Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-05

some are head taller than you. and
two orthree of then, are right hand
some. too. They can Ls1st that crowd
of great, bashfrl boys round their little
little fingers. If they want to. Now
mind what I tell you; do you go right 70
work and gain the affections OF them
ten great gals, and they'll manage tn,
great boys while you keep school,
That sounded we'll; and armed with
81 panacea against rebellion,we open
I'd school the Monday after Thanksgiv'
ing. It was rough looking set on the
high seats-that row OF yillainous look
ing fellows, any one ofthem biz enough
to throw me into the big swamp with
one hand.
Happily 80 Er't bording-place was
with two of the great gals Never did
we lay ourselves out to- gain the
good graces Of the lovely sex as during
the fret week of that boardln' round.
We rode on the front Of the sled with the
tallest girl. played checkers with the Sc
cond. got all snarlcdup in cats cradle
with the pretty visiting cousin, and put
in word Of explanation for the hard
sums Of all in the long evenings at
home.
The first crisi. came at the beginning
ofthe second week, when big lout 'sauc'
ed the new schoolmaster. Somehow
II crushed US, and for a minute the
school room swan round. and the idea
Of seizing our fur cap and making fer
home fitted across our vision. Just
then the patter Of light footstep was
heard down the long slope Of the
long narrow aisle leading up to the seat
Of the Ten great gals The tallest GID
ed down, osteusibly to ask the explana-
ton of "a hard sum; but, as we leaned
over the slate, with dimness IN the eyes
we heard wisper in our ears;
Don't be cast down! We girls Will
shame that seat Of boy into good man.
ncrs before another week
Alight broke ia; we were gaining the
affections of the ten great gals
So things drilted for SIX weeks, when
dawned the judgment day. We had
zone to board with a good, motherly
women. who loved US as her own sou.
A biz fire in the parlor greeted our
arrival, and a supper fit for the parson
himself. After tea our hostess appear.
ed in her best black silk, in her haud
mighty black ruler and sat d >Sn be-
fare US with the air Of a Minerva.
Nov matters have come to point
in YOUR school; you have been trying tn
govern that crowd Of rascally boys by
love. but that has come TO an end
r,.,norrow they'll try to put you out.
Take this ruler and don't come home
to-morroy night unless you have used
it ND over the head aud shoulders OF
somebody
There was no appeal from that. A
greater than the whole class OF great
gals had spoken, and we telt IN our
souls that fate was standing at the
sclool-house door.
Were we endowed with the epic rage
of a Homer or Pope, we might possibl,
depict the scenes Of the coming day.
How the ugliest loater, IN frock coat,
kicked in the door at recess; how, when
the trembling young master asked,
who did that? the big boor lifted his
thumb TO his noae, and executed that
significant gyration with the little finger
which would make savage OF st. JOHN
himself; how, fred with the courage of
despair, and vision ofou farmhouse
Minerva, we seized. the big oaken ruler,
rushed up the inclined plane, upsetting
se yeral small children, on the insolent
sconndrel. tore of the collar Of his frock
coat. pulled him down the'area before
the fire place, aud beat him over the
head and shoulders till he roared for
mercy; how, at intervals, be cast q
glance at his acconplices and took in
the situation; the ten great gals had
spiked the guns ofall but this wretch,
who SUNK and begged under our hand;
how we wound up with an eloquent ad-
dress, and gave the whipped rufiin his
hat, with instructions 10 20 home; how
his sensible father took of what re-
mained Of his dilapidated frock coat. aud B
trounced him till he yelled again. and
sent him to school the following day
with a compliment to the plucky young
master; all this might be sung in heroic
verse.
But. # the truth were kaown, It was
not We, but the ten great gals that
did the business. They had so de-
mortified the attacking columns by the
magic Of their charms that only one hid
the heart to defy the little master, and
he dared not lift his hand when the day
Of battle came. Aud from that day VIC
crowned dear old Aunt Anna prophecies
oflove.
Gain the affections Of ten great gala
in your school room and all things
shall work t,ye her for so'd.'
A certain young LADY who was little
behindhani with her autumn outdt sur
prised her parents the other day by ask