Show THE TEE TWO tho the story of a S misunderstood nature 1 I i think its an outrage butr ice 1 I should say it was when we can ae arcely ly stand one biggs the idea of having two thrust upon net miss clara achara entered just in a time to hear thelast remark 1 I hope ho pe the membris jowiny mission band are not engaged in talking against their neighbors she said gr gravely 1 vely there was a deep silence ebor for a moment in cut the theu nEdith Mth lyle asked thoughtfully fully miss think a schoolteacher ought to bo croser cross and scold hall aalf the time wed added aal an other girl and wear shabby dresses said a third I 1 and fix her hair in the very horrid est fashion r she he can ti think clr of was was the question of a fourth As I 1 am not acquainted with any a ny such person said miss clara quietly 1 11 I am scarcely prepared to answer your questions ohl but butyok boudo do know our teach erMiss biggs and she sha is guilty of every one of of these charges exclaimed etta wright impulsively and not oui one of us can endure her yet her sister has ha been appointed assistant it is awful to think of having two 1 I say bay BO 50 too said annie jennings boldly I 1 I 1 the other girls looked up tip anxiously to sed see wh what at reply ply miss clare would aaa keSto these assertions miss claw cl ift ib wa r U arg V ne at s mid and gentleness this her sabbath school girls had repeatedly repeat edl 7 affirmed in fact they believed that she was everything that is requisite to maker make up the perfect lady they knew she could not sanction carelee carelessness aness of dress arh or hasty ty temper and surely she must side with them in this case much to their disappointment she ahe quietly dismissed the subject by prom ising to t take ake it up at some future time but now for business girls how many aprons are we going to make this afternoon ohl ever so BO many if you will read to us u while we saw 1 I thought of telling you r story atory in tead stead of reading it how will that uit suit betherl Bet terl betherl bet terl cried a number of the birli simultaneously and the other ones also agreeing miss clare began several years a ago go there lived in the village tillage of pressbury Cress bury a girley girl by the nama nane of julia hagermann 1111 julia was fonder of study than the majority of girls gerlof of her age but her favorite subject was music indeed her love for that was passionate ate and her greatest joy was to sit before a piano but such euch instruments were not plentiful in ift those days and the Hager Rager manns were wera too poor to afford one sometimes julia would woul d find a chance to run ran into a neighbors neighbor where there was a piano and spend a few mini utes ute trying to teach herself from the beginning of the exercise book but these spare minutes were scarce tor for there was a great dealoe deal of work to be do done donalu nelu in the Ra hagermann germann fi family tally and as talia was waa the eldest child the bulk of it fell to her lot she often thought it if she be 0 only had a piano she would practice early and late in the hope h ope of becoming a fine musician then what won drous things she would accomplish for her one day an uncle of julies julias died and left her some money she had been his bia favorite lavori lav niece and he be wished her fier to spend the money ju lust just st as she pl pleased Q ased he thought the there re was probably enough to purchase the long wished for piano 1 iYo yiu MRY be sure that julia was very happy when the money cami came into her possession and she had bad begun began to wonder what kind of a piano it was best for her to buy when she overheard her father saying that unless he could raise mo money n ey to liquidate a certain debt lils bia creditor would meke make considerable trouble for him the money ought to be ready the following day ard and mr hagermann Hager inam had noway of raising it the amount he owed was about equal to the sum julia had fur for the piano an and d the unselfish girl cirl went at once to her father laid the money in his hand and said take this I 1 cau can wait for my diano 1 tho look 1 ac of unutterable relief that I 1 cama into his face when I 1 gave I 1 it t to winimore him hin more imore than repaid me for the sacrifice julia afterward said to her mother my IM V precious girl giell 11 mr hagermann Hagen nann cried it shall not he be for long have a piano as soon as I 1 can let get it though I 1 am compelled to work day and night for the money moncy A short time after that mr hager roann manix was accidentally killed and thus thua julia tu la llo lost t a kind and loving father this I 1 was t the e first great sorrow of her ber life but though the family was deprived of breadwinner bread d wi winner and found it very tery difficult to make both ends meet julia still clung to the hope of owning I 1 a piano and becoming a musician she attended school and worked hard before f and after school hours to help her mother support the family when she was waa sixteen years yearB of age their circum t an m a improved somewhat for t two v 0 of I 1 the be boys were then working and julia and her mother were plentifully supplied with sewing se ving for which they were well ell paid thus they managed to save money to buy a piano but when once more MOM ready to make the purchase were again ain prevented it had become feces sary for urs mrs mother to II 11 live ag with them and she was such a nervous 11 3 old lady that the children constantly scantly annoyed her by their boisterous ways therefore the doctor d ac t 0 r ad advised mrs haffermann to take be her r to an old la diesa die home shome the one he recommended was an excellent institution but a tan awn sum of money mone must mus t be paid before slie aa could enter at the grandmother went gladly but chenever sh she never enever knew that julies juliana piano money was again sacrificed faced for ano an others thees good the following year mrs Higer hagermann maun married a manicho pro proved ved to be intemperate and brutal no one but the f family a in 11 Y will twill ever know the suffering he caused I 1 them until they were relieved of vill ills presence by death about this time julia graduated and received an appointment as teacher in a school near come borne now she thought she would purely realize her fondest hopes but bui as last fast as she saved money it was ne needed eded bior A L 0 r something in tho family finally diphtheria entered the home and took tol sway three boys boya leaving of the I 1 children only julia and a little girl four years old the expense and sorrow this occasioned you can imagine I 1 shall not attempt to describe it then came the saddest affliction fiction aff of ail the trouble through which she passed had c caused aused such a strain on mrs Hag hagerm ermanna n u a mind that she went hopelessly insa insane n e of course she had to be removed to an asylum and julia became a mother to little elsie then I 1 gave up all hope of becoming a musician mu ician she sh e said to me i elvith with tears that would not be kept L 1 AU all I 1 banai canai ja ito live for fac 7 elsia and my poor lidor mother the mother is dead and the tha little sister is grown up now and hopes to be able at least partly to repay julia ford for her devotion but she cannot give her back the buoyancy of youth or the healthy body and nerves that accompanied it ilow how do you yon think a class ought to treat a teacher who has e experienced perien ced so much trouble with kindness kindne ss of course said one of the girls quickly even though she la is c ross sometimes and cannot smile because she is unable to forget how her poor mother died die d added miss clare why yes they ought to make allowance for her said annie jennings even though she dresses shab shabbily bilT and wears her hair in an unbecoming style stin still further questioned miss aliss clare ohl you cant you surely cant cala mean miss birgs cried josie thayer of course not said etta wright decidedly this lady was named hagermann 11 but ray my dear returned miss clare you ie remember member her mother married again the second husband w was as I 1 named biggs igge that was another r of julies julias sacrifices she took the name Mix geto to please her mother though she disliked it very muc much h 1 then it was our miss after i all exclaimed edith lyle 0 girls how bow shamefully aha we have treated herl and we have been so BO annoying today said etta efta penitently penitente y I 1 it is useless to spend time in vain tain regret over the past P ast my iny dears deam we becan can only make up for mist mistakes alces by doing I 1 better in the future when you are ara again tempted to J edge a person perou remember eme aber that there may be circumstances which excuse the faults that you are so quick to notice meanwhile MI miss biggs sat gat alone in her room grieving over her failures in school work it luid had been an exceedingly trying day and the ehe had lost her temper a number of times timer how could she control those large scholars and win ro respect ar 12 t from the littly ones jones furthermore Z how could hes bear to I 1 j shave have gentle nisie elsie come and witness her e impatience and lack of success these 1 questions ques tiona still remained unsettled I 1 when the she started bearil wearily v to school the following day dav I 1 but during the first cession it seemed emed to her that she had somehow solved the problems after all the girls had never behaved so eo well and the boys a appealed to profit by their example in fact teaching bad never ne ve r before been beeg s so 0 pleasant and easy she did not lose her temper once through the he day and at three when her scholars bid her good afternoon pleasantly the poor I 1 cher acher wondered e red tf if could possibly oe le dreaming but bat no there was the same state of affairs day after day the als and boys boyr who had bad been most troublesome seemed seema to be maki making noade a da to be ve well there was a marked improvement improTe 1 ment io in the conduct of the whole school and when elsie appeared to take charge bar eaf of the little ones iniss ii biggs was proud to introduce the scholars selio lars to her As for miss usie elsie the girls immediately fell in love with her e charming face and manners manner she is just as pretty and lovely as she can be was the verdict look one bit like her sister but after awhile they noticed that miss biggs seemed to be growing crowing younger and better looking elsie wa was the fairy that brought the transformation transforms she dressed her sisters balrie hair becomingly comin gly and saw that she had ci clothing 0 thing suitable for a schoolteacher school teacher yo you can afford it dear you know she said to julia one day you must not spend another cent on me now but the most beautiful light came into miss Migg seye eyes the day the tha trustees sent a piano to the tha school the larger scholars had secretly demanded lt it and the morning it arrived they rejoiced with exceeding great joy because of the happiness it caused can se d their teacher ali miss migs is almost handsome t today exclaimed etta wright now how happiness does doea beautify ons onos countenance miss biggs thinks she is ii too alq old now ow to attempt becoming a grand musician but it would do you yon good to see 0 o the comfort afforded her by that piano S jennia jeanie smith in Demorest maga laMaga amo kioa |