The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-13

and by, with it's wide north window,
with its flowers on the sill that you
and l watered."
"About all we did, he interrupted,
was to water those flowers
"And the giant table you would dra g
| in for your mechanical drawing-that
huge. horrible table that took up all the
ROOM
Il had it there" he apologized "be-
| cause it was the only way l could seem
to get the worth of my money. Tell
me-" Strengthening himself. facing her
squarely. looking her boldly in the eye,
did you ever hear of mechanical draw
ing before you struck that academy"
"Once or twice" she acknowledged,
before l left Washington city, where
was studying l heard the word
"Oncc or twice. he Sroancd And
| then to teach it. OF all things! Me-
chanical drawing."
Il wrote to my teacher in Washing
ton" Gabrielle continued, explaining.
asking her if she thought | could
study it up from book and teach it
"And what did she reply?'
THAT if l could would be a wonder
worthy of tl,lveling in Il sidcshOw. and
if succeeded to let her know, because
the thing would be little short of a
miracle"
"And YOU attempted it after that -
Il attempted it after that" she as
serted. and with success
He slapped Il resounding hand Oh a
knee
with success he repeated. gri-
mace contracting the cords of his cOun-
tenancc Those hours | spent in rack
ing my brain with problems Of me-
chanical drawings impossible TO solve!
Those mornings | spent in drawing di-
agrams on boards. you, standing by,
trying hard to look Wise.'
"And all the time knowing less than
you did"
LESS! | should go one better and
say knowing nothing at all. And the
poor old professor coming in from his
classes now and again to help me out.
Then to call it a success
demurcly. "bccausc you told me you'd
be only too glad to pay the money all
over again"
'You are right" he asscnted after
period of thought. 1T was Il success"
''The professor? she questioned. DO
you think he ever caught on?'
''If he didn't, he hadn't the perspi-
I e.,
as perspcacity was concerned the pro
fessor was all right. He knew Il thing
OF two when he could think of them.
He often proved it. | shall never for
get how he came unexpectedly down
into the cellar at lunchtime one day
and found four Of us busily engaged in
playing game Of cards. Playing
cards now, in an academy of religious
principles SO exceedingly strict! And
that wasn't all. BY the side of each
sinner Of us was bottle of beer"
Eyes. And what did he do?''
"He expelled every last one of them
| with the exception of me. You can rest
assured that there was no doubt about
the perspicacity of the professor"
| II WI IL SCiIuIoiNl
l fOrgave him everything but that"
ut was minor matter. He was as
good as gold. There was no flaw in
him. Do you remember how regularly
every Christmas time we made him Il
little present, and | was the spokes-
man.
"prohably that was why he let you
off so light
She claspcd her right hand over her
left, which rested on her knee. \ dia-
mund flashed.
Dear old fellow she murmurcd.
Her fingers showed white in the dim
light of the faroff lamp. lending over
he looked at them.
IT'S the same little cluster ring said
he. isn't it?'
The very same" holding up her hand
for him to see.
II remember. | wore it once Have
you forgottcn:'
when WAS it, she uucried.
AT one of those famous presentation
speeches. You let me Wear it ON my
little finger. 1t wouldn't fit the others