Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-09-15

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d Wha,a fer DE y. Y. Wlsiel H'orll & 7imes.
. ii;de Evs.js CT, Miss Prime Model
sCaoOl.
slell is oul What strsieliag Il limbs;
v.a, upt,ter.ng Of t5ages sul bce..; What tos-
s'og-u7 Of Tinaforgs and primers; gbat vision
Of marbles, nlhopes. and dolls, and apples.
and candy. and gagcr5reall How welcome
. he r.sh air. how bright the suasL.Ae; how
'erP.iog he grassy playground! All, there's
TO lfop Of rtiG--.hlrs's another, anl another;
here's a thunder e'agl Jus; as school is ou'.
how proyoL1g' echo a score Of voices; and
lie Iou,ilg l'..ie prisoners Ludile to5chcrin
|, the shool.house porch, aul console themselves
BIZ swapping Jack halves and humming tops,
telling marvellous stories OF gyFies and 81
ants; While Mss Fim, the dyspeplic teacher.
shakes h,T head and tie ferule. and declares
, 'lha. the former viii "iy iato i'y pieces" up
( on which some Of The boys steal ont Of doors
r and az use themselves by sounding the puddles
= wish ,Leir shoes, while Others sly II whittle the
. desks or draw caHca,ur,s, on their states, Of
Mss Pr.m's long nose.
Drip dHp-spa.tter, spauer! How the rain
cones down as lift couldn't help it noprospect
Of holding up"
Here comes messengers from anxious moth
ers, with India rubbers extra tPpets and UNI
breas; and there's ehaise at the door, for
Squire Lenox's little rosy daughter; and wa
gon, for the two Prince girls; and stout Irish
girl, with blanket shawl, to carry home little
lame Minnie May, who is as fragile as lily
and Just as sweet. and there's a servant man
for Master Smpkins, the fat Ounce, with the
, emLrgilgred jacket, whose fatler owns 'the
big Hotel and wishes his son to have a seat all
BY himself"
And now they are all gone;--ail, save lttle
70 Bessie Bell the new Scholar little four
year older who is doing ponance over in that
corner for "a misdemeanor."
; Bessie's mother is a widow. She has known
s2ch bright, sunny days, in the shelter ofa
t happy home, with dear arm TO lean upon!-
e Vow, her sweet face is sad and care-worn, and
when she speaks, her voice has a heari-quiver
4 in il; but somehow, when she talks to you, you
10 not notice that her dress is faded. or her
bonnet shabby and rusty. Yeu instinctively
:, touch your hat to her, and treat her very cour-
teously, as if she were fine lady.
As said before, this is little Desfis's first
it day at school; for, she is i5FHand warmth ami
sunshine to her broken-heartel mother. But,
: little Bessie must have bread to eat. A shop
y woman offered her mother small pittance to
come and help her. part ofsyeIy day; but she
: is not to bring her child 50, Boss!e must go to
It school, to be out Of harms way and her
Il mother tells Miss Prm, as she seats heT on the
IS hard bench, that "shs is very timid and tender
= heartedy' and then, she kisses Bessie's little
0 quiverng lip, and leaves her with heavy
heart.
Bessie dare not look up, for few minutes;
j.. it is all very odd and strange, and if she
were not SO frightened, she would cry abound.
- Bye and bye she gains little courage, and
!, peeps out from beneath her dropping eye lash
es. Her little pinafore neighbor, giving her
: sweet smile, it makes her little sad heart so
- happy, that she throws her dimpled arms a
y bout her neck and says, Tout Loudly 81 love
, you!"
:. Poor, afec;onate little Bessy she didn't
. know that Was "misdemeanor;" nor had she
ie ever seen that bug-bear, "SchoOl Commit
tee" Miss Prim had d;-and Miss Prim never
: wasted her lungs talking; SO, she leisurlyun-
tied her black silk apron from her virgin waist.
and proceeded to make an African of little
le Bessie, by puing it tightly over her face and
T. and head-an invention which herself and "the
y Committee" considered the ne Plus ultra of
D. discipline. Bessie struggled. aud said she
II 'never would kiss anybody agan-never-ne
'e ver;"-but Miss Prim was memorable, and, as
IT, her victim continued to u.ter smothered cries,
M Miss Prim tod her "that she would keep her
after the other children had gone home"
er One class after another rected: Bessie's sobs
ot became less loud and frequent, and Miss
ELI Prim flattered herself, now that they had ceas-
" ed altogether, that she was quite subdued, and
en- congratulated herself coup!acently upon her
extraordinary talent for breaking in new be-
ginners."
he And now, school being done, the children
gone her bonnet and india rubbers being pu
on, and all her spinster "6xings" settled tt
her mind, visions of hot tea and buttered toast
.. began to float temptingly through her brair
H. and suggest tho propriety of Bessc's release
l ..pass;aID UBpssielP'-no re-
Gil ply. Miss Plim laid .he ferule across the littl
= fat shoulders. Bessie didn't vince. Miss Prin
unpinned the black apron, to confront the fac
=. that was bold enough to defy her and ~
Committee Little Bessie was &eod.
q! Wel-there was pauper funeral, au
a. report about that a child had been "frigF 70
10 Innth aL schnnl.n but Ressie's mothe