Year: 1879

see anything that had been ION ialllnt
in bits; but some things the keeper wifi
had said, seemed keeping time with he
scissors as they went.


"You see, ma am, it's what might bt
called a providential accident, the snow
storm coming on and the stage going NJ
further, and so that young thing being
thrown on our hands that night. She
was looking for her own folks, that was
plain; for she kept whispering to herself
i must see him tomorrow for my child
sake" and her very last breath was tC
cry out entrcating like and sudden
Father" But this being an inconvenient
world, altogether not the best, why YOU
sec by daylight she had taken a journey
quite another way


Summer days are long, but they slip
away after all, and the evening came
when Miss Pophursts precious cow camC
home with a twig of crimson maple leave;
hanging from her mouth, and the next
day the Elm Tree School mustered its de
scrtcrs and began again.


ats Just as well, - mused Miss Judith,
standing at the window with a broom in
her hand and proud satisfaction in hel
heart. as she watched her new charge
hurning toward the school; 1.-THE boy
has such an uncommon hankcring to find
some company of his age That always
WAS a handsome pattern for pants too; Sc
good and slack in the seat and square al
the ankles-if | could only cure him OF
that trick of hitching at the waistband,
though


That was a hard school as everybody
knew. They had turned out their last
two masters and were just ready for a
third. though for once it did not seem
quite certain who would come out first
best. "Scts up to be little extra,
| laughed Sam Hebbcrton, the talleSt rebel
of last year, but there was an uneasy
echo to his laugh. The new master had
been staying week at Squire Phillip
Vcnctian-bGndcd, porticoed house, that
not one of the ten boys had ever seen the
inside of, and the Squire was a trustee IN
the bargain.


Yes added another tall rebel, Hal
Phillips. himself, land he told my father
he intended to stay in that school-room,
and that if any one left, it would be the
first boy that didn't behave himself


There was another uncomfortable
pause and sam turned from the stump he
was kicking. And what did the Squire
say to that: you git out. suppose, '
he returned with a half laugh.


Halls eyes flashed Everybody knew
the Squire had been a sea captain for half
a lifetime before coming back to the old
homestead and family title together, and
that few quarter decks had seen hotter
temper or hotter words than his. But
there was a rumor that the Squire had
seen trouble in his day. His wife, and a
daughter who was the idol Of his heart,
were gone, and some mysterious change
had come over him with It all


ITS a hard ,usslc, though. said Dea-
con Bayberry one day. Hes the proud
est, high-steppin' est man We ever had in
our place; but I've seen him fifty times
when d thing rilcd him, with full five
minutes to get a fair hold on himself, and
then out comes that terrible 'scape-valvc
o. his n. You get out And the Dca-
con laughed a satisfied laugh he should
see the Squire fairly in the kingdom yet.


But as sam spoke, there was a new
sensation in the crowd. \ slight figure
walked toward them, giving an mcom-
Portable pull at the waistband Of some
very slack trousers with one hand.
while the other was struggling to keep a
loose hat steady on a smooth-shayen, slip
perry head.


Halo, What's your name, young
stcr. Oh, he's Miss Judy's boy! Judy,
Judy, where's the baby, Judy
\ hot flush ran up to the brim of the
loose hat, but a sharp, quick ring of the
school-bell sent the boys swarming in like
bees into a hive, and the hum Of the first
day's work began. The hum went on
pretty quietly for week the boys were
taking the gauge of the new master ;
eve and hand, and were too busy for
much notice of the newcomer excepting
that pull at the waist band that Miss Ju-
dys boy couldn't seem to do without.
Glitch" Hal Phillips had whispered with
an imitation such as only he could give
and that was the signal for the rest. Miss
Judy's boy couldn't raise his eyes OF
speak to anybody, but there it was. Was
this the fun of going to school:


Could the whispers have reached Miss
Judy's ears: At any rate she stalked
grimly to the village store that night and
came back with very small parcel in her
hand and the next morning the shrinking
little face under the slippery hat shOnc
proud and triumphant for once.


Feel little extra this morning, eh -
said Hal, as a pair of brown eyes flashed
up at him with a quiver at the heart they
belonged to. 1t had had good many
quiyers since school began, but this was q
new variety, joyful one, and could not
be kept back.


1--WE got some Gallowses.


"Halloal Gallowses! He's got som,
gallowses Now we've got a namer
shouted Hall; and the cry went round
Miss Judys boy was named. For an in.
slant the wide pants and hat shrank away
as if from a stab, but they were out agair
and doing their share in the game, wher