Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

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eye unobservod On ne Vision Of beauty
not two yaFda away. Lunsh eaten, the
whole party bFSke up and scattered d
all directions, e parties WW DO tn ths
end Of time. Nov We his opportu-
nifty; he would follow he group con
tanning his Idol at q httSo distance
and surely he would get q chance Of
speaking with her alone bsfore long
Keeping the group In dghA and HIM
self out Of A. he dawdlOd and hung
about as is the way Of people who
are doing their best not TO overtake q
friend a little way ahead. He walked
forward, then back a bit; then on
again, then back; then stood stock
still for a few moments, pretending to
use his watch as q compass; and then,
finding that some one had been watch
ing his maneuvers with ~unfeigned in
terest, bolted straight ahead as II he
were shot from a gun. In less than
two minutes he wa upon the group,
but, alas, his eyes had played him false
again, and she was not there. What
did he want with Jemima Batesl
Having tried TO explain his sudden
swooP down on these unprotected fe-
males, and having dismally failed
therein, he turned aside, sick At heart
and entered a small plantation OF
young trees. A narrow footpath LED
through this, and a. he neared the stils
that opened on the fields beyond he
saw two figures leaning against f.
Another moment showed him Eva
KILLER and young Pennington, deep in
conversation and oblivious Of ali
around. Quietly and u~nObserved he
turned back, and on reaching his
rooms that night he told his landlady
he had to go away by the early train
for two or three days. Hence that no
tice on the class room door.
The professors dream was overt
there was but one thing left-revenRe;
n the professor settled down to plan
and scheme how best to obtain IL
Pennington was reading with him for
. classical scholarship at Oxford, 80
the professor saw the way quite clear.
Instead of one hour extra in the even
ing, he gave his pupil two, and some
times even more, out of his own val
liable time He looked out all his
old notes and helps. and lent them to
HE enemy he corrected all his work
with especial caro-, and went TO the
trouble Of writing out model answers
for his pupil to copy. In short, pains
taking and thorough az Prof. McVint
had always been, he had never taken
such pains or used such thorough
methods with a pupil before. Nothing
was too much trouble for him. AT
any rate" he used to murmur to him
self, ~ deep in his heart he nursed
revenge, If she can't marry me
she shall marry one Of the best stu
dents Oxford and this place ever
turned out"
And when IS months later the news
came that Guy Pennington had pulled
on the top "schol." at Balliol the pro-
fessor'S revenge was complete, and his
knew 10 bounds.
Congratulate you most heartily,
MOVint," said DR.. Smithers, the phys
ics demonstration, tone Of your best
successes; won't Miss Miller be gladl"
20, nonsense" returned the profess
sor, "no credit due to me at all. A
fellow with brains like that could get
anything, no matter who prepared
him. But"-with a sigh-"Tm very
glad for her sake"
"Yes," answered the doctor, breez-
fly, "she always was proud of her
brother. Good morning, McVint,"
and was gone like a shot. The pro-
lessor stood rooted to the ground.
Her brother! Her brotherl What
could it all mean?
And then was seen a sight such as
never before was witnessed by gods
men. Students on their way to
college stopped amazed, amiable old
gentlemen out for their constitutional
their amiability, and Ewore
horribly as they were rudely hustled
and pushed aside, elderly females
screamed "Hi, stop thief" butcherR
boys whistled and cackled, servant
girls craned their heads out of win
dows, little dogs barked and yelped
for pure delight, and all the universe
stood stin, as Prof. McVint, gathering
the skdrts Of his ample gown, few
down the length Of the ~esplanade in
pursuit Of the unEugpeoting SmitherR
Brother, did you say" he burst
out, as he caught that busting worthy
the arm, "did you say he was her
brother2"
smithers stared blankly at him for
q moment. 20, I had forgotten" he
said, looking round with an annoyed
air. "What q fuss about nothingl OF
course, I said brother, though he IL
really only her St~epbrother. PEN
father died soon after he
was born, and his mother subsequent
" married a Miller. I thought every
one knew that. But what difference
does It maker"
That was a question the professor
declined to answer. What ~diferencef
Why, this diRerence-that before ten
o'clock that evening the professor had
told Miss Miller Of the episode Of the
stile (among other things), and she