Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-09-16

"You will have to do it," repeated
the voice. There is no other way
II cannot. Oh! I CAN'T" l groaned
half aloud.
1.-The good Of the school requires it.
You must sacrifice your own feeling
and his"
Sacrifice his feelings Loyal little
soul good as gold and true as steel"
mo matter; you MUST doit."
III 'front.'
walked quickly to the desk and
struck the bell. The children looked
wonderingly. Listen to me, boys"
said l. "You all know that Frank
Dunbar is one of our best scholars"
''ies'm! yes'm came from all parts of
the room; but two or three of the larg-
er scholars sat silent and unsympathet-
ic.
"You know how ambitious he is, and
what little gentleman he is, ALWAYS"
"fes'm, That's SO We know"
Only two unsympathetic faces now; but
one of them, that one Of a sulky boy in
the corner, looking asitits owner were
mentally saying: Can: tell what you
re driving at but I'll never give in
nevern!'
"You all know how bnA0 he was
when Joe Willis dropped his new knife
between the boards in that unfinished
building on Corliss street. How he did
what no other boy in school would do
let himself down in the cellar and
CROPPED about it the dark until he found
1t for him."
:We know that-yes'm. Hurrah
fo1-"
"Stop a minute. One thing more"
"Sulky-boy's companion was shout
ing with the rest, and Sulky-boy's own
face had relaxed.
you all know" said l, "how he
took care of Willie Randall when
Willie 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 in con.
sequence"
''Yes'm. Yes,ma'am. Hoo-ray for
little Dunbar!' Sulky-boy was smil.
ing now, and knew my cause was
won.
Very WE'LL" saidI. "Now let us
talk about to-day, He has disobeyed
me, and-of course l ought to punish
him."
Nom, you oughtn't. Don't pun
ish him! We don't want him whip
ped!'
But have given my word. 1t will
be treating you unfairly if l break
II. He has been such a good, true,
faithful boy that l should like very
much to forgive him, but l can not do
it unless you are wiling
"We're willing We will give you
leave. Wen forgive him. Well"
stop! Iwant you to think of it
carefully for minute. ! am going to
leave the matter altogether with you,
shall dojust as you say, If 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!
II ever there was expression in human
hands, | saw it in theirs that day. Such
shaking and swapping of fingers, and :
IN eager waving of small palms,
out at last into hearty, SIM
lltaneous clapping, and Sulky-boy the
most demonstratlve of all.
"Disorderly," do you say? Well
perhaps 1t was. We were too much in
arrest to think of that. l looked at
rank. His blue eyes were swimming
n tears, Which he would not let fall. 4
AS TOR me. | turned to the black
oard and put down some examples in ]
ong division. If / had made all the
lvlsors larger than the dividends, or
'rltt.n the numerals upside down, it
'ould not have been at all strange, in
he circumstances.
And the moral of this-concluded
llss jenkins (she had just been read
g Alice in Wonderland'')-is that
acher is human, and human being
oesn't always know just what to do
I. Nicholas.