The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

stared over the river. Then I'll say, goodbye"
 Alone, she fulfilled her first intention, and, having finished her cry. felt rather disposed to tax her own severity. "Oh, we'll" she compromised, "Ill be nice 10 him this evening""
 But when she returned to the house he was gone over to Las Glorias Mrs Fleming said, to spend a day before he left for the States. Too frightened to cry now, she crawled to bed and lay toss ing in wakeful desperation. And when, next morning, hope futtered in in the shape of telegram from Fleming couu- termanding the dismissal, she begged to be allowed to take it to him. When, two hours later, she rode into Las Glorias her fair face flushed from her hard galloping, Bender's big heart snote him
 Hes gone" he said. Went down by canoe this morning." Luckily he had taken the precaution of lifting her from the saddle. "Gone?" she repeated blankly then, "O-h!' The misery in the wall abolished cer- tain humorous lines about Bender S , mouth. He spoke promptly. If you are game for a night run down stream on my launch, we may catch him before he boards the train at Colorado"
 If she was game
 Great is the power of woman's s l fearful smile. All that night Bender raced down that tropical stream, dart ing in and out of sangs and sandbanks carrying head of steam that bade fair to shake every bolt out of the launch. He Was profuse in comforting words, too. At daybreak they still lacked 10 miles of the little river sta . tion, but the " C., the craziest of ex- periments in railroading, had never been known to rrn train or schedule ; there was heaps of time. At least so he told her. But alas! accidents will happen even to time cards, and oh, the cussedness of things! Every morning for month past the train had been late from six to 10 hours, it would be so late every morning for a month to come; but because on this occasion a half hours delay would bring happ1- ness to two persons, it must needs roll in on time.
 Though Bender almost blew his small whistle off, the cars jerked onward While they were still a quarter of a mile away. Erect, hands outstretcheG as though to draw 1t back, Mabel stood in the bows, and almost as though t had felt her restraining will, the train slowed down after 1t had moved a hundred yards.
 She's taking on waterl" the girl screamed. "Oh, hurry, MT. Benderr
 She was already running wide open but Bender slapped 8 half gallon of lubricant into his small furnace and slammed the door.
 Get readyH' Mabel gasped. "Oh, get ready to-run!" i-l
 "Tut. tut" he laughed This is your funeral, girl. Gather up your skirts Now run
 How she ran-as a scared deer and, wthal, just made the last coach as the train moved on. It was a perilous high step but she took 1t, and came face to face with Gilson, who had stepped out for a last look around She handed him the telegram with Read. Read.'
 glance, and he shook his head. The train was going four miles an hour and rapidly pulling up to its maximum of six. She threw a frightened glance around. "Oh, please! Won't yoILcolne back-with mel
 It was very clever jump that he made His burden drove his feet ankle deep in the sand, but he did not fall; and not TOT moment later did she realize that she was being kissed, and kissed in the astonished faces of a Mexican section crew.
 Please set me down." she urged for he showed a disposition to ignore a brown faced public opinion. Yet there were compensations in the fervid way in which she elutched his arm to her bosom. 'Oh. thought you were gone forever"
 His eye twinhled. Didn't Bender tell you that I was coming back next week 2"
 "O-h!' Stopping between the tracks, she gazed at him. You don't mean to say that"
 just little jaunt up to the city, yes"
 that you deliberately" she sighed. "Oh. you--' " 'Brute'?" he suggested.
 She looked archly up. No comprende, senor'"