The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-09-11
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bDOlA i0dt Of SCHOOL.

sii1 bUolA i0nt Of School. :
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/ yEirst persos, Z love. second psrsoa
thou iovest, th,rd person, be loves,
tdraMled ihe head boz, IL the clsss
fThe naxk scholar, . Idle girl, took Il
up ptomptIyr Plural simFirst person
W. W. love seepnd spsrson. . yoa love
fthird personsAhsyloves' o5 sseasnl.ssi
sAnd dse alf loye.' The interruption
came fns = tone loud snoagh 70, h
heard oyen tho whole room, eausinl
fths olaes1 boyS and girls 70 giggle and
laugh, afd The ifeacher, Miss Div,
Bunett, locked up quickly. glanciul
ct .the tirow of scholars on the bach
seat-young men sad -women-for II
was . country, school, 'snd in the win
ter. She had come % look for trouble
in that quarter. Every day some frest
laggrayation., some new infringement
on the rules and offense against the
discipline made It hard work for her.
| . girl of eighteen, to maintain her an.
thority over those forty turbulent
spirits. constantly melted to insubor.
dination by the example OF their 30
knowledgsd leader, Scott Goldrick.
He sat there at the further end ol
the bench, quite in the corner. . good
looking young man of twenty, with
Fcurly chestnut hair and . mutinoua
curl of the. lip, with head now ben'
over his slate. and fingers buoy figur-
ing out some difficult problem in Ar.
ithmetic. But Miss Burnett was not
deceived by the apparently studious
air, and there was an undertone of de-
termination in her voice as she said,
looking quietly over the forty faces
before her:
These interruptions must come to
an end At once. There is point
where forbearance ceases TO be . vlr-
tue, and I think that it has been passed.
From this time out I shall enforce
every (. rule OF the school. The
penalty Of b the next Interruption Of
this kind will be twelve strokes of the
.cvo,s ,c..rreles.,v bel.nciro . ain of
cherry wood in her fingers.
The clear, bright face in the corner
was lifted for . moment, the dark,
hazel eyes looked steadily into Miss
Bornetts blue. eyes-only moment.
the space of . breaih-then, the hand
went ON steadilyJ with the endless
maze of fgures, and Miss Burnett
went on with her work. .-.s 4ae
Hard work It vas, especially hard
to-day. All day long the vivid scarlst
had burned in her cheeks, making her
passing lovely, while her temples
throbbed with pain, and one Of the
children, feeling her foverish touch,
wondered Whist nade Nice Burnetts
hand 80 hot?' She must not give ND
though. There waa too mach depend.
ing on her for that. A helpless mother
Snd two little sfsters, hardly more than
babes vet. sll dependent for the bread
they atee upon tho overworked teacher.
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asler. ~ II I.,a =. aas.-e.i. /.
Rnt aha must mot fan. wn.fa tho..i
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s.rouoh Ia farnla Scott c2oId-;ck th.
;n,,dast and l.r~ast hcv. In .chool-.
nan orowr3 Th. thc.vh+ r..,re :,
once that It was unmanIv in him tn