The Somerset reporter., 1905-05-04

In his heart of hearts the handsome
young principal of the high school
sometimes characterized the young peo
pie under his charge In highly unpro
fessional language as little beasts"
Teaching WAS by no means his voca-
ton, but simply a compulsory grace by
which he hoped to obtain two coveted
years Of study at Heidelberg
He did SO now with a ylciousness
that would have Mortified their parents,
for as he and Miss Comyng entered one
OF the smaller recitation rooms to look
at a globe they were 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 Comyngs feeling for him
was a compound Of friendship and in.
difference. while his own for her was
unadulterated love.
But this was not all Lest the in
scription should by any means escape
the attention of It's objects. warningly
scrawled beneath it was the admoni-
ton, Change the name and not the
letter, 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
quycred al 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 coolly than her predecessor
had done under similar circumstances.
She faced the scrawl 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 il was with a great occurrences.
Il don't feel bit embarrassed she
remarked No one I'm sure, need feel
ashs' of feeling friendship and in
difference for colleague. But candid
ly''-hcr 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 dan
CLING, as we'll as the clipped and rum
pied ones on the other side of the room,
the romantic idea should be dOminantf
You and |, being neither very old nor
very ugly'-her lips twitched-"wil
play the leading roles in living drama
for the next few months. One hundred
and twenty pairs of keen eyes will be
warching us daily, awaiting some sign
of our admiration for each other. It's
it's simply appalling'
"Appallng" he echoed. 81 should
say ii was-and some of them are still
In the stage where they spell future
with 'ch and busy with an Il" But
don't mind II you don't" he added mag
unanimously.
She was sitting on the arm of one Of
the chairs in thoroughly girlsh but
rather undignifed attitude Cartright
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