Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-01-12

| Il odeing the tin be and trees as he went.
! Ola Rocking ham followed closely be-
hind, Yelling 10 Mack to hold on. On
they went pel NELL, Mack running Tor
| lie. while line tescher was running 10
nave the Satisfaction of VI MhlpPlng INN
IN. entire school follo~ ed at a safescis-
lance cheering Ma with words of en-
coura. ement On they went, over lie
fence anu across the field. Mack { short
legs wefe no match ior "Oiu ROCKY
long ones, and 1t Was plain case that
he was going 10 be captured before lie
lepuid get 40 the greek Jus as ack
WAS III the act of mounting the ienee
Old Rockyo took han, by =lhe .cuH VI
The. Beck, ana brought him up stahd-
ing, and proce eded 10 ay ON the roti as
Tong as There was, any oI IL TO lay en-.
Weicould bear the lIcks plainly, but noI
whimper from Mack. We enjoyeu
the fun hugely, although we didn I like
10 see our comrade " hipped SO unmercl1
ifuily. However, there must be some
Jun going ON, and somebody must make
the sacrifice, aud Mack might as Well
make il a. any one else.
We all expected to get ihrashed when
Old Rocky came back, for We had seen
hin cutting bundle of switches as he
came up the hill. Every fellow was III
his place wien he came in, and alter
lookiug around with the air OF mon-
arch he invited all to come out on Lhe
floor " ho had been OuI of the bouse
while ne was gone. N, one C ming out
he said he had notion to whip all of
them. Howe er, he gave us u lee ure
I ON the relation of Master and Scholar"
assuring us that it was his sacred duty
TO thrash every unruly chap within an
inch of his life if necessary.
1t was some time before any one dared
10 ge, up "big fun. But times grew
SO dull that they were almost unbear-
ALE. One cold day Old Rocky sent two
or three of US 20 the woods 10 gather
inOssto stop the racks in the house.
Wespent learIy the entire forenoon
ge ting the cracks stopped. While
working at it, it occurred TO us that We
mig Int kick the ..'chinkiu out of some
OF the cracks very day and then we
would have the fun o: stripping them
up agalD. 1t worked like d charm, hut
I"O'd Rocky couldn't see how the
cracks got open SO fast, and SO suddenE
TOO. Every thing must have an end,
and was but fair to suppose that our
fun was not an exception to the rule.
One aftern on Ike Mite went out to
throw the 5'chinkin" over the fence
while we were to kick it out. Sitting
tile writing desks with our backs TO
ward the master and our faces to the
wall we had an excellent chance to kick
it out W, thout being caught. While
class was going to rei g Dick Morris
took advantage of the confusion and
kicked out big lot of it. Dick yentuI-
ed to stick his foot out at the hole and Ike
couldn't help catching it aud Il awlng
his leg through. old Rocky" saw
Dick making fuss, aud ordered him.
10 co ..e away from there. Dick co. Id mt
get out no matter how hard he tried, and
his failure to obey the command was
taken as ali act of wilful disobedience.
|"Old Rocky" took down one of his
beach gads and ''went for'' poor Dick,
Still he wouldn't come out and Rocky
couldn't pull him out, but he could
whip him W efe he was. Ike held on
to Dicks leg until he thought it was
time to lite out. Dick finding himself
footlOose crawled up and took his seat
as usual, but vowing 20 pay Ike back for
ii at trick if b. lived long enough.
"Old Rockingham" found out how
the "chiDkin" got out and he made us
sit in the room with the cracks open
until we were glad to leave the chin
kin" in. 'i ~"
/ THESE were school days worth talking
about. Go to school at seven end stay
Until five, with only an hour, at noon
for recreation. We didn't take sweet
cake and pumpkin pie for dinner, but
Johnny cake and spare rib. Spent half
our time on thet'dunce block or sitting
with the girls. ~ ysusi.J .--.r,,ii.,t,a.l.
Oh, were on ner a schoolboy
And did you never train -'-' .'I' =
! To feel that weltng of the back
| You hope ne'er to feel again?