The Bossier banner., 1882-08-10
Always Be Hc.est

Gle Nathan to the youngsters M
ever try to cheat at play, at wo,. DIT
lessons. - "oik, ofs
II remember well how ,..,
cheat my teacher once, and hon ~ I
to grief in consequence. ' ea
/ 80 We had new teacher ths.
Miss Mason; and we were all Js,s,
with the way she heard us 1910 rsa
geography the first day. NJ sss..e
the questions around the class Il Lrassns s
but all answered in concert. Nh, su'a
/ it is such fun to school bovs and sss1' ssqs
be allowed to make soire r;r5 Aslq
noise, and we made the Ga - ~ y
house ring. ~ tcnoot
..lt was just the same the -
and the next. There was la,ss.' ,sAs y eag
OF us, and we considered that rssi.ss. y ~
prime fun. tQa
1.-The fourth day Of school -.
and, as drew out the geoersshv ss'ae s
my desk to prepare nv Tlesaoc .. ..on
/ thing seemed to whisner i as!le
What's the use Of your takino & 3 ,'1 y
pains to learn your lessons when ,''sss "
class all answer together? Who !.
ing to notice if your voice ISM am ~
the restp You can pick N s,.ss ,,,,'''aS
from what you know Of georrsnss Z ~
what the rest answer, to put n IS NJ 80 saa
sional word; and it win do i ;ns, s'ss :
WELL s1's
Il suspect that imp Of mischief s..
about and whispered the same II .ss ~
ears OF the rest Of the class; and = q
may conclude so, too, before nv sto,r " !
/ done. | am ashamed to tell Won. H..
that l listened to the evil ss,cuesf;;.' o,'tsA
and spent the time drawing pief1rss ass ss.a =
my slate, and arranging = iack.kp;ss
trade with Ned White, that should hsss NJ.
been given to my geography lessos
And withal the geography was 1 ~.
one that term, and not one Of tha -
had ever studied it before.
-. First class in geographyr c.ll.a
Miss Mason that afternoon. and Is
then there was a knock at the dou
She answered. it as we were taking ow
seats. and ushered in the minister "a "a
his wife, committeeman and bis uile
my two grown-up sisters, and last M
most important of all to me, my caus.
Nathan, for whom / was named aaa
for whose good opinion cared nor
than for almost any other persons n
always had such a pleasant way ii n
warding me when did well, Ind such
a way, too, Of making me feel kjs1lh.
pleasure when was in the wrong, Il
that moment would have Q7ys eYeiy.
thing possessed in the world ia ia
knowledge of my lesson, but IL was ,oo
late to wish for what i might have ia
/ SO easily. 1t seemed to me felt small
and mean enough to crawl into afnot
hole!
sss You may recite in concert, ,.ia
Miss Mason. What peninsulas on the
| Arctic coastp
''' Boothia and Melville piped up 1
small girl, the very least and most diiH.
dent OF the whole class, while the rest d
us sat dumb as statues, but redder ii
the face.
90 In concert!' said Miss M1sus
What ones ON the Atlantic coastg
Again the small girl answered alons
| ".Once more; and this decidedly ID
concert, said Miss Mason. emphaI.
ically. What ones on the Pacific coma
"For the third time Susie answered
alone.
You will now answer BY turns
since you cannot seem to answer iucok
cert, !" said Miss Mason; and three mort
questions went round the class. eact
to be finally answered BY Susie.
:" Miss Mason laid the GEOGRAPHY
down on the desk, with q peculiar smil
on her face. Those of the class wh'
have learned their lesson for to-day WI
please raise their right hands.
Up went one little hand. Susie's
of course.
.. Miss Mason looked amused enoug
to see how the rest of us had wake
into her trap.
- Perhaps you thought She said
that, because had heard YOU allsBe
in concert heretofore, I should alMsy
do the. same; but that is quite uncertain
l shall never tell you beforehand ho'
YOU will answer, so the only safe Wayi
to prepare your lesson. Now, / wi
tell you little story; and then VII
hear Susie recite the rest of her lesson
while the others take their seats an
prepare to recite after school.
!" Once upon q time, the whole worll
agreed to meet together and shout i
at once, to see what great noise
would make. But, when they met
seemed each one thought his voice coul
make no difference in such crowd, >
he would not listen to the rest. Al
thought so except one old lady, VIII
went to do her duty and had no though
of Sinking it. So, when the signal va
given for them to shout. all that wa
heard was one lady squealing eBooP
at the top of her voice. Moral: each q
your duty, and the shout win come.
A shamefaced crew, we went to ol
seats, and into our biographies. Oh
dearl how humiliating it was, befor
visitors, to see the rest of the school dia
missed, while we remained but yo
may be sure we did not need the punish
ment again.
$50 I charge you once more. ~
boys,
Always and everywhere
Be honest and fair"
Illustrated Christian UeeklF.