The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-09-21
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surface There aas ugtar sIua nor
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Tie public money 81 t.ia dsric. ot
HardAaal asa 5agly sufficient 90 afford
instruction to thg handful Of lFccklel
ac, coaairs children that assembled
regularly ssry opening lagarmel with
ta,.aus pumeu aaa dog cared spell
ins books, tee.sa wstas u the ha.i
yoaay saa. Polly Fmser Lad held
abaagt. sway Ia the red school house
under ibe All every term fof three years,
an1 might tagy ruled there a dozen
gus longer il Mature bad aot made
ior altogether tJo e,lsom8 q creature
@ dly ap aud Niiiur away 10 the pub
..e service
a pleasant Aattcr d expectancy not
undasAed @i,b apprehension, hiiel Pol
lys miad On i certain Friday afternoon
with which nay story has 70 90, II was
Ag lair Jane day as tile Lord often be-
slows upon this dim world; with jane
hreezos blowing as Il they had no pleas
ure .n l!fa but to blow, and the lazy eat
tle standing ~ shallow pools cburning
their great mouths, and young leaves
dancing and sjmmoring, and birds sing.
ing, and the roadside briars breaking
into a shower Of white blossoms
The blue weather and bird music crept
IN through al the leaks Of the old school
house, and 5et the drone that filed it
10 a kind 9f tune, and lit the rubbish
under The seats aud the battered desks,
hacked by score Of jack knives and
ttuned with the ipkspots of some
twenty generations Of Hardhaek urch.
ms Certainly t GRO was no intelectu-
al pressure there that bright Friday af-
ternoon. A sense Of the near holiday
ran riot il the boys brains; and the
little calico-clad girls smelling Of mint
and read and butter, as a general thing
wcro smackils the succuient leaves Of
tue Hyerwort, or making old with caps
out Of malloa blows, smuggled in al
recess under their aprons.
Al one end was a row Of fusty little
caps, giugham suu-bonnets, aud dinner
pals hanging on pegs and beyond
these, and the Ola box.stoye. with its
length o! rusty pipe which held place
there summer and winter. Polly. the
school-m.strass was throned Her desk
faced the plaasantest window, aud was
Frightened by bunch Of early June
roses and grass piuks That some bashfuI
Hale eih had 1.ought he 'school-nla'
au from bor mothers door-yarl.
Ponys strong point was government
She fould be very terrible in spite al
her soft. rosy face, as the most hard.
bitted Of h 4 small tribe well knew. A
thoroughly seasoned feruIe. a bundle Of
switches were within easy reach; but
on tits particular afternoon she relax.
ed hor discipline a little and winked Il
misdemeauors not so gross as to reqnmt
tho extreme penalties of the law. The
truth is, Polly was not quite a dirt
And set she was expecting two Young
men over from HorncrsyiIIe to take hei
back 10 Ler fathers house, and tie
tAonght occurred lo her more than one,
that, il they should dive up together
II would put her IN predieament Sh,
was strainiug her ears to catch the sound
buggy wheels through the drawing Of
an a-b ab class, when n little girl WITH
her hair braided 50 tightly behind that
Il gave her ewes tho appearance Il pon.
ping out Of her head. approached The
dask.
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