The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-08-31

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But she had 10 home. Her moth
er had died when she Was but iour-
teen, and she kept house for two
years for her father when he died,
leaving Alice all alone. Before his
death be advised her TO expend the
little SUN he would be able 10 leave
her, in fitting herself for a teacher.
aud Alice had fOlhlle,l his request
so literally that when she had con.
pleted her course of study az
normal school, she had scarcely ten
dollars left, aud when she paid
Uncle Zeke tor hauling ber aud her
little trunk from the. Reares. E&il.
road town to the district where she
was to teach, she had but five dol
lars left.
On Monday morning as she start
eel for the scbool-house, she felt MS
ii she was going to the scaffold
her course OF pedagogics at the
normal institute had iucluded no
such problem as this promised to
be, and, II 1t were not tor shame,
she would have given her single
FIVE dollar bill to any one TO take
her back to the railroad and pay hel
tare to L., the town where she had
attended school.
When she arrived at the school |
house, about 20 or 80 pupils vert
groaped around, talking, but a
spell of silence tell upon them as
she walked up aud greeted them
with n "good morning. which. was
more like the chirp of frightened
bird than anything else. AS sue
unlocked tue door aud entered
what she had already begun to re.
gard as chamber OF torture, three
or four slowly followed her into tue
room and deposited their books on
the Whitfield desks, took seats aud
fixed their eyes upon her with
stare that did not help strengthen
her nerves.
All the rules and regulations Of
her theory aud practice for opening
school upon the first day, seemed
TO vanish and leave her brain whirl-
ing In dizzy helplessness. She tried
to thiuk Of some cheerful remark,
but her brain refused to form the
, thought aud her tongue Glove to
tue roof OF her mouth. She could
I see in the face of the pupils, most
OF whom were now in the school
room, that they were aware of ller
fright and enjoyed it thoroughly.
By u strong effort she partially
recovered herself aud bravely re.
sisted the temptation 10 lean her
head Oh the desk and have good
cry. She felt that she must do
something or faint, SO she rang the
bell, although IL lacked fifteen min.
utps to nine. She then began ta
king down the names of the pupils,
and by the time she had completed
she began to feel more at ease. She
then began examining the pupils IN
the different branches IN order to
assign them to their proper classes
She had flushed the examination In
all the branches except the advan.
ced reading class, which was prin-
cipally composed OF grown girls
and young men, among whom was
the terrible Jim Turner OF whom
she had been warned.
Several OF the members OF the
b GLASS had read and it was now the
turn of Moses Bradley, u huge,
heavy. set fellow, with small, mali.
{, cious eyes, and u general air of ruf.
y fianism.
J. When he was called upon to read,
o he did not rise from his seat, but
n began to read In thick, indistluct
voice from a book in his lap.
d "Mr. Bradley sou will please
|. stand up when you read!" said
Il Alice.
q ~ kin read just as we'll sittin'
. down. replied the fellow with Il
If dogged air.
It "But IL is one Of the rules of n read
d ing class to stand up to read,' said
If Alice, her heart quaking with tear
rs she saw the lncipient rebellion.
Il III reckon you will have to make
Ie u new rule for me, then, ,'impudent
E, " answered Nose, glancing side
g wise ut his companions with grin
of triumph.
81 at you do not obey Inc shall
10 be obliged to punish you," said
!; Alice, bravely, although sue could
Ie hardly stand up.
le II guess all the punishment you
" could do wouldn't break any of my
i boues," retorted the ruffian, leerins
at her impudently.
Is "But can break your bones sol
Q sou in half minute, aud Ill do it
Is II you don't stand up aud read al
10 the teacher asked you to-" said ,
4. voice at the foot Of the class, and
40 Alice looked In that direction ant
n. saw Jim Turner step from the clas'
aud face the astonlshed Nose.
I'd Moses insolent manner was gon'
10 in an instant, his face turned pale
III aud he muttered something abou
being "bosssd by other boys,' bu
k. he stood up as he was command
es cd.
ut Alice could have kissed her younI
IN champion tor very gratitude, bu
ID she mustered all the dignity sh
be- could have commanded and said
rk "Mr. Turner, cannot allow you
ss interfere in the management OF in