The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

mt evening Mrs. IlIkIfiI LOOK tue
boys ID task Tor their misiemeanor. A.
first they seemed 10 regard the matter
IN the light 81 good joke. then grew
snllen. HUT she did not leave them in
that mood Her manner was earnest.
yet kind; and before she was through
with her lecture. their faces had
heightened 10 gravity, and they really
seemed convinced that their actions
had been wrong.
The discovery that their education had
been sadly neglected was not long hid
den from her keen mind.
The farmer assured her they would
not 60 70 school their very Ignorance
was their greatest shame now. Her
course wa promptly decided.
The eldest could read tolerably.
First. she coaxed him TO read little
scraps Of news 10 her from the village
paper. while she sewed in the evenings.
Mike and Pug amused themselves. ere
while. By plying Puss with q broken
spur-but grew drowsy. Even Jim
yawned over the locals. But short
sketches were introduced after an even
ing or two. and their interest in quiet
pursuits gradually awakened
After awhile she discovered she was
growing somewhat rusty In grammar.
Indeed. she feared she was forgetting
what little arithmetic she had learned.
and was sadly at loss in geography.
The farmer did not see that il made
any difference If she had. Secretly, Ia
thought grammar would not help make
thu butter. and geography poor aid 70
housekeeper.
But he wisely let his wife have he
own way. without interference, sine
she permitted him to doze in his grea
chair during the exercises.
For she needed strong. young eyes =
help her; besides, she must keep bus.
| fingers at her sewing.
| She was very stupid too-the hoy
would have TO read lesson TO her sew
cral times, before she could repeat il
and then she would blunder. and hav
I TO be laughed At and corrected. Ihi
would have proved dull work 70 Oh
Young savages. but for these sam
blunders.
But she amused them. and then the
grew interested. and before the winte
was ended. the evening lessons wer
looked forward TO eagerly; for the
began study in earnest, and Of thel
own accord.
She had been acquiring gradually
| great influence over them. and hin
now, and word then. which had Q
the force. and yet was not command
had brought their manners up 70 civ
ilized standpoint
The winter had been close and colo
and these evenings with their books ha
kept them At home.
Their presence at spelling-schools wa
much missed BY the clique whose leas
crs in mischief they avowedly were.
But spring found them much sobere
down. and conscious Of having an ali
in life.
Mrs. Hazlctt was not fair-weaths
Christian, BY any means. But she ha
STAYED at home from church *
months. ostensibly, that part Of n
time the roads were almost impassabl
really. that she dared not leave q
boys TO their own devices, her work
their reformation but incomplete
neither did she wish to take them wit
her till she was moro sure Of their b'
haviour.
But one pleasant morning in APP
Mrs. Hazlett signified her desire 70 !
70 the village 10 church.
The farmer started. He liked h
SUNDAY nap. but Jim. Mike and Fl
ran TO the barn and gave the horse Q
ira care. This church-going had bee
held MP as treat for some time. The
knew Of the neat, new suits hanging
the closet. to be donned for the fir
time this morning.
No one knew better the curse Of fal
pride than this wise woman. But a
also knew il was quite necessary 70 !
still moderate spice Of vanity IN 4
minds OF these lads. trusting her ov
good sense 20 guide and direct
So, IN due time. the carriage y
brought to the door. and the farmt
his wife and little ones, seated ear
. fully. the boys taking The frst ses
that they might drive.
The villagers stared half amaze
; These manly lads looking 50 handsor
I and neat, and who behaved IS deck
4 ously. were scarcely TO be recognize
- the same Young renegades. who we
. wont, Of old, 20 Be II the middle
\ every melee.
4 Dick and Ned Carlyle. their whilo
4 intimates, who lurkcd outside 4
9 church door, stared in wonder, V
a they dared not expect support frc
these boys who noticed them only vi
4 cool nod.
. After that they were never miss
Z from the family pew. Farmer HAIL
\ was fain 20 defer bis Sunday map
after dinner.
\ Under Mrs. Hazlett's tu:elage. th
q mastered one study after another. q
. first Jim, and year later Nike >
Benny. no longer " Pug wcredeclar
u ready for college, where they acquitt
!. themselves with great credit.
q And q proud woman Il Mrs. Hail
to-day. Proud OF the noble fellows "