The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-05-03


sometimes characterized the young PEG
pile under his charge In highly unpro-
lesSional 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 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
seription should by any means escape
the attention of its objects. warningly
scrawled beneath 1t was the admoni-
ton, Change the name and not the
letter. and you change for worse and
not for better
Cartright glanced ut his companion
swiftly. lie devoutly hoped she was
not one of those mawkishly sentiment
tai young women who blushed and
quivered ut 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 eoolly than her predecessor
had done under similar circumstances
She faced the scraNl a moment with
pickering hrows, 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 Il great occurrences.
Il don't feel bit embarrassed" she
remarked. NO one, I'm sure. need feel
ashamed of feeling Friendship and in
difference for IL 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, rs we'll as the clipped and rum
pied ones on the other side of the room,
the romantic idea should be dominant?
You and |. being neither very old nor
very ugly'@her lips twitched-'will
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 appalling
"Appallng" he echoed Il should
say 1t 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 II thoroughly glrlish but
rather undgntied attitude Cartright
noticed with satisfaction that her
teaching had not sunk In" as yet
mind. Not |. Why, it's ns good as Il
play. Now, If you come into my room
TO speak TO me during II recitation, es-
pecially If you should happen to smile
at me, the cir becomes electric with
meaning. Minnie telegraphs Jennie a
swift Did you see thatY and even the
hulking, overgrown boys who have
been sitting like bumps upon logs
arouse to something like life"
1--WE half mind to show you some
thing | found on the floor today" she
remarked slowly. ana from the bag at
her side she took "A slip of paper and
held ii out to him. Its extremely fiat
tering to you, anyway"
He looked at the slip. II bet she's in
love with him" was written In Il 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
like Roehester's."
There WAS moments silence. and
then the two young Instructors broke
into roar OF laughter that wiped out
the last sense Of strangencss between
them.
Now that you know that | know,
and | know that you know" was Cart
rights somewhat involved explanation
II don't see any reason why we cant
be friends. Nothing that those young
cubs do can possibly make us shy
Wen show them that the thread of ro-
nance doesn't run throun' every
friendship between Il man ana "A wom-
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 new ease and understand
ing between the incoming teacher of
algebra and physiology and the prn-
cipal whom every girl In the room Sc
cretly 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 TIL was close
to them they were so interested In each
other. Her cheeks were all plnk-you
know how lovely she looks with tho
color shining through that down on her
face-and he was looking at her. and
his eyes were shining with great hap
piness." Here Jennie dropped dream
fly into the words Of her latest novel
"And words OF love fell from his lips"
But how do you know? You didn't
hear them, did youE' demanded the
practical and unimaginative Minnie.
Hear them" was Jennie's scornful
retort There are some things you
don't have to hear to know them. I'll
bet you that he was proposing to her.
Just wait-and watch the third finger
pf her left hand"
But, though they waited and watched
with "A patience that deserved reward,