Year: 1878

"All right, fellows, I'll do it but
I'll not promise when," and with this
the boys had to rest content.


1t is the custom in some country
places for the teacher to board around;
first spending a portion of her time
with one, then with another of the pu-
pills parents, until all have done their
share of entertaining.


Miss Brown was at Harry Chisholm's
during the month of June, and found
her stay there very pleasant. Harry
despoiled the woods of treasures of moss
and flowers to decorate the rooms in her
honor, and his mother spared no pains
in compounding marvels of delicious
cookery to tempt her to "eat and grow
fat" as she said in her homely but cor
dial way.


There was now but one thing wanting
to make Harry perfectly happy and that
was to have his former friend and teach
er, Mr.. Osborne, pay them visit. So
with his mothers consent he wrote and
invited him to spend Saturday and Sun
day with them.


The young teacher came home from
the halliday Saturday session feeling
tired and dispirited. AS she entered
into the shady east parlor, which was
the favorite sitting room of the family,
her eyes, unused to the subdued light,
failed to notice that it was already oc-
cupied.


She sank into an inviting looking
easy chair, and giving her sun bonnet a
toss to the table leaned wearily back and
closed her eyes.


The rattle of a newspaper caused her
to open them again suddenly, and find
that she had intruded thus unceremoni-
ously upon another visitor. AS she rose
confusedly the gentleman came forward
and held out his hand After one sur
prised glance she gave little cry of
pleasure.


Mr.. Osborne am dreaming ? or is
it ghost instead of your very own
self?"


No ghost [ assure you; but l feel
like echoing your question. How is it
/ find you here in this quiet the
way place"


Just then Rose Brown recollected
herself. She must not let this man who
had for few brief months brought such
happiness into her life, and then had
dropped out so suddenly, and for time
had caused even the sunlight to seem a
mockery to her-she must not let him
see how her heart throbbed at the famil-
lar music of his voice. The answer was
given with sudden change of man.
ner.


81 am Harry's teacher, and am stay
ing here for the present"


You teaching district school !
What does it mean l thought you
were married, and on your way to Eu-
rope months ago."


Married ~ began Rosie, in bewilder-
ment. Then her lips commenced to
tremble, and before she could summon
pride to her aid the tears came and she
was sobblng bitterly.


Jamie Osborne's face was study. He
made a movement forward-longing to
gather her to his heart and kiss away
the tears; but he restrained himself.


"Rose," he said, after moments
troubled silence, did you receive letter
from me soon after went away ?"


"No," she said, wiping her eyes and
looking wonderingly in his agitated
face.


:" L wrote to you as soon as L had Sc
cured my professorship, and asked you
oh, Rosie do you not know what my
question was ?"


Rosie's pretty head dropped beneath
her lovers gaze, but she had no more
tears to hide. Her face shone with 8
sudden sunlight of joy. She had been
right after all in her intuitions. Jamie
Osborne had loved her, and she had moi
misconstrued his meaning when he had
whispered at the parting:


"As soon as my future is decided
upon am going to write and ask my
little friend'a question. Until then !
must keep silence"


Her heart had thrilled as she listened
to the low tender tones, and for weeks
the postman's arrival had been awaited
with eager eyes. Then thedreary inter
val of disappointment, and at last tn,
feeling that she had been cruelty de
ceived-that he whom she had thought
SO noble and true had been trifling with