He shinned up the ladder into the garret just in time.

In they come an' the feller lit a lamp.

'Rast could hear 'em talkin'.

She said good-bye to the schoolhouse forever, an' the feller kissed her a couple of times.

'Rast pretty nigh swore out loud at that.
Then she said she'd leave a note in her desk fer the trustees, resignin' her job, er whatever she called it.