South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-07-15

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looking, made noises with their feet, recit.
ed poor lessons and all of this in such a
way that she could not reprove them with
seeming justice, had she any desire to do
SO but when she dismissed school OF night,
she requested them to remain few mo-
ments.
They gave each other the wink, and
smiled knowingly at tho rest as they went
out. And when the door was closed, Miss
Tanner came to them with her gentle, Sc.
rious way, aud laying q hand on theirs,
said, kindly:
My dear young friends, do not think
came here to scold you aud to treat you
| like children. You are old enough to be
gentlemen, aud your actions mark whether
you are or not. / came here TO try and
teach nll those that were willing to learo,
aud you, who are a whole head taller than
[, know how futile would be any atieup
to punish you, had n desire to do so, which
| have not ADD l cannot think you mean
TO do wrong, when / thought, the first day
of school, what good friends We would be
before winter was gone. You don't know
what need have of you-what example
you set before the younger scholars, ADD
how much you help make a good Or bad
school, and
Miss Tanner, will help you in the fd-
ture; l will be good, will aud With
tears in his eyes, handsome John Howard
was conquered at last.
Honestly, too, John owned to his teach
er, whom he was beginning to love 20 much,
that he had never thought of it in that
light before. He did not mean TO be bad
or wicked, he said; be 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; Il only want you to do
right, and your own good sense, with G S
help, will teach you that, every day Of your
life. BY sod by you will be proud to hear
people speak Of your school in high terms,
feeling that you help make it so and that
being ono step upward, you can steadily
GO higher
Il never had a father or mother to he 10
me, Miss Tanner, and Uncle John is al
ways so busy but if you will forgive me
all the trouble / have caused you this win
Ter, L will be man in the future!' The
boy that had spoken before, was gone now,
and in his place stood this man Of seven
teen years, with the right of manhood
stamped on his bread brow, in his bright
eyes and outstretcbed hand, claspiug close
y the small white fingers of his teacher in
bond Of friendship and respect, that nav-
er on earth would be broken Edward felt
this, too, aud the good in his nature was
struggling with the evil. John seemed a.
bove and beyond him nova being be was
separated from He looked at the small,
delicate woman before him, and remem ber-
Cd the red pepper. He could never forl ct
how, before tue school, she begged his par
don fer accusing him of so uDgentleman, y
an action, when the scholars all knew be
had done it; and great lump in his tbros t
kept choking him, as he thought how he
had troubled and annoyed her 10 thou
sand different ways; aud now, as she turn
cd from John to him, and looked With
those great, loving eyes, now full Of tears,
into his face, his head bent over the desk,
aD1 his chin quivered with emotion.
He had lot johns frank way to COM
mend him, but bis heart was in the right
place, after all, and the good triumpbed
at last.
lie was thoroughly BUNDLED, aud when
his teacher held cut her hand to him, he
grssped it firmly, and 10 low, peuitent
voice, said:
Il am sorry for what have done, but,
IT you viii forgive me, l will try bard to
be good
God bless you in trying, dear Edward ;
may you and John live to be men that the
word will be proud Of
a new feeling, a sense Of nobility 10
having higher aim, pervaded their whole
being, as they quickly and quietly covered
the FIRE, put up the windows, which bad
been lowered during the day for ventila-
ton, emptied the water-pails, and waited
for their teacher TO accompany them.
The SCHOLARS who bad waited for the re.
suit Of this interview With the ripRleaders
Of all the mischief, were astonished to see
the trio como out together, Edward lock-
ing the door and John carrying Miss Ia.
mer's satchel, all Of them smiling aud ap-
parently happy; tho two boys being care
ful 10 90 ahead and make path through
the light snow for their teacher 10 walk in
The people said it was astonishing that
their school was 80 nice and orderly, and
all looked on with wonder that the children
loved their teacher 60. The parents began
10 see how 1t was accomplished, and the
committee came with great dignity and COM
plimentad her on the good discipline, aud
the scholars on their good behavior, white
every ono showed how great was their re-
ward for being good. And now The great
man Of the place, DR.. John Reinett, John
HoUaTd's uncle, whom Miss Tanner had
never seen, though she had often heard Of
bin as the doctor, the kind, efficient doc.
tor, that every one, both rich and Door. had