Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-08-02

sometimes characterized the young PEG
pie under his charge in highly unpro-
fessional language as little beasts"
Teaching was by no means his voca-
ton, but simply compulsory grace by
which he hoped to obtain two coveted
years of study at Heidelberg.
He did so now with a vicionsness
that would have Mortified their parents.
for as he and Miss Comyng entered one
of the smaller recitation rooms 10 look
at a globe they We're confronted by
their own names scrawled upon the
blackboard and bristling with the can
celed letters common to both. By
counting first the Cancelled and then
the remaining letters to the formula
Friendship, love. indifference, hate.
the youthful tormentors had discov-
cred and duly published to the world
that Miss Comyng's feeling for him
was compound of friendship and in
difference, while his own for her was
unauthorized love.
But this was not all Lest the in
scription should by any means escape
the attention of its objects, warningly
scrawled beneath it was the admoni-
ton, ''Change the name and not the
latter, and you change for worse and
not for better"
Cartright glanced at his companion
swiftly. He devoutly hoped she was
not one of those mawkishly sentimen-
tai young women who blushed and
auirered at occurrences of this sort,
thereby giving him an uncomfortable
feeling that possibilities lowered in her
mind.
But this time he need have had no
fear. Miss Comyng took the matter
much more coelly than her predecessor
had done under similar circumstances.
She faced the scrawi moment with
puckering brows, then transferred her
gaze openly to his face and laughed
outright at the dawning look of relief
she surprised there, and when she
spoke it was with great occurrences.
81 don't feel a bit embarrassed" she
remarked. mo one, I'm sure, need feel
ashamed Of feeling friendship and In
difference for colleague. But candid
ly'-her tone changed and became
frank and matter of fact-'isn't 1t
amazing that in all those young heads
from which the pigtails are still dam
Cling, as well as the clipped and rum
pled ones on the other side of the room.
the romantic idea should be dominant?
You and I, being neither very old nor
very ugly"-her lips twitched-"win
play the leading roles In living drama
for the next few months. One hundred
and twenty pairs of keen eyes win be
watching us daily, awaiting some sign
of our admiration for each other. It's
it's simply appalling"
appalling he echoed. Il should
say it was-and some of them are still
in the stage where they spell future
with 'ch' and busy with an ~ But
don't mind if you don't" he added mag
unanimously
She was sitting on the arm Of one OF
the chairs in a thoroughly girIish but
rather undIgnified attitude. Cartright
noticed with satisfaction that her
teaching had not sunk in" as yet.
mind! Not l. Why. it's as good as
play Now, if you come into my room
to speak TO me during recitation, es-
pecially if you should happen to smile
at me, the air becomes electric with
meaning Minnie telegraphs Jennie a
swift Did you see thatT and even the
hulking. overgrown boys who have
been sitting like bumps upon logs
arouse TO something like life"
I've half a mind to show you some
thing | found on the floor today" she
remarked slowly. and from the bag at
her side she took a slip of paper and
held it out to him. "It's extremely fat
tering to you, anyway"
He looked at the slip 81 bet she's in
love with him. was written in a wab-
bling. Uniformed hand. Il don't see
how she can help it. he has such fear
full fires in his dark eyes. They're just
ike Rochester's."
There was a moments silence, and
then the two young instructors broke
Into a roar of laughter that wiped out
the last sense of strangeness between
them.
s'N0w that you know that / know,
and / know that you know" was Cart
rights somewhat involved explanation,
81 don't see any reason why we can't
be friends Nothing that those young
cubs do can possibly make us shy.
Well show them that the thread of ro-
nance doesn't run through every
friendship between man and WON
an"
"As the scarlet thread through every
bit of rope used by the British navy
she supplemented saucily, and ther
the talk reverted to school matters.
But the pupils Of the Central High
school were not slow to discover that
there was a new ease and understand
ing between the incoming teacher OF
algebra and physiology and the prin
cipal whom every girl in the room Sc
cretly raved over.
Once Jennie Baseom met them walk
Ing in the park. and Notwithstanding