragement, she
might even indulge moderately In cats
and parrots. and. best Of all. she would
found a missionary society to give
light TO certain portions of the globe
that are said to be langulshng In
heather darkness.
But all this was idle speculation now.
She was called 10 another sphere. She
must marry and settle down here In
the wilderness. where there was sufli.
cient heather darkness at homo. The
classics would he more than useless,
culture would he supertluOus. hard
work alone would tell. Her imagina-
ton faltcrcd while she dropped n bum
die of old letters and Il mist came be-
fore her eyes.
Days after she pondcred the same
question. She had the letter already
written to her people. telling of her al.
tered intentions. hut she hcsitated to
mail 1t. After all. Aaron was very
young and impulsive. Did lie know
his own mind? Did she know hers ;
Was It not her education he courted?
Vacation was rapidly passing. Julia
still chung fondly to her former career
She was thinking constantly of Aaron
hut she never saw him and seldom
heard from him. People ut her board
ing house said he had changcd they
also said she had changed. She longed
to know something, but TO ask would
surely create gossip. About this time
odd stories began to be current.
what do you thlnkI" said a neigh
Dor. aaron Wood has chopped on,
shanty big enough for n meetln
house. He raised the logs hlsself dur
ing harvest. What do you suppose
ails the fellcr?"
Dunno" said another. II found hin
studyin' some nonsense he called
Greek. ! guess he's tribe added.
told him he'd better learn Choctaw-
'twould be more use 10 him, and ht
could make more out of 1t. He allowed
he'd make n heap out OF Greek ei
things turned out right. I'll like to SCI
him do it,
The country looked its best whcr
! Julia set out for school on the frs
| day of the new term. The woods were
quite green. but here and there wcr,
| crimson splashes of autumn. The crop
were In, contentment rclgned. ana 1
| general desire was felt for more re-
fnement throughout the district.
But the spell of peacefulness ani
plenty did not suffice 10 quiet the trou
| bled soul of Julia Primm. For the frs
| time in life she was disposed to under
,h oil nn,,lI .,
dure the thought of AarOns making
himself ridiculous even in the searcl
for knowledge. OF being the sport o,
these poor wits. Julia's conscience
was one easily disturbed. She fell
that she had been doing him grca
wrong. She did not want him to stud,
himself TO death, but there was onl,
one way to prevent 1t.
When she reached the school Aaron
was already in his seat. He was bus,
at work with more books than woul,
go into his desk; strange books tina
| had never entered that school before
She laid down her parasol and remov
ed her veil His face was very rec
and expectant. 1t was no longer tn
boy who came early and swept out tn,
room-the bright, eager, questionin:
look had faded out of his countenanc,
he seemed ALMOST mlddle'aged. In ,
moment all doubt of his affection van
ished.
"You mustn't study any more fol
awhile" she said.
i
"Well, you know what ! am study
ing for, don't you?"
"Yes; but you've studied enough TO
that already"
| And that evening she mailed the let
ter to her eople.--Waverly Magazine
|
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