Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-09-15

childish voice.
"Bless your brave little heart" /"
thought 1. "Of course you would /
might have known it." and again
1 walked the aisles, up and down,
thinking.
"You will have to do it." repeated
tho voice. There is no other way."
II can not-oh, can't" groaned.
half aloud.
THE good of the school requires it.
You must sacrifice your own feelings
and his"
sacrifice his feelings! Loyal little
soul-good as gold, and true as steel. "
mo matter you must do it."
81 won'tP'
L walked quickly to the desk, and
struck the bell. The children looked
wOnderingly. Listen TO me. bows. "
said /. "You all know that Frank
Dunbar is one of our best scholars %
"Yes, 'm-yes, m" came from all
parts Of the room, but two or three of
the larger boys sat silent and unsympa-
thetic.
"YOu know how ambitious he is in
school. and what u little gentleman,
always"
"Yes, IN. That's so. We know. "
Only two unsympathetic faces now;
bat one of them, that of a sulky boy
In the corner, looked as if its owner
was mentally saying: Cant think
what you're driving at, but I'll never
give in-neYer."
"You all know how brave he was
when Joe Willis dropped his new
knife between the boards of that un-
finished building on Corliss street.
How he did what no other boy in
school would have done-let himself
down into the cellar, and groped about
in the dark until he found it for him"
I'VE know that-yes, IN. Hurrah
for"
''StoD minute. One thing more"
Sulky- boy s companion was shouting
with the rest and sulky-boy's own
face had relaxed.
"YOu all know" said /, chow he
took care of Willie Randall when Will
lie hurt himself upon the Ice. How he
drew him home upon his own sled.
going very slowly and carefully that
poor Willie might not be jolted, and
making himself late TO school i'm con-
sequence"
"Yes, IN. Yes, ma'am. Hoo raw
far little DunbarP Sulky-boy was
smiling now. and knew that my cause
was won.
"Very WELL" said /. "Now let us
talk about to-day. He has disobeyed
me, and-of course 1 ought to punish
him"
mo, IN, you oughtn't. Don't punish
himl We don't want him whippedP
'But i have given my word. IL will
be treating you all unfairly il l break
1t. He has been such faithful boy
that / should like very much 10 forgive
him, but cannot do it unless you are
all willing"
"We're willing. Wen give you
leave. Wen forgive him. Well"
"Stopi / want you to think of it
carefully for minute. l am going to
lave the matter altogether with you.
/ shall do just as you say. II, at the
end Of one minute by the clock, you
are sure you forgive him, raise your
hands"
My dear, you should have seen them |!
III ever there was expression in human
hands, 1 saw it in theirs that day.
Such n shaking and swapping of fin
gers, and an eager waving of small
palms-bTeaking out at last into a
hearty, simultaneous clapping, and
Sulky-boy's the most demonstrative of
ALL
"Disorderly," do you say2 Well, per-
haps it was. We were too much in
earnest to think of that. looked at
Frank. His blue eyes were swimming
in tears, which he would not let fall.
As for me, turned to the black
board, and put down some examples
in long division. If L had made all
the divisors larger than the dividends,
or written the numerals upside down,
It would not have been at all strange,
under the circumstances.