The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-03-14

with round, staring eyes, and glowing
cneeKs, and held her breath while
rreddle Jones, aged thirteen. recited
Paul Revere's Ride" She tbought
II wonderful. She was obliyious To
freddie's scarlet face and shifting
glance; she did not know that he
skipped a round dozen of the lines.
ana that his teacher, her hand over
her eyes, was blushing for the STAN.
mering boy she had coaxed and scold.
ed and struggled with until he knew
inns same piece wrong side out" as
he himself expressed it. Nora heard
only the thrilling story of that gal.
liant ride, drinking in every word with
bated breath and shining eyes. To
her boy who could recitet a piece
IKE that was a hero himself, and
when Freddie, red and sulky with
the chagrin of failure descended from
the platform and went to his seat she
could not understand why he looked
so crestfallen.
By the time paul Revere" had
been followed by "Casabianca, spar.
tacus to the Gladiators" and "The
Charge of the Light Brigade" her lit
tie soul was in a trance of exalted
patriotism and sublime self-sacrlfce.
But, alas! There were still those
little unlucky stars. All too soon
for Nora-the exercises came to an
end, and, after final song, the classes
began to dispense for their respective
rooms.
Now, the assembly hall was on the
side of the building devoted to the
boys classrooms, and the little girls
mad TO pass down a long corridor
lined with rooms filled with noisy
boys before they could reach their
own rooms.
This corridor was next to Miss ri.
kerr the haunting terror of Nora's
school life. Once when Miss Spar
row had left her handkerchief in the
assembly hall she had chosen Nora
to bring it to her, thinking that her
devoted little admirer would delight
in the choice. And so she did, but
Miss Sparrow had no idea of the dread
which took possession of the child as,
with teeth and hands tightly clenched,
she Skinned like frightened mouse,
past the many open doors and back.
But to-day she stepped out into the
dreaded corridor with fearless un.
concern. Were not the deeds of great
heroes seething in her brain? She
walked along with the other girls
Of her class, with bowed head and
frown.
But something was wrong in the
van of marching girls. Someone was
or out of line or, worst of
all fates, talking. Miss Diker, her
glmlet eyes popping out of her head
broke in upon the line and stopped
the march.
Now that the sound of shutting
feet was no longer heard, Nora could |
distinctly hear the gay march which |
Miss Sparrow was playing for those
who had not yet left the assembly |
hall Her quick ear caught the strain
Of 1.-The Light Brigade" and, forget.
ing everything else, she threw back
her little freckled face and softly
the air, swaying her head
with its bobbing curls from side to.
side, and keeping time with her feet
All unconscious Of everything
lround her, she went on enjoying this
lifting sequel to her exciting morn
ng. But suddenly a black shadow
ell across her and woke her rudely
rom her happy dreams. Miss Diker
vas glowering down upon her.
What have we here?" that lady
vas saying. 81 thought all the little
Joys had been left behind; ! must
ave been mistaken. Come, little
oy," and she grasped the child by
he arm and plucked her out OF the
Inc.
Nora was too dazed to cry-too
frightened even to try to conjecture
er fate. Thoughts OF Miss Diker's
,ng, grim office, swept across her
lind, and she shuddered.
Miss Diker, however, was not steer
lg for the office. Still holding Nora
y the arm, she strobe back along the
orridor, to the largest room of boys
nd pushed open the door with -four
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