Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-02

that dreadful man." confided Mis-.
sarmichael on an evening somewhat
alter. She was talking to a new &C
luaintanee. She was too young not
o talk shop" and she interpreted the
inertness Of her listeners look as the
evidence Of an interest deep as her
own In the subject Of tyrannical ian
itors.
Sandys was the name Of the new ac-
quaintance. He was uncle by mar.
riage to the Ogilyies, and the Ogle-
Vies also came from Fayetteville. II
was at the house of the Oglevies that
they we're talking. Mr.. Sandys was
not young. like Miss Carmichael, but
ne appeared more youthful; his old
age was greenly vigorous. while Miss
Carmichael's pink prettiness was staid
almost to solemnity when she dis.
coursed upon the janitor. In Mr..
sandys' small, alert eyes was force
Of authority that contradicted sharp
" fulfilled. jovial manner.
From the back platform Of a
Wedgerley avenue car Mr.. LYONS
bowed respectfully. lifting his hat as
If a wind had snatched it, when he
saw Sandys pass in an automobile.
His cousin by marriage was a big
man at the capital. but he was a mere
dot on the political landscape com
pared to Matthew Sandys. So Mr..
Lyons bowed with great energy.
Mt. Sandys evidently did not see
the bow. Mr.. Lyons mind went back
TO the consideration of his own course
about Miss Carmichael If she came
to him humbly enough. should he lei
her of?
Thus communing. he reached the
street corner he wanted, which was
also the ogilyies' corner. The Ogil.
Vles were not in politics, and Mr..
Lyons had never heard of them. AS
he moved down the street he per.
ceiyed that the automobile which had /
passed him, carrying Matthew
sandys, was standing before one of
me doors directly in his path, and Mat
new, smiling and plainly respectful
n manner, assisting the passage of a
young woman down the steps. Upon
he ogilyies, also smiling and wear.
ng a holiday air of anticipation. Mr..
lyons bestowed no glance. Rooted,
laralyzed. dry Of throat and quaking
Ike the aspen of the field, he let a
stare remain in horrified fix.
'dness upon the young woman who
vas the object of SO much care of Mr..
'andys.
Mr.. Lyons looked i'll when The brow.
eaten wife of his bosom, she who
Washed the blackboards ON Sunday.
ressed upon him belated refresh
lent.
Never was the triumph of courage
lore amazingly proved than in the
lain talk conducted by Miss Car
lichael and listened to by Mp. Lyons
lnitor of the Washington Gram.
lar" Mr.. Lyons spoke with sincere
motion when at the end OF the in.
'ryiew he said he hoped that Miss
harbored no hard feel. =
u.s." Miss Carmichael gave him her
and In a firm little grasp and went :
nth triumphant
II was a victory. not only for No.
|, but for the whole OF the Wash.
gton Grammar" that became as
were overnight clean to the degree >
r. Lyons was able to conceive as
e limit of endurable cleanliness 2
18th the ardor Of one who buttresses q
endangered Job, Mr.. Lyons la.
red. A layer of dirt was taken 2
each room. The thick cushion u
er the doors. the windows, the pic. 8
res, the woolly heaps under the =
achers' desks. still bred their germs s
unmolested peace. but the floors %
longer added to the hem of a teach.
S skirt a gray fuzz.
1t is a lesson to me-" confided Miss
to her friend, Mr.. Sandys al
shall try never to be afraid again N
zen see my duty" OF
That's right said Mr.. Sandys. nj