The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-02

the master.
II expect q spirit of obedience in my
school, my young friend, said inc
teacher, "and / shall insist upon it."
II don't care what you expect, =
growled the young %ruffian; | should
like to see You help yourself"
The teacher bit his lip, while his face
whitened, especially as he heard a
snickering laugh spread among the
scholars, but he showed no other signs
of temper unless it might have appeared
in his eve.
"Will you return to your seat and be-
have Yourself, and thus e~loy the ne
cessity for my helping myself"
mo I won't" was the reply.
"Then," said the young teacher, you
shall be made to obey me-"
He reached to his desk as he spoke,
and took his ruler therefrom, when,
turning to the rebel, he told him to hold
out his hand. The boy, with a surly
and impudent brow, kept his hands per-
sistently in his pockets, looking around
the school for encouragement. He evil
IDENTIFY regarded the master as an easy
conquest, and felt sufficient strength
within himself to cope with the school
master.
Hold out your hand, sir, the teacher
repeated. in a more commanding tone.
Refusing to obey, he received a smart
rap oyer the knuckles from the ruler,
when drawing his hand suddenly from
his pocket, he gave the teacher a severe
flip in the side of the head, and then
"pitchhG in" In a moment the school
was in confusion. The bOlder boys
mounted upon the benches to see the
progress of the row, and the tlmld sat
still and trembling, waiting the result
very anxiously.
The master, when thus assailed, did
not hesitate for a moment. His delicate
frame seemed to dilate with the spirit
evoked by the young ~rufian, and the
sinewy strength brought to pervade him.
He was smaller han his antagonist, but
had, by iudicious training developed his
muscle in a powerful degree. He threw
his, ruler away and grappled with his
antagonist, and the struggle for mastery
commenced in earnest-science against
strength. The boys evidently thought
their associate needed no assistance, for
they did not nov to aid him, and thus
the field was left to the two combatants.
They swayed this way and that way,
back and forth, hither and thither,
straining and striving, pulling and jerk
ing, till, with a master stroke of science,
the master brought his pupil forward on
his knees, and then by an adroit twist,
turned him over on his back, like a tur-
tie at Halls waiting for the immolating
knife Immediately improving his OPP
portunitg, he threw himself upon his
PROSTATE foe, and commenced mauling
him in the most approved chancery mode
-hammering away at him, perhaps
in a manner not exactly sanctioned by
the rules of the ring, but fully iusti-
fled by the case. The boys seemed pa
ralyzed with establishment at the unex-
pected result, and the bully after an
unsuccessful struggle to release him
self, roared out Justify for
quarter, which was granted on the con
dition of good behavior while in school.
He was then allowed to get up. and, in
the vocabulary of the ring, was found
to be severely punished" His nose
had suffered, and his eyes We're essen
italy banged up. He looked sneaking
and used up, and stood before his mates
q conquered game chicken. His infu-
ence was from that moment gone, and
when the master stood up before his
school, as calm and collected as if he
had been merely setting a copy instead
of an example, they sunk into their
seats with an implied concession that
they found tLsir master. Not n sound
was heard from n Of them.
"WelI, boys" said he, aifthere is any
other one disposed to disebey me, /
should like to have the matter settled
now. Those disposed to be obedient, and
will pledge themselves to obedience, will
please rise in their seats"
They all rose.
"Now / viii tell you, that / am dis
posed to Yield equal and exact justice to
all-kindiy If you will, but as you will
looking significantly at Brown)-be
good boys, and | am your friend. 1 am
going to take a botanical stroll in the
woods, on Wednesday, and those who
behave themselves in the meantime may
accompany me. DO you wish to go?"
"Yes, sir" was the unanimous voice.
He felt that he had ~triumphed, and
babe them be seated.
"Now, Brown said he, l must finish
up this business with You. You seem
sore in body and spirit, and you may
either 60 or stay. If you think you
have been wronged, appeal tothose who.
may right YOU"
Brown went to his seat, and gathered
up his books. He was angry and
ashamed, and with a sneaking, hangdog
sort Of a look, he departed. The boys
settled down to their studies and the
school began To be cheerful and indus