The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-02
!, a A, I ssIIaEAIao, Editor snd Proprietor.

now BY the stint we had then, butt those /
days these fingers were more flt for bats
and balls than for pens, and the up strokes |
had 10 be very fine aud the down-strokes
very heavy. Still, we had aiwaysthought
it's bore to be kept twenty-five minutes
on those ten lines, and so we had some
margin to draw upon. And as that rapid,
good-natured minute-hand neared the v
on the clock | finished the in the last
" faithful p--haying unfortunately no
room left on the line for The !. Hackma-
tack was but word behind me, and Clapp
and Singleton had but few : faithfnlsh
TO finish Why do boys think it easier to
write their words In columns than in
linesY Is it simply because this is the
wrong way @ shade Of Calvin g or that
the primegal civilization still fingers in
their blood, and the Fathers wrote ia, o.
Burlingame and shade Of Confnciuss
We sat up straight, and held our long
quill pens erect, as was our duty when We
had finished, The little boys from their
side of the room looked up surprised and
redoubled the vicious speed by which al
ready their Wtims had been debasing
themselves into GttNiNS with the dots to
the ts omitted Faithful Brereton and
Harris aud Wells--I can see them now
plodded on unconscious; / could see that
none OF them had advanced moro than a
quarter down his page.
For few minutes the dominic did not
observe our erected pen-ieathers, so en-.
gagged was be IN altering sense line Of
Singletou's or somebody's. The asense
Ofthis line was, that the virtuous father
of Minerva always rewarded green con-
querors,a such epithets and exple.
tiRes having suggested themselves
from Brownies Yiridarium. But the
last syllable Of "Palladisn had
got snagged behind q consonant, and the
amiable dominic was relieving It from the
over pressure. So we SIT like Roman
senators, with our quill sceptres poised
not coughing nor moving, nor in any way
calling his attention, that the others might
have the more time. And the little boys
fairly galloped with their NUNS, But our
sedate fellows on the other form plodded
painfully on and had only finished seven
lines when Mr. Whipple looked up, saw
the senators and the sceptres, and said, re-
proachfully: You cannot all have hur-
ried through that copy The chestnuts
turn your heads With the moment he
turned his, 10 see that the minute.hand
had passed d full halfcircle. els it half.
| past ~ he said, innocently. 81 beg your
pardon; but among the Muses., you know,
we are Unconscious Of time. Well, well,
let us see. Rather shabby, George
rather shabby not near 50 good as yes.
Some strains az short, and some al,
shorter
and you too, Singleton, ] do not know
when yoD have been s0careless-you 90 botf
OF you are in such haste. See, Wells and
\ Harris have not yet finished their lines
! Wells and Harris think were as much
astonished In their way; for it was moi
Their wont to come In sixth and seventh
4 fairly distanced, indeed ION any suel
race course. But there was little time fol
criticism That good-natured pendulum
was rushing On, The little boys ESCAPED
without comment on those vicious mr.
and, if there were anything in the system
each one Of them ought to write com
monWealth' now, so that 1t should pass thl
proofreader as counting Blu
there is is not much in the system, and
4 dare say they are all bank presidents, edi
tors, professors Of penmanship, or othe
men Of letters. s
4 The clock actually pointed at quartz
I. Of eleven Now at 1880 we should hsvl
|, been out at recitation, translating Ca
milla well over the plain. We hai
thrown her across the river on lane
the day before. We shuffled out, and ]
still il q hurry, had to be corrected 70
speed by the MASTER Ithen assumed
more decorous tone, his grated nerve
4 were soothed % he heard the soothing CO
dences Of the Latin, land then, Of course
inst the same thing happened as before
The lesson was ninety lines, but we ha
not read half Of them when Mis-
Tryphosa put n her head TO look 81 ID
clock.
Beg pardon, brother, my watch ha
run down. Bless me- It Is half pas
elevenlp And she reeeded as suddenly q
she came AS che went she was hear
asking, Where can the morning hav
gone " and observing to vacant space
the hall, that the potatoes were not "
1 on the fire. AS for the dominic, he q
cribed all thisto our beginning the Yirg
too late said we might stay on th
benches and finish it now, and gave th
little boys another take : in their aritl
I netics, while we stayed till the Welcom
clock struck twelve.
4 Certainly q short morning, boys-
/ much for being quiet and good, Goo
day, now, and pleasant afternoon I
you.n II tis at this point, 90 far as | kno7
+ that my conscience, for the first tim
: tingled a little.
: al little, but, alas, not long 4 We tasht
/ in for dinner Poor Miss Tryphosa hs
! 10 apologize for the first and last time
4 her life Somehow we had caught he
X she said, She was sure she had no ids
< how,-bnt the morning had seemed vel
short to her, and go our potatoes were n
b done. But they would be done befol
y long, and OF course we had not expeett
/. much from d picked-up dinner, an hol
( early. We all thanked and praised. I cl
4 the cold corned beef, and we fell to,--ol
z appetItes, unlunchedi beginning 10 con
. into condition NY only trouble was
' keep the rest back till Miss Tryphosa
q potatoes The largest q little hard at hea
4 appeared
,r For, in truth, the boys were all Wild
4 be away. And as ssoon as the potato
4 were we'll freed from their own iackg
\ and imprisoned under ours, / cut &
4. final slices Of the beef. Hackmatack {
4 the corresponding bread the little bo
4. took galore Of apples and bf doughnui
" we packed al ii tho lunch basket, tol
n the hard eggs beside, and the aalt, B
s were away. AS the boys went down {
4. Hill, 4 stopped In the school ,roonl, lock
4 the doors, drew the curtain, opened {
a clock, cut the packthreadi pocketed /
4 horseshoe, screwed on the bob, a
e started tba pendnlJna again, A No
!. rood .patuted pendulum indeed 1T 4
= done the work of four hours II two Ht
n much better that than snlking, disoontei
4 et fof d whole hour IN the corner Al
II farmer's Kitchen
6s Miss Tryphosa and her brother had
is leelinE, I suppose which sensible paoI
have about half Che days of their aiy
" that exkraora ainafy The time ahog
- rs 50 faetf So much for being infh
v. beings, clad Tor only few hours IN Vi
4. and clay, nor wholly at home IA ths
nf suTr0uudlfgs
~ Did 1 say would write The history
IA that cheAln4liingl I did not say 80,
IA aid not ensitle this story The Gc
Nj CliestnUt hut The Good -natured r