The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-10

ttlnh " rs III inOFe UNFAIR IMAM say
ing that the i1nputation rested on us all
merely because some boy whom you
cannot find outthas told q lie "a - :,
'+You are right = said, land i was
wrong IN saying. so. g Only one boy is
guilty, and ] viii never believe until
his conduct conVinces me that. there is,
another in thissroom who, is so cowarelly
and 'uhtruthftIl :" pot "a = ,titfA - .,.s'l.
! !. rose and went quickly down the
room, seized Atkins BY the. collar and
Jerked him into the center of the, aisle,
and with asVigprou$s shove sent him.
headlong forward towardsthe platform
with a speed that taxed his agility to
keep his feet. I whirled him around
facing the pupils and cried:
'ssAtkins, who wrote that sentence on
the waIl?p ssa ,sf. ..ss j. es.sssf1E 40. =,
'I-I-I did, sir.'' D. a~i1atissa , siit ID
"Of course ypu did q Now Inrgoing
to reverse Johns plan, | am going to
concentrate on your shoulders the pun
ishment that the down East schoolmasA
ter distributed over the whole school
Go to my room, sir. ~. IL ..i,.'e "'f
20, Mr.Jones, III never, never do
SO again Is aaga ggt.sed si iassa .ssf aisias.ff
Il know you won't. -. Go to my
room ''z .'' -, t''i.5 - ..., tsFp''. e te' =
| 1 believe that logging. ike every
| thing. else, If done atsall should be well
done. / don't believe in dress parade.
scarcely ever had. to1whipa boy twice,
on the same principle that, the lad said
lightning, didn n'tstrike twice in the same
| spot-becaase it didn't need to. When
| it became necessary for boy to have
| an interview with me in my room, he
rarely forgot the circumstances. /
always taught school on a somewhat
/ free and easy Manner Iall0wed ample
| opportunity for free speech and en-
couraged it, and Inever laid any claims
ITO that infalH HbilitYwhieh many teachers
! surround themselves with. Boys are
| quick to detect lufnbug, and teacher
never loses prestige with them by adj
Initting that he doesn't know every
/ thing. Althoaghssthe incident / have
| alluded tor consumed the greater part
of avalaabIe forenoon. never thrashed
! smother boy there, and when / asked
the pupils afterward, who did any par
i ticular thing, some one instantly sprang
to his feet and said; ~, .l,4.. '-g,t .
/ II did, slr.# ssaytt h#a IS IS gsssaA =
/ A .PALPABLE HIT. .ag uE ,,ia
| Although boys have many Jsnoble
qualities if they are rightly brought
out, yet ]. regret to say that my expert
ence of them .convinces me that most
boys are cruel and tyrannical. Nothing
| delights scholar a big boy-so much
as to bully, "A teacher. 1t is the height of
a boys ambition. Haven't | done. it
| hundreds of times myself? Next to
that, the domineering over small boys
is a source of deep and lasting delight.
| One January took my place in a
new school, and was, panied to notice
4 that the smaller boys were mereilessly
snew-balled by the big lubbers who
lorded it ever both school-room and
yard. So wen established was this
tyrannicaI rule that I found the poor
little beggars were afraid to answer my
questions about the matter even when
privately put. Consequently, although
/ like to encourage manly sports, was
forced to forbid snow-balling entirely.
| AS it was earlysin the session. and as
the big boys had been in the habit OF
assisting in the government of the
school, and as their ideas on the subject
of snow-balling were not insaccord with
mine, and as it had not yet been settled
who was to run the school that year,
need hardly state that the order was
not obeyed. Next noon went into the
yard as. soon as school was dismissed
\ and found large pile of snow-balls
i heaped up like cannon-balls at a fort.
They were most cruel missiles, having
been dipped in water at. the forenoon
intermis sion and allowed to harden in
the Interim. I picked one up, intend
ing to bring il In with me and show the
utter barbarity of flinging such balls. ;s
"Who made / these p0W-ball lss2'''' ''saal ]
asked a small boy. ssaa ssslsf sassl =. isss..
/ Casting enlightened look around hin
| he answered under his breath:'su" t''A~
i "Jim Higgins. isir.n f@ss& - ~
4 ! Jim massthe biggestland worst boy II
4. school, andsI Thought that if it came tc
/ a tussel between US sassk feltjtsziAevita
bly, would, there was every chance tha
b E.Jim would get the best ofme,.4 j make
no bones of the fact that i sIWas-afraido
him andI had dendeavored' quite unsuc
| eessfully to propitiate him during the
i week that school had been going on
i At this moment Jim entered the yard
j squeezing q. SNOWFALL with his hand'
Il between his knees after the manner o
i boys who want to make a hard one
8 He was making for his pile when h
q noticed me standing by it, when h,
stopped, straightenetf up and aIooked a
II me aYlnannent.as if he hesitated wheshel
Il to drop the snow ball or brazen. 1T out
4 The silence and the eyes of the. who'll
Il school on him braced him up and hl
y cried: sssas = s.a & ie aszs asit 10 ~
i .sMaster, gimme leave?n ii i.is iIHda e
"Certainly. o., = ~ Ae'ss' .., .s,'',, =. i, u
, i With movement like lightning h,
flung The SNOWFALL directly at my
| head. L ducksd like a flash, but th,
ball took the rim of my hat and plas
/ tered it against the neighboring fence
Il had been no sIodehn of "a lsnouaballel
1 myself in my youthful days, but nevel
j flung ball with such vengeance al
. that Isprang erect and said. .-sasz.. q
Il '.Now it's Your turn and sent nil
| ice bolt at him as if it had come from
cannon. duckeds of course. but
J had. calculaaed on that, and the ball hi
. him'square ON the ear with thud tina
! made fny heart stand still He flung