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I SUPREME COURT
EVERYTHING eonaptrad. It would
not have happened If poor )Kll
iiuoljlc' Ant illelillti hud not taken
plane rly uu that morning, and If
France Wylle bud not bom "on the
rampage" UK" I" when whuul opened.
Uulilln wan the principal' limy and
iilulld tun, and atlll In kilt. I'ran.
Wylle ni th inlw;hlr( lirewerul
Mix Virginia Trapp' room, No, 7.
"It Mia nwfull" groaurd tht irinnl
pal, iiuili'r breath. He aprred hit
hand out uu the green baize of hll
table and rrxunlrd llirnu with horror,
a If there were lUod on them. Could
It be they had punlnhed Hubble Hab
ile? lit had looked ao brwiuliuigl
and inky and nauiflnyl Mi llttle!rip,
ami-yellow curia had etood up round
ilia reproachful far ao beuouiliiffly!
"Awfull awfull" the principal
Kroanad, lie waa In no mood to bogin
the day'i work In hit "aupreiuc court"
on the around floor of the Maltbla
hlirh wliuol. Ther would be punlih
Ine; to do, of court, aud to think he
had punlthed Uobble little tunny
haired UubbUI
"It't K'lliiff to be a bad day, I te It
In Fraiiiy Wylle' eyet!" jrrtiaaed little
Mitt Trapp, Inwardly. Franc from
her back trat raacd about with
atudlrd, Innocent wonder. She waa
aimott at biff at little Mitt Trapp.
Kranwi ai "on prol)atlon." rthe
hud tn wtrned the on more tnla
rlemeinor would tend hr to the tu-
prem court,
"I'm not afraid," ah thought, a
rnely. "Bhe't an little! I oould put
her In my pocket and run away with
her," I
Hut tiny, irentte-faoed Virginia j
Trapp came of Puritan atoek, and wat
endowed with courage. She mlirhl j
tivint her imall flnjfera nertruuily, but
he would not drawback. let Kranrn .
Wylle beware! j
So the dty b-ran In the Maltble ltitrh i
arhool, with a tore-hearted, tetf-re.t
prnaehful fullier In the tupreme court,
ami In room No. T a nilwhlei-kieliur ,
irlrl tnd a tin, troubled tracher. Ho,
the day went forward until the Verfftl
ela wat called. Tbn
-Mitt Wylle!"
The voice wat ringing and Arm, and
the little teacher took an liiapctuoiie
atep forward. Ah had teen the
placard, "Rnnmt to l,l," pinned on
t!ie enllar of the Tilly Slowbny of the
claim, and France' tolemn face, tet
a not' if ao many lanshlnp onet, waa
enough to Ax the culprit.
"Mite Wylle, you will areompaay me
to he principal'! room," the , little
teacher taM, quietly. "The clatt may
go to the hoard and write ontthe aean
aim of the Ant tlx tinea of the letton
while I am tbient. I am ture I need
tint ak the young ladle to rrm-mher
thatltlttturlyhour. I am read, Miaa
Wylle."
Thrre waa pentle mphaelt on the
word ladlet. Mitt Trapp and the tall
girl erotted the open apace to the door,
aide by tide. France Wylle held her
fair head hlffh. There mitf fit hare heen
two pngr In her wake, holding up
tralllnir rnbea. At the door the cut a
htughly backward glance Into ithe
room and tuddenly dimpled with
Inugliler at the legend aba read upon
the blackboard :
"Our frlrni! haefm.e wi to th tu preme
cnurt.
Al-w'' n ttrt there leave hop
behind!"
Fratcn' laiiih aounded toftly in her
throat. The little teacher wat already
In 'ie 'nil!!, waiting, arid failed to tee
the worilt proroklng her mirth.
The two walked down the long hall
ailently, both remembering that Dili
vm the flrtt public tlltgrace of France
Wylle' M-houl life. For one moment,
midway down the hall, tbe girl oaiifht
her brenih In a toj) of pity for the in
valid mother at home not for hertelf..
"We're In for It, at ture at thcre't
aeenirlng jiutice at the end of the
hill!" breathed Francet to hertelf.
She thowed no tlgnt of aorrow. little
Virginia Trapp glanced up tidewiie
Into the cold, Inipaitiv face and aighed
gently.
In the tupreme court tat the princi
pal, atlll thinking of Bobbie. He wat
meaiurlng time until the noon hour,
when he could go brnte again. He bad
not been able to decide to hll entire
comfort that Hobbie would ht at the
half-way place to-day, at utiial, and
the doubt wat making him neriout and
dlttretted.
There wat a low knock at the door.
"Come Inl" ithe principal called, fie
had left hit tpectacles at home In the
tpquliltorlal chamber tth Hobble, and
the two Agureathat entered one tall,
tli other thortwer unfamiliar ind
htty to htm. He wat eery dependent
upon hit tprcttcle.
, "Good morning," he tald, theitly.
The two flguret edged a little way
into the room. For an inttant thera
wat emharrattlng tilrnce, while the
principal from behind hit dek ob
terted vaguely the tall dignity of Fran
cea and the curly brown head of the
tiny teacher. There wat no quettion
a to Identity. Even to untpectacled
rye it wa plain enough which waa
which, ...
f
Undnr the ttrett of excitement Vir
ginia Tritpp'i tongue tometlmet played
her (nine. Now, at the opened her lip
to tpeuk, the found hertelf Incapable
of uttering a tyllable. Her tongue
fluttered toundlettly.
"Well?"
' The principal gazed dimly it Fran
eet, waiting. He would gl her time.
It wat a tourer of grief to him that he
wat held in tucli awe by hit teacher.
Thin lull, alatrly woniun mutt be the
new teacher In room V,
"You haee brought the young lady
to me? 8he hat bein er Irttu-
greening, I tee," he laid, gravely, turn
lug hll near-nlglUed eyet with gruv
disapproval upon the tongue-tied IK tl
teui'her. And before Utile Mit Trupp
lii.J time to gutp with tniiilniient he
hud waved her peremptorily toward
the "prlionrr'i dock" and turned back
to France. r ',
"You n ay Iraee her with me. I pre
fer to have the ttory directly from
her," he tald, gravely.
It had all happened in the hrlrfett
punlble time, While the lltt'e teacher
waa atlll flushed aud apt eclilot, Fran
co bud rrtili.ed the principal'! m!t
take and that rirh pottibilltiei for fun
In It. Khr bad irtkeii In all the thing
that conplrrd-thc abarnve of the ali
lm.irtant tpectaclet from the princi
pal'! note, the pretence of the far
away, preoccupied lock in hit pleat
ant gray eyea and the rldlrulout con
tratt between hernelf and the tiny,
itropped-halrrdieacher. Arecklrttipir
It aeircd the girl. The end of the world
wit at bund, In any event; nhy not
make the inott of tblt latl opportu
nity? Francet drew hertelf up nd bowed
with dignity.
"I will leae her here, then, with you
-and her own contck-ncr," the added,
in little Mit Trap't beat manner,
Tiien the doted Ihe door behind her
and p'd down the hall, milling her
laitk-hSer, Straight into room 7 the
wtilktsd, and thru the dropped Into the
chair behind the tecber't desk.
't here waa dead liieucr in the room,
wblie from one girl to another trav
eled a look of tnynifleatlon. Then
Frttieee roe to her fet. Khe had re
covered her breath tnd waa quite calm
and kerioiii.
"Yotiti'f lailirt, our beloved teacher
hut unfortunately been arraigned be
fore the tupreme ennrt, and I hare
been put !n charge of room 7, In her
place." he tald, hnpreitlvely. "T nei d
not ask you to remember that it it
t'.udy hour. The elatt in Vergil may
recite."
A ripple of merriment mfUcd tht
califc turfact of the room, but Fran
ce arretted It with a tharp tap of lit
tle M-m Trnpp't ruler.
"He qiiie-t!" the commanded. "There
aren't but )f minute left before the
noon hour. Bon't n rf you dare to
make a disturbance till then! I thall
report every llvinr. brealMiw toul that
doe! Now tomebody rec'.t."
France Wylie and lltt'e Mitt Trapp
will not toon forget thme 19 minntet.
In room No. 7 they patted with fearful
tlnwnet. France watched the hand
of the great clock In momentary ca
ncelation of avenging doom. That it
tlld not cime Ailed her with amate
ment. Where wit the tcandtllied prin
clpjl. with M'ti Teapn. white and an
gry, at hit heeli? Why didn't they
come?
"Call thlt fun!" thought France, in
dlrtiat. "I never enioyed mytelf to
little In my life! I! gueti I'm get
tler reared."
In the tupreme court the U minttte
drairired their Irnrth out monotonnui
ly. The principal had turned back to
bit desk and returned hit writ in t? quiet
ly. It wat hit way to leave malefactort
to their own thought for a trnt'in.
The thought! of thit particular one,
tilting ttlll and finished In the pr't
oner'i dock, were gradually almirht
enlng out from paralysed bewilder
ment and anger Into ateady reaton
Ing. Mist Trnpp had not tucceeded in ut
tering a word. At the door mapped be
hind Frnncet the had atepped forward
and rlrnred her throat desperately.
Ilnl the principal waved hll hand drp
recatlngly. "Not yet; we will talk later on," he
hid raid, calmly. In hla mind he had
deternrned to wait until the betrlnning
of the afternoon tension, and then aet
tie thia trouble.
Miti Trapp consulted her watch. It
wai cool aud ttill in the tupreme.
court, and the folded her htndi on the
cover of her Vergil and retted, with a
imlle in the cornert of her month.
"A hardened case," reAected the
principal, dimly awar of the imlle.
"Hut we will practice pitience yet,
yet, certainly, patience." It waa what
he wai sorely afraid he had not prac
ticed that morning with Hobbie, and
hit contcicnce. waa teniitiv on th
point. t
"If I tell him about it now, he will
dirmln her anyway. What hope would
there be after an etcapade like thit?"
the little teacher muted. "He would
never let her come back never! And
that would break her nvither't Tieart.
I don't know but It would break Fran
ces', too. Rhe't really a dear eirl, mli
chlrf'and all. Tcan'tdoitl I'm going
In give her a ohance to take It all back."
There wn hut the one chance Fran
ce should have It. , ,
"You may go now, young lady, but
ynu will return at tht opening of th
afternoon Miilon. VYe will talk then,"
Room T wai cmotying Itself Into the
corridor In it! nitml orderly ftth'on,
Francet stood inherly at th door, The
I It tie teacher touched her arm and
beckoned her aside, There wa a sus
picion of lnngh in Mlt Trapp' eyet,
butherltpwergrav,
"Judgment it impended. I am to go
back thit afternoon for it," she said.
"I thought I would tell you, and If you
cared to go Inttead It la a chance."
"Mitt Trpp!"crld Frances, hrtth
lettly, catching at both the small white
htndi, "Do you mean he doesn't know
yet? That that ther Is lomechtnee.
afte all, for me? You haven't told?"
"I haven't 'told,'" the little teacher
laid, gently. "There wai a chance to
wait, and I did. I thought you might
want to take my place thii af tern ton."
"I do! i will! I'm going to!" lobbed
France, In a teinpett of teart. "I'll
tell every tingle thing I'll get down
on my knret! Oh, Mit Trapp, I didn't
think of mother then, or you, or any
thing In the living, breathing world
but fun!"
Hobbie, In lilt little blue kilt, met bit
father on the way home with a glad cry
of welcome. It augured well for Fran
Mi. Yonlh't Companion.
Agalont Lobbying.
Preoitknt Rooncvelt has igsucd
the following order againat any
; public officials taking part in eolic-
iting an advance of Mlarie, or em
i ploying any one to do no in their
b thalf, lowit:
All ofliceri) and enfployes ,of the
United Htattn of every description,
jeerving in or under any of the ex
ecutive department, and whether
j co nerving in or out of v wiring
i ton, are hereby forbidden, either
j directly or indirectly, individually
i or through newcitttionn, to solicit
an increnre of pay, or to influence
jor attempt to jnfluence in their
'own interect any legislation what
i ever, cither btlorc congrewt or its
! committee,' or in any w;ty save
, through the IihuIh of department
!in or under which they serve, on
1 penalty of dietnii'sul from the gov
ernment ecrvice.
TllKODOIlK R0XWKVKI.T.
A Dutchman ntldrcwing his dog
'atiid: "My dog, you lutf a fcbmip.
jYou vas only ft dog and I am a
mitn, but wish' I vas you. Kffry
j way you hnf the best . of it. Von
you tvor4 to go mid der bed in, you
aliUHt durns round t'ree timea and
lay down. Ven I go mid der bed
in, I haf to lock up de place und
wind up the clock und undrew
j mincfe'if, und mine vife vakes up
;and fcholdt! me und den de baby
eric, and I baf to yawk bitn up
and down; then by ruby when I
j shunt get to sleep, it' time to get
j oup again. Ven you get oup yon
ptrctt h yourself and scratch a cou
I pic of times and you are oup. I
haf to drees mineself und light the
fire, put on th kettle, scrap gome
mit mine vife yet already, und den
' maybe I get some breakfast. You
I play around all day and haf plen
1 ty of fun. I haf to work hard all
'day und hnf troubles. Ven you
j die vou shunt In v still. Ven I die
I haf to go to hell yet." Ex.
An interesting contest in I reiving
up near Prairie City, over the fact
that the Eastern Oregon Land Co.
has applied for patent to the odd
sections of their territory between
that city and Qutirtzburg, which
sections the company ucquirm
many years ago as a subsidy foi
building the military wagon road.
Upon these sections of land are lo
cated many valuable mining claioii
and the land company will not, hi
able to get its patent without a bit
ter fight. Ashwood Prospector.
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At I wa about to give up, I got a bot
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