Columbia College - Cayuse Yearbook (Milton, OR)

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like that. But hels comin, to see us once in a while, he promised he would. Well, you see this hasnlt anything to do with you but I just thought Pd tell you so that you could see how things were. And Oh! by the way-thereis some terri- ble mean boys up there in the sixth grade. Nobody could ever do anything with them but Mr. Burton and of course theyill probably take to their old ways. But Miss RayeI want to tell you Fm behind you and the whole school board .will be back of you in anything you do? Jane asked him where she was to stay and Mr. Halte took her in his car to a small house about a quarter of a mile out of town. It was a very neat and cheerful looking little bungalow. Introductions having been given, Miss Alban took Ione to her room. It was a beautiful little room, in pink beaver board and white furnishings. Jane loved it at once and things seemed to brighten a little for her. Miss Alban explained that she was what people called llan old maid? but that she really was not. She had been engaged to a fine lad, who was killed in the civil war and she had never cared for anything since. She said she spent what money she had in fixing up this little home for herself and had always dreamed that some day some girl would come who would occupy her llpink room? and here was ' Miss Ray, the very girl she had seen in her vision. Jane felt that she had one friend, at least. Miss Alban also told her of the success of Mr. Burton and how the people thought no one could ever be quite as good as he. Jane immeditely made a resolution in her heart that she would surely try her best to make this year a success and show this Mr. Burton, whoever he was that he was not the only teacher in that part of the country. School began-forty pupils were present that bright morning of September. Jane wore a dainty pink and white gingham dress and a pale blue Huffy sweater and the flush on her cheeks made by the excitement of her first day of school- teaching, made her look very much like a pretty schoolgirl herselfeand she was only twenty. The weeks passed, then the month s. School went along smoothly, altho various rumors of how Mr. Burton would have done this and that were often heard. Jane heard several times that Mr. Burton was coming but each time something delayed him. The children gradually began to forget Mr. Burton and when spring came they really loved their Klgirl teacher? One noon a little girl came running into the room crying, liOh, teacher! thereis a terribellist wreck down by the depot and the train is all broken to pieces and the people is all hurt-eome on? Jane, havinghad a short course in first aid, hurried down to the wreck, thinking she might be of some assistance: There were many injured people and Jane found much to do. She was walking down the aisle of the wrecked car when she saw that someone was held under a seat in the far end of the car. She got some men to help her and soon they had the young man out. llWhy Paul? Jane cried, iiVVhy, wh at are you doing here?,, :Jane RayeWhat are you doing in Cedertonethatls where I taught last vear. s Th. t LPaul Burton, were you my prede cessor? Oh! Ive heard so much of Mr. If y- VVO a H4571,

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Lb now crymg simply becam. ought to get pink papertt; se. Come on down and tell? y aSSISted Ellen down thestair Eventide was sinking in the West. vs all haul gone to rest, ing shadows slowly fell, ill about the dell 1t hue of color clear, stud on the tree tops 11 had passed away 1 twinkling star jar. 931'. or tints white 1110011 21m 0 1 l'Ullgh th cottage tIOOI't as she had had a few years experience in teaching. Janests Predecessor afternoon feeling very tired and discouraged. She looked out over the little Village in which she was to make her home for nine long months. She had just graduated from College back in Evanston and had come here to teach her first school. JANE RAY stepped from the train at Cederton at five-ten P. M. Saturday Oh! how she loved those dear old College days and how she longed for them. The hours oflectures, the tedious examinations all seemed like wondevm ful pleaSures now. She had been an ex cellent student and had been given the promise of a good position in a large high school in her home town as soon And motherethe Very thought made Jane City'ethere at home with the children! She was such a per- fect mother and she understood every pang and ambition of her young heart. 3ut she must not think of this now. She must find the school clerk and a place to stay. Her time could not now be spent in reminiscense and reflection. She picked up her traveling-bag and went inside the depot. itCould you direct me to where I co uld find Mr. Halte, your school clerkPi, Jane asked the ticket agent. HAre you the new school niarmW he inquired. ttYes sir? she replied, amazed yet amused at hearing herself called this dignified name. uVVal, Mr. Halte, he works in the bank ant he left wurd fer you to come up to the bank and hetd fix you upf, After complete directions of how to find the bank, Jane left the station. She saw that the town consisted of about twenty houses, a very crooked main street, which she later learned was called Coe Avenue, two other streets, two Churches and the thchoolhousef, She could see no lawns or shrubbery any- where and as a whole the place looked very desolate. But she was determined to be an optimist and show the folks she could make good, so she smiled and entered the bank. The cashier introduced himself as Mr. Halte and took her into his office, where he said he wished to tell her some thing of the conditions of the school. In the course of their talk, Jane noticed that the Clerk was very anxious that she should know of her predecessor. ttMiss Ray? he said, tTll tell you right here, youive got a multitude of hardships to work against. Mr. Burton, your predecessor, was a very fine teacher and he won the hearts of the people until they almost worshipped him. It was his first year of teaching and the people just naturally seemed to like him from the first. He wouldnt have left this year but his mother was very sick and hes taking care of her and studying a little by mail or smgretthing 1r y-one

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S they'll v cOuld l .. Dmb t 1 behlnd yOu bl taken: i eWhol 0 stay and Mr ' ate El llllle Out Of tOWn llilul; 1 VI, M iss Alban t :r board and $311313? e W en a llttle for her. lliul? h old maid? but that sit: who was killed in theciii She said she spentwhii elf and had always dreary; ld occupy her hpink room :- in her vision. Janelelttlz- old her of the successofl? ld ever be quite as goodast ion in her heart that shew. SS and show this .lirdilllii her in that part of the count? 2 present that bright morning 'ing ham dress and a palenbli: the excitement of her u; like a pretty schoolgirlhersi'e mth s. School wentalong's would have done thlbflllll1 nt Mr. Burton was cum C A dll'i: l for get Mr. Burtonan 9! room Ullltf. o . . t e W nan mtO lld tile lime f de 0t 3 bl the ., p . 011-, , y'j 01116 . fled dial. 1' umlShiz t Are you hurt? I thought you were Burton but I never once thought of him being Paul Burton. Where did you come from? What are you doing here? a thousand miles away? Reassuring her that he was not injured but just a little jostled, Paul rose and they finished caring for the injured. Jane invited Paul to dinner at Miss Alban,s. Jane told Miss Alban of their romance. She and Paul had been very close friends at College, but Paulis mother was an invalid, and, as is unfortunately true of many people who have suffered from long illness, she had allowed an intense selfishness to develop, of which she was unaware, and which her sonis solicitous care and deference to all her wishes had tended to encourage. When she had become jealous of Paulls affection for Jane, for the first time in his life he had stubbornly refused to yield. But when she became very ill and they were compelled to go to Southern California and live on a ranch for her health, he and Jane agreed to stop everything, even letters, for her sake. Mrs. Burtonis health had im- proved so rapidly during the first summer that it was with genuine eagerness that Paul had prepared in the autumn to return to Cederton, near his boyhood home to accept a position that had only recently been left vacant in the school there. But it was With sickening disapointment that on the morning of his departure his mother, exacting of him the promise that he would not re- new his aequaintanee with Jane, he agreed. Now that she was strong and well again, her natural kindness and consideration reasserted itself, and realizing how unhappy her son had been in the meantime she had repented of her re- quest. Paul was on his way to Evansston to make things right, when the train was wrecked. Miss Alban said she knew everything would come out for the best, but that what she didndt like was that she wouldnit have her girl next year. Alice Howard ilHerels to our faculty Long may they live Even as long as the Lessons they givelll Thirty three