The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1921, Page 2

CHAPTER I. The schoolmistress of Pine Clearing ; was taking a Jast. look around her echoolseom before leaving it for the jay. é » Mature, : thin, precise—not pretty enough to have excited ‘Homeric feuds, nor yet 90 plain as to preclude certain soothing graces—she was the widow of a poor Congregational minister, and had been expressly imported from San Franeisco to squarely mark the issue between’.the regenerate and unregen- erate life; ‘Low-voiced, gentlewoman- ly, with the pallor of ill health perhaps unduly accented by her mourning, which »was still cut. modishly: enough to’ show off her spare but good figure, she was supposed to. represent, the model of pious, scholastic refinement. As she was stepping from the thresh- old, she was suddenly confronted by a brisk business-looking man who was about toyenter. “Just in time to catch you, Mrs, Martin,” he said hurriedly; then, quickly correcting his manifest familiarity, he added, “I, mean I took the liberty of running in here on my way tothe stage: offce..That matter you spoke of is all arranged. I talked THE NEW ASSISTANT AT PINE CLEARING SCHOOL BY BRET HARTE Copyright by. Houghton Mifflin Co, Published by arrangement. with .. . THE LITERARY DIGEST NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE | | “Come along, boys, and hear this yere | cown, He’s mighty square in his av- !erages—is Sam.” i Here speculation was stopped by | {the rapid oncoming of:the stagecoach | in all the impotent fury,of'a belated arrival. “Had.to go around by: Monte- | zuma ‘to ‘let off Jack ‘Hill,”;eurtly’ex- plained the driver, as he swung’ im: | self from the box, and: entered ‘the hotel bar-room in company «with ‘the new expressman, who hed ‘evidently | taken Hill's place on the’ box-seat. Automatically indifferent (9 /further | inquiry, he ealled ~ out ‘cheerfully, last new.yarn about Sam Barstow— it's. the biggest thing out.” And: in another moment the. waiting crowd, ! with glasses in, their hands, were, eagerly listening'to the repetition ot | the “yarn” from the new -expressman, to the apparent exclusion of other matters, mundane and: practical, : | When the story-teller hag concluded | amidst a general:call for more:drinks. | Sperry approached: the driver: The; *: latter recognizing sae turned. Sophie him through. the . \ companion. ‘carelesslY,' ‘a ods -said,| 1) oa 6 aN “Here’s.one, of ‘em,”.and-he was: going By NEA Service Se. ehwie bait i} away when Sperry stopped; kim... iLoudoa, Nov. -25—4 ehind™ barbed 4 re ‘entanglements: and heavily bar- The. Rev.-G. H, Bort indow, it over with-the other trustees, wrote to Sam Barstow, and he’s agreeable, and has. sent somebody up, and,”..he rapidly. consulted his watch, “he ought to’be here now; and I’m on my. way to - meet him with the other. trustees.” Mrs. Martin, who at once recognized hier: visita) 8, the Chairman of . the School Board, réceived the abrupt in- formation with the slight tremulous: ness, faint increase of color, and hur- ried breathing of a nervous woman. :{‘Sut,” she said, “it was ot gestion of: mine, ‘Mr. Sperry have no.right ‘to ask—I had no idea— “It’s ‘all: right, ma'am—never you mind. We put the case square to Bar- stow. We. allowed ‘that the school was gptting teo large for you' to tackle—I méan, you_know,:to superintend sin- gle-handgd; Jand that these Pike’coun- t¥j boys ‘they arecrunning inion us are a little-too big and sassy for a lady like -you: to:lasso and throw down—1 | ¥! mean,.to sorter control—don’t you see?’: But, bless»you, Sam Barstow saw it all in a minijt! He just jump- ed: .at zit. “Must go: now—they'll » be waiting: Only: I thought I'd drop; ia a-passin’, to: keep you posted;” and, taking-off his: hat, he began to back from: the porch. Bi 5a Arrived at the stage office. he: found the two. other truste2s awaiting him, and the still more: tardy stagecoach. One, a: large, -smooth-faced, > portly man;- was the: Presbyterian: minister; the..other; of thiner and more-serious aspeet,-was,a large mill-owner. 3 “L.presume,”. said the Rev. . Mr. Peaseley-slowly, “that as. our, good brother Barstow, in «the urgency 0? the occasion, has, to some extent, an ticipated our, functions in engaging this assistant, he is—a—a—satisfied with;his capacity?” - ‘st ‘Sam knows what he’s about,” :said the mill-wner. eheerfully, . “and +:ag. he’g. regularly. buckled «down to ;the work-here, and sill go his bottom dol- lar on it, you can safely leave things tochim.”)) »:- ‘ ‘He , certainly -has; exhibited .. greal zeal,?.said.the reverend gentleman patronizingly: see “Zeal; cchoed Sperry. enthusiastic- ally,. “zeal, », Why ‘he- runs Pine: Clear- ‘ing as he:runs his bank and his~ex-; press , company in Sacramento,: and he’s.as well posted.as:if he were here all: the “time: ‘Why, -look: -here;”’ he nudged the mill-owner: secretly,: and, as the minister's. back was. momen- “We were, expecting. & young.-man.” | 1 “Yes,” said the tinier impatiently, rigaded doors, the Rey. G. H. Borril, “and there he is, I reckon.” >, {aclergyman, for nine months‘has been “We don’t mean the new ‘ express: | besicged® in hig‘home in the heart of; man,” said the : minigter,). smiling | London. : ek | blandly, “but a young:man who—”. |; Nine ‘stalwart : detectives, . working “Phat ain't no new. expressman,” re-| in eight-hour shifts of, three, day and ., runnin’ here, I say—you. fellers ought: a n i} énough to meet the levy, anyway. turned-the driver in. scorhtul ;depreca- tion: of his‘ interlocutor's. ignorance. “He only ‘took Hill's: place from Mon- tezuma. He’s the new. kid reviver and polisher for th(t University. you're er get him’ to tell you that story oi Sam Barstow and the ‘Chinaman. It'd; limber you fellers up to -hear:it’ “I fear there’s ‘some ‘extraordinary. mistake here,” said Mr. Peaseley, with a chilling Christian smile. gee “Not a bit of it. He's got ailetter, from Sam for one o’ ye. Yere, Chard Jey—what’s your name!. Come vyere: Yere’s all three bosses waiting: for And the supposed: expressma! Jate. narrator of amusing stories ‘came forward and-presented his credentials ag:the assistant teacher of Pine Clear- ing. ee ey > CHAPTER II. =» f Even the: practical: Mp. Sperry: was, taken. aback: The young man befors him: was. squarely:-built,:. with 7-broad shoulders, and.a-certain ajr of;muscu- lar: activity. But his..faee,.although £000 :humored, was. remarkable. for offering, not the: slightest indication of studious preoccupation... or» mental training. A large’ moyth,,ljght. blue eyes, a square jaw, the other.features being: indistinctive-were imimohile jae a mask-—except that, unlike ‘a..mask, they seemed to actually reflect the va- cuity..of.the mood within, instead of concealing, it. /But:as he saluted the trustees they each -hgd the same: feel- ing that even .this.expression-was im- ported ‘and, not. instinctive. } cu ¥et there was the, Jetter’in© Mr. Peaseley’s hands from’ Barstow; intro- ducing Mr. Charles Twing as the Arst assistant teacher in the (Free Academy! are 4 ; The three men-looked hopefully ‘at each other, (2% 41 ies “Are - you personally.’ known: to Mr. Baratow?” asked Sperry, with a slight business asperity. ‘ “Yes.” ees ‘Phat: is—you- are quainted ‘with him?» “{t.you'd heard me: gag. his:-style. a minute “ago, so that. everybody here quite well ac: ee tarily ‘turned, piled out the letter he had avoided reading..to: Mrs. .Martin, and pointed to aparagraph. | “‘I'lbe d—d,”, said the. writex, “but I'll have peace and quietness at Pine Clearing, if Lhaveto wipe out or, make.over the whole: Pike-eounty gang. ‘Draw on me for a piano, if you think Mrs. .Mar- tinjcan work it; ‘But don’t: say, any- thing to Peaseley first, or he’ll want it changed: for ~ay harmonjum.and_ that lets us in for pslam singing till you can’t’ rest. Mind! I don’t object to church influence—it’s a good hold— bit-yeu-muaf run’ it with: other things equal: apduuat:jet it-run you. I’ve got tHe: sohaolhouse -ingured for thirty thoysand,: collars—special rates, too.” ‘The millyowner, smiled. ‘Sam's -head) is, level’ ;, But,’ she added, <‘he: don’t say much about the new assistant he s sandins.”, 4 ‘ “Only: here. he says, ‘I reckon. the man I. send wil] do all around; ‘for. Pike county has its claims as well as. Boston.’ ” i “What does that’ mean,’ njilten 5 . eal a “1 reckdh ‘he medans’ he ‘don’t: want ig to get. too high-toned, than he iwants.-it too: tow] asked the SEN _ Cough Hanging oN wile Hear Pasko j what it se meant to'do~soothes;congh- % throats, ° congestion- ted ehests, loosensthe phlegm:pack: aad aks the obstinate’ cold:s i \ heaid:\*No7 harmful’: drugs, lore: || good.for children as well as. grownu, ee Right any you: will. notice -tl ‘change feetiae better, ae a eer wining, ‘healing ‘taste that you. wi ‘appreciate. Buy a bottle at any'drug- igists on the way:home to-night,:60c. De Kin For Colds and Cor t oneglect. constipation... It undermines the eal, takes all/.vim ‘out~'of yout Dr, King’s Pills’ will invigorate ithe. m, stir up the liver, move the Talforing’ and Mat Works ~*~ Cleaning, Pressing. 1opairing, Dyctne. Hats Cleaned aist > Biovked: > Knife “Skirte “Ciexned and Pressed. TS and deliver, Phone 58 Op- stoffice, Bismarck, N. D, Mail Solicited. _ om + j difficulty with Sam.” =‘ ‘|they said. fo: introduce '. knew: who /it-was; you'd. say:so.”’, Mr. Peaseley’s eyes. sought: the ceii-| Ang. -“I presume, Mris-Mo, ‘Twing, you feel that: you are fully competent to undertake: this work?” : “LE yeckon he does!” “Who does??? ys te pe “Sain Barstow;-or ke-wouldn't have selected me.: J: prosume,”--with. the slightest: possible: and-almost ingtine- tive-imitation \9f' the-reverend : gentle- man's manper, “his head is considered level.” Sshex. 4) Wey ow aaa iMr-/ Peaseley withdrew -.his-eyes from: the: céiling: « “‘k have,”.-he saidito, his companions, with a -paiued:.smile,. “an importantceboir meetingrito at- ‘tend:this afternoon:.: 1 fear I-must: be exoused.” JAS he moved towards. the ¥ 7 and} | night, are the besieging force. :Last: Christmas theRev. Borril’ re- {fused'to pay a.tax’levy imposed by | the Socialist borough council of Isling- i tan. - Because, he-said, ‘he was an, op- penent of socialism.‘and ‘didn’t have | 2 Unable to’ seize his property, the style of job; give me a hint or two how, to. work it, or what you'd think would :be ‘the proper gag to fetch:’em, and qm there, ma’am. It may: be new at first, but 1’ get at the business of it auiek enough.” > + ‘ ‘Mrs, Martin smiled—this time quit2 perceptibly—with the: least little color in-her. cheeks and eyes. ‘Then you've had no experience: in teaching?” she said. . q “Well—no.” “You are not\a graduate of any coi- lege?”. Oe 3 f “Not much.” 3 » The two trustees. looked .at each other. Even Mr. Peaseley had not conceived such: a damning revelation. “Well,” said: Mrs. ‘Martin’. slowly, “perhaps: Mr. .Twing had better come early: tomorrow: morfiing and begin.’ ~“Begin?”. gasped Mr. Sperry in breathless astonishment. “Certainly,” :said -Mrs.. “Martin in timidsexplgnation, “If he:is new. to the work the sooner.the better.” ‘Mr. Sperry could: only gaze blankly at his brother official:. Had they:heard aright? He drew her quickly: aside. “One: moment,’ Mrs: Martin!.' You said: tio.me an ‘hour ago, that you'dign’t in- tend ,to'have asked. Mr. send:\vou...an: assistant: merely ‘hecauge- he. bas done x0, you Pine Clearing} don’t fee)-obliged to accept:this man | against your, better judgment?” . “Oh. no,”: said: Mrs. Martin’ quietly. “Mrs. Martin,” he said in.a lower voice, ‘I ought’ to ‘tell you ‘that the | Reverend Mz. Peaseley ° strongiy doubts the competency of. that. youny man?” 3 1 | “Didn't Mr. Barstow make a seloc-| ition at your: request?” asked Mrs. | Martin, with .a faint. little nervous | cough: , | *Yes—But”— |. “Then his. competency only con: |cerns. me—and T don't see what Mr. | Peaseley has to. say about it.” i CHAPTER IH. Mrs. ‘Martin was early at - the ; schoolhouse the next morning, yet not ‘so early but that she discovered that \the: new assistant had been there he: fore*her.. . This! was shown lin-some | rearrangement: of the school seats and benches. It was nearly. theschool .j hour’ whon he°appeared, to her sur- | prize; marshaling a file of: some of the smaHer.:children whom he had evi-: dently picked ‘up’ en route, and:-who were, ‘to her’ greater surprise, appar- | ently onthe best of terms ‘with: him. | “Thought Vd; ,better-rake: ‘em. in, in- door,- the others. formally... following | troduce-myselfto“’em and-get ‘en to him, -unthl.out, of the-stranger’s: hear- ing, headded, “wash my hands .of this. ‘But: the peal: arbite: ‘in ‘thts matter. will. be—thank:-Heaven!—-The mistress herself. Her decision witlhe speedy; and final... For:.even, Mr. ‘Bar- atow: will: not dare. to-forcéso outrage- ous’ acharacter upon a delicate, re- fined:.woman;" ok pe “That's so,” said’ Sperry eagerly; “she'll settle:it.'""- # + “And, .of: course,” owner, ‘that wilt leave us out‘of any ~ The, two men. returned: to; the: hap- legs stranger. principal, Mrs.Mattin;-at dace: They might: still find‘her at the schoolbouse, ‘distant but afew steps. “ Here: they did find Mrs. Marti, -who:had, natur- ally; lingered after the interview with She‘ eame*forwardto meet them, with the nervous shypess:and -slight- ly fastidious: hesitation that-was: her natures They, saw,-or fancied . they: saw,’ the si surpriso and: disap- pointment they chad:themselves | ex- still enjoyed it, and was oven—if such a word could‘ be: applied to: so: self-con- Presence! +» : «Fereekon you and me: will pull. to- gether: yery well, ma’am,” he sai confiently. ‘added ‘the mill- | perienced peas ‘over: her sensitive face, | od she looked Seen, das that) window. ‘The new assistant: witb halt 4 their -vuiger cl “appeal jmore‘outrageonarby. contrast. sd earter | shoulders, walking with bent back and] ™", selon’ parent Frida babe Mea Rate simulation of advanced senility, tro ‘ : seious a man—more at ease in her | know me before'seti20l: begins. Excuse \me,” he went? on; hastily, “but V’'ve.a \Jot:more coming ‘up, and. ,J'd,. better ;make mysel are with: them, out- ; Side”. -Bat-MMrs.; Martin had: appar- | ently developed’ a certain degree of ' stiffness since. their evening's. inter- j View. *). 4 4 ayy “It seems tome quite ai portant, iMr:Pwing.” ‘she said dryly, ‘that. you should ‘fitst’learn-some: of your own: duties;‘which I came here early: to; | teagh® you.” ES i © bo “Not “at all,” he’ said _ cheerfully,’ ed ity yon sée; over there: withsthem, and \watch ‘em, go” through. the 'mo- tions, ‘One rébearsal’s rough for me.” ‘And before she: could reply ‘he was out, of-the schoolhouse again. -hailivg-the | newcomers. This :was done with) ap-: parently such delight: to the children, jand -with sqme evidently imported ex- | Pression: into. smooth « :maskiike iface, that)Mre: Martin ‘had to content j herself with watching him with: equal | curiosity. She was turning away with |a sudden, sense of forgotten dignity, | when a: shout of? joyous’. childish laughter: attracted her attention to the | a dozen. small children on, his square was evidently personating, with the jassidtance of astonishingly distorted | features, the ogre of a Christmas pan- tomime. And when school began, al- jthough hc marshaled them’ trjumph- ‘antly’to the very ‘door—with what | contortion of face or simulation of ‘character she was unable to guess— “It's a mighty. pretty place You've/ atter he had cntered the schoolroom '|dently a preconcerted signal of re 3 a hap: |“Today‘Ftake my: scat,‘as T've-arrang- | ; It would be necessary,’ hits: “tor his: got here—anid I like it, and if;we can't! anq taken his seat every: vestige. of; run it; I don't know who can. Only | his previous facial aberration was a’am, I | mained. ¢ every time. erat reat Yet she was nervously conscious, To thelr. profor ! anes ernation meanwhile, of @ more: ill-omened’ oc: ae ESM AS ‘oni Mrs Alar: lee Reaare pans mae the nonce eh 3 bi .Mar- | several of her oldest pupils, notably, tin,” said Sperry quickly and signifi- the refractory and incorrigible Pike orate ay sae you know; you're the | pity Ceca he we fe . ave . : 2 ad alluded. ‘For the past’ few’ days only. one to be considered or consulted) tney had:hoyered)ion the ‘verge of ac- eS CoE pee | tiv. ordination. It. was, there- 2 Waly just sey what you want me eae “fniward “trepidation, to-do,” continued’ Twing, app: rently | not entirely relieved by Twing’s, pres ignoring the trustees; “pick Gut the sian ¢ nets wthe three Mackin: in his’ barricaded home -eating’a meal passed io; - ARR, nons and the Hardees slouch into tne school a full hour. after the lessons had ‘begun, They did not even excuse themselves. and Mrs. Martin “was ‘sbliged ‘to. demand, an explanation. The ‘culprit ‘addresse-i—a dull, heavy- looking youth of: 19++hesitated with an air of mingled doggedness and sheep- ishness, and then, :without . replying nudged his. companion. It was evi- bellion, for the boy nudged stopped, and began: determinedly :— “Wot's our’ excnse for coming an hour late?” Well, we ain’t got none ‘We don’t call it. an hour late—we con't. ‘We call it:the right time. We call it the right.time for our lessons, for. we ‘don’t allow to come here to sing hymns withDabbies. We don't want; anymore Daniels in the Lions’ Den, played off ‘onus. We reckon to do-our sums, andour figgerin, and ‘our readin’ and writin’ and the Amer- ican Conatituttoh., ~Thats'.our rights and what-our fathers pay school-taxes for,.and_we want'’om.” Mrs. Ma we self-containgd,’ her eyes fixed on the frayed f je -rebel’s. straw hat which he 8) on his head.’'Thoa fa box 4 oe Tove. ee “He can't,” |.@., Voice, cheerfully. It; was. ‘the She asbistanf. The whole school, faced rapidly towards him. The]. rebel) leaderuand : his. followers, .wki> had not: notfeéd hini befdte, stared at. the. interrupter, who did: not, however seem to exhibit: any of the authority of: office, but.rather the comment and criti¢ism)of of themselves. “Wot you mean?” asked the boy indignant- = “I. mean, you can’t:take off your hat because you've got some things stow- ed away. in it you ‘don’t want seen,” sald/Twing, with an immovable face. “Wt things?” exclaimed the boy angfily...Then suddenly _recpllecting himself, he:added, “Go along! You can’t foolsme! ‘Think you’ll make me take’ off my. hat—don’t you?” “Well, said/Twing, advancing to the ste’ of the: rebel, ‘look here then!” ‘With a dexterous ‘movement and a slight: struggle fiom the.boy, he lift. ed the Rat. -A- half-dozeir apples, a ‘bird's! nest, two bird’s eggs, ‘and a fluttering “half-fledged’-bird fell ‘from if. plank: look of hopeless bewilder. ment ‘settled upon: the; boy's’ face, and, the ‘gravity of’ the , situation disap- peared; ‘forever.:' in. the irrepressible :burat:of /laughter,.in. which even his brother. rebels joined.~ The «smallest etanactid had been. ‘half-frightenec, alt: role: attitude -of ‘the;mutineer, was quick to:see-the ridiculousness of that figure.crowned with zeheap. schoolboy: plunder. “Even “Mrs.,Martin felt ‘that nothing: she: could nt: st that moment could. ift the. rebelljqn--in'i2 serious: ness agein.. But Twing was evidently notysatisied. 4 : SBeg. Mrs.:Martin's. pardon, and say ak were foolin'.with the boys,” he “a dow: voice. °f ii" ‘Phe discomfited rebe) hesitated. + “Say: jt.or FN show what you've got, you ets!” sald Twing in a ter- ribly: significant: asic E . § “Phe: boy mumbled’ apology to Mrs; ‘Me¢rtin, scrambled ‘vin a blank, 4 eB Way tovhis sent, aud tiie briet rebellion: ignominior two, things ‘struck Mrs. "Martin’as pe- - cular; She overhcard-the culprit say, with: bated ‘breath’ and “evident sir- cerity, to his comrades, “Hadn't noth- ing in my ‘hat, anyway!” All this. how- fever: didnot blind her. to the serious ‘intent of the rebelliqn, or of Twing’s unaceuntable assumption of her pre- rogative.. ‘While he was still romping with the ‘children at recess she called him ins, " at ‘reniind you,” @he ‘said, with, yasended. But) rouse the next morning serie hi , with: an’ mixture of = cory “we'd better, be-| go over the, ‘ “I told| rehearsal was enough for! Doctor at 82 a simple ¥V year ofvbig a; ing sickness has not chang since I left Medical College 1875, nor since I placed on t Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. i stipation, | aches, mental depressio. ' other indis | council: gotan‘order for. his arrest. | | Then the siege-began. ‘Since, detec-' tives ‘cannot’ force entry into. a. house | under British. Jaw, their only chance} is to./seize thei’clergyman ‘when he| comes out. oat gear Thus: far, it’s cost the council $10,-/ 000 to maintain the siege. And the} “fighting ‘parson’s” tax. levy only; amounted to $200! | ‘The -clergymangets his food: and| supplies by drawing them: up on al pope passed through the upper win-! low. i i + He spends his-spare time preachin, | to the detectives through a top toi window. i laxatives, which is a combination laxative herbs with pepsin. ome}, which: is: mercury, market the laxative prescrip- tion I had used in my practice, known to druggists and the public: since 1892, as Dr. © \Then the treatment of con- biliousness, head: indigestion, sour stomach an: itions that result “from constipation was entirely by means of simple vegetable j herbs: and roots, j These are still the basisiof my} Dr, Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, «| i Egyptian Senna and other mild » Recently new medicines have) been brought: out for constipation ‘that contain cal- x 1 r salts of various kinds, minerals, and coal tar. These are: all drestic Urges; mal f them di - fous, and the medical profession $10,000 Worth of ——— , " Free Trial bottle to a family. All are constipated now and for you and others to try Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin FREE OF Sy rup Pepsin F ree CHange Ask for your free bottle today, simply sending name and address to ie r Dr. W. B, Caldwell, 514 Washington St., Monticello, Ill. Do not postpone this. Finds Mothers low. bas largest sale a — ed in he of From a recent portrait of DR. W. B. CALDWELL Founder of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrap Pepsin Born Shelbyville, Mo., 1839 is warning. the public against them. Certain eae tar products Dollars to be given away in hal; ri thers Prefer ~ His Formula to, New-Fangled Salts ‘ And Coal Tar Remedies for Babies Judgment of 1892 vindicated by world’s appro babe i ar Ay HEN a:man is. in the 83rd : there are certain tl ings tetas learned that only time can teach hin. ‘The basis of treat- val of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, for constipation—So safe thousands in the world. ple want to se them no one can deny them’ the :privilege, but they.should never be given to children, child and for you,+ ter for the gener: all. And as in a riild and usin Pepsin, why trke-e! pills and powders drugs, it disg candy? My remedy, less than most others,’ only about a cent a dose, A bottle such as you can find in vi1y drug store, will last a family | § several months, and all can use it. It\is good for the babe in arms because pleasant to the taste, gentle in action, and free from narcotics. In the proper dose, given in’the directions, it is equall if especially ideal, The formula of Dr. Caldweli’s Syrup Pepsin is on the cover will depress the heart; certain of every bottle, and the salts. give rise to. ‘intestinal ingredients have the endorse: - poisoning, impactionandrupture ment of the U.S. Pharma. of the intestines. If grown peg- copoeia. In yemembrance of my, 83rd birthday I have set aside the sum of Ten Thousand lf-ounce bottles of my Sytup. Pepsin. Only ong as give the d tke be health of + resitlts hy De. Caldwell’s even. if In, costs effective at all people will find eS, Elderly then, and heres an he ee a slight nervous. asperity,’‘‘that this outrageous conduct uf Tom Hardee was evidently deliberated and pre- pared by othc.s, and cannot end in this way.” i, x He looked at her with a ace so exasperatingly expressionless that she ould have’ slapped: ft as it had be- waged to one of the older scholars, and said—“But it has ended. It's dead frost.” | “I don’t know what you mean; and L must remind, you also that in this school we neither teach nor learn slang.” “Excuse me—won't you? But, look here, Mrs. Martin, I found out early. this- morning, when I was, squaring myself with the other children, that there was this row hangin’ on—in fact, that there was a sort of idea that Pike county wasn’t having a fair sshow—excuse me—in the running of the school, and that Poaseley and Barstow. were a. little tc. much on in every scene. .Jn fact, you gee, it wa3 just what Tom. said,” “This is insufferable,” said. Mrs. ‘Martin, -her 6yes; growing darker \as her chi2ks grew red. “They shall go home to their parents, and tell them from me”— “That they're: all migtaken—excuse me-—but that’s just. what they're goin’ to do. 1 tell you, Mrs. Martin, thei: little game’s busted—I beg pardon— but it’s allover. . You'll have no more troujle with them.” 7 high “And-you think that. just because you found Tom had something in his hat, and expored him?” said Mrs. ‘Martin scornfully, “Tom hadn’t: anything in his hat,” said Twing, wiping hjs mouth slowly. “Nething?” repsated Mrs. Martin. “No.” “But I saw you take the out.” “That wasonly a trick! He had nothing except ‘what I. had up my sleeve, and forced. on him. He knew. it, and that frightened. him, and made him look :liket-a fool, amd o busied up his. conspiracy. There's nothin’ boys are- more afrgid of than: ridicule, an the man or toy. that makes .’em ridiculous.” fiery x ; “T-won’tiask’ yu. it you call this fai to.-the hoy; Mr. Twing?” said. Martin hotly; “‘but is this’ your idea o! discipline?” estat “I cal-it:fair, beeause Tom knew thinss was some kind of a.trick, and wasn't, deceived. [:eall it discipline if it made faacinated :by the bold, bad -he-| him .do...what - was right afterwards, | and-makes, him afraid or.unwilling ‘to do anything to offend mer you again. And,” he, added, with awkward. earn-| estness, “if: you'll:inst. leave alk this) to. me, and anly.,corsider me here. to} take this: sopt:of work—which ain't 2: iady's—off’ your hands, we'll ju strike our‘own line between the Pea: leys: and Pike qunty—and run this: | “Bayer” on Genuine Aspirin—say “Bayer” schoot-in spite ofboth.” ‘A little mollified, a good deal puz the man’s manner than she had ima, | ined, Mrs. Martin-said nothing, but let) ted to memory, and Without a lapse,| piano, which Mr. Barstow had prom-) the entire text of rules, questions, an-| ised, dul pearance: v , duly made its appearance’ in the: swers, and example3 of the lessons) .-neoinouse, to the delight: of the for the day. (CHAPTER IV. ‘Before 4 month had passed Mr. Twing’s success was secure and es- tablished. Grammar was 'still taught at Pine Clearing School in spite iof the Hardees and Mackinnons, but Twing had managed to import into the cog nate exercises of recitation a won- derful degree of enthusiasm and ex- ‘cellence, Dialectical Pike county, that had refused to recognize the govern- ing powers of the nominative case, nevertheless came out strong on. clas- sical elocution, and Tom Hardee, who had delivered @is ungrammatical pro- test on behalf of Pike county, was no less strong, if more elegant in his im- peachment of Warren Hastings as Ed- mund Burke, As-to Mrs. ‘Martin, she seemed to accept-the work of Mr. Twing after his own definition of it— as of a masculine quality ill snited to a lady's tastes and inclinations; but it was noticeable that while she had at firet repelled: any critieism:- of. him whatever, she had lately been given to explaining his position ‘0 her friends, aud had spoken of him with somewhat labosed and ostentatious patronage. Yet when they were alone together she frankly found him very: amusing, and-his presumption and vulgarity sc clearly unintentional that it rio longer offended her.. They were good friends without having any «onfidences be- yond the duties of the school. What his actual antecedents were she had never cared to know, nor he apparent- ly to reveal. that he had be2n en- superior or inferior quality w {have been remark ‘where the principal lawyer had been 2 soldier and the miller a doctor. The ‘fact that he admired her was plain | enough to her; that it pleased her, but carried with it no ulterior thought o: | responsibility might have been equally ‘elear to others. Perhaps it was so to j him. | -Howbeit, this easy mutual i course was one day interrupted | what seemed a trifling incident. The the day’ pass without dismissing eI “Bayer” on package or on tablets you offenders. ° iNevertheless,: Mrs. ) what: formally earty: rtin was some nity and timidity, fore .school commences, jessons for the day.” “{ have, he aid quickly. you one me.” ¢ them,” “Got em: by “heart. ‘Want to hear: me? Listen:” z She did. He had actually comunit- “Pape's Cold Compound” Breaks any Cold in a Few Hours : Instant Relief! Dn’t stay stuffed- up! Quit blowing and snuffling!: A dose. of “Pape's Cold Compound” tak- en every two hours until three doses are’-taken usually, breaks any. cold Tight tip.“ Ss eS “THe first"dose opens clogged-up nos- trils and air passages of head; staps ness, feverishness, sneezing: “Pape’s Cold Compound” quigkest, surest relief 7 ns an costs'enly a few-cents at & ly acts without assistance.” stes | Tnsist-up- i Adw. : ‘ nice. 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To this, when she was aloge after school hours, she sometimes. added a, faint, colorless voice of.limited. range and goatlewo- maply_expression,. lt was on one.of these occasions that Twinz. becoming an accidential auditor of this chaste, sad piping, was not only permitted 10 remain to hear the ead of a love-sons wf. strictly guarded passion in the su) junctive mood, but at the close was invited to try his hand—a quick, if not cultivated one—at ‘the, instrument. He did so. Like her, he added his voic> Like hers, it was a love-song. Bui there’the similitude ended. Negro in dialect, illiterate in construction, idi- otic in passion, and presumably _ad- dressed tio the ‘‘Rose of Alabama,”’ in the verv extravagance of its childisn infatuation it might have been a: mockery of the schoolmistress’ sons but for one tremendous fact! In un- restrained fecling, pathetic yearnins, it was unmistakably and: appallingly personal and sincere. It was true the lips spoken of were “Iubly,”. the eyes olluded: to were like “lightenin’ bugs,” but from the woice and gestures of the inger Mrs.. Martin contusedly felt that they were intended, for her. Al- ternately flushing, and. paling, with a hysteric smile hovering-. ‘round . het small reserved mouth, the unfortu d in some other occupations of inate gentlewoman was fain {to turn.!o SiReHOE ‘ould not} the window to. keep her countenancs able in 2 community | until the song was concluded. Nevertheless, when Twing, a week or-two later, suggested, that he might sing the same gong as a solo at a cer- tain performance to be given! by the school children in aid of a local char- ity, she dryly: intimated that it was hardly of a character to suit, the en- tertainment. But,” she added, moye inter-| gently, ‘‘you recite so well; why not by| give a recitation?” (Continued on Page 7) i t Ble § ir Rheumatism, Earache. Lumbago and for Pain. 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