That whether it's Widow or whether it's ship, Victorier's work is to do,
As they done it, the Jollies—'er Majesty's Jollies—soldier an sailor too!
RACHEL.
By Mrs. E. V. Wilson,
Author of "Barbary," "A Blizzard," and other stories.
IT was the middle of a short December afternoon. From the scholars in the little log school-house in the Stillman district rose a buzzing sound as they bent over their desks, intent on books or mischief, as the case might be. The teacher, a good-looking young man of twenty or thereabouts, was busy with a class in arithmetic when a shrill voice called out:
"Teacher, Rachel Stillman's readin' a story-book."