St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-10-06
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n EDWARD ECGIEsToN
CHAPTER |.
Private Lesson from IA RuII.Do".

\ private Lesson from IL HuIl-Dom.
NV AIT 10 lie Il schOul-masicr, do yuu
You Well, what would goa do in Fla
Crick drcstritt, Td like 10 know Why
the boys have drlv oil the hast two an,
licked the one atorc them like blases
on mI2ht teach Il summer school. wher
noihln' but children come But | low
1t takes right smart man To be school.
master i'll Flat Crick in the winter
They'd Pitch you out of doors, sonny,
neck and hc"s, aiorr ChIi,tm;s'
The young man, who had walked fen
niI'a 10 get the school in this district.
and who had been mentally reviewing
Ills itaimng At every step he took, trcmb.
lng lest tie committee should find tha,
lac did not know enough, was not a little
taken abark at this erecting from ..old
Jack Means, who WAS the first trustee
that hc li%htcd on. The impression
made by these ummou- remarks was en-
phasiZcd by the dances which H.. rereiv-
cd from Jack Means two SONS. The
older one eyed him from the top of hi,
brawny shoulders with that amiable
look which biz de- turns on Il little
one before shaking him. Ralph Hart
sock had never thought Of bcing meas
urcd 10y lc standard OF muscle. Thi.
notion OF beating education into young
saNagcS III >pitc Of themselves. dashed his
ardOr
( lie had walked right 10 where Jack
Means Wa ii work Shawn. shingles in
his own front yard. While Mr.. Mean.
was making the speech which we have
ct down above, airl puhctuatina it with
cNportordtinn%. Il lar"e brindlr buil-do.
had been smiling At Etlph'- heels, and IA
girl in new Iinscy-wooi,ry dress, stand
n@ by the door, had nearly .i..lc,l her
head oil at the delightful prospect OF sec
ln2 Il new sch"ol-ttaclcr eaten up by the
icrocIous brute.
Hctwcra the di-hearcniug words Of
the old man, the immense muscle, OF the
young man who was To be la, rcbclliouS
pupil, the Jaws Of the ugly bull-Log, and
th" ho.ntl,@' @i2gIr "l tine "irl, Ralph
had a delightful -cusc Of having prcripi
tatc,I hI:n~clt INTO Il den OF wild beasts.
Faint wiIh wcarim,ss at.d Discourage
nc.t, and hilcriu" with tear. lr >nt
I""H 'm Il whccli arrow.
~ on, iull ~ -aid :IIr old man t. the
d"", Which wa- showing more and more
a dI~po-itI"n Ia make Il meal ui the. Incl 70
rl'nt rcda2o2ur, ''yuu, Bull eit aout
y"n pup 80 Ihc dog walked SnIlcnly
oil, tut NOT until Ia. had given Ralph Il
look tail %; pr"mi-'' OF what hr meant to
1t" "hcn he got "a Good chance Ralph
wished himself back in the VILLAGE oi
Icwi-hur". whence hr cHmlr
"lou srr,' continued Mr.. Means,
! splitting IN a mcIitaii,r sort OF Il way,
| ''y,u see, We amt none of your salt sort
III th,sc dI@"irs 1t fakes Il n,.tn to boss
thI- dcc>trlck ilowsumdever rt ynu
think you can truS. your hide in Flat
Crick school house, Ila'n't got ~ 'hec
tIom lint ei You ut licked don't come
10 us Flat Crick don't pay no 'nsur-
ancr, you bet. Any other trustees !
Wall yr~. Ent a> pay the most taxrs,
tothcI> .lI~t let me run the thing You
can br%n right oil a Monday. They
amt been Ii" other applications. You
>'" IT takes some @rit To apply for this
school. ihr last master had Il black
eye for 4 month. But, aS | SAID, YOU
can jSt roll mp and wade in | low
you've got plurk, may he, and that zoe,
for q heap >l2ht morr'n >innoo with boys.
Walk in, ard stay over Sunday with me.
You'll hev 10 board 'roun', and Guess
you'd better begin here
Ralph did not 90 in, but sat out ON
the wheclbarrow, watching the old man
Shave shingles, while the boys split the
blocks and chopped wood. Bull smelled
ol the newcomer again in IN ugly way,
and got Il good kick from the older son
for hls pains. But out of one of his red
eyes the dog warned the young school
master that he should yet suffer for all
kicks received ON his account
elf Bull once takes Il holt, heaven and
Jarth can't make linn let CO. said Bud
to Ralph, by way Of comfort
1t WAS well for Ralph that lie began
to board round" by stopping at Mr..
Mrau>'. Ralph felt that Flat Gre, k
Was what lac needed. He had lived II
bo"hi>h HE. Bat here WAS his lesson in
II'e art Of managing people For he
"ho can manage the untamcd and strap
pm youths OF a winter school in Hoo
pole County has cone far toward learn
IE% one oil the hardest lessons. And
twenty y-fire years ago, in RalpII's time.
things were worse than they are now.
The older son OF Mr.. Means was called
Bud Means. What his real name was
Ralph could not find ont, for in many Of
these iami.icS the nickname of "Bud"
given 10 the oldest boy, and that of "Sis"
which is the birthright Of the oldest girl,
completely bury the proper Christian
lame. Ralph was "a general. lie saw
his first strategic point, which was TO
capture Bud Means