Show LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS by LOUISE OLIVER hope lambing shut the door of 0 tho the teachers room softly but firmly and gave tho the key hey a surreptitious turn seq looked around cautiously then started to count noses were nil all herel seq exclaimed in excited and subdued tones the others glanced at one another with understanding ifopo glued tier her ear car to tho the door ot of an anteroom that led to tho the office iles not hero here yet but ho be hear anyway ot of whom are you speaking inquired 1 I U red charity brown precisely him of 0 coursol coursel tile the professor profess orl well what about tile tho professor ile he has just inherited a fortune girls a fortune think of itt they say its nearly a million dollars or its in pounds I 1 believe bol levo for its english and they say thero there Is a title that goes with it but im not sure of that tho the excitement caused by tills this re mark was obvious hut but how do you know all tills this la Is true inquired Genevi genevieva evo travis 1 I cant tell that im not permitted but ills his lawyer and my cousin oh girls I 1 cant say any more but hope why the nutter flutter back of it all asked genevieve genovieve you still have something up your sleeve or I 1 miss my guess it if you dont hurry up and tell I 1 believe burst hope giggled again oh dont you see girls lies hea not she whispered dramatically in chorus and its leap year A sudden silence tell fell upon the room hope looked triumphantly from ono one to another then a bell began to ring and they heard a mans mails in tile the hall wo we must go now said hope its up to you girls to do the rest but it seems to me that fifteen young and attractive women who pride themselves on having brains would bo be very foolish to let a million dollars and a good looking man mail get out of tills this building single and bcd in leap year sill dont let another soul know it or it will spoil our chanco chance two months yet and let tho the best man mail win whit sho opened tile tho door and went out followed i by fourteen teachers who smiled guiltily us as they passed a man mail standing by ills his ofeleo door john aylmer looked after thorn them quizzically hope lambing went into no 4 and he caught a flash of her hei eyes as as tile tho door closed there was so something etliong disturbing in that glance dance and ho he felt an uneasiness lie ho could not explain I suppose I 1 was a bit hateful about things this mo morning nang he reflected I really eally chos about tile tho best teacher in the building but I 1 need to get nasty about tile tho spelling I 1 thought shed hit me when I 1 tore up those pa per hersl 91 I 1 wish I 1 reel feel so devilish in tho the morning when ivo ive boon been out to a party tho the night before the door of no 4 opened to let the children in and he caught another flash of hopes eyes ile ho had taken two steps lit in that direction but retreated hastily hanged it if ill apolo dizol ashes perfectly capable of taking care of herself ashes pretty when ashes mad though I 1 dy by jove ashes ali al ways pretty she has a smile sallo and a voice that would coax a bird off t q tree tho the school tiled and quieted doors closed and a 0 gong gone rang tile tho afternoon w work ork was waa on oil in the next week it was wonderful how head dressings took on oil waves and puffs flat libels grew inches high and cheeks bloomed smiles were every where yet thero there was a certain excle quite among tile hg teachers who regarded one another with s suspicious coolness none of this however reached tho the puzzled principal who had never experienced such overwhelming attention as lie ho was noy now receiving perplexity turned to wariness when Oo Genev nevieve lovo travis asked for a private interview and as delicately as she alto could suggested herself as a fitting life mate for him ile ho refused her offer as kindly as ho could but firmly the next day charity drown brown plainly and without any varnishing popped the question professor aylmer ie treated instantly thinking sho she had lost her senses dut but in tho the next fortnight ho had received fourteen perfectly good proposals of marriage all ol of which lie ho had humbly and gratefully declined there was ono one person left hope lambing had not como come forth to offer her heart and hand tills this puzzled him more than anything else one day after four ho he was taking requisition slips bli ps to tho the first floor finer rooms in no 4 hope lambing was wag 8 scaling a letter at her desk but her eyes eos instead of flashing defiance were full of real tears its my resignation sho she sald said brokenly 1 I cant stand it here any longer tho the who place la Is hateful to mel ill ril never play another practical joke joka as long as I 1 live vehemently then followed a confession of tier her plan to td got get oven even with her superior and after all it was waa only cruet cruel to those poor souls hero here she went on im ashamed of tl ft you bol bo lie he declared they are arc a lot of geese hope dear 11 I 1 lovo love you could you take mo me on eighteen hundred a year and a heart full of devotion 1 I 1 11 she hesitated then smiled suddenly iud denly wily why yes I 1 suppose 1 duldt cej allt 1910 by per syndicate |