The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-19
LOVE A1lONG THE BLACKBOARDS
By lNYI2A KELLY
Copyright BY the s.. s. Mcclure Company.

had he been sent many q time and oft
tos seek tidings of the laggard milk
man. His colleagues, when he laid these
facts before them, were of the opin- |
ion that things looked very dark for
Teacher. Said Nathan:
'ss 3 ou know how she says we should
be monitors on her Wedding9 Well, it 4
could be lies. She marries maybe al
ready ss
Patrick promptly knocked the Moni-
tor of Window Boxes down upon the 4
rough 1f! asphalt Of the yard and kicked
5ts ss nsasisa sasG sssa sEiss ne
as lief ge and tell. go
s1Nell,,''' (. Morris began, ~ ~ had once
ssYopr auntie makes me sick, "a 4
snapped Patrick. But Morris went on
quite undisturbedly:
.. s. j once had auntie, nn' she had
awful i, lEl kind feelings over a'stylish floor
walker, und he was loving NIT her.
So-o-oh! They marriesi Un they
don + say nothings to nobody. On2,y
the stylish foorWalker he writes on my
auntie whole punches Of loving Ietters.5'
She amt married, Z Patrick re-.
iterated. She ain t. =
" Well, she will be- muttered
Teacher will lick You the while you
fights. It's fierce how you make me
biles on my bones. Think shame.
When the ruffed Monitor Of the Win
t5dow Boxes had been soothed by the
peaceful Guardian Of the Goldfish the
cabinet held council. Nathan suggest
| ed that it might be possible tofbTibe-the
interloper. They would give him their
combined wealth and urge him to turn
I, Mise Plo1y hos Fr0o
was across the hall. She was very big,
1-and would do exceedingly well for him,
Whereas she was entirely too long and
/ too broad for them.
4 Morrismaintained that Teacher might
! be held by gratitude. A list should be
! made out, and each in turn, child q
day, should give her present.
/ Patrick listened to these ideas IN
deep and restiye disgust. He urged
Brothers IS gang could 'tlet daylight into
I the dude with enjoyment and dis
patch. They would Watch him cease
i lessly, and they would track him down.
i The watching was an easy matter,
/ for Teacher, IN common with the major
4 ity Of rulers, lived much In the public
i eve The stranger was often detected
! prowling in her vicinity. He even be
gan to bring her to school in the morn
Eings, and on these occasions there were
+! always violets in her coat. He used
to appear at luncheon time and vanish
I with her. He used to come in the afteS
noon and have tea in room l8 with two
other teachers and with Teacher. The
antagonisnl Of the monitor of Goldfish
became SO marked that Miss Bailey was
a forced to demonstrate.
esMorris, dear,D she began one after
noon, when they were alone together
t.you were very rude to DR.. Ingrahan
4 yesterday. I can Il allow you to stay
here with me If you re going to behavt
so badly. You sulked horribly, and yol
slammed the door against his foot. Q:
, would you fee, Morris, if you had hur
!, DR.. Ingraham?'
'Glad,'' says the Monitor Of tn,
Goldfish, savagely. "Glad.o
II 'IMorris! What do you mean b,
! saying such a thing7 I'm ashamed o
i you. Why should you want to hurt
i friend of mine2'
: cried Morris, deserting his. fish an
: throwing himself upon his TEACHER
= Don It you do it, Teacher Missi
t Bailey He ain It no friends for
!, LADY,, And then, in answer to Teacl
er S stare Of blank surprise, he went on
t ~ My mama she seen him by you
v side und she says---I got to tell you l
Il whispering how she says.
!. Teacher meekly bent her head, "a. an
voice:
] Ny mama says. she like that: sH
- could to be a Krisht, y and then dre-
! ! back to study Teacher IS constefnatloi
!. But she seemed quite calm. Perhal
! she had already faced the devastatin
Z fact, for she said:
= = ~ Yes, / know he's a Christian: 2
"a I, A Won
! Teacher, no, ma am, Missis sBa B5'a
!. ley, / aih t got no scare over. kTlsht
:, on " they amt no friends for 7ladle
! Nv papa says like that on my aunt
Z und my auntie she g married now m
: a stylish fioorwalker We m got
= Krisht by our house for boarder, SO
= know. But you couldn t to know BOZ
: Krishts.
i, Yes, do. They're very nic
No, ma'am,'' said Morris gentl..
{, And then still more courteously
6 ssls It's a lie. You couldn't to kno
J. about Krishts.
g But I do know all about them, Mo
!. ris, dear. I'm Christian.
J. Again Morris remembered his NAL
. ners. Again he replied in his courtl
e SssIt's@ a lies', AS he said 1t, with
Y bewitching rising infection, it was q
= most a careSs. IL 8 ne. E-i eacnt
Il fools. You couldn't to be no rigf
). ISrisht. You amt got no looks OFF Z {
e Teacher was mildly surprised: ST
r was as Irish as Patrick Brennan, an
e in her own way she looked it: Trul
her eyes were brown, but the face an
U the faith of her fathers were sti
n strongly hers.
Q Not look still a Christiana' 81
,s 80 g s,e xJt,, n &c Wall then Morris whf
do 10 LOOK 1ike9'' S
= And Morris, ever going straight
!: the point, replied:
it ttYou looks like stylish Sheeney,
'e and waited for this intox cat1ng pra1!
to bring bushes to the light face
u loved. IT Drought the bushes, but the
r were even fedder and hotter than ]
Is khad expected. There was also gas
ION which he had not counted and
ID queer flash in the brown eyes.
r, g Morris, said Teacher, s Morrl
did you eyer see sheeney with no
1T Morris raised his head from the II
N | Jumper, climbed off the from-silk aprt
in Hand solemnIy ntemplated the little b
n OF nose. The truth broke over him
,d3l sickening waves. The star of his Ii
is1hhad seth doll was stuffed with sar
1.. dust; his idol had feet of clay; his llg
r faced lady was a Christian. And "
e she was his teacher and greatly to 81
Z, ~ loved, so he bore the knowledge for b
:, !. dear sake, as brayely as he could.
i. returned to the from-silk apron, Woul
n s, a. short arm around the white collar al