&
U niv er sity of O regon M o n t h l y
may it be said, however, that when he found that his wife had not
learned his secret he told her the whole story. Painful was its re
cital; deeply did he regret his conduct; earnestly did he wish that
he had confessed long before. Yet the burden was made lightei
by the knowledge that he had no more fear of discovery and that
his wife though she did not condone his act, pitied his suffering.
—Ray D. Fisher.
I
T he Peculiar Miss Devon
|
CHOOL had opened at Harmon H all; the old girls
• were returning and the shy, homesick freshmen
were-sitting around in dark corners, watching the
gay reunions with longing eyes. Among the new
arrivals was a teacher, a Miss Devon, lately grad
uated from an Eastern college, who had been en
gaged as instructor of chemistry. For some reason
her advent had caused a great deal of excitement.
| AHave you met Miss Devon yet?” one girl asked of another.
’ “Wo, but I’m jhst dying to,” confessed the other, “Mary Edith
says she is perfectly sweet and do you know she is only nineteen
years old? • Think of graduating from college at nineteen! My
but I-wish I could! And she is awfully pretty and„stylish, too; did
You ever see such perfectly fascinating brown eyes ?”
Thus comment ran, and indeed Miss Devon soon proved to be
as wonderful a teacher as a scholar. Her classes were held spell
bound, and chemistry became the most popular subject in the sehop
curriculum. The girls worshipped the new teacher who seemed s©
like one of themselves and yet so far above them.
Before very many days had elapsed, it was noticed that a cer-