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The tall, dignified Miss Norton walk
ed slowly into the German room and
took her esat by the window. A little
freshman stared at this handsome and
prominent junior as she always did
Etare at her when she was visible.
Not in the least conceited, Misj Nor
ton was the most brilliant girl in the
claes, and every one knew it.
"If she did look bored all the time,"
thought the little freshman, "it shouldn't
make all tho girls angry, for it's our own
fault we'ro not interesting enough."
Miss Norton was a young woman who
had scarcely anything to do with tho
peoplo whom she met every day in her
classes. She said very little of her own
affairs to anyone, even to the people she
knew Lest. She was regarded with a
great dial of awe, for she rarely displayed
the slightest emotion. They told as an
example ct her coolness and utter indif
ference to danger, of how she eat by a
window in a recitation rcom, on the
aftercoon of a terrific storm, the winter
before, and studied her Latin Iesfon, pay
ing not tho slightest attention to tho
tempest outside or to tho frightened
girls who huddled together in tho cor
ners. It was only when the tall brick
tower of the building fell with a crash,
sending bits of glass and broken brick
into tho room, that she closed her book,
got up, and brushing the bric'x dust off
her dress, left the room.
This was the kind of young woman
Miss Norton was. It was no woader
the little freshman stared.
Miss Norton leaned forward in her
seat, and resting her chin in her hand
looked nut of the window. She frowned
slightly and yawned behind her lace
handkerchief. A boy on the other side
of the room was droning out the conjug
ation of a verb, with now and then a
sharp, clear, correction from tho teacher.
Mi6S Norton glanced at her watch,
which lay on the window-sill. As she
turned her head, and leaned back in hnr
seat, she heard a polite "Pardon me, but
and a rough hand brushed her neck
smartly above tho rim of her white col
lar. She flushed quickly end turned
around.
"Thanks,' Ehe eaid.
"It was a bug," he answered, smiling a
little.
'JOh yes," she whispered back. If
if any more get on my gown, btush them
off, won't you?' lie nodded, and she
turned at the sound of her name.
"I didn't understand the question,"
8he said.
''Pay mora attention," the teacher
answered.
Miss Norton threw back her head, and
her eyes flashed a little. She resented
what the teacher hid just said. She
knew the answer to that question per
fectly well, but how could any o&o col
lect his thoughts when cockroaches
were crawling all over his back. Her
eyes reddened a little at the injustice of
it, and she dropped them to the floor.
Heavens! The rough, uneven boards
were one solid mass of crawling bugs.
Miss Norton gazed in frantic terror and
gathered her skirts about her until they
cleared the floor. Then she held her
feet up for a minute, but this was fatigu
ing, so with a deft movement 6he sat on
one foot and let the other swing above
the floor. A little curl escaped from the
roll of hair at the back of her head, and
fell on her neck. She gasped, and
snatched at it quickly, half pulling down
the -whole roll.'' Oh! it had escaped her!
Where had it gone? She turned her
head quickly and as she did so, she felt
something move under her collar.
Merciful Heavens! The bug was goirg
down her back! She drew her shoulders
forward to keep it in one place if she
could, for she felt that ebo 6hould
scream if it moved again. Then she
prepared to leave tho room. But her
foot was caught in her skirt and refused
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to come down. She gave a jeik, there
was a eound of tearing cloth, and MUs
Norton placed her foot on the floor.
A moment later, tho class glanced up
to see the tall and dignified Mifs Norton
walking with quick, jerky steps from
the room. Her shoulders were stoopod
very much forward, her hat was awry,
her collar had slipped up about her ears,
her lips were drawn into a thin line and
her cheaks were burning red. She closed
the door after her with a little slam, and
the class heard her running down tbo
hall. She entered the girl's cloak room
breathless, with her books falling from
her arms.
"Oh Oh quick, help me!" she gasp
ed to a group of girls who sat around a
table.
"I can't get it out alone! There it goes
again! Oh, I shall die, I know I shall
die! O-o-o !" and she ended in a
long wail.
"What's the matter? Quick! tell me!"
a tall girl gaaped, a3 she rose hastily
from the window-seat. "Shall I lun to
the office? What "
"What's the matter? Matter?" Miss
Norton screamed; "Why its a bug
down my back!"
"Oh," the other girl saiu slowly.
Mi'bs Norton paid no attention to her.
She was moaning faintly and was tak
ing off her shirt waist as fast as she
could. She flung her collar on the floor
and slipped off her waist. Then she
turned to the tall girl. "Now get it"
she eaid, "and hurry; or I shall faint!"
The other girls had gathered around
and were watching Miss Norton with
white faces.
The tall girl put her hand down Mies
Norton's back.
"How cold your hand is," she
leaned against the radiator.
The tall girl hud the bug in her hand,
looking at it sobarly.
"Throw it away!" 'Oh how can she!"
"Tho nasty, ugly thing!" "My!" came
from the group of girls gathered around.
There was a queer expression on the
tall girl's face. Sheheld out her hand
to the girls. Thiy drew back at first,
with little cries of fear, but presently
they all broke into Bcreams of laughter.
"How cruel to laugh," Miss iNorton
property within the district of Ne
braska, and that Amelia B. Clark, Lulu
Clark Cook, Frank M.Cook, Etta Mar
garet Clark, Bertie L. Clark, and Dora
A. Perry, are defendants in said suit,
and are not inhabitants of, and have not
b;ea found within said district, and
have not voluntarily appeared herein
now on' motion of S. L. Geif thaxdt, solic
itor for the complainant, it is considered
by the court, and
ORDERED, That the respondents
last above named, and each of them,
appear and plead, answer or demur to
the complainant's bill of comnlaint on or
gasped angrily from the radiator. "lt'B before the 2nd day of February, 1893,
an awful experience. My nsrves are and that in default thereof, an order bo
completely shattered,'
weakly.
The. tall girl b?gan to laugh tco. Miss
and she cried enieroa in ims cause taking said bill
pro confesso. It is further
UKUKKKU, That at least twenty
darn hofnra nnirl 9nrl rlnv nf Vn-rax,
Norton leaned forward with a sudden 181)3, a copy of this order be served upon
suspicion and looked into the tall girl's each of said last named respondents
extendedhand. There was a collar but- wherever found, if practicable, and also
ton in it upon tho person or persons in posses-
iuuiuii. i.. sion, or in charge, of the real property
"I hope none of you will speak of this," described in tho bill of complaint, if any
Miss Norton began with dignity, but there be, or in lieu thereof, that a copy
she broke down at the expression on the ot inis ortJer bo published for six con
secutive weeks in The Courier, of Lin
coln, a newspaper published and in gen
eral circulation in paid district ot Ne
braska. Wm. H. Mcsger,
Judge.
The United States of America )
District op Nebraska. f ss
I. Oscar B. Hillis, Clerk of the Cir
cuit Court of the United States for thi
said.
It's
"Ob, don't take it away! Quick
crawling again!"
The tall girl put her hand back again.
"There," 6he said, I've got it," ana she
drew her hand out.
Misj Norton breathe! deeply, and
faces of those about her, and pleaded
"Oh, girls, don't tell please don't tell."'
But somehow the story got out.
Harriet M. Cooke.
(First publication December 11.)
NOTICE.
At a session of the United States Cir
cuit Court for the District of Ne- District of Nebraska, do herebv certify
braska, continued and held pursuant that the above ana foregoing is a truo
to adjournment, at the court room in copy of an order entered upon the jour-
tho City of Omaha, on the 7th day of nal of tho proceedings ot said court in
December, 1837. present, the Honora- tho causa therein entitled; that I havo
ble William H. Munger, Judge pre- compared the eace with the original
siding, the following, among other entry ot said order and it is a true tran-
proceedings, were baa and done, to- script therefrom and of the whole
wit:
The Continental Ndl
tional Bank of Bos
ton. Massachusetts
and Charles. F.
Smith, Complain
ants. vs.
Amelia B. Clark, et
al.. Respondents
Now on this 7th day of December.
1897, a regular day of the November 1897
term ot said court, it having been made
to appear to the satisfaction, of said
cnurt, that this is a suit to enforc ea
mortgage lien by foreclosure on real
G4-T.
ORDER OX ATSEST
DEFENDANTS.
In Chancery.
thereof.
Witness my official signatars and the
seal of ssid Court at Omaha, in said
District, this 7th day of December, 1897.
fSEAL 1 WbCAK 13. HILLIS,
Clerk
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