The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-12

liberties IS they had not lore before,
and The whole school seemed restless
and excited like 9 lake when the
storm FIRST approaches. For q week
she was subjected to the most hsrsss-
ing snnoyanees. First her desk was
svrreptitiously opened and some Eul-
gar rhymes written on her schedule;
then wax was placed in Der chair;
. ben was next hidden in the desk,
to fy Out and frighten the teacher as
well as scholars into spssmsi toen
a ~esricature o. Miss Meadows APP
Dpsred on the blackboard; and All
done so slyIy that no. q elew conld
he discovered to the perpetrators
The teacher suspected, nay, was al
most cure who were at the bottom
Of the mischief, bat she bad no way
of tracing il bone to them She
carried the KEY Of the sehoolhouse,
and all denied any knowledge OF
another. Aud yet some person Of
persons. evidently came and went at
pleasure. Finslly, the key she car
RED was stolen from her r~eticule. and
she found herself locked from the
house.
She went 10 her boarding house
and then sent for Squire Peters, as
the proper officer to whom to apply
He ssuntered into the room 10 the
most nobchalant manner, and inso-
leutly asked.
What now, Mss"
She quietly referred to the misde-
meanor Of some Of the scholars. snd 10
Der fruitless endeavors to find out
the guilty parties, and, lastly, to the
yurloining Of the schoolhouse key
from her retienle.
Then YOU should take better care
of it; that's all I've got 70 say"
But what am | TO do. TO regain
possession Of the schoolroom! ! an
willing to purchase another lock for
the door"
ne: YOU are locked out and can
STAY cut. / told nv boys if they
could turn you cut Of school they
might do it, and they have. Good
on the BOYS, / saw. Things might
have teen very different, and my
bows as quiet as lambs. and every
thing lovely, if you hsd not been
such a fool"
Then | am to consider myself
dismissed"
"No. turned out OF school by your
own scholars"
Il see. But as | have faithfully
attended to nv duties as long as |
vas permitted to do so, / shall ex-
pect The amoun Of wages for one
month"
Not q penny, il know it. You
was hired to teach three months, and
have failed in your contract, and 1t
is null and void Clear out home
now. and learn, after this, TO treat
your betters with 9 little more re-
ispect"
II wish you to remember tbis
conversation, she said, turning TO
the mar and bis wife with whom she
boarded.
The next stage out took her back
to Marshall, where her widowed
mother and Frank Bsrstow, her
lover. resided. Two weeks later a
quiet wedding made Marci a Mead
ows Mrs. Bsrstow.
The next teacher in District Mum
Der Three 10 the township Of C.,
and where Squire Peters was direc-
tor, was a gentleman who lived in
the country, but was q stranger 10
his would be patrons. He brought
the necessary certificate, but insisted
upon no contract being drawn,
especially IS the director assured
him, with a chuckle, that they had
some mighty smart boys. In fact,
that they bad turned the last teacher
out Of school and locked the door en-
her.
Smart boys; but rather hard on
the teacher, vas it notla
NO a bit Of it; good enough for
her. She was proud as Lucifer, and
poor as poverty. Ny boys were at
The bottom Of the whole thing.
Il suppose you expect me to re-
sort to corporal Punishment when 1t
is necessary for the government ofthe
SCHOOL,"
Always. You have full permits
sion TO thrash nv boys il you can.
Ny learning was mostly whipped
into nae, and l have been ajustice Of
the peace, was elected by a big ma
ljority, and my friends still give mi
the title Of squire"
$50 ! hear"
The new teacher did not appear
very strict aud the Peters boys were
soon at their old tricks. A wet pa
per ball, full 10 the face, was receiy-
ed by him with seeming quietness.
Il was the oldest son who propelled
il, end who was just preparing TO let
fy another, when, with a bound like
an acrobat, the teacher was over the
seats, and, with q hand on bis collar
jerked the young rufisn into the
middle of the room. Then drawing
q riding whip from its conceslment
somewhere about bis person, be adj
ministered Q severe flagellation on
the young r~eprobate, who heWled in
pain and terror, and called on his
brother to come on and help him
whip the teacher.
This the latter attempted, but was
kept Of until Frank Barstow-for
he it was-had dragged the eldest to
the entrance, and, turning him into
the street, locked the door.
Now for you, sir. Your brother
is locked out, and you are locked in.
Perhaps it viii aid you in remember
ing the locking up business with
your last teacher. the lady who is
now my wife. Sit down there and
write as decent an apology as you
can, asking her forgiveness for your
cowardly treatment
The youhg man hesitated.
Not az instant, sir, or | will Law
this about your shoulders for her and
myself Also"
The apology was at once written,
with fear and trembling. And then,
after 9 lecture on the treatment Of
their teachers, and ladies particular
y, that the most Of them will proba.
bly, never forget, be dismissed the