The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-09


..What' a-coing? What Is it?"
The shouts were excited and long
drawn. and SO was the answer:
1.-The girls are pelting Bill Henderson
cause lie sassed the school-ma am.
Come con-
They were coming. for school had
nrt been out three minutes. and meme
81 them had gone far from y there
had been trouble in the little school
house IL late, and Bill Henderson had
been at the bottom Of good deal Oil.
II was not altogether because ne was
so very bad boy. but he felt i = little
hard to Ne a big n he was. and 10 Pc
fullied for his blunders By 80 very sinai
a woman A. the school trustees had
| chosen Tor teacher that winter Il
might have been different II there had
been any boy little taller 70 SCI him
/ rood example. but all the tall toys
were attcndinx school at the Academy.
/ Thus Bill was left to settle the diiilcul-
\ ties in his own way. and he had not
/ VT been able to settle them At ALL Tor
\ little Miss Narick refused 10 have mercy
4 on his mistakes Of any kind What
4 made ii worse was that she told him.
I three OF ionr TIRES day. that she was
Y his best friend. and wanted 10 help
1 makea man of him.
Bill could have stood . great many
/ things better than he could that for ne
I felt That he was quite near enough 20
4 beng man 70 be sent 10 the Academy
There were other boys in the District
school. but none IL them were large
/ enough Is interfere much with Bill. and
he had his own way good deal ~ any
ont-ol-dOorm matters There were noteten
any large girls. but there was perfect
swarm 81 small ones. aud Miss Narick
NJ had somehow persuaded them All mat
she had come among them as sort q
guardian angel
That was why there was such \ sud-
den silence along the lower benches
and such buzz after j. that afternoon
when Hi Henderson rOundly de-
ciarcds
IL won't spell Il again.
You won't. William Did you say
i won't'9 Spell il again. sir.
II won't don mean 70 LEI any
woman boss me.
spell il. SIR
Bin held down bis head snikily, but
he did MT open his llps rain IN reply
I'd Mss Narick further remar !. 81
which there were many. except ~ the
end of them. when he again biurtcd
out:
II won't be kept alter schoo'. neither
!. not BY any woman.
! III had no, been looking AZ the rows
. Of little faces On those enches. and A
(. Ii had Il would not have occurred X
X him how NAM little women were ~
. ting there. not one ~ them comparing
. IN ONT Of size with even little Mis-.
\ yarick-
!. Particularly be had failed 70 see ihs
7 look 81 wrath IN the black ewes or Poll
X Burbank. and he had no notion 81 villa
\ made her buzz around 80 among ~
\ other girls the moment Mss Naric
n strusk the small brass tca-bel on he
\ de-k. and said;
X school i dismissed viii Sc
X William Henderson about this half al
n hour before school opens tomorrow
Y morning"
X There was . sound Of something 1
n. come III the clear tons ~ the school
N ma am voice. and BIZ head was sti'
70 hanging alitfle when he ~lonched out \
81 the door. and began 10 trudge along til
road toward home
b ..Now. girls. let : pelt hin"
Y II was Polly Burbank's shrill treb'
u that he heard saying that and she ha
e SNOWFALL ready-nade 10 show whs
q he meant. Ii was not very biz &
1e hard one. but Il hit him just under IN
81 left ear. and Kate sullivan followed
A. with another that went into his necl
All anv other time he migh' have set
re work and snow-balled back aga a. b.
d. he knew somehow that Miss Nariek wi
~ watching the fun from the window. an
be that she heard Polly Burbank no
r. again: .Pelt him girls. He said Il
"a was nothing but woman"
ut That was the crime he had commi
81 ted. and he felt meaner and mean
M about Il with every small globe
- packed snow that hit him.
rs -pclt b m, Polly Pclt him, CIR
4 Wen stand BY you"
w Bill hardly cared what boy Il vas N
" said that; but he knew they were col
n. ing back. and following along 70 :
M. fair play. and that they would all
p against him II he dared rebel too 81
~ agely against his small tormentol
They grew worse and worse a.
~ walked faster and faster. and he y
I'll thinking whether or not Il would p
o'e 10 run. when who should drive alo
w but Mrs. Dillawav. the minister's wi
o in her old red cutter. with old N
Burns beside her.
"C;irls' girlsr' exclaimed Mrs Dill
way, s.what arc YOU All about?'