The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-09-25
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"A Beautiful Story.
".A cheerful word of sympathy
May scatter clouds away,
One little act performed in life
Turns darkness to day."

Turns uarkueSS u.
On warm summer afternoon, q lazy
breeze stole through the windows OF ilt-
tie hot district schoo~house, lifting Inc ;
white curtains, and rustling the leaves OF
the copy books that lay open on the desks.
Thirty or forty scholars OF all ages were
bending over their writing, quiet and busy
the voice of the master, as he passed
about among the writer's, was the only
sound. But though silent, this little, hot
school.room had its heroes and heroines as
certainly as the wider sphere of life.
The bell rings for the writing to be laid
by; and now comes the last exercise OF
the day, the spelling, in which nearly al
the school joined. At the head of the
class is delicate little girl in blue dress,
whose bright eyes and attentive air show
that she prizes her place and means 10
keep it. :,
Presently word, which had passed all
the lower end of the class, came to hunlce,
The word was privilege. "P-rl-v, PRIV
s, p1rivi-l-e-g-e, privilege" spelled Eu-
nice. But tile teacher, vexed with the
mistake at the other end of the class, mis-
understood her and passed IT. The little
girl looked amazed; the bright color came
into her cheeks and she listened eagerly
to the next person, who spelled it again as
she had done.
---fr1S1Iu5 -vfEv-tvreei'vr' take your
place."
81 spelled it So" whispered Eunice to
herself tears springing to her eyes as she
passed down. But, too timid to speak to
the MASTER she remained in her place, in
wardly determining soon to get up again.
But her trials were not over. Many ex-
pedents were cried in the school to keep
out the arch enemy of all teachers--whis-
pering. At length the following was
adopted: The first whisperer was stood
upon the floor in front of the teachers
desk. Here he acted as monitor; as
he detected another he took his seat and
the next offender kept a sharp lookout,
tosfind some one to take his place; for at
the close of the school the scholar who
-had the whisperer's place was punished
very seyerely-as the school phrase was,
s'took feruling p This plan appeared to
operate very well, every one dreadlng
Being found the last on the floor; but
though it secured an orderly school, many
of the parents and scholars doubted its
justice.
: The boy who was on the floor when
Eunice lost her place, was an unruly, surly
fellow, who had-smarted for his faults
often before; and as school drew near its
close he began to tremble. The instant
Eunice's whispered complaint reached his
ear, his face frightened up; he was safe
now. And when the class was dismissed,
he said 'sEunicc whispered, sir.
Eunice rose. and in trembling voice re-
lated what she had said; but the teacher
saw no excuse in it, and she was called to
take the place of the ungenerous boy who
had told of her.
Books had been put away, and the
waiting school looked on in sorrowfulness
as Eunice left her seat to take the dreaded
punishment. She was one of the best
scholars, bright, faithful, sweet-tempered,
a,general favorite Every one felt that it
was unjust; and many angry glances were
cast at the boy who was mean enough to
get little girl whipped. Overcome with
shame and fear she stood by the side Of
the desk, crying bitterly, while the teach
er was preparing to inaict the punish
ment.
At this moment tall boy stepped out
Of his seat, and going to the desk, said:
care you going to whip Eunice, sir?"
eyes, I never break my rules" the
teacher said.
eWe will not see her whipped p said
the boy, in an excited voce. "There is
not boy here, but one that would see her
whipped. Whip me, sir, and keep your
rule, if you must, but don't touch that lit
tie girl"
The master paused; the school looked
on tearfully.
"sDo you mean to sly you will take her
punishment ?" asked the teacher.
81 do, sir" was the bold reply.
The sobbing little girl was sent to her
seat, and without fiinching, her friend
stood and received the punishment that
was to have fallen on her. The school
was dismissed, and the boys paid him in
admiration and praise for all he had suffer
cd. while the grateful little girl blessed
him from her heart for noble and generous
boy, who had saved her from the greatest
shame and suffering
/ said the little school had it's heroes,
and this was one of them. Do you think
this conduct admirable
Now for the moral.
The punishment received by this noble
boy was Christ-like it was one of suffer
ing from his own free will the punishment
that was to have been borne by another.
You see-do you not-that this is just
what Christ did, who bore our sin in His
own body, on the tree-the Saviour. of
mon How great the gratitude each of us
owes such a friend.-Buke'S Weekly.
TIE CROOKED TREE.-A child, when
asked why certain tree grew crooked
replied: "Somcbody trod on it, Isupposc.
when it was little fellow" How painfully