Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-12

blond style. Kitty was better looking.
with dark blue eyes, but she was not so
well groomed. Lucille always wore dainty
dresses. Her scholars proudly boosted
tn at their teacher wore the prettlest
clothes in town. The Karrell laundress
threatened every week to quit. Kitty,
with her one plain serge skirt and three
not remarkable shirt waists, was envious
when she had time. But she seldom had
time. The seventh grade is not the kind
to allow it's teacher much opportunity.
for mental leisure. And at home there
was always enough work to roots out idle
repinings. This afternoon she hurried
anxious to cut out a new skirt for her
self haste up a house dress for her
mother, and learn how Nell, who was In
the third-yea high school. had got along
with an essay that she had been worry
ing over the evening before.
But Nell had no thought for the essay
She came flying to meet her sister and
pulled her into the side porch where the
family could not hear, NelPs pretty
young face flushed with anger and her
eyes snapped Say, Kitty she began
furiously. do you know that Lucille
Karrell is trying to make Prof. Reed put
you out and let her have the seventh
grade-says you have no discipline and
Your scholars are developing INTO raga-
mullins She says our whole family Is no
account and so you ought TO give place
to some one else" Nel's anger over
Whelmed her and her words choked into
long, loud sobS.
Hush" said Kitty. Are YOU sure"
Sure. cried Nell. II stood behind
them in the post office. l hate Papf
Reed-just a dude. And if they won't
let you teach it is no use for the rest of
US to try to amount to anything.
Prof. Reed can't put me out" said
Kitty firmly, although she was more
shaken than she would let Nell know.
The school board"
And Luciles father was elected presi-
dent of the school board al the meeting
last night. said Nell What's the mat
ter Can't you make the boys behave?"
That from Nell was too much. Kitty
flushed. The boys behave" she snapped.
You can't expect boy TO be an angel.
wish Lucille Karrell had the room for
a while
She cut out the skirt and basted the
dress. helped Nell with.the essay. ironed
Saturday morning and baked Saturday
afternoon. Sunday morning she went TO
church. but the sight of Lucille, pretty
and self-possessed in a lavender. ratine
that cost more than Kitty spent in a
year for clothes, spoiled all pleasure in
the service. She did not go that night,
and Monday morning she woke up with
a sense of something heavy hanging over
her.
She scarcely had opened her desk when
Prof. Reed came in. There was pc
culiar light in his keen eyes as he came
directly to the point. Miss karre!l
would like try at another room he be-
gan 1t is very irregular, but If you
don't mind l think ii would be an in
teresting proceeding for you two to ex-
change for week or so-or until He
broke off ana asked, still with that pc
culiar light in his eyes, You can man
age the second grade all right"
Il think So. Kitty said DULY. and
made no objection. Lucille came up
immediately. laughing and important,
and not troubling herself TO be civil to
Kitty. Kitty Went down to the second
grade and promptly reduced the spoi ed
Mildred. who was crying for her Miss
Karrell. to submission
AT noon she did not see Lucille. who
lived BLOCK north of the schoolhouse.
and skipped out of the rear door. But
she passed Arthur Hart i'm the corridor.
""d h' r"'1OcS at her nth an irf0lia5