rt The New Teacher. i ; ' A California Story ; "VTTlfEN l ho expected ?" If " They said lie was coming in to-night's stage." rtHe taught in 'Frisco, didn't lie?""' -. " Yes I guess be was in the department." The doctor's wife was ' an authority on all matters in Russian Bar, and on this last sensation, the coming of a schoolmaster, she freely enlightened her neighbor, Airs, Blunt, a plump widow, whose miner hus band had died a few months before. There was not much to gossip about in that quiet village. The arrival and departure of the stage brought the people to their doors three times a week, and if a stranger was noticed, eovoys were immediately dispatch ed to the hotel to learn his name and busi ness, and the probable length of his stay. But now Russian Bar was to have a new schoolmaster, and the folks wondered much if he would have any ' trouble with Sam Seymour, the butcher's boy, or Ike Walk er, an unruly spirit, who had knocked down and pummeled the last preceptor, who un dertook to teach him school discipline. The trustees were powerless in these mat ters, and declared that if a schoolmaster was not able to " get away" with the boys in a square stand-up-flght, he might as well pick up his tracks and leave Russian Bar. On the very evening of the exported ar rival, Seymour and Walker, the leading spirits of the mutinous school-boys, met at a pool, from which both were endeavoring to coax a few speckled trout for supper.' "Have you heard what the new chap is like Sam?" said Ike, as he impaled a wriggling worm on his hook. " No ; have you ?" ' Father told Jake, the barkeeper, that he was very young." "And small?" "Yes." , " Quess he won't stay in town, Ike." "1 guoss not, Sam. School ain't good for us such line weather an tliis." The worthies sat and fished in silence for some time, and then Ike produced a hunch of clgaretes and passed them to hie friend. At last, finding that the fish would not bite, they shouldered their poles and straggle d up-toward the vlllago, pausing for a mo ment to stone a Chinaman's rooster which had strayed too far from the protecting wash-house. Philip Houghton was a schoolmaster from necessity, and not taste. Like many who had been educated as gentlemen in one sense of the word, that is, without the acquaintance with any special pursuit tluif might be turned to good account in the struggle for bread, he found himself adrift in California, with nothing to fall back on. Seeing an advertisement in a city paper for a competent teacher to take charge of the school at Russian Bar, he answered it and was accepted at a venture, , Putting his few movables together a pair of old foils and a set of well worn boxing-gloves, for Houghton was an accomplished boxer and fencer he bought a ticket for Rus . sian Bar. Ho fouiid the stage driver a communica tive, pleasant fellow, who, at his request, described the characteristics of his future home. Indeed, his descriptions of the class of boys whom Houghton was to take charge of was not very encouraging. ' " You'll find them a hard lot," said he, " and they're all on the muscle, too." ' ' ' " What is aboutthe weight of my oldest?" asked Houghton, good humoredly. " You see, if I have got to exorcise something more than moral susasion, I want to get posted on the physique of my men." " Well, Ike Walker is about the strong est." , ' t " And what about the size of the redoubt able Ike?" " Well, I guess he tops you by half a head." " Oh, I expect we'll got along well enough together," said Houghton, " and I " suppose this is the first glimpse of Rus sian Bar," he added, as a turn in the road brought them in view of that picturesque village. The stage bowled along the smooth road and passed the great white oak under whose friendly branches the teamsters were accustomed to make their noontime halt. " " I'll set you down at the hotel," said the driver. " There'i Perkins, the propri etor, that fat man smoking on the stoop." Houghton confessed to himself that the prospect beforo him was anything but a prepossessing one. He was not of a very combatative nature, though he liked a littlo danger fdr the excitement ; but a game of fisticuff with a dirty, mutinous boy bad neither honor or glory for a man who ;had been one of the hardest bitters in his col lege - . , The folks were all at their doors when the stage clattered up the single street, and the slender, good-looking young man by the driver was ' measured and canvassed before that worthy bad passed the mail to the doctor, who, with bis medical avoca tions, also found time to "run" the post office. , The doctor's wife was at the window, and after a long survey of the schoolmaster, hastend to communicate her opinions to Mrs. Blunt. Meanwhile Houghton washed off the red dust of tho road, and took his seat at tho supper table. The driver had introduced him to about a dozen of the leading citizens during the few -minutes that intervened between their arrival and the evening meal. ' J- "How do you like our town, Mr. Hough ton?'' asked the landlord, graciously, as he helped his new guest to a cut of steak. " Well, it seetns j. prcttf place' '' ' " When you get acquainted you'll find yourself pleasantly situated ; but you'll have a hard time with the boys." "So they" all tell me. Anyhow; t am not unprepared," said Houghton cheerfully. After supper the landlord remarked con fidentially to the doctor " that the young man had grit in him, and thought he'd be able to 'make ttie rilllo' with the boys.", AVhou Houghton aroso next morning and opened his window to the fresh breeze, od orous with tho perfume of the climbing honeysuckles, ho felt that, aftor all, a resi dence in a remote village, even with a par cel of rough boys to take caro of, was pref erable to tho dusty, unfamiliar streets of San Francisco. lie smiled as he unpacked his foils and ' boxing-gloves, a little sadly, too, for they were linked with many pleas ing associationBjof his under-giaduatedays. " Well," he soliloquized, as he straight ened his arm and looked at the finely de veloped muscles, "I ought to be able to hold my own in a stand-up-fight with those troublesome pupils of mine. This is my day of trial, however, and before noon we shall probably have had our fight out." ; Tho school house, a raw,uniinished look ing building, stood thaid by the river, at about half a mile from town. When Hough ton opened the rickety wooden gate that led into the school lot, ho found a group of some twenty boys already assembled. Among them were Sam Seymour and Ike Walker. . Tho latter's sister, a pretty girl of sixteen, was leaning against the fence with half a dozen of her friends, for tho Russian Bar school house was arranged for the accommodation of both sexes. Houghton handed tho key to tho nearest boy, and asked him to open the door. With a look at tho others, and half a grin on his face, ho obeyed. " Now, boys, muster in," said Houghton cheerfully, to the boys. , They all passed in Seymour and Wal ker last. Tho latter took a good look at tho schoolmaster as ho passed by. When they were seated Houghton stood at his desk, and laid a heavy rulo on tho books before him. " Now, boys," ho said, " I hope we shall get along pleasantly togothcr. Yon treat mo fairly, and you shall havo no reason to complain, I promiso you. Silence and obe diance is what I require, and a strict atten tion to the matter of our instruction. Giving them a port km of the grammar to prepare for recitation, ho walked quietly up and down tho room, occasionally stand ing at tho window, but appearing to keep no surveillance of tho boys. Suddenly the crock of a match was heard, followed by a general titter. Houghton turned quietly from the win dow, and saw tho bluo smoke from a cig arette arising from whero Seymour sat. , " What is your name, boy ?" ho asked, in a stern tono. , , '; i "My name is Seymour," replied the uiu tincor, innocently. " And are you smoking ?" "I guess so." ., ... " Leave the room.," ,... , "I guess not." . r, ! , There was a dead silence in tho school room now, and Houghton felt that the hour of trial was at band, "Seymour," he said very quietly. "What?" . ' , ." Come here." ;. , , Seymour, putting his hands in his pock ets, sauntered from the desk, and stood within a yard of the . schoolmaster, and looked sneeringly In his face. ; ' " Leave the room," said Houghton again, in a lower voice. , -. "No." . ., .,,( The little arm straightened like a flash of lightning, and the rebel measured his length on the floor, whilst the blood gush ed from his , nostrils. ' In a moment he sprang tojiis feet and rushed furiously at the schoolmaster, but went down like a reod before that well-aimed blow. The scoond time he fell, .Houghton stooped down and lifting him up as if he bad been a child, fairly flung bim outside the door. Seymour, confused and amazed, staggered down to the brook to wash his face and re flect on the wonderful force of that slight arm. And nought on, turning to the school without a word of comment on the scene, commenced the recitations. Walker was mum. Seymour's fate had appalled him, and in fact the entire mutinous spirit of the sclioolars of Russian Bar was in a fair way of being totally subdued. . , , , , When the trustees heard of the affair they unanimously oorameridod the school master's pluck. , . . . , , "I tell you what, boys'" said Perkins to a crowd who were earnestly engaged at a game of old sledge in bis bar-room, " (hat Houghton' knows a thing or two about managing boys. He'll fix 'em , off, or my name's not Perkins." Houghton was hospitably treated by the folks at Russian Bar. They felt him to be a man of refinement, brought down in tho world, but showing no offensive superiority In his intercourse with them. 'The doctor's wife pronounced him to be the best New Yorker she had ever met, and the gossips insinuated that Mrs. Blunt, the widow, was setting her cap for him. Gypsy Lane, the daughter of a leading man in Russian Bar, and made wealthy by a saw-mill, which all day long groaned and scrcatrje. some "distance down $ho'.rivort' did not express her opinion as to Hough ton's merits, but in the summer evenings, when the schoolmaster, rod in hand, wait dored albrig' tho stream, and threw his line across the ni ill-dam, Gypsy was seldom far away. Lane, a bluff", hearty old fellow, frequently linked Houghton to spend the evening with him, and told his adventures hi early California to a patient listener, whilo Gypsy dutifully mended her father's socks on tho veranda. . Mrs. Lane, when Gypsy was but a baby, was laid to rest in Lone-mountain long be fore Lane ever thought of settling at Rus sian Bar. Soymour and Walker , were the best and most industrious pupils the young master had, and were happy when accom panying him on his fishing excursions. , In fact, all agreed in declaring that tho edu cational department in the villago was a thriving success. . ,, One pleasant evening in Juno, Gypsy Lane, twirling her straw hot, thoughtfully picked her way across the broad fields that lay between the house and the mill.. Tho stream was a winding one, and as she placed her tiny foot on the first steppiug Btono, she saw a straw hat on tho grass which she knew well. " How is Miss Lane this evening?" said Houghton, lazily, from beneath a mauza nita bush, whero ho had been enjoying a book and a pipe. " Well, thank you. How is Mr. Hough ton ?" replied Gypsy, shyly. " Warnf, but not uncomfortable. Are you going to the mill ?". " Yes, 1 have a letter that has just come for father." . "May I accompany you?" "Certainly, if you chooso." Houghton put on his hat and helped Gypsy across the brook. " I had a letter from Now York a few days ago," said he, after they hod left the first bend of the river behind. " A pleasant one ?" " Well, although in one souso it brought good news, still I can hardly call it a pleas and letter." . , i They walked on, and Gypsy swung her hat pensively, longing, with a woman's curiosity, to hear moro about the New York letter. " I am going tojlcave Russian Bar," said Houghton, abruptly. " Indeed I how soon ?" " I don't know yet ; possibly within a week." The hat was swayed from side to side with increased energy. " Do you caro much, Miss Lone ?" Say ing this with an earnest look into tho hazel eyes that were kept steadily bent on the brown parched gross beneath their feet. " Yes, of course we shall all be , sorry to lose you," returned Gypsy, evasively. " If I como back in a few months with something for my futuie wife, shall I seo this ring on her finger?" whispered Hough ton, capturing the littlo hand that held the hat, and slipping a pearl ring on tho deli cate finger. ' Gypsy said nothing ; but her eyes turned for a moment on tbo schoolmaster's earn est face, and in tho next moment her soft cheek was resting on his shoulder. Russian Bar, to a man, ' turned out to wish Philip Houghton god-speed on the morning ho took bis place by tho driver who one year before had set him down at Perkin's hotel. They knew he was on his way to New York, and that he had been left some money, nnd the gossips more than suspectod that there was something be tween Gypsy Lane and their favorite. At all events her eyes were red for a woek aftor his departure. Winter bad come and the river was swollen and rapid, and many a lofty troe from the pluo forest had found its way to the hearths at Russian Bar. ' One delicious morning, crisp and cold after a night's rain, the stage passed ! by the large white oak, and, splashed with mud, halted before Perkin's hotel. It had been - all night on the way, for the roods were very heavy. : The worthy proprietor of that excellent house was in the act of tossing his first cocktail when a heavy hand was placed on his shoulder,and Philip Houghton shouted: "Perkins, old boy, how are you?" . The landlord returned the hand, shake dived behind the bar and had a second cocktail in a momontl ?'And now," ' said he, as he pledged the ex-sohoolinaster, "when will the wedding take place?" ; Six weeks afterward the old mill was bung with evergreen wreaths, and a grand festival was held at Russian Bar. - Gypsy Lane was a lovely bride, arid when llough ton took charge pf tho mill, and invested all his New York money in the village, and was admitted to practice in the courts, everything seemed to take a fresh start. Through all, jils warmest and most devo ted friend, was Sain Seymour, once the ter ror of Russian Bar schoolmasters, and now the holder of that important position. . N Changing the Subject1 : ' Little Mary had heard her father in struct her oldor, brothers and sisters that when, : in the course of conversation, a subject should come up that seemed to be disagreeable to any one., present, etiquette demanded that It should be changed as quickly as possible. Some days after, her father said to her as she left the house : "Mary, -papa wants -yon to be very careful if you play in the garden to-day, riot to touch thd liyaoinths. Will you re member?" Of course she would, but on papa's re turn in the evening he found his hyacinths picked, and llio mark' of the littlo foot in the garden bed. Calling Mary up to him, ho looked very grove and said : ' . " My dear, you remember 1 told you particularly not to touch the hyacinths, and now I find them picked, and no one has been in the garden but you. How is this?" Mary laughed and sold: " Oil, papa, it was splendid in the gar don to-day I 1 saw a beautiful littlo bird's nest, and there was a great big buttcrfly"- . ; Wait, wait, my chiUL, I am talking to you about something else now. Don't you understand me? I am very seriously displeased with you. I told you not to touch the hyacinths, and now I fiud them picked and your footprints all about." . "Oh, yes papa, I did have tho loveliest time in tho garden to-day. Don't you th ink it was a beautiful day ?" . " Mary, how dare you answer mo so iin pertinently ! I am talking to you about your disobedience. Why do you not at tend to mo ? I shall hove to moke you." Rather sobered by this suggestion, the littlo girl's countenance foil, nnd sho ful tered out: , " Why, papa, you said that when a sub ject become unpleasant to any one, the only way was to change it." Papa sow the point, nnd the unpleasant subject was dropped for that time. An Eccentric Judge. Tho following story is told of the late Judge Keycs, of Vermont. The Judge al ways had about him a largo number of workmen. ' Among them was a young man named Aniasa. One day he ordered Amasa or, ob the Judge always colled him,Samp son to cut down a crooked, unsightly tree on the brink of bis mill-pond. The judge stood by, watching the pro gress of the work. " Sampson" was like most young Vorniontci-s, at home with the axe, and soon reached the heart of the tree; two or three strokos more would suffice, Seeing the judge was In a position to be hit by tho limbs of the treo when it fell, ho said : ' ' 1 " 1 " You had better move, judge, or will be hit." you " Cut the treo down, Sampson," was tho response. Two more strokos, and then seeing that unless tho judge moved, he would be 1 hit sure, Sampson renewed his suggestion. Cut the tree down, Sampson ; just as the old man tells you," said the judge. One more stroke, and the last ; down came the tree and down came tho old judge, also, into tho water. Sampson quickly jumped into the water and dragged the judge on shore, his face all scratched and bleeding, and nearly strangled by his sudden bath. Blowing ' the water from his mouth, liko a spouting ' whalo, and wip ing his face, he said : ' 1 " That's right, Sampson, that's light always do just as the old man tells you." Josh Billings Insnres his Life. I knm to tho conclusion lately that life was so ' onsartin', that the only wa fur me tew stand a fair chance with other folk, waz to git ml life insured, and so t kallcd on the Agent uv the Garden Angel Life Insurance Company, and answered the following questions, which wuz put to mo over tho top ov a pair ov goold glasses, by a slik little,' fat old feller, with a round gray head: '" QUESTIONS. 1st Are you mail or feraail ? if so, Btate how long yu hav bin so. 3d Are yu subjoct tu fits ? and if so, du yu hav more than one at a Mine ? 8d What iz yure precize fitoing weight ? 4th Did yu ever hav enny ancesters ? if so, how much?1 ' , Gth What iz yure legal opinion ov tho constiusliionality ov the 10 command ments 1 - i . 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