The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

GU see now II Is, said the trouhlo
some voice. g You will certainly borc
to punish him. h1erl i31rG - nave
But | had thought of a possible r,.
of escape. " Frank" said I .. pan
have been disobedient, and4yon tI YOU
what said, but-you are such o."'s
boy that l cannot bear to punish r 6Uou
not in that way, mean. You NAV %
to the foot of your class, instead';' 81
I'D rather take the wbinn;r. :,
The honest, upturned face was, vs.
sober, but betrayed not the least Sly
OF fear, nor was there the slightest ~ su
pleion of tremble in the clear cbiiS
ish voice. .t- -" '"'iu'
BLESS your brave little heart y
thought /. "Of course you wouId,
might have known it, and ago;n
walked the aisles, up and down, tbinl
ing, thinking. '''liA'
You will have to do it, rena.+o,
the voice. There is no other r wav%
Il cannot, oh, can't" l groanod
half aloud. ''u
1.-The good of the school REQUIRES =
You must sacrifice your own feelin"
and his" '''i'SS
" Sacrifice his feelings! LOYAL ,it,.
soul! good as goli, and true as steel fi' y
No matter, you must do it,,
:" wOnt!r'
walked quickly to the desk a.,
struck the bell. The children loota1
wonderingly. Listen to me- how
said l. You all know that Franl, Inn
bar is one of our best scholars
=" Yes, m'-yes, m" came from, .
parts of the room, but two or tire.
of the larger boys sat silent and unsym.
pathetic.
You know how ambitious he is in
school, and what little gentleman,
always" .. ..
"Yes'm. That's so. We know"
Only two unsympathetic faces now;
but one of them, that of sulky boy in
the corner, looked as if its owner were
mentally saying: Cant think what
you're driving at, but I'll never give in
never"
6 You all know how brave he was
when Joe Willis dropped his new knife
between the boards of that unfinished
building on Cor!iss Street. How he did
what no other boy in school would do
let himself down into the cellar, and
CROPPED about in the dark until he found
it for him.
eve know that yes, IN. Hurrah
for"
" Stop amoment. One thing more"
Suiky-boy's companion was shouting
with the rest, and ulky-boy' S own face
had relaxed.
You all know" said L, chow he
took care of Willie Randall when Willie
hurt himself upon the ice. How he
drew him home upon his own sled, 90
ing very slowly and carefully, that poor
Willie might not be jolted, and max
ing himself late TO school in conse.
quence."
Eyes, IN. Yes, ma am. Hoo-ray
for little Dunbarr' Sulky-boy was
smiling now, and knew that my cause
was won.
Every well," saidI "Now letusalk
about to-day. He has disobeyed me,
and-of course | ought to punish him"
mo, IN. you oughtn't. DON'T pun
ish him We don't want him whippedm
But have given my word. 1t will
be treating you all unfairly if | break
it. He has been such faithful boy
that | should like very much to forgivt
him, but cannot do it unless you are
al wiling
"We're willing. Wen give youleaye
Wen forgive him. Well"
"Stop! / want you to think OF it care
fully for minute. l am going to leave
the matter altogether with you. shall
do Just as you say. If, at the end Of
one minute by the clock, you are sure
you forgive him, raise your hands. ="
My dear, y GU should have seen them!
If ever there was expression in human
hands, | saw it in theirs that day. Such
shaking and swapping of fingers, and
an eager waving of small palmS-break-
ing out at last into a hearty, simuIta-
neous clapping, and SulkY-boy's the
most administrative of all!
"Disorderly," do you say? Well
perhaps it was. We were too much in
earnest to think of that. | looked az
Frank. His blue eyes were swimming
in tears, which he would not let fall.
AS for me, turned to the blackboard
and put down some examples in long
division. If had made all the div'os
larger than the dividends, or written
the numerals upside down, it would not
have been at all strange, under the cr'
cumstances.
And the moral of this-concluded
Miss Jenkins-is that a teacher IS hV-
man, and human being doesn t always
know just what to do.-Mary =. bar''
| Lett in 81 NichOLlS