The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-23

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 viciousness
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 Comyng's 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 its 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 sentiment
tai young women who blushed and
quivered 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 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 it was with a great occurrences.
Il don't feel 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 dan
Cling, as well as the clipped and rum
pied ones on the other side of the room,
the romantic idea should be dominant
You and l, being neither very old nor
play the leading roles in living drama
for the next few months. One hundred
and twenty pairs of keen eyes will be
watching us daily, awaiting some sign
of our admiration for each other. It's
it's simply appallingw
"Appallingw he echoed. 81 should
say 1t was-and some of them are still
in the stage where they spell future
with 'ch' and busy with an ~ But l
don't mind If you don't" he added mag
unanimously
She was sitting on the arm of one of
the chairs in thoroughly glrlish but
rather undignif1ed attitude. Cartright
noticed with satisfaction that her
teaching had not SUNK in" as yet
"Mindl Not l. Why, it's as good as a
play. Now, if you come into my room
to speak to me during a 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 that?' and even the
hulking, overgrown boys who have
been sitting like bumps upon logs
arouse to something like life"
''I've half mind to show you some
thing l 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. ITS 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. 81 don't see
how she can help it, he has such fear
full fires in his dark eyes. They're just
like Rochester's."
There was a moments silence, and
then the two young instructors broke
into roar of laughter that wiped out
the last sense of strangeness between
them.
Now that you know that l know,
and l know that you know" was Cart
rights somewhat involved explanation
Il 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 then
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
eretly raved over.
| Once Jennie Bascom met them walk
ing in the park, and Notwithstanding
| the fact that on this occasion they were
deep in the discussion of pedagogy
she described the meeting to Minnie
Brown, her chum, the next morning
somewhat after this fashion:
''They didn't even see till was close
to them they were so interested in eact
other Her cheeks were all pink-yor
know how lovely she looks with tbs
coloy shining through that down on hel
face-and he was looking at her, ant
his eyes were shining with a great hap
piness." Here Jennie dropped dreaI ,
lily into the words Of her latest noW
"And words of love fell from his lips
But how do you know? You didn'
hear them, did you?" demanded thu
practical and unimaginative Minnie.
Hear themv' was Jennie's scornfu
retort ''There are some things yol
don't have to hear to know them. II
bet you that he was proposing to her
Just wait-and watch the third finge
of her left hand"
But, though they waited and watched
with a patience that deserved reward
the tapering fingers of Ruth Comyngl
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they shown any sign of misunder
standing all might have been forgiven
but, on the contrary, they were ap
parently the best of friends, and Min
ME Brown formed mean habit, twit
ting Jennie like this: Yes that will
happen just about the time that cha
ring appears on Miss Comyng's lief
handr' And poor Jennie was forces
to listen In silence, for had she no
asserted positively that words of Low
were falling from mis- lips? She wa
| conscious of a fearful disappointment
with life, and she watched this unac
countable hero and heroine with BIZ
ter, resentful eyes.
Meantime the school year drew to
ward its close, and Cartright, with
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