New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-28
News For Women Readers and 1heafezg0ezS-
MY SOLDIER SWEETHEART
Adele Garrisons Continuation OF
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE

But / had never taught the subject,
and I recalled with awe the eruditiOn
of some of the Latin instructors who
had worked with me in my teaching
days. l never could compete with
them!
Almost a Prayer.
Then in Il wave OF common sense
[ remembered that the standards OF
this school, where I would De ex-
pected to combine three distinct sub
jects, for about one-third of the
amount one subject would demand in
a city school, were probably not
exalted as to be out OF my reach
I answered the letter at once, not
waiting to compare it with any other
answers. And l was glad indeed,
that I'd done so, when the two other
letters which finished the replies to
my advertisement, came to hand.
For both were from villages at the
extreme end of the limits I had set,
while the salaries were i'll inverse
ratio to the amount OF work to be
done.
But Bay View was the second viii
lage from Marvin, on the line of the
railroad, far enough away so that I
wouldn't be subjected to the I'M
pleasant curiosity of my neighbors-
I knew we'll the speculative inquisi-
tiveness of the average village
dweller-yet near enough so | could
get to my work and come from it
with a minimum of time wasted. AS
I wrote my answer to Kenneth H.
Stockbridge the wish that he would
consider my application favorably was
almost a prayer. One thousand dol
lars year although small in COM
| parison with what 1 had earned,
seemed a fortune to me in our present
! circumstances.
One sentence in Mr.. Stockbridgc's
letter troubled me vaguely.
Anxiousiy Waiting.
For certain reasons l do not WISH
| the fact of the former teachers resiG-
nation to be known until later
I'd had some little experience with
high school factions, politics and in
| trigues, and L did not quite like the
idea of not gong openly to the prin-
cipaIs Office to talk over the position.
| But I put my vague forebodings
firmly aside, telling myself grimly
that I was in no position to pick
flaws in this gift which the gods were
dangling in front of me.
| / had received Mr.. Stockbridge's
| letter upon Friday-he had an
swered the Brooklyn advertisement,
and 7 named Sunday at o'clock as
the hour at which I would see him.
| And never in my callowest most
bread-and- butter days, had I been
more nervous over an anticipated in
| terview.
| OF course I'd been compelled to
! break the news to my family, and the
| hurt silence of my father the causuc
| comments of my mother-in-law, and
| Katie's redeemed eyes, didn't help my
| strained nerves. But Katie's volatile
| nature soon decided that the excite
ment pertaining to my getting the
new position was worth any sac
rifice, and as the time drew near for
Mr. Stockbridge's arrival she began
| to proffer advice as to my appearance.
"Vy you put on dot old blue ting?'
she queried, referring to the fact that
I donned one of my plainest gowns.
1t was exceptionally we'll cut, of good
material, and with collar and cuffs
of embroidered linen, was not only
becoming but the sort of costume I'd
been wont to wear in the schoolroom.
I had determined to "dresS the part
for the coming of Mr.. Stockbridge.
I explained matters as we'll as /
could, but she remained distinctly
disappearing.
He tink you no SWELL she said
| sulkily, and repeated the comment
| frequently. Indeed it was upon her
| lips when the doorbell pealed the APP
pearance of the Bay View principal.