The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04


When was little girl. went Il
little school, which was kept Nv 4 yora
little lady, IN very little house. Tbs'
little lady herself lived IN another MI"
house, which was divided from the li,,le
school-house only by little garden
did not know then how little the houses
and the garden, and my school-teachar
We're, Miss Caroline seemed large and
powerful 10 me; and a. for her ferule !
looked bigger 10 me than the bio t,eas
81 California looked when saw tbem /
Few years ago. But when Went harl
grown woman, 10 my old home. I'M
walked past Miss Caroline's COTTAGE a anJ
the little old school-house. hardly co" aI
believe my eyes, every thing was So tiny.
and could have picked Miss Caroli1os,
up under my arm.
The school-housc had been 4 sboe-
makers shop once, and some az ths
shoc-maker's furniture had been lef, =
II. There was the bench on which ha
used to sit and work; this had l,tla
open box NJ one end. where he used y
Keep his tools this bench stood in ,La
middle Of the room, in front ~ Mis-
Caroline's desk, and all the classes u,
on II 10 rccitc their lessons. Tho erd
which had the open box on II was callad
the " head Of the class. Once kept
up lat the head in spelling. 4 whde
week, and grew 50 used 10 HAVING hold
81 the edge Of the box, and slipping nv
fingers back and forth on it, that when
/ lost my place, and had a boy or cirl
on my left side, had hard work M n
keep all the time taking hold Of then
arms, instead Of the box. There used
10 be also little drawer under ,he
bench, at this end; but Miss Caroline
had that taken of, after she found out
that Il was there Ned Spofford hid tbe
4" spit-balls" he used to fire M and down
all the classes he rccited in. Oh. what
a bad boy Ned Spofford was, But how
we did all like himl Even Miss
Caroline herself. think, liked him be,-
ter than any other scholar in an tho
school; and yet he gave her twice Il
much trouble a. all the other scholars
put together. But he was % good-na-
lurcd and aiiectionatc that nobody could
help loving him, in spite Of his mischief
lie never resisted nor struggled when
she had 70 punish him. | really think
he got feruled a. often as once 4 week:
put he used 10 hold ont his hand thc
minute she told him to. and Look straight
nto her ewes while She struck him.
he would bite his lips. and
he tears would come into his eyes. but
le never cried, nor begged off, As the
est of US did. He was as brave rs hc
vas mischievous Even when he had n
u on the dunce-stool for twenty min
ties with his mouth wide open
md piece Of corn-cob set firm.
between his teeth, he never cried.
This was Miss Caroline's worst punish.
nent. ] think II she herself had tried Il
nee. 70 see how much il hurt. She never
would have had the heart "a inhici il on
IS. AT first, when she wedged III the
'iece Of cob, YOU felt like laughing that
my body should think such a thing AZ
hat could be much Of punishment:
nj pretty soon your jaws began 10 ache.
nd then the back Of your meek ached,
nd then the pain reached up into the
ack Of your head. and into Your ears,
nd II became real torture: there was
ot single boy in school that could
ear II without the tears streaming down
l. cheeks, except Ned Spofiord. Miss
'arolinc very rarely did il 10 girlS:
mink no one but Sarah Kellogg and
YER had IT, We were the worst girls in
nhool we two and Ned Spoflord were
le three black sheep in Miss Caroline's
tile flock. Sare Holm, ia 81 Nicholas
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