The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-07-23

81 Edward, l thin!. you must have intcn
tionally dropped this lcrp.r on the stove
Just now
"No didn't" he cxclaimed-lngrly.
g Pardon me, Edward,' she answered
II ought TO have known that goat would
never have done such q thing 1t was
said so kindly: and then she took the broom
and brushed it all away before any of us
began to sneeZe. Shame was written on
many 4 countenancc and many Il scholar
lookup Miss Tanners course from that day
, Only two or three held back, and they
meant mischief; but she went on quietly,
patiently waiting for what would happen
next.
week after this, there was Il very
stormy day. Only few were at school,
and all day long, John Howard and Ed
Conger whispered when the teacher was
not locking, made noises with their feet
rccitcd poor lessons and all Of this in such
Il way that she could not reprove them with
seeming justice, had she any desire to do
so; but when she dismissed school at night
she requested them to remain a few mo-
mcnts.
They gave each other the wink, and
smiled knowingly at the rest as they went
out. And when the door was closed. Miss
Tanner came to them with her gentle scri-
GUS way, and laying hand on theirs, said,
kindly:
"My dear young friends, do not think l
came here to scold you and to treat you
. like children. You are old enough to be
gentlemen, and your actions mark whether
you are or not. | came here to try and
teach all those that were willing to learn.
and you, who are 4 whole head taller than
|, know how futile woald be any attempt
to punish you, had l desire to do so,
Which have not and I cannot think you
mean to do wrong, when thought the
first day of school, what good friends we
would be before the winter WAS gone. You
don't know what need have of you-what
example you set before the younger scho-
airs, and how much you help make good
or bad school, and
Miss Tanner, | will help you in the FIJI
ture; I will be good, l will - and with
tears in his eyes, handsome John Howard
was conquered at last.
Honestly, too, John ewned to his teacher.
whom he was beginning to love so much
that lie had never thought of it in that
| light before. Tie did not mean to be bad
or wicked, he said he did not want to be
ruled or ordered around by anybody he
never had been.
And don't want to order or rule you,'
she said, kindly; ~ only want you to do
right, and your own good sense, with Gods
help, will teach You that every day of your
| life. By and by you will be proud ts hear
| people speak of your school in high terms,
feeling that you help make it so and that
being one step upward, you can steadily
90 higher
81 never had a father or mother to help
me- Miss Tanner, and Uncle John is always
SO busy but if you will forgive me all the
trouble have caused you this winter,
will be man in the future. - The boy
that had spoken before. was gone now, and
in his place stood this man OF seventeen
years, with the right of manhood stamped
on his broad brow, in his bright eyes and
outstrctched hand, clasping closely the
small white fingers of his teacher in a bond
Of friendship and respect, that never on
earth would be broken. Edward felt this.
too, and the good i'll his nature was strug-
Cling with the evil. John seemed above
and beyond him now-a being he was sep
aratGd from. He looked at the small, deli
cate woman before him, and remembered
the red pepper. lie could never forget
how, before the school, she begged his par
don for accusing him Of so ungentlcmanly
an action, when the scholars all knew he
had done it: and great lump in his throat
kept choking him, as he thought how he
had troubled and annoyed her in 4 thousand
different ways; and now, as she turned
from John to him, and looked with those
great, loving eyes, now full of tears, into
his face, his head bent over the desk, and
his chin Quivered with emotion.
lie had not Johns frank way to COM
mend him, but his heart was in the right
place, after all, and the good tliumphed at
| last.
IIe was thoroughly humbled, and when
his teacher held out her hand to him. he
grasped it firmly, and in low, penitent
voice, said
81 am sorry for what have done, but,
if you will forgive ME, will try hard to he
! good
"God bless you in trying, dear Edward
may you and John live to lie men that the
world will he proud Of
\ new feeling, Il sense of nobility in hay
ing a higher aim, pcrvaded their whole be-
ing, as they quickly and quietly covered
the fire, put up the windows which had
been lowered during the day for vcntila-
| ton, empticd the water-pails, and waited
for their teacher to accompany them.
TTe scholars who had waited for the
result # this interview with the ringlcad-
ers Of all the mischief, We're astonishcd to
soc the. trio come out together, Edward
locl,;n,, the door and John carrying Miss
T,uor., satchcl, all Of them smiling and
annarenNy happy; the two boys being
careful +, so ahead and make 4 path through
fine 1mbt snow for their teacher to walk in.
Tho ,cople said it was astonishing that
,lo;,. col pool was so nice and orderly, and
all 1>o1.,l on with wonder that the children
lovod t1o il teacher SO. The parents began
f., coo l., w it was accomplished, and the
o,p,,;,+of came with great dignity and
complimen.'t N'' WI ''e S'' WIS, 'l'.''e'
and tho g. ;holars on their good behavior,
1.;,o " one showed how great was
+ho;. ro,,, rd for being good. And now the
,,roo+ ,,o,, of the place, DR.. John Reinett,
Iol H. ards uncle, whom Miss Tanner
1,,d ,o,.o. scen, though she had often heard
OF li,, 80 the Doctor, the kind, efficient
,,ootor ID every one, both rich and poor,
bod 4, Good lword for, began to think he
r,s+ G,,1 ,Aime 10 visit his nephew; and
o,o ,,oo,, ,Sn came hcralding in his uncle,
and i, III, o,yn frank way presented him