The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-20

ish voice. 'A' cleas, d.
BLESS your brave It'll. -.
thought l. "Of course 70" ,1 ass'
might have known it, ~, aas would
ing, thinking. uo"n, thit
"You viii have to do .n
the voice. There is no Other repeated 10
half a I1nh0t' Oh 1 '""'t" s,s s,!,
1.-The good of the school reon;,..
and his" o"n feelin,
"Sacriljce his feelings! Lov,, T.,
soul: good as gold, and ,rua Ivy. :. little
No matter. you must do i :" :, s'esl'
~ 'front.'" ~ w.
l walked quickly to tho do,L
struck the bell. The chi.dren e' IA and
wonder.nglv. "Listen to ma !eosst I
said |. You all know that Fran, ' EGys'
par IS one OF our best scholars Oua'
"Yes, m'-yes, m" cama f,o
parts OF the room, but two ' ov u. al
OF the larger boys sat silent and up 's,ss
pathetic. '"o unsyn'
''You know how ambitious bp :, :.
school, and what a little can.'.n
always "''emaa
"Yes'm. That's so. We kDo.
Only two unsympathetic faces ' wv.
but one of them, that of sulkv ho as: I
the corner, looked as if its owno, wy ~!
mentally saying: Cant think W.. "h's
you re driving at, but I'll never pir uas :
never SWIM
You all know how brave hp u.,
when Joe Willis dropped his new knit, s
between the boards of that un6n; sI's
building on Cor.iss Street. How h. NV
what no other boy in school womb ~
let himself down into the cellar NV
CROPPED about in the dark until he sI for ass
it for him. 'VNa'
1--WE know that yes, IN. Hun,b
for ''au
stop amoment. One thing mo,es
Su.ky-boy's companion was shout,,
with the rest, and Sulky-boy $ own f..
had relaxed.
You all know said l, ..hov h.
took care of Willie Randall when VIII liz
hurt himself upon the ice. How /.
drew him home upon his own sled, On
ing very slowly and carefully, that NM on
Willie might not be jolted, and mai.
ing himself late to school in cons.
quence. @ a
"Yes, IN. Yes, ma am. Hocnr
for little Dunbar!' Sulky.boy W,
smiling now, and 1 knew that nv csu,s
was won.
"Very well," said l. "Now let Us
talk about to-day. He has disobeyed
me. and-of course 1 ought to punish
him."
mo, m. you oughtn't. Don't pun.
lsh him! We don't want him whipped
but | have given my word. ii will
be treating you all unfairly ii break
it. He has been such faithful boz
that l should like very much to forgive
him, but l cannot do it unless YOU are
all willing.''
"We're willing: We'llgiye youls.ve.
Wen forgive him. We'li-'
"Stop! l want you to think Of it care.
fully for minute. Lam going to leave
the matter altogether with you. Ishall
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!
Ifever there was expression in human
hands, saw it in theirs th.t day. Such
a shaking and swapping Of fingers, and
an eager waving Of small palms break
ing out at last into a hearty, simulta
neous clapping, and Sulkv-boy's the
most demonstrative of oil!
"Disorderly," do you say? Well,
perhaps it was. We were too much in
earnest to think of that. Hooked st
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 diyison
larger than the dividends, Or written
the numerals upside down, it would not
have been at all strange, under the cir
cumstances.
And the moral Of this concluded
Miss Jenkins-is that teacher i hu'
man, and a human being doesn talxsys
know just what to do.-NaryC Bari
lett, in 81. Nicholas. d aelaa