The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-03-22
TOM EDWARD'S EDUCA Ty0E


Edward must be educated. To be =
he had been educating himself on i
rapidly, but he must be sent to sch 1
This he hated. He could not bear "
confinement. VIXEN between four
five years old he was sent to dan
school, kept by an old woman called
Hill in the garnet of an ordinary n
ling-house. But he often played
truant, and would rather be in the
market than the school-room. Els
ancy soon became known to his mott
who then employed her mother, I'd
granny, to take him to school. But
rebelled against his granny's supervid
and got away from her SO often that
had to drag him "by the scruff o
neck" Once he slipped away from
and ran for the water, and was in
act of getting lot of horse-leeches, Vi
his granny. who had pursued him, eau
him by the neck. He let 60 of the 81
and, making sudden bound, upset
old women in the water. His conn
called out, Tam, Tam, your gran "
drooin' !" Tom was off, and did not
home till night, when his mother ADD
him for ragamuftin who tried to dr
his granny. For once his father wa
good-humor, and remarked to bis
that granny should beware of goiu
near the edge of such dirty pha
The scapegrace returned to school,
did not learn much. The education
Bell Hill gave was rather theOlogld
she prayed, or, as Tom called
"groaned," with the children twid T
day, and in one of these devotional q
cises Tom came to grief. She fofb
him to bring his "nasty and dangd
things" to the school, but it made
difference. He had a noisy jackdaf
home, of which he was very fond
one day he stuffed it inside of his
sers, and took it to school.
Mother Bell was at prayer the dan
came restless, got its head out, and
gan to scream. The Lord pro-
a.! Fats this moo ?" cried Bel,
ing to her feet. cts Tam Ed
again! !" shouted the scholars, :"
craw stickin' DOT O. his breeksl"
went up to him, pulled him uph
collar, dragged him to the door,
him out, and locked the door after
and Edward never saw Bell Hills 81
again.
Tom was next sent to school
erned by master who had great fail
what is called the claws" as meal
education. But the boys old habit
lowed him, and one day he smuggle
to the school a broken bottle, contai
horse-leeches and the grubs of water
Mr.. Smiles relates that call passed
smoothly for about half an hour,
one of the scholars gave a loud ecu
and started from his seat. The ms
attention was instantly attracted,
he came down from his desk, tan
hand. What's this 2" he cried.
a horse-leech crawlln' up my
+" A horse-leech 2" eyes, sir;
see," pointing to the corner in vi
Tom kept his treasury, there's Q
fu' O theml !" "Give me the boy
said the master; and, looking at fnt
prit, he said, I" You come THE way,
ter Edward" Edward followed
quakiug. On reaching the de-
stopped, and holding out the botss
:" That's yours, is it mott"
+" Take it, then-that is the way
pointing to the door; "go as fast
can, and never come back; and
that, tool" bringing the taws =
heavily upon his back. Tom y
that his back was broken, and y
should never get his breath again.
mother took HIM back to the schoof
door, but before she could open
mouth the master abruptly began.
bring that boy here! I'll not ~
though you were 70 g
twenty poundsl Neither
scholars have had q days Pesce ~
came here. Popular Science.