Arizona weekly miner., 1876-02-18
The New Boy"

 Union schools the other morning, and arriv- ing ahead of time he prevented any feeling of loneliness from sezing him by licking three boys and riding the gate of it's binges. He went in with the crowd when the bell rang, and finding no empty seat perched himself on the woodbox. When the children repeated the sLord's Prayer" in concer; the boy .kept time" with his heel; and when they came to sing be argued that variety was the spice of song, and attempted to sing one of his own-one about 8 gentleman named Daniel Tucker, who dreamed that he was dead. and so forth The teacher warned him to keep still, and be replied tat he would not come to that school If his musi cal qualifications were to be overlooked. When school finally opened the teacher se- cured his name and began asking him ques- tions in order to find out how he should be graded.
 aCan you spell" sAe asked.
 "Wbat kind of spelling2" he cautiously replied.
 "Spen house, ii you please"
 "Ffame or brick house 2" he asked. "Any kin3 of house.
 "With a mortgage on it?"
 "You may spell man if you will," she said. giving him severe look.
 
 "Yes.r
 al don't care much about spelling man. this morning. but will this afternoon. I've spelled it with my eyes shut" ssDo you know your alphabet 2" she asked, changing the subject.
 "Neyer had any r' was the prompt reply. Do you know anything about reading ?" "I read like lightningr r he answered. She handed him a reader and said: "Let me hear you read"
 Read right out loud r
 Yes"
 q am afraid it would disturb the children he whispered.
 He looked carefully at the page, scowled his brow and read
 "IfI was lame boy and didn't get any peanuts in my stocking, Christmas, dun my eyes but I'd make things jump around that house next morning"
 He handed the book back, and the teacher asked:
 aRichard, how many are three and three % "Three and three what ?" he inquired. "Anything."
 "It is a good deal according to what it is he replied, as he settled back. Il know that three and three cats don't make dogr' "Did you ever study geography, Richard ? "Yes ma'am."
 "what is geography"
 s,It's a book"
 stIs this world round or fiatl Hills and hollers," he replied. "Rchard, can you write 7"
 "Write what"
 "Can you write your name 2"
 "I could, suppose !; but I've got my name without writing it."
 "Can you write letterl"
 "Who to p
 "To any one"
 "Yes could, if I had money to pay the postage"
 "Well Richard, she said, in despair, "you'lI have to go into the lower room if you want to come to school here."
 "I druther stay here"
 "But you can't" can."
 She took him by the arm to remove him, but he laid his hand on her shoulder and said in warning voice:
 "Don't get me mad, now, or I'll let my self loose"
 She called the principal down ; as he ap- preached the boy he commanded "Boy what are you doing here 7" "Gitting educashun :" replied Richard. "You go right down stairs, nowm contin- ued the principal
 'sWell, don't sass me, for;I was never here before !" replied Richard, slowly moving his legs as if he meant 10 get down. The principal took him by the collar jerked him around, got kicked on the shin snd bit ten in the wrist, and finally landed the young student on the walk. "Now you go home !" he shouted as he tried to recover his breath.
 "Am I educated P inquired Richard. .You seem to be"
 "Gimme a diplomy, then"
 "You clear out, or I'll have you arrested" "Hain't 1 a scholar in this school no more 2" No sirn
 "Who owns this school house P deman- 6ed the boy. .sNo matter; clear out"
 "Will you come out in the yard herc where you can't hang to anything 2" asked the bey.
 "Begone, sayn'
 "Don't draw no Derringer ou me " wtrned the boy, as he backed of; thor don't think you can scare me with any of your bowie knives !"
 The principal walked in and shut the door i; after the new boy had stood there long enough to show that he wasn't afraid he turned and walked off, growing to himself: "I'll get the foreman of No. 6 to pound that feller afore he's a week older ".-I New York Graphic.
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