The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-01-31

- ~ estss4. ~ wAat h was ~111l
prsGDts1 ~ sexf query:
WE ave you This namsTr
Perhaps he fApcied himself q hoy amlo
II the Sunday school. and staading befsr
the railing u ths altar. where. with othr
ers ef Ais ase, be had bern asked tn
question ~prspoundcd to Madeline CyAA
whs did not hear the doctors srnothsrsl
laugh ~ he retreated into the adjoiniss
room.
In eli her ~prrconeeived ideas Of this -.
animation. she had never dreamed al ~
Ing catechis~d. aud with . feeling II ter
ror as she thought Of that long aaswsr 4
the question:. what il thy duty 70 thy
nelghbor. :" and doubted her ability -
repeat Il. she said MY sponsora u hap
tisnB. nve me the hrst name ~ Made
line Amelia, SIR" adding. ~ shs Augha
and m~isropstraed the strange CLEAN in
the dark eyes vent upon her, II Am afrAA
! hare forgotten some of the cHsechisrn I:
l did not know IL waa necessary in order
To teach school"
Certainly. no ! do not tAins II b. I
beg your pardon" were Guy Reminstou's
etacniatory replies. ms be glanced from
Madeline 10 the open door of the adjoin-
inx room. where wss visible q slate, %
which. In huge letters. the amused doc-
tor had wristea "Blockhead."
There was something In Madelins'o
quiet. wofnaniy. earnest mnnnar which
commanded Guys respect. ~ ~ would
have given vent TO the laughter which
was choking him. and thrown On bis dis
ruise. But he could not bear now to IN
deceiye her. and. resolntely turning his
back uroa rho doctor. he sns down by the
pile Of books and commenced the exam
nation in earnest. asking first her age.
Going On fifteen" sounAed older 70
Madeline than fourteen and a half" -
going on hfteen" was the reply. to which
Guy responded That IL very youns,
Miss Clyde."
Yes. but Mr.. crsen did not mini.
He's the committeeman. He knew how
young | was Madeline said. eagerly,
her great brown eyes growing large with
the look OF fear which came % suddenly
into them. !,
OF course. IL your employers are at
isfed 1t 10 nothing to me, only I had
associated teaching with women much
Older than yourself. What il logic, Miss
Clyde
The ~abrnp,n~ss with which h. put the
question startled Madeline 70 such Q
degree that she could not positively tell
whether she had ever heard that verd
before, much less could she recall Ito
meaning. and no she answered trashy,
Il don't know.
A girl who did not xsew what eogio
was did not know much, in Guys esti.
nation, but IL would not % to stop here
and SO he asked her next bow many cases.
there were in Iatinl
Madeline had never booked insane .
Latin grammar. and again her truthful
II don't know, sir" fell on Guys ear,
but this time there was a ~half-despair-
ing tone In the young voice usuAlly 20
hopeful.
perhaps. then, you can conjueaAs the
verb Amo." Guy said, his manaef indi-
eating the doubt he was beginning to feel
as to her qualifications.
Maddy knew well what "~csajugats"
meant, but that verb Amo, what could
a meant aud had she ever heard Il b,
fore! Mr. Remington was wait1ng for
her she must say something, and with
a gasp she began: Il amo. thou amosst,
he amoes. Plural: We amo, - or ysu
amo. they amo." :.
Guy looked at her aghast fer 4 single
moment, and then q comical smile brsks
all over his face. telling poor Maddy
palmer than could words that she had
made q most ridiculous mistake. .
"Oh, sir" she cried, her eyes wearing
the look Of the frightened hare, 'it 10
not right. ! don't know what It means.
Tell meSteach me. What is it to amo?''
To most men Il would not have seemed
= very disagreeable task. teaching young
Madeline Clyde Ito amo." as she termed
II, and some such idea fitted across Guys
mind, a. he thought how pretty and
bright was the eager face upturned to his,
the pure white forehead. suffused with Z
faint flush. the cheeks a crimson hue.
and the pale lips parted slightly a Mad
dy appealed to him for the definltion Of
"amo."
1T IL . Latin verb. and means &c
love-" Guy said. with an emphasis ON
the last word. which would havs made
Maddy blush had she been less anxious
and frightened.
Ito b. continued.)