The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-05

You must sacrifice your own feeling
and his.
"Sacrifice his feelingsl Loyal little
soul!-good rs gold, and true as steel.
No matter, You must do it.
"IWon't!"
walked quickly to the desk, and
| struck the bell. The children looked
wonderingly. Listen 10 me, boys, y
said /. "You all know that Frank Dun
bar is one of our best scholars"
"Yes, 'm-yes, IN |" came from all
parts of the room, but two or three oil
the larger boys sat silent and unsym-
pathetic.
"You know how ambitious he is in
school. and what little gentleman,
always.
Yes, IN. That's so. We know. y
Only two unsympathetic faces now but
one of them. that of sulky boy in the
corner, looked as if its owner were men
tally saving: Cant think what you're
driving at, but I'll never give in
never"
"You all know how brave he was
when Joe Willis dropped his new knife
between the boards of that unfinished
building on Corliss 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."
1--WE know thAt-yes, IN. Hurrah
Stop minute. One thing more"
Sulky-boy's companion was shout
ing with the rest, and Sulky-boy's own
face had relaxed
"Yoa all know" said I, show he
took care of Willie Randall when Willie
hurt himself upon the ice. How he
drew him home upon his own sled, GO
ing very slowly and carefully that poor
Willie might not be jolted, and making
himself late to school in consequence.
eyes, m. Yes, ma'am. Hoo-ray for
little Dunbar - Sulky-boy was smil-
ing now, and 1 knew that my cause was
won.
"Very WE'LL" said l. "Now, let us
talk about to-day. He has disooeyed
me. and-of course i ought to punish
him..
"No, IN, YOU oughtu't. Don't pun
ish him! We don't want him whipped -
Z" But have given my word 1t will
be treating you all unfairly if J. break it..
He has been such faithful boy that |
should like very much to forgive him,
but cannot do it unless you are all will
ing"
"We're willing. Well give you leave.
Well forgive him. Well ="
"Stop! l want you to think Of it
carefully for q minute. L am going to
leave 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 |!
IL 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 ralms-break-
ing out at last into a hearty, simultane-
Gus clapping, and Sulky-boy's the most
demonstrative of all
Disorderly," do you say! Well,
perhaps it was. We were too much in
earnest to think of that. L looked at
Frank. His blue eyes were swimming
in tears, which he would not let fall.
As for me, 1 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, in
the circumstances.
And the moral of this-concluded
Miss Jenkins (she had just been reading
"Alice in Wonderland )-is that a
teacher is human, and human being
doesn't always know what to do.-Mary
g. Bartlett, IN 81. Nicholas.