Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-22

were Iesarulng me lntentlY, L almost
tancied that they looked at me plying
| ly. could not bear it.
ATTEND to your writing, boys" Then
| walked slowly up to the desk.
You see how it is, said the trouble
some voice. "You will certainly have
to punish him"
But had thought of possible plan
OF escape. Frank" said /, "you have
been disobedient, and-you know what
| SAID, but-you are such good boy
that cannot bear to punish you-not
IN that way, mean. You may go to
the foot OF your class instead"
I'D rather take the whipping" The
honest, upturned face was very sober,
but betrayed not the least sign of fear,
nor was there the slightest suspicion of
tremble in the clear, childish voice.
"Bless your brave little heart"
thought |. "Of course you wouldr' I
might have known it." and again !
walked the aisles, up and down, thinl-
ing, thinking.
"You will have to do it" repeated
the voice. There is no other way"
II cannot-oh, | can't" l groaned,
half aloud.
"The good of the school requires it.
You must sacrifice your own feeling
and his"
Sacrifice his feeling! Loyal little
soul!-good as gold, and true as steel
mo matter, you must do it"
81 ,c0n'tr'
walked quickly to the desk, and
OF ~, oly tha ha1l frho al,IJ,u, io1J~oI
wonderlngly. Listen to me, boys"
said 1. "You all know that Frank
Dunbar is one of our best scholars"
eyes, 'm-yes, m !" came from all
parts of the room, but two or three of
the larger boys sat silent and unsympa-
hetic.
"You know how ambitious he is in
school and what little gentleman,
always"
eyes, IN. 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 thick 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."
"We know that-yes, m. Hurrah
! for"
'Stop a minute. One thing more"
Sulky boys companion was shouting
with the rest, and sulky boys own face
had relaxed.
"You all KNOW" said | show he took
care Of Willie Randall when Willie hurt
himself upon the ice. How he drew
him home upon his sled, going very
slowly and carefully that poor Willie
might not be jolted, and making HIM
self late to school in consequence.
eyes, m. Yes. maam. Hoo-ray
for little Dunbar ~ Sulky boy was
smiling now, and | knew that my cause
was won.
every WE'LL" said /. "Now let us
talk about him to-day. He has dis
obeyed me, and-of course / ought to
punish him"
"No, IN, you oughtn't Don't pun
ish himl We don't want him whipped"
"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 forgive
him, but cannot do it unless you are
all willing"
Were willing. Wen forgive him.
Well"
"Stop! / want you to think of it
carefully for a minute. 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, you should have seen them!
If ever there was expression in human
hands, | saw it in theirs that day. Such
a shaking and swapping of fingers, and
an eager waving of small palms-break-
ing out at last into hearty, simultane-
Gus clapping, and sulky boys the most
demonstrative of all
"Disorderly," do you say? Well per-
haps it was. We were to 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 had made all the
divisors larger than the dividends, or
written the numerals upside down, it
would not have been at all strange, I'M !
der the circumstances.
And the moral of this-concluded
Miss jenkins (she had been reading
"Alce in Wonderland)"-- that a
teacher is human, and human being
doesn't always know iust what to do.
A CURIOUS little story about Gen.
Grants Arabian steeds is told by Mrs. |
Hooper. She says that when the
horses were delivered to the American
official who was deputed to represent
Gen. Grant, he found that through |
some hocus-pocus of the employees OF
the Sultan's stables, one of the horses
selected had been exchanged for dis
NAL beast, being lame and generally
unsound. Our countryman did not
wish to forward so wretched an animal