The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-31

rhe Story ola School Teacher In tho Far
West.
Nye's Boomerang.
We had about as ornery and triiln' a lot
Of kids In Calaveras county thirty years ago
as you could gather up with fine tooth
comb and brass band in fourteen States.
For ways that were kittensome, they were
mode rately active, and abnormally protu.
berant. Thst was the prevailing style OF
Calaveras kid when Mr.. George w. Null
queen come here and wanted to engage the
school at the old camp, where hung up
IN those days when tho country was new
and the murmur Of the six shooter was
heard in the land.
George w. MulQueen was q slender
young party from the efete East, with con-
scientious scruples and a hectic tlueh.
Both oil these was agin him for promoter
Of school discipline and the square root.
He had heap Conformation and big, sor-
rowiul eyes. t3.
So far as Was concerned I didn't feel
like swearing around George or using
any language that would sound IT.
reyelant in ladies' boodore; but IS for
the kids Of the school, they didn't care
blamed cent. They just whooped and hol-
Tered like passel OF Sioux.
They didn't seem to respect literary at
tainments or expensive knowledge. They
Just simply seemed to respect the genius
that come to that country to win their
young love with long handle shovel and
bloodshot tone Of voice. That's what
seemed 10 catch the Calyaeras kids in the
early days.
George had weak lungs, and they kept
to work at him till they drove him into
mountain fever and finally into metallic
sarcophagus. -
Along about the holidays the sun went
down on George ". Mulqueen's life just
as the eternal sunlight lit up the dewy
eyes. You will pardon my manner, but It
seemed To me just as II George had climbed
up to the top Of Mount Calvary, or what.
every 1t was, with that whole school on bis
back, and had to give up at last.
1t seemed kind Of tough 10 me, and
couldn't help blamin' 1t onto the school
some, for there was half dozen big snocz.
e,s that didn't 60 to school to learn, but lust
to raise Ned and turn up Jack.
Well, they killed him, anyhow, and that
settled 1t,
The school run kind Of we'll till Feboo-
wary, and then husky young tenderioot,
with fist like mules foot in full bloom,
made an application for the place, and al.
lowed he thought he could maintain dis.
cipline II they'd give him chance. Well,
they ast him when he wanted to take his
place as tutor, and he reckoned he could
begin to tute about Monday follering.
Sunday afternoon he went to the school
house to look over the grounds and to ar.
range plan for an active Injiu campaign
aein the hostile hoodlums OF Calaresas.
Il Monday he sailed in about 0 A. N. with
his grip.sack, and began the discharge Of
his duties. III
He brought in bunch OF mountain viii.
lers, and after driving big railroad 81 Ike
into the door. casing over the latch, he said
the senate and house would sit With closed
doors during the morning session. Several
large, white-eyed holy terrors gazed at him
| in q kind Of dumb, irquiring tone Of voice,
but he didn't say much. He seemed con.
siderably reserved as to the plan oil the
campaign. The new teacher then I'M,
locked his alligator.fkin grip and took oui
\ Bible and new sell.cocking weapon
that had an automatic dingus for throwing
out the empty shells. 1t was one oil tht
bulldog variety and had the laugh Of Joy
Gus child. 91l1G u
He read short passage from the Scrip
lures, and then pulled Of his coat AMI
1 hung 1t on nail. Then he made fe1
extemporaneous remarks, after which b
salivated the palm Of his right hand, too
the selfcocking sonester in his left, an
proceeded to wear out tho Rads over th
various protuberances Of his pupils.
People passing by thought they must b
beating carpets in the school house. 4