The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-02-16
HE BROKE UP THE SCHOOL

teAcner, hs tne IaTncI PlvuuhhS hr
tie team passed by little white House
standing endwise TO the road. inclosed
ma rather dilapidated fence.
ldy. yes, there's where you'll hold
forth, "remarked Uncle zeke Wood
bufn,s a.but I'm afeerd you won't hold
out lng fur we've got the toughest set
of boys in the State" and sUncis Zeke
caves kind Of cracking little laugh as
he thought of the timid, demure little
damsel at bis side controlling the boys
Of Bear Creek School. @ lg'o aol2,N 7
/, l..But don't the directors sxpel them
when they are beyond the control Of
the teacherpn asked Alice, her heart
beginning to sink at the prolpeot bo-
fore her. . .rira 6"Tg Tn.tr'
..Expel eml no, we never expel no.
body; If teacher can't boss the school
we Just let 1t boss him; it amt our
fight an the school here generally
bosses the teacher, and thar's been
some pretty good men licked In that
school-house by the boys"
Il did not know the school was so
unruly," said poor Alice. wishing
heartily that she had hired out as 3
washerw oman instead of trying to
teach the sayages of Bear Creek. N
V"Oh, we'll, mebbe it won't be 30 bad
this winter; thar's Jim Turner, he's
one Of the toughest OF 'em; he'll be 2l
In month, and youth get rid of him;
but thar's the Brindley boys. they're
mighty nigh as bad" ~ li2ls7
Poor Alice listened with d sinking
heart The cold, hard duties before
her were dreary enough at best; but to
GO alone and unknown into & strange
neighborhood TO teach her first school,
and to be met at the Outset by such
dark prophecies, made her feel home
less indeed, She was naturally tim
i'd, shrinking little thing, and u she
had possessed anywhere on the whole
broad earth roof to shelter her she
would have turned back from Bear
Greek school even then. But she had
no home. Her mother had died whom
she was but IA, and she had kept house
for her father two years, when he di6d.
leaving her all alone. Before he died
he ADVISED her to expend the little nm
he would be able to leave ,b6t in dttlng
herself for teacher, andyiAlice had
fulfilled bis directions so EiiterAllY thst
when, she had completed het course IL
the normal school she had hardly &t0
left and when she paid Uncle Zeke Tor
hauling her and her little trunk from
the nearest railroad town to the dis
trict where she was to teach she had
but s. left. 3 n
On Monday morning when she start
ed for the school-house she felt as If
size was going to the scaffoid Her
course of pedagogics in the normal IN
stitute had included no such q problem
as this school promised to be. and II II
were not for the very shame she would
have given her single IS bill to any
one to take her baokto the railroad
and pay her fare to L., the town whete
she had attended school.
When she arrived at the school house
about twenty or thirty pupils were
grouped around talking, but spell
Of silence fell upon them as she walked
up and saluted them with q good
morning" which was more like tho
chirp OF frightened bird than anything
else. As she unlocked the door and
entered what she had already begun to
regard as chamber Of torture. two or
three slowly followed her into the room,
and depositing their books upon the
whitfield desks, took seats, and fixed
their eyes upon her with stare that
did not help to strengthen her nerves
All the rules and regulations Of her
Theory and Practice of Opening
School Upon the First Day" seemed to
vanish and leave her head whirling in
dizzy heiplessness. She tried to think
OF some cheerful remark, but her brain
refused to form the thought and her
tongue Glove to the roof OF her mout b.
She could see in the faces of her pupils,
most OF whom were now in the school
room. that they were aware Of her
fright and enjoyed it thoroughly by
strong effort she partly recovered
herself and bravely resisted the temp.
tation to lean her head on the desk
and have good cry She felt that she
must do something or faint, so she
rang the bell, though 1t lacked fifteen
minutes TO 9. She began taking dowr
the names and ages Of her pupils, and
by the time this was completed she be-
gan 70 feel more ut ease. Shethen be
gan examining the pupils in their Lii.
ferent branches in order to assign then
TO their proper classes. She had fin
ished the examination in all the branch
es except the advanced reading class
which was principally composed o.
grown girls and young men, among
wnom was the terrible Jim Turner. o1
whom she had been warned.
Several OF the members ~ tba ri. q,
had read, and it was now Tho fun 80 =,
Moses Bradley, huge, heayy-set fsI.
low, with small, malicious ewes and ,
general air of ruthanism. When hs
was called upon to read he did not riss
from his seat, but began to read IL , :,
thick, indistinct voice from a book h;d
den in his lap.
'Mr. Bradley, will you please stan
up when you readp" asked Alice.
Il can read just as well settir
down." replied the fellow with q dor
ged air. .t.frtIFtt TF t
But it is one Of the rules in res.
ing class to stand up TO read" sal
Alice, her heart quaklng with fear
she foresaw the incipient rebellion.
IL reckon you win have to make
new rule for me then" impqdently .