Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-01


nrnt pioneer. Then the elder Miss
Chiffon dropped into the postofiice
and saw with her own eyes and al
most fell over In faint. There were
these who told her about the flirting,
and when she reached home she was
in a hysterical condition.
The first thing was an edict to pre-
vent the pupils from visiting the
village without permission. and there
was dissatisfaction at once. Therd'
were even threats to leave the school.
After three or four days OF troubled
minds the old maids solved the prob
lem. They called ON the postmaster
and informed him that he must at
once remove his nephew"
but why?" asked the old vet. who
had heard nothing OF the gossip.
Because he-he fiirts with our pu-
pils!"
Don't blame him n darned bit! II
I was young Teller I'd do the same"
"But he mustn't You hear-he
mustn't! 1t viii break up our school"
Nonsense! II you'd done a little
flirting yourselves in days gone by
you'd have been all the better for It,
! l want Clarence here. and here he
Will stay"
"Sir we shall appeal to the post
master-general!" was the awful
threat as the old maids retired.
And appeal they did. and right on
| tho ground, too, that the assistant
postmaster at Rockwell was nirt
| and bringing discredit on the depart
ment. II isn't likely that the official
| read the letter or reply, but some
clerk who sympatbized with the as
sistant answered:
| "F'iirtations arc not forbidden by
the rules OF this department unless
they seriously interfere with the work
of the official. and we do not think
that is the case in this instance"
l. The Misses Chiffon had been sure
they could GUST the young man and
drive him back toward sunset. and
the failure was great disappoint
ment.
"I'll tell you what we must do
said the elder sister, aB the case was
talked over. 1--WE must not forbid the
young ladies' going into town. but We
must select the most steady and de
mure among them and have her ACT
as chaperon for the rest. She car
take up so much of that young mans
time that he will have none left FOL
firtations."
These two old maids. brought VI
on oatmeal and the New Testament
and neither having ever been es
corted home from prayer meeting b,
man. thought they knew all abou
girl-naturei The "demure" girl the,
made chaperon was the biggest fir
In the school She was n mode
chaperon while within sight of thu
school buildings, but once the village
was reached 1t was: -
Nov, girls, scatter and have I
good time, but don't too many OF yo'
Jam into the postoffice at once"
And as the days went past thu
Misses Chiffon grew secure and com
placent, and now and then the eide
said:
SISTER Flora. you must give mi
credit for perspicacity in this case"
'T do, sister Fanny" was the reply
"But for you our school would hav'
been broken up by this time. Hav'
there been any further reports o
l. hirtationsl
mot one. sister,"
"How grand to be able to under
stand human character!"
Two weeks later and then the Who'll
world seemed to be spinning aroun,
like top. One afternoon the "de
mure" chaperon was missed. Searcl
was made, even under the beds an
in the bureau drawers. 1t was ea
tended into the country, but in vair
No one had seen a demure young lad
OF steady appearance padding alon
through the dust. There were tw
persons In the school that got n
sleep that night. When morning cam
they went to the postoffice in tn
hope OF striking clew. They wer
not disappointed. The old veteral
was on duty, and at sight of them h
rubbed his hands together and said
"Come right in. ladies'; have solve
the probleml"
1--WE are looking for Miss Blank.
was the reply.
"And you've come to the RICH
place. / lent Clarence my horse an
buggy yesterday to drive of an
marry her, and now all your troupie
are DER. He can't fiirt with any Q
the rest of the school"