The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-10
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toak il up promptly. PIuml-Flr.t per-
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And We all love.
The interruption came IN 8 whisper
loud enough to De heard an over the
room, causing the older boys aud girls
70 gigele. aud the teacher, Miss Olive
Burnett, looked up quickly, glancing
along The row of scholars on the back
.eat-youug men and women for
,hi. wa. q country school aud IN the wiu-
F ter.
She bad come to look for trouble In
that quarter Every dag came some
fresh sggravatiou Of the rules, and ofIeuse
against the discipline, made 1t hard work
for her girl Of eighteen TO maintain
her authority over forty turbulent spirits,
constantly iucited 10 insubordination hy
the example Of their Acknowledged lead
er. Scott Goldrick.
tie sat there at the further end OF the
bench, quite in the corner, good-looking
young man of twenty, with curly chest
nat hair and mntiHous curl of the lip,
with head bent low over his slate aud the
/ fingers busy Ia figuring out some difficult
problem IN the arithmetic, Bat Miss
Burnett was not deceived by the appar-
entity studiou. air. And there was an
uudeftone of resolute determination in
her voice as she said, looking over the
forty faces before her:
( These interruption, must come 10 an
end at once There is point where for
bearaucc ceases to be virtue, aud think
It has passed. From this point shall en-
force every rule Of the school. The pen-
atty for the next interruption Of this kind
will be twelve strokes Of the rule, care
lessly balancing the slip Of cherry wood
in her hand.
The clear, bright face in the corner
was lifted for a moment the hazel eyes
looked steadily into Miss Burnett's blue
eyes; only for a moment, the space of a
breath, the head went on again steadily
with the endless maze of figures, and
Miss Burnett went on with her work
Hard work it was, especially hard
work to-day. All day long the vivid
scarlet had burned IN her cheeks, making
her passing lovely while her temples
throbbed with pain, and one Of the chill
drcn feeling her ieverish touch wondered
what made Miss Burnett's hand so hot.
She must not give up though. There was
too much depending on her for that. A
helpless mother and two little sisters,
hardly more than babies, all dependent
for the bread they ate upon the overwork-
ed teacher, Truly failure here would be
her disaster
But she must not fail Would these in
terminable lessons never be fnishedt
She wanted to 90 home and rest
Two hours Of tolerable quiet and order
and the days work was nearly ended,
when in the midst of the last recitation
came that interfupting whisper, plainly
heard all over the room.
For an instant Olive Burnett's heart
failed her Could she muster courage
enough to ferue Scott Goldrick, the old
est and largest boy in the school--a man
growny The thought came at last that
II was unmanly to try her so. But right
or wrong, her word was passed and must
be maintained now or lost altogether To
falter now was TO give up all. So calling
up all her nerve, though her head throb-
bed crazily, she closed the book quietly,
dismissed the class and faced the school
as she said
The scholar who whispered that last
time will please step forward
There was a dead silence for an instant
then Scott Goldrick left his seat aud
walked up to where the Young teacher
stood. No boyish mischief was IN hi,
manner now, no moeking Difference, 20
show Of defiance, but, instead, a quiet
maniness that was harder to meet than
any brayado would have been.
Nou can understand, Mr.. Godick
that this Is not pleasant duty to me,
her voice steady, bat lower than usual,
so low that some who were listening did
not catch The words al ALL
You can understand this, but my rules
must be respected.
For au answer he bowed aud hed ont
his hand. They were counted out faith
luly-twclve--no more, no less Did be
know how every one hurt herr Perhaps
be did. for his eyes were on her face all
the time, aud when the last one was given
be walked back TO his seat, little grayer
than before aud that wa. all And The
resi- OF the scholars, opened eyes OF
amazemeut They had expected bard
words aud open defiance from first. The
new gentleness was not fear; they knew
that well Fear aud Scott Goldrick'.
name never went together. II it was
voluntary submission to discipline, that
they might q. well all Weld to
Mics Burnett heard him talking to some
OF thc scholars outside Of the door after
The roll was called aud the school dis.
missed What resist school iadyt
. Noull never see me DO that BE.
sides, dcssryed the fernliug for break,
Ing the rules. didn't mean to interrupt
ihe last times. though I'm going away
tomorrow to ny unelc's iu c.. Then
the door closed, sud Miss Burnett heard
$40 more.
Going away. She said the words oven
aud over again io herself. sitting there