The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-02-05
AnEAITIrrL STORY.

lAEY breeze stole through the windows
of ittlc hot district school.honse. hit-
ing the white gartalns.and rusilnp the
leaves 81 the copy-bo8f That las open
oh al The desks. Thirty 81 forty schot
ars Of all ages were bending over Their
writing, quiet aud busy; the voice q
the master, as BE passed about among
the writer's, was the only sound. But
though silent, thislittle hight, hot school.
room had It's heroes and hcroines as
certainly as the wilder sphere Of hfe
The bell rings for the writing tc be
laid by; and comes now the last oxer-
else Of the day, the spelling, in which
nearly all the school joined At the
head Of the class is a delicate little girl
in a blue dress, whose bright eyes aud
attentive air show that she prizes hel
place. and means to keep it,
Presently a word, which had passed
ali the lower end Of the class, came to
Emice. The word WIS privilege P-
r-i-y priv j, priui l-e-g-e privilege
spelt Euniee. But the teacher, yexed
with the mistakes Of the other end Of
the class, misunderstood her and pass
ed it The little girl looked amazed
the bright color came into her checks;
and she listened eagerly to the nextper.
son, who spelt it again as she had done.
"Right, said The teacher; take your
place,
a spelt il 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 inwardly determining soon TO
get up again But her trials were not
yet over.
Many expedients had been tried III
the school 10 keep out the arch enemy
Of all teachers whisper At length
the following plan was adopted The
first whispcrer was stood upon the floor
IN front of the teachers desk. Here
he acted as monitor; as soon as he
detected another he took his seat, and
the next offender kept a sharp lookout
TO find some one to take his place; for,
at the close Of the school, the scholar
who had the whisperer's place was
punished very severely AS the school
phrase was, took fcruling' This
plan appeared to operate very well;
every one dreaded beng found lest on
the floor; but though ii secured an or
derly school many Of the parents and
scholars doubted It's Justice.
The hey Rho was on tie floor when
Eunicc lost ler place WAS an unruly,
sully follow, who had smalted for his
faults often before; and as school drew
near its close he began TO tremble
The instant Eunice's whispered COM
plant reached his ear his face brighten
ed up; he was safe now And when
the class was dismissed lie said; 'Eunice
whispered, sir.
Eunice rose, and in a trembling voice
related what she had said; but the
teacher saw no excuse in ii, and she
was called 60 take the place of the un-
generous boy who had told of her
Books had been put away, and the
waiting school looked on in sorrowful-
ness as Eunice left her seat to take the
dreaded punishment. She was one Of
the best scholars bright, faithful,
sweet tempered, and a general fayorite.
Every one felt that it was unjust; and
many angry glances were cast at the
boy who was mean enough TO get lit
tie girl whipped Overcome with shame
and fear, she stood by the side of the
desk, crying bitterly, while the teach
er was preparing to indct the punish
ment,
At this moment tall boy stepped
out of his seat, and going to the desk,
said:
"Are you going to whip Eunice, sir?'
"Nes, never break my rules" the
teacher answered.
"We will not see her whipped" said
the boy in an excited voice; 'there is
not q boy here but that one that would
see her whipped Whip me, sir, and
keep your rule if you must, but don't
touch this little girl r
The master paused; the school look
ed ON tearfully
DO you mean to say You will take
her punishment 2" asked the teacher.
81 do, sir, was the bold reply.
The sobbing girl was sent to her seat,
and, without hinching, her friend stood
and received the punishment that was
to have fallen on her The school vas
dismissed, and the boys paid him in ad-
miIation and praise for all he lad suf-
fered, while the grateful little girl bless
ed him from her heart for n noble and
generous boy, who had saved her from
the greatest shame and suffering.
! said the little school had its heroes,
and this was one Of them. DO you not
think this conduct admirable?
Now for the moral
The punishment received by this no.
bic boy was Christ-like: it was one Of
suffering from its own free viii, the
that was to have been borne
by another.
You see do you not that this is
Just what Christ did, who bore our sins
III his own body on the tree the Saw
iour Of men How great the. gratitude
each Of us owes such a friend
JbHs FhsTfR's CoNs0TIEG IDEA oF
DEArH congratulate YOU and nv
SELF, wrote John Foster 70 4 friend, that
life Is passing away. What superla-
lively grand and consoling idea is that
Of death. Without TINS radiant idea.