The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-02-02
From the Sunday Mercury
THE PEDAGOGUE'S WOOIK0.
BIZ HATTIE TYING.

You know what iun it il to snow ball,
presume, reader. Perhaps you have reeoi-
iections of your school days and OF the
delicious feeling which followed the arrival
Of huge roll of snow in your neck or be-
tween your twoeyes. Perhaps you remem-
Der having your face rubbed with cold snow,
by pair of soft hands and The fierce way
in which you threatened to retaliate, but
woul Int have done it for the world. Per-
haps you remember having taken some
body's part in game of snow balling. and
firing awful hard snow balls at great lnb-
berly boy who was rude enough to hit her.
Riding down hill on sleds is glorious; have
not we all had fun at that in our day ?
Skating is perfectly magnificent such glee
as thsre is in cutting through the keen air
almost upon w.ngs-but rough and
tumble game of snow balling has afforded
me more fun ihan any other winter sport; so
here's my vote for snow balling against all
other games with which to cheat winters
tedious hours of their WEAKNESS.
The boys and girls were enjoying such
frolic in front of the old red school house,
on a certain hill away down East. Never
had wilder set of scholars taxed the pa
thence of a poor pedagogue. than those who
daily vexed the heart and soul of Charley
Brsyton. our schoolmaster. The scholars
ali loved Charley, for he was one of those
glorious fellows nobody can help loving
but then natural propensilies for mischief
were too great TO be overcome by anything
short of miracle; and SO we leased and
worried the poor fellow with the most out
rageous and unscholarly conduct.
Madge Rivers was the maddest Of all the
mad crew. Where our wits failed, hers
were just at their height. She could plot
and invent more mischief than any other
girl in the world. She was a small Napo-
leon in such matters. and every schoolmas-
ter thus far had found her invincible. Best
of all, the schoolmasteI was suspected of
having quite preference for the saucy black
eyes and the brown curls of the little vixen;
and, therefore, it was fun all the more fair
for US Young wretches to put her at the
head Of all coalitions we formed for evil. e
WHO do you suppose L mean to hit, -
said Madge on the afternoon in question.
"Not Mr.. Brayton surely" spoke one OF
the more sedate.
mo. but the minister who is standing in
the door talking 10 him. IS
"Why him. Madge ?'' s..
because owe him grudge, and have
said for three days would have revenge on
him.
Whats the quarrel between you and the
parson 90
why he had the impudence to give me
a tract addressed 10 sinners, and when |
handed il back. saying he had made mis-
take and it didn't mean me, he called me a
wretch full of unclean things, and recon-
mended me to read the "cali to the uneon
verted.'' ~ n-s 5a r.a zs.-s55.
"Well. Madge that is the parsons bust
ness to talk in that way, for what do we give
him ninety dollars year and a donation ?"
II don't care, shall hit him. His nose
is such capital mark, / can't resist the
temptation" and away, went huge snow
ball fair into the minister's face. taking him
upon his unfortunate nose, which was real
~ goodly member. and about which he
was exceedingly sensitive. The minister
clapped his hand to his nose, and sup
pressed scream of laughter went up from
the whole play ground, while Madge sal
down in the snow and laughed until grea;
tears stood in her saucy black eyes. and
| rolled down her glowing cheeks. 1t was
not her fist misdemeanor that day, or pos
sibly she might have got excused; hut that
very day she had played prank upon Char
lev BFaytcn, which he had not forgotten.
Just before the time for him 10 come in and
take his seat she had taken pumpkin pie,
brought for the purpose, and placed it III
his chair, when she knew he would sit
down without looking-and The whole
school set up al uprorious aud long con
tinued peal of laughter st the tgnre he cut
when he jumped from the chair with the
debris of the pumpkin pie cllnging to his
dressing gown.
Il would not do to pass over the offence
of tho minister, and Madge was requested.
with the most dignified air the schooImaster
could assume, to reinain after school. This
was punishment that few of the girls OBJ
jected TO. indeed il has been whispered round
the district that some of the girls went into
mischief for the express purpose of getting
kept after school. At any rate it did not
seem to bother Madge much, and she sat
there and cut dolls out of paste board. wrote
love letters TO the boys, and made pictures
of the schoolmaster, entirely regardless of
all the frowns Charley Brayton summoned
10 his visage. saz
School was done and Madge sat still in
her seat apparently much engaged In Ter
book. The scholars went out. and The
schoolmaster sat there behind the desk look
alogue. hut she did not look up. He took
up book and tiey both read for al hour.
Meanwhile ii was getting dark. and the
boys who were waiting on the outside, be-
gan to geE impatient and, for the lack OF
something better to do, began to plot mis-
chief also, as people have always been
known TO do, from time immemorial.
Lets fasten 'em IN and go home" wbis-
pered Tom Jones, the villain of the play.
'.Good enough. boys. that's joke worth
playing" quoth Madge's younger brother.
Ned.
THAT will please them entirely too well. -
said one of the more sagacious.
M indeed. for they haven't had their
supper" <2 Z
sPreuy good, Tom. You ought to see
the schoulmaster walk into ihe douShnuts
over 10 our house. 1t won't please him to
stay away from The doughnuls. now ] tell
you.''
| Nor our Madge. either. / tell you she
is some On doughnut-, and she can MAKE
Ii. 4.