The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-02-16

replied the ruffian, leering at her i'm
.pndently.
But / can break your bones for you
In half minute, and I'll do 1t II you
don't stand and read as the teach
or asked you 10, said voice at the
iothef end of the class, and Alice look
ed In that direction and saw jim Tur-
'net step from the class and lace the as
tohishSd Nose. " 5,.t.e5i
Moses insolent manner abated in an
instant, his face turned pale. and he
muttered something about not being
"bossed by other boys" but he stood
up Is he was commanded.
Alice could have kissed her young
champion for very gratitude. but she
mustered all the dignity she could COM
mand, and said:
vMr. Turner, cannot allow you to
interfere In the management Of my
school; take your seat.
Tho youth obeyed without a word,
but kept his eye on Nose. as II watch
| ing for any delinquency, After this lit
tle episode the exercises proceeded
without Interruption till noon.
!, Alice, had no appetite for dinner.
\ She leaned her throhbing head upon
the desk and wondered wearily how
long she could endure this.
She was arpused by one Of the little
girls running up " her, exclsiming,
'Teacher, teacher. the big boys are
6ghtingr' She followed the child, ex-
/ SlSiming '.Oh, why did Lever come In.
|, 70 such 9 den of, wild beasts?" At the
rear Of the sohoolhouse stood Jim Tur-
ner engaged in hand-to-hand combat
with Nose Bradley and his two broth.
ers, both Of whom we're grown. As
Alice, stepped around the corner Jim
sent Nose reeling to the earth and then
I turned like lion upon his two remain
ing ASSISTANTS. They rushed at him
from two sides, but Jim was as active
as b panther, and Bill Bradley fell as
K'shot, from q left ft-handed blow, and
his brother Tom followed him in an in
slant BY this time Nose had secured
a ball bat and rushed upon Jim, but
the latter evaded the blow, and
wrsnehing the bat from his hand
knocked Nose headlong with blow Of
his fist. q fre'"ha ~ F'u"
ad'As' the discomtited trio arose jim
laughed lightly, and asked them ''how
they liked It as far as they had got, :"
picked Up the bat he had taken from
Nose and called ont, Come on. boys,
let's have q game Of ball"
The combat ended so quickly that
Alice had no chance TO interfere, but
she felt that IL would not do to let this
open violation OF school rules pass un-
punished, 50 she rang the bell. When
the pupils were assembled she called
the culprits up to the desk, and asked
what the fight was about and who be-
gan it The Bradleys stood sulen and
silent, but Jim answered. ~ would
rather not tell what 1t was about, but l
began it by knocking Nose Bradley
down. Alice knew the fight was the
result Of Jim's espousal Of her cause in
the reading class, and her voice falter-
cd IA she said: 'Then I shall have to
punish you; hold out your hand''
Jim obeysd her instantly. She took
up the ruler with trembling hand
and began the punishment Jim's face
never changed muscle. The look
upon twas one Of quiet obedience In
which there was no trace OF either bra
vsdo Or suNenness. AS Alice inflicted
the blows on the hand so quietly held
out TO her, the thought rushed upon
her mind that She was shifting the only
hand that had been raised to betriend
her In that lawless region.
Her face grew pale. the blows fell
falteringly, the tears began TO run
down her cheeks, the ruler fell from
her hand, she sank into her seat, bur
led her face into her hands, and burst
into storm Of sobs. H
Then Jims counteuance changed.
His lip quivered. he dashed bis hand
across his eyes TO clear them of unnat-
ursl dimness,, and the great lump In
his throat Seemed to choke him. A
chuckle from Nose Bradley recalled
his self-possession, however, and he
took . step or two toward the latter
with eyes that fairly blazed with hot
indignation! y r. rEo' 'H'A .
Nose rapidly retreated a step or two,
and his chuckle died an untimely
death. and for fuli minute silence
reignsd over the schobl-toom, At last
Alice raised her head and In . broken
voice dismissed the pupils to the play
ground ~ son| 80 fe-f'' .'f ''-''' J.
As the children passed out she heard
some say, s"So you've got whipping
after an. jim" and Jim's reply, Yes,
and I've got enough to pass some of it
around Y anybody is anxious about
it." >" ''''" -
At | o'clock Alice rang the bell with
a feeling Of utter despair; but no school
ever moved more smoothly than did
her school that afternoon. Quiet obe-
dience, stady, good lessons, and res
pectful attention were universal. But
Alice had determined to quit the school;
she felt as'n she would rather be the
poorest washerwoman than to be badg-
cred, bullied, and tortured for months
at time bysa set Of brutal ruffians,
whose parents employed her for the
sole purpose q enduring this martyr
dom: :e'''iou'' Dlf P@'' W.
So when Alice locked the school
house door that evening II was with a
mingled feeling OF relief and humilia-
ton that she started TO offer her resig-
nation to the directors As she left
the school-house she saw Jim Turner a
few ysrds ahead OF her walking rapidly
toward home She called his name,