The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

called I'd to show her work And so II went
on; and I was absolutely the only girl in
the class who had discovered IT.
In the meantime I had that wretched m
cubator thing to finish. As / have said. 1
had done the whole of the left side OF II.
and / had the right side to do. Inc rishe
was the same az the left but turned the
other way round. of course. In the ordinary
way It would have taken NE about an
hour to 60, and even then the right side
would not have matched tine left properly.
but I had thought of a little dodge to save
time and labor. Firstly. 1 went over the
left side with the burned end OF a wooden
match that / had brought In with NE for
the purpose. Then I folded that side over.
70 that the black came OF on the part
where the right side was to be- l Ore"
over that with a pencil in half no time.
and busted of the black from the match
with my handkerchief. There were not HI
tie dots this time to give the thing away
There was nothing but the crease down the
middle Of the paper. and 1 got that out as
we'll az I could by folding the paper the
opposite way again. Then I pinned II down
to the board, and 1t looked really good. IL
he did not find the dodge out. he would put
me on to do something more interesting:
and IL h did. and get savage about II. 1
could come down on him with my knowl-
edge of his guilty secret So 1 was all
right anyhow.
At last my turn came. ard he called me
up. OF course, when I got TO his desk
there was no trace Of the vi Of Jane
Desborough. He had hidden that away IN
der another sheet. I put my hoard on the
desk and said. 1--WE finished that now.
He looked at 1T in a meiaEchniy Kind or
way Finished it. have you" he sai'-
A. ! had Just said SO. it cid not seem
worth while TO say it again lie slared at
the drawing in silence for a minute or so.
and then he turned on me. You seem TO
ave no taste whatever far ana
not even the most ordinary ability There
are other girls like you. As long as they
don't 20 cut Of their way to bother me. l
don't trouble them murh- / can teach those
who will and can learn. but ] can't teach
the other kind. But you won't let me give
you an easy time. You go out of your way
to annoy me. You play these silly. little
tricks" He tapped ny drawing with his
pencil. "Yos don't think this kind of thing
would take in 4 baby. do your
NO" said. You found it out at once"
This was cheeky and made MIN angrier.
well, ] can't be bothered with you I'll
report you to madame after the lesson
Now, 20 away and begin that drawing all
over again"
Then I had such q curious accident. In
picking up ny beard. I had the misfortune
to knock the sheets which were underneath
II on the floor. l picked them UP and apoio-
gfzed. On the sheet which / put on the
top there were two drawings Of Jane Des-
borough asleep, and they were both awfuiiy
good. I was Just moving away when he
stopped me-
"wait. please-one moment"
He looked At the drawing and then at
NE. and grinned A. II It were rather a
joke.
And row, What do you think of themr'
he asked.
How on earth was I to guess that he
would say a thing like that! I said: They
are splendid. and exactly K her"
1T think you knocked them down on pur-
pose"
"Yee."
And 70 you think that II you are reported
you will have something to say"
mo" All OF a sudden It seemed too aw-
fully mean to say anything else. but. OF
cousse. thai was what I had thought
originally. He guessed that
But / fancy that wa your idea once I
ave noticed you watching me this morn
Ing. Didn't It occur to you to ask yourself
what business It was Of yours? However.
that was your idea, but you have changed
your mind. Is that it, He was not the
least bit angry now. and his voice was quite
gentle. he was smiling. too. ! inclined nj
head.
You had the Hea because you thought We
were 20 be enemies. You have changed your
mind because-weIl, It IS rather embar-
RAISING to find out something that does not
concern one. and that one was not intended
to know. one feels almost ashamed" Of one
sell. even when 1t happens by accident.
II only he had been angry I could rave
managed all right. just as I had planned II.
Blu. I never could stand being talked to in
that nice. kind of way it just breaks one
up. ! sad:
Tn awfuIly sorry that I found out. and
I wish / hadn't. I promise"
Wait one moment still. I am going 70
make you an o6er. and 1t shall be the exact