nor ain t you said he well nor i m glad to see you i m to help you finish out yo term walk along and up yer jaw i m kinder tired on it and i ve a good mind to let you have a load of jest to teach you manners well that old fellow marched me down and made a go through my clothes the things in my pockets were proof positive of my guilt of course and you never heard such a as he gave me in your life all the time keeping a running fire at me asking what i was in for etc the evidence was that i was a but they all agreed i looked like a and one man even suggested that i had picked a s pocket that was the worst of all then he marched me off to the what became of the guard asked one he s my manager on my farm said the governor and he still makes me march straight uncle jack s views of en the war ended and the were free there was a great for them one of the first schools started was on the edge of his place by colonel who got a little school as they were termed to come down and teach it it was soon filled by the colored population the pupils from five to seventy five years all studying a b ab e b even uncle jack scott the colonel s head man one of the old went in and was transferred from the stable to the school room the about it but it was laid to the door of uncle jack s new wife mrs scott who was a lady and had many uncle jack was an acquisition to the school and was given a prominent position by the stove the little mistress paying him especial attention putting him through his a b ab s and e b s with much pride and holding him up to her younger scholars as a shining example a few days later uncle jack appeared armed with a long which he presented to the teacher with a remark about lazy ry s much s bread and loud enough to be heard by the whole school miss called bear by mrs scott took the with visible emotion made a speech to the school upon uncle jack s wisdom and appreciation of advantages and uncle jack with much grandeur went to his task the lesson that day was b a ba b e be unhappily uncle jack had learned a b ab e b too well and b and a were never anything but ab and b and e never anything but no matter in what order they came miss was at her wits end she had established her rules and she stood by them had she believed it her duty she would have gone to without a tremor one of her most invariable rules was to for missing lessons when uncle jack missed his lesson two days hand running she was in despair but discipline was to be preserved and after hours of painful suspense when he still failed she ordered him to stand up he obeyed she glanced around seeking some alternative fifty pairs of eyes were fastened upon her she reached under her desk and slowly drew out a the very one uncle jack had brought her fifty pairs of eyes showed their take oflf your coat there was a gasp throughout the room uncle jack paused a moment as if then laid down his book and took off his coat take off your waistcoat he obeyed you ain t meek me off my shirt is you he asked no clasp your hands he did so and she raised the and brought it down across his back again there was a gasp throughout the room which came every time a was given uncle jack was the only one who uttered no sound he stood like a statue when she finished he put on his coat and sat down school was dismissed next day uncle jack was at his old place at the stable why i thought you were at school said his master who had heard something of the trouble nor i got he said he stuck his comb into his brush there was a pause then i tell you de i is too to be by a an a po white at it was several years after this that uncle jack was working one day at a water gate in a field when the children came down the road from school they stopped and peeped through the fence among them was mrs scott s hopeful who had proved an scholar than his father his bag was on his arm he climbed over the fence and from the bank gazed down at his father in the water below presently he said or de teacher say you me a geography uncle jack s jaw set he dug on as if he had not heard then he repeated to himself � public library a tor and foundations is is a he asked looking up at his employer who happened to be by a geography said the colonel why a geography is a � is a book � a book that tells about places and where they are and so on he gave a comprehensive sweep with his arm around the horizon now i said jack going back to digging presently he stopped and looked up at i say boy you tell de teacher say you better stick to you a b ab s an you e b s an let alone you knows de way now to de spring an de wood pile an de mill an when you a little bigger i s to show you de way to de handle an de an s all de a s got to know 