Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-03-07
A Beautiful Story.
ga cheerful word ofsympathy
May scatter clouds away; r
One little act performed in love

One little act performed in love rrlru ?.
H-,,., Turns darkness into day., rl,r.ou ~
1t was warm summer afternoon; "a
lazy breeze stole through the windows
of little hot district school-house, lit
ing the white curtains, and rtlstling 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 writers,
was the only sound. Bat, though silent,
this little, hot schoolroom had its heroes
and heroines as eertainly1as the wider
sphere of life.
The bell rings for the writing to be
laid by; and now comes the last exer-
else of the day, the spelling, in which
nearly ali the school joins. At the head
of the class is a delicate little girl in Il
blue dress, whose bright eyes and atten-
tive air show that she prizes her place
and means to keep it. =: .g a.. ...a-s
Presently aword, which had passed
all the lower end Of the class, came to
Eunice. The word was privilege. 'P-ri.v,
priv-i, privilege, privilege" spelled
DuJ TIT hCACu w I'LL lIlC
mistake at the other end of the class,
misunderstood her and passed it. The
little girl looked amazed; the bright col
or came Into her checks, and she listened
eagerly to the next person, who spelled
it again as she had done. -.'aal.les
"Right," said the teacher ''take your
place" ..,..-, ...-.,.-.---..-..---.-.
81 spelled'it it So" whispered Eunice to
herself, tears springing to her eyes as
she passed down. But, too timid to speak.
to the teacher, she remained inher place,
inwardly determining soop to get up
again. y 20 -. ,..r. ..... la.....-. .....
But her trials were not yet over.
Many cxFedients had been tried in the
school to keep out the arch enemy Of all
teachers-whisper At length the fol
lowing plan was adopted; The first
whispercr was stood upon the floor in
front of the teachers desk. Here he act
ed as monitor; as soon as he detected
another he took his seat and the next Of
fender kepta sharp lookout, to find some
to take his place; for at the close of the
school, the scholar who had the whisper
er's place, was punished very severely, as
the school phrase was, 'took IL ftrtlliuep'
This plan appeared to operate very well (;
every one dreading 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, sur
ly 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 dis
missed he said, "Eunice whispered, sir"
Eunice rose, and in trembling voice
related what she had said; but the teach
er saw no excuse in it, and she was cali
cd 10 take the place Of the ..ungenerous
boy who had told Of her.
Books had been put away, and The
waiting school looked on in sorrowtul-
ness as Eunice left her seat to take the
dreaded punishment. She was one of the
best scholars bright, faithful sweet tenn
pered, general favorite. Every one felt
that it was unjust and many angry
glances ere 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 teacher was preparing to inhict
the punishment. rs ~
At this moment tall boy stepped
out of his scat, and going TO the desk,
said: "r..'... --z.--. ..-.r...t i
care you going to whip Eunice, sir :"
eyes, never break my rules" the
teacher said. ..l a..-e -s.a .r...I. .a -.
1--WE viii not sceher whipped !''' said
the boy, in an excited voice. ."There is
not a boy here but one that would see
her whipped. Whip me, sir, and keep
your rule, it you must, but don't touch
that little girl" w
The master paused: the school looked
on teartully.
'EDo you mean to say you will take
her punishm,n z" asked tie teacher.
81 do, sir" was the bod reply.
The sobbing little girl was sent to her
scat, and without finching, 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 forall be had s,lti-
cred, while the grateful liltle girl blessed
him from her heart for noble and gen
erous boy, who had saved her from the
greatest shame and suffering. a:n -
said the little school had its heroes.
and tliis 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 suff-
ering, from his own free will, the punish
ment that was to have been borne by an
other. l5s., a.- r..f -.a,.s-.- ..--s-. ....
You see-do you not ?-that this is
just what Christ did, who bore our own
sins, in his own body, on the tree-the
Savior of men. How great the gratitude
each of us owes such friend. 5.. IN -.-
SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT THE HIGH
LANDs.-Some of the dimensions of the
bridge, soon to be built are as follows:
Whole length. 1850 feet between
towers, 1865 feet; height above highwa-
ter, I55 feet; height oftowers, 28o feet,
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