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His voice trembled with pent feeling as he said in deep undertone: "Be callm, chil'run; be callm. Refrain excitement. Who you behole befo' you, yondeh, I ignore. But who shall we expect to see if not the State Sup'inten'ent Public Education? And if yea, then welcome, thrice welcome, the surprise!
She, a close student, too, but growingly distant and reticent. The State Superintendent still believed to be "Impending, impending, chil'run! he is impending! Any day he may precipitate upon us!" Intense days, too, for Claude. Sidonie openly, and oh, so sweetly, his friend. Loving him? He could neither say nor know; enough, for the present, to be allowed to love her.
"Learn yo' lessons hard, chil'run; if the State Sup'inten'ent, even at the last, you know" Bonaventure could not believe that this important outpost had been forgotten. About this time a certain Mr.
He went back into the schoolroom, leaving St. Pierre in the open door, and said: "Dear chil'run, I perceive generally the aspects of fatigue. You have been good scholars. I pronounce a half-hollyday till to-morrow morning. Come, each and every one, with lessons complete." The children dispersed peaceably, jostling one another to shake the schoolmaster's hand as they passed him.
And now, chil'run, in honor of our eminent friend's visitation, and of the excellence with which you have been examine', I p'onounce the exhibition finish' dispensing with 'Twink', twink' lil stah. And now, in the book of the best writing scholar in the school you, sir, deciding that intricacy shall now be written the name of the eminent frien' of learning hereinbefo' confronting.
She moaned, covered her face in her hands, burst into tears, ran to her desk and threw her hands and face upon it, shaking with noiseless sobs and burning red to the nape of her perfect neck. All Grande Pointe rose to its feet. "Lost!" cried Bonaventure in a heart-broken voice. "Every thing lost! Farewell, chil'run!" He opened his arms toward them and with one dash all the lesser ones filled them.
And welcome the day, when the adversaries of education shall see those dear chil'run stan' up befo' the assem'led Gran' Point' spelling co'ectly words of one to eight syllable' and reading from their readers! And if one miss if one one! miss, then let the school be shut and the schoolmaster banish-ed!" It was so agreed. The debate did not cease at once, but it languished.
Claude! a new pen!" The stranger made his choice among the books. "Chil'run, he has select' the book of Sidonie!" Bonaventure reached and swung a chair into place at his desk. The visitor sat down. Bonaventure stood over him, gazing down at the hand that poised the pen. The silence was profound. "Chil'run sh-sh-sh!" said the master, lifting his left arm but not his eyes.
Sir, will you give yourself the pain to tell not for my sake or reputation, but to the encouragement of the chil'run, and devoid flattery what is yo' opinion of that specimen of reading? Not t'oubling you, but, in two or three word' only if you will give yo'self the pain" "Why, certainly; I think it is I can hardly find words it's remarkable." Bonaventure started with joy. "Chil'run, do you hear?
Sir, I will boldly ask you ah you not the State Sup'inten'ent Public Education?" "No, I" "But surely, sir, than a greater? Yes, I discover it, though you smile. Chil'run friends not the State Sup'inten'ent, but greater! Pardon; have yo' chair, sir." "Why, the examination's over, isn't it? Guess you'd better call it finished, hadn't you?"
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