The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-07


sured. taking possession Of the lines he
passed over to her.
NJ, Leccrf smiled indulgently at Der
eagerncss. and rolled cigarette. IL don
know 1t hurts II you don smoke too
moch." lie said In tone OF apology.
you like to driye?"
Yes. indeed"
Margarets mirth stirred rebeliously.
She began to chatter gayly. and though
ont Of respect to her. NJ. ecerf muilod
his mighty ha-ha. her own laughter rang
out Hnre3trained And this merry mood
was not dampened by her reception. for
madam. in her relief to find that the
teacher was not man, was gracious
10 glcCfulness, and as the long line of
cluns!ly shed days faded from her fu-
turc she iuyously resolved to break in
on the setting she was saving. and give
the new teacher fried eggs for supper.
The school having thus opened with
eclat, run smoothly through the first
four wee, &, Miss Margaret grew bright
eyed and rusy-cheeked from much walk
IF her & lily mead. Smiles came easily
to her lips and songs fingered there.
She sang often. Too often II would
seem after that Sunday when she came
in from stroll and found handsome
lad smoking cigarettes on the front gal.
lcry for Marie's benefit Marie intro
duccd him shyly as NJ. PHILIPPE and the
boy greeted her with fine French grace,
| throwing away his cigarette and prof
fering his chair. Margaret sat down to
chat little, thinking to please Marie
MalIicurcuX! that woman should be
ST. dull e wit!
But she pleased NJ. PHILIPPE! Out,
yra!mcnt. Such a combination of blue
eyes. white brow, pink choe, and tluny
hair had never before entered NJ. Phil
! lipc's hen. When he told her Cood-by
he promised to bring her mail next Sun
| day. And next Sunday he brought II.
Margaret went out to thank him. and
stopped to chat little She was no anX-
iOus to be polite to Marie's friend. and
show him that she appreciated his-cour-
/ tcsy. Which was all very we'll But
| when she went back to her room. NJ.
PHILIPPE talked to Marie about her
| which was all very bad, stupid. VOLTA!
| 70 talk to ones sweetheart about anoth-
| or woman. And then. which was still
NOR, stupid. he brought the teachers
mail one day when it was Lot Sunday
/ lie rnd the teacher sat down on the gal
| lcry to chat while he waited for mon
| sicur tO come in, and Marie came up the
| branch with the weeks wash In tub
on her head and found them there The
teacher luol,d fresh dainty; she wet.
/ loil-staincd All Sacre.
( The next day Marie was suilen at
school. and all Maries little brothers,
| taking their tone from Marie. wcr, aul
| len also. The teacher 'riod patience
| in vain She rosorted to discipline, and
| all Marig's cousiRs-c'est dire, the
ton. The big girls rose as one man
| Riyarics among themselves? Mats
| oui, But no outsider should peach ~.
| on their preserves, teacher or no teacher.
| At home they spoke openly Of having
| school, and little brothers and sisters.
true To the lead told tales OF pcGagogic
| injustice narrowing to hear Every
/ twilight witnessed the roasting OF Miss
Margaret upon a dozen well-scrubhed
| dOurs'crs Monsieur alone stood firm
shaking his head with good-natured In.
| credulty AT the startling reports and
l silencinr all protests with his powerful:
"Das all right; das all right Mees
Mar git rit good fetch vas. Good fetch "
| But presently the discouraged drOop Of
| the young teachers shoulders when he
| overtOoh her on the road from school
| one hot afternoon moved the big maI
to more active measure.
! Good even Mees Mar'glt How.
| school getting on?" he sung out, cheer.
| lily, as he swung from saddle and turned
to walk beside her.
Pretty we'll" She looked up brave.
ly, but that broad indulgent smile
claimed tia usual tribute of confidence.
THE children don't seem TO Ike me any
| more, she falterod.
81 know, me" he said, soothlnGly, "bu,
das all right, BeeE gals get cranky
some times. Don like people to talk to
des young fellows. Mex EN- mad. vas!
But das all right. Me and Sylvan been
talk bout II. He say hees gal tell him
school goin' be shot op. But tell him
me, II does beeg gals don watch out, DEF
be shop Op, das what. And Sylvan
laugh. Say 'Das right. vas, Das al
right. sho,"
The big man laughed his big ha-ha as
he climbed back into saddle and then
leaned down TO Margaret with twinkle
| in his kind eyes. Better let me bring
your mall Ell, Mees Margit?"
I'm be ever 80 much Obliged" she
flashed up to him. with swift compre.
henslon.
'Das all right, vas Das all right. aud
| to his horse: "Allons, chcval. allons "
Miss Margaret WAS very matter-of.
fact when she addressed Marie Louise
that same evening. saying:
"Oh. Marie If you happen to see Mr.
PHILIPPE. will you please tell him have
made other arrangements about my
mail? | know It has been nuisance
| 10 him"
VOLTA. The big girls were all glad,
pess. the little ones all glee. The school
was running again on its well-olled
wheels.
Pourquoi? All mon ami. the teacher
had bowed gracefully to that unwrltter
law Of theirs: A BIAS les mains"
Mark Twain long ago arrived at thu
conclusion that It is very serious thin,
to be professional humorist Recent,
a society youth OF the "Willie-off-thS
yacht" sort was introduced TO the au
thor. Jaw. | say. Mr.. Clemens. thini
II must be awfully easy to be funn,
| don't Won know at is for you--unlps