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Dauglns Maine Bat In the University
library digging Into French Idioms
with the true zeal of a first semester
Freshman, when a hand ruthlessly
rumpled his smooth hair and he waB
greeted with:
"Hello! Old Man!" in a stage whis
per. "Get out of here, you young high
school guy; you'll have me canned the
first thing yon, know," Bald Douglas,
craning his neck to see where the li
brarian's eyeB might be.
".Well, come on our Into the hall,"
replied the new comer, cocking his
black with the yellow "B," over one
ear.
"What's doing, Peg? Classes out at
the H. S?"
"Yep, for me. Say, Doug., there's
fudge on tonight out at Miss Martha's,
got a date?"
"Not much, when there are doln's
out there. Girls?"
"Of course," was the scornful reply.
"Doug., your innocence is only equaled
by your good looks."
"Never mind, sonny. I'll be there;
must dig now," and another of MIsh
Martha's InformalB was arranged by
the self-invited guests.
MIbb Martha Hall was, outside the
school room. Miss Martha to all. Her
r many years in the high school had
brought her a most exception reputa-
tion, and an unlimited host of friends.
She had kept her Influence over her
pupils by her kind, but firm ruling in
school hours, and be entering Into the
other Bide of her pupils' lives. Her
charming little cottage was the rendez
vous for people of all kinds an'd de
scriptions, but especially welcome were
the school boys and girls. To them the
house was open at all times, and no
less this year than before, although
Miss Martha was taking a year of rest.
To here they came to celebrate the
football victory, or to hold an Indigna
tion meeting over a curtailed holiday,
and because they respected as well as
loved this woman, she was the confi
dant of many.
Young Mrs. Merrill BOld of her:
"Miss Martha lets herself be Imposed
upon, but I guess I would hate to have
her different Why, Bhe was the one
that made things right when Charlie
and I had that silly fuss."
1 "Oh, well," said another, "Bhe says
It's her life. Have you noticed how
pretty she is, now that she 1b gotting
rested a little. One would never think
she was-thirty-soven. Strange, such a
woman never married."
"O, but," said Mrs. Morrill, "she
probably has had chances enough."
"Yes, anT Phil just said this morn
ing that if any one man ever dared to
try to get a monopoly on Miss Martha
there was a method by which ho might
bo assisted out of town. She has Buch
a hold on the boys, especially."
Tho last of the merry crowd of boys
and girls had left tho cottage that
night, and Miss Martha stood at her
open window toward the Btreot, the
lightB turned out thinking, a trifle
wearily of the many things which had
demanded her attention that day. She
caught tho voice of two of tho boys,
' returning to their homes, and she
' smiled Involuntarily H6tenlngJis they
slowly passed.
"Wonder how many felows MIbb Mar
tha ever turned down?"
"Oh, I bet none of 'em ever dared
apoak'up. Never was any fellow I over
saw good enough for hor. Bet thoro
were plenty -standing round."
" "Well, If I were " and the voices
became inaudible.
Unconsciously these boys had stirred
up a hidden feeling which was tho sad
dest now, as It had been at one time
tho bitterest, InMIss Martha's life. Al
ways acuBtomod to being loved as a
frlond and confidant, from her girl
hood, there nov6r had como that ono
who had demanded both hor confidence
and hor loverof "which she had so much
in her warm gejierous nature.
When a young girl In college she had
taken so much pleasure. In all her
friends, and did not "specialize" In
any one girl, or boy, for which all
were thankful, and thoy never knew
why. Only once had she allowed her
deeper feelings to overwhelm all else.
It all came about; through a chance
frlnodshlp which became one of thpse
close pleasant friendships. The boy
was a Junior in college, as was Miss
Martha, and In every way he was her
Ideal. Tall, athletlg, good looking Be
cause he was so good and strong, Jolly
and with Irreproachable principles.
He had a sweetheart, a gay butterfly
of a society girl, who had wound her
way Into his big warm heart, to stay.
To Martha camo the boy with all his
affairs, his talk about "hor." Martha
loved this girl, too, and did not envy
her the place she had won, until sud
denly tho truth was forced upon her
that, In spite of hor boasting of hor
truo Platonic friendship she had al
lowed It to go much farther, too far for
that. Thoroughly aBhamcd of what
she lnslted was all hor fault, that sho
had, as she looked at It, been faithless
to the truth both had put In her, bIio
Bhut up this love in her heart, and re
solved never to let It master hor again,
lest she bo a traitor to her friends
and her principles.
"Oh, Pharoah," Bpoke MIbb Martha
to tho old ffuffy Angora which had
Jumped to her shoulder, "wo are too
old to be thinking of such foolishness.
Come, It's time you and I were asleep,
and dreaming how to get these worth
less boys of mine out of this last
scrape."
One morning Miss Martha was walk
ing Blowly toward the flat-iron dis
trict to see how her sick babies were.
"These Russians," she sikhed, "ought
to have more constitutions.
"My!" she exclaimed, "another small
cyclone?" ns the slam of a door and
click of a gate was followed by the
appearance at her side of a tall, Jolly
looking lad, books In hand.
"Say," said he, "Miss Martha, I'm in
for some Jolly good times hls winter.
My uncle from Washington Is going to
do forestry work over on the reserva
tion, and going to stay here most of tho
time. Won't that be fine? He's a dan
dy fellow, I tell you. Ho ain't mar
riedglad to say though I guess ho
was going to be onec. Mother says the
girl threw him over, but well, sho
couldn't have been much account, any
way." "Why Phil, that will be just splen
did. I won't have to keep an eye on
you then for a while, If you are to be
in such good hands."
"Mercy. Miss Martha," said the boy,
with a mock seriousnesB, "why I'm an
nwful bad feJlow, and you mustn't
dare let me go or I don't know what
will become of men. Oh, say! I can
bring him over, too, can't 'I, when I
come? He's juet as much fun as as
a box of monkeys."
"Well, goodbye. I hear the bell,"
and with a pull at his cap he was off.
For a week or two tho Hall cottage
was closed to all, for Miss Martha was
working among tho poor Russians,
who were suffering fraom a run of scar
let fever.
"It's a true angel sho bo," said ono
of the weary mothers, and the same
sentiment prevailed all over the set
tlement. (
After the siege waB over she was
allowed to rest a few days, then: "0,
Miss Martha, we just must seo you,"
came from two of hor girls.
So this evening she was sitting In
her big sleepy hollow chair before a
bright open fire, the only light In the
room. "Her brown hair with Its scat
tered threads of gray was waved softly
back from her fine face, and the light
glowed red and pink upon hor face
and soft pink dress. She liked gray
and her sister protested, calling It an
old woman's color. "Well, Helen, you
can scarecly call me young' she re
flected.
As sho sat thoro tho bell -rang, and
Bhe called, "Gome in girls!" But as
the'-door slowly opened, she rose hasti
ly confronted not by the girls, but
Phil,' and back of him a tall bronzed
young man, who at second sight might
be anywhere from thirty to forty-five.
"Pardon mo," said Miss Martha, "I
thought it was Lota and Grace."
"Miss Martha, this is my uncle,"
said Phil, proudly, and as Miss Martha
looked up at the grave face, yet with
its merry eyes, she was rather taken
back at this unexpected addition to
hor "b5ys."
Tho arrival of the girls broke up
the slight confusion of both, and when
they, with Phil wont to tho kitchen to
make a "mess," Miss Martha and Fel
ton Flske became acquainted. v
"Phil tells me you aro his best
frlond," said his undo.
"Oh, he is apt to make such rash
remarks, but I certainly like my boya
and they are certainly welcome to all
I can do, though it is yery little. Boys
are so gooa neartea. but go .easily mis
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