The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-04-22
THE FIGHT AT DAME EUROPA'S
SCHOOL.
shaving how the German Boy Thrashed the French
so,. and how the English Boy Looked on.

shaving how the German Boy Thrashed the French
Gov. and how the English Boy Looked on.
Mrs Europa kept a DANES school, where boys
v.re well instructed in modern languages, ~fortifca-
.,;on and the use of the globes. Her connection
nj credit we're good, for there was no other school
-hare 20 sound and liberal an education could be
'btaiueJ. Many Of her old pupils held masterships
~ o,ber important establishments, two of which may
-. ,,snti0ued az consisting chiefly of dark, swartby
o,,bs decidedly stupid and backward for their
-. while a third was a large modern academy
III II rather eocky fellows, who talked big about
,bs institutions Of their school, and talked, for most
- through their nose.
The Iads at Mrs. Europa's were of all sorts and
.,es-uood boys and bad boys, sharp boys and slow
Rvs industrious boys and idle boys, peaceable boys
nd nugnaciOus boys, well behaved boys and vulgar
- and of course the good old dame could not
nossibIy manage them all So, as she did not like
Ire masters TO be prying about the playground out
90 scbooI. she chose from among the biggest and
- Trustworthy Of her pupils, five monitors, who
III .utbnrity over the rest of the boys, and kept the
nn-uIv ones in order. These five, at the time of
wbich we are writing, were Louis, William, Aleck,
Joseph and John
,e MENTORS had TO examine into its cause, and if
n1ssibIe TO settle it amicably. Should 1t be necessary
~ fgbt the matter out, they were to see fair play,
,,on the encounter when it had gone far enough, and
Ii all times 70 uphOid Jus'Ce' oAu PiS'eH' Jh"nnJ
Hn r. &c &c tins ulaced in their hands was, for the
most 1art, exercised with discretion, and to the
norifsst advantage Of the school. TrumPeT little
HnarreIs we're patched up, which might otherwise
have led to the patching up of bruises and black
4yes and many u time, when two Little urcnlns mad
retired with their hackers into a corner OF the play
,Yound TO fght about nothing at all, did the dreaded
snnearance Of Master Louis or Master John put
them to fight, or force them to shake hands. The
worst Of it was that some OF the monitors themselves
occasionally took to bullying, and then, OF course, II
became more than ever the duty OF the rest to inter-
fore There fingered a tradition in the school OF q
terrific row in times past, when a monitor named
Nicholas made a most unprovoked attack upon a
quiet but very dirty little boy called Constantine:
John and Louis stuck up for the child boldly, anu
gave Nicholas such a thrsshiDg that he never got
over it, and soon afterward left the school
Each Of the upper boys at Dame EurOPa's had a
little garden Of his own, IN a corner OF the play
ground. The boys took great interest in their gar
dens, and kept them very neatly. In some were
grown flowers and fruit, in others mustard and cress
or radishes. which the young cultiVators would sell
10 one another and take into the hall, 10 help down
their bread and scraps ut tea time. Every garden
had in the middle Of it an arbOr, fitted up according
to the taste and means of its owner. Louis had the
prettiest arbOr of all, like a grottO in fairy land, full
Of the most beautiful flowers and ferns, with a vine
creeping over the roof, and a little fountain playing
inside. Johns garden was pretty enough, and more
productive than any owing its chief beauty, how
ever, TO the fact that it was an island. separated
from all the rest by q stream, between twenty and
thirty feet wide. But his arbor was a mere tool
house, where he shut himself up almost all %playtime,
turning at his lathe, or making nets, or sharpening
knives, or cutting out boats to sail on the river.
Still. John was fond Of a holiday now and then /;
and when he was tired Of shaving away in his own
garden, he would punt himself across the brook, and
pay n visit to his ~neigbbor, Louis, who was always
sBHsafFTffa il and 9 dhaap SBt1hR6Ga r aid re spend in his bis fri NSdPg
arbOr, lying at full length On the soft moss, aud eat
ing grapes and drinking lemonade, and thinking
how much pleasanter it was over there than in his
own close fusty shop, with its dirt and litter, and its
eternal smell of tar, and nets, and shavings. Any
how. thought Johnnie, | make more profit out of my
garden than any of the other fellows, so I must put
up with u few bad smells. For Dame Europa, by
way Of encouraging habits of industry, allowed the
boys TO engage pretty extensively in commercial pur-
suits, and 1t was said that Master John, who had
been working unusually hard of late. had sometimes
rebled or quadrupled his halfyearly pocket money
out Of the produce Of his Toulouse and garden.
ny the side OF Louis domain was that of William,
the biggest and strongest of all the monitors. He
SET up, however, Tor being q very studiOus and peace
able boy, and made the rest of the school believe
that he had never provoked a quarrel in his life.
lie vas rather fond OF singing psalms and carrying
testaments aoont In his pocket and many of the
oOys thought Master iliam a bit of a humbug.
lie Was as proud as anybody of his garden. but he
never went TO work in it without casting enyious
eyes On two little flower beds which now belonged to
LOUIS out which ought by rights, he thought, to be-
long TO him. Indeed it was notorious that in old
Hiys, before either Louis or William came to the
sehool' one OF Louis predecessors in the garden had
Puied up some stakes which served for a boundary.
fNNf VI HIS uelIlDDcS ground For
n long while William had set his beort MN go,tina
D1G~ again but he kept his wishes TO himself and
HoCgty suspected that - good and religious a boy
,Ia y sun1y Oh e0Veting what was admitted by
We "h"ie schooi to be now the property of anotL,ar
only one boy, his favOrite fag, did William taLo into
IisHce IN the matter. This was a sharn
-. ~, haIed MARK, not over scrupulous in
what he did, full Of deep tricks and dod1aS oW ~
cunning that the old dame herself ,bor5L M -
We S! OI na"k, never could catch him M -
Witt . dan wrong; To this smart youth
together IN the Summer house smok;ng 60 my SAL
oeer Tor l am sorry to say that they both smnLa
aud drank almost all their play time. tbonab =
course II was against the rules Of the scbonI "
There is only one way to do it, said Mi.
IL you want the flower beds you must fight Ion;
Tor them, and l believe you will Iick hin III
smash but you must fight him alone, - "' !
How do you mean?" replied William
" mean, you must take care that Inc 9Th
lS 1ont interfere In the quarrel. If they do The
~ = sure 10 go against you. Remember what
grunge joseph owes you for the LICKING q - -
not long ago and Aleck, though 70 r. y = III
took little Constantine's part against hin :, ~ ~
great bullying row, is evidently beginning 70 oro
Jealous OF your influence IN the school. You see q
fellow, you have grown so much lately 80 en-
Out so wonderfully, that you are GETTING raaT1 H'
formidable. Why, L recollect the time Ubsr u.
we're quite q little chap - ~ -
YES said William. turning N N H.
youtly, " has pleased Providence that I sb0nI5 : !
stout" "Ou'u
81 dare say but it has not pleased thu oh
mOuA1Vfs ana tney were very angry. vou Lpo,
when you took those little gardens BELONGING ~ -,
OF the small boys, and tackled them on to yonrs -
particular ADVICE ''ufo Nv
.of course you did, and quite right too. IT
little beggars were not strong enough TO wort a. q
was lar better that you should look after their %
1ens Tor them, and give them a share of tba ..
duce, All the same, no doubt it made the ~ r.
monitors jealous, and L am not sure that tbe
name herself thought it quite fair 'e .
DID you ever ind out, Mark, what be tbor.
Of ir?" asked William, winking bs La to enoug
Jerking his thumb over his left shoulder toTsTa = !
"Oh," answered Mark, with a scoruful ,.nc
never mind him. He won't meddle with arrLHSS
He is a deal too busy in that filthy, dirtv sbon yooIl
making things to sell the other boys. Bah ; 4 nj ~ !
me sick to think how that place smells -, In =
f%sstldio1s youth took a long draught Of beer. by w.
OF recalling some more agreeable Sensations : WI
He Is an ~uncommOnly plucky fellow ;, 49,