Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-13

saucy nose away up IN the air. and 2
scornful look in her pretty blue eyes;
stand. All Tom's good resolutions h0m
sky-high.
nets list of deIinquents began IN this
wise:
| WHISPER MARKS. -
Thomas Thomas Brown Brow II
| There was great excitement among
the little people. How dared any one
be so dreadfnlly bad! Tommy heart
sank, sank, sank, when Miss Llnnes
! said: "When school begins this after
noon shall punish Tommy and Me-
linda"
And she did! She called them both
up on the platform, made them clasp
hands and stand with their backs
| against the black board, then wrote just
above their heads:
Thomas Brown Partners ii, disgrace.
Me,;nd hn Jones Is plus II -2e
Oh. how mortified and ashamed Tom
nv was! If only she had whipped him,
or if it had been some other girl. But
Melinda Jones!!! Ca colored girD. At
the end of ten minutes, Miss Linnet let
them take their seat; but Tommy's
heart burned within him. Daisy had
lauqhcd aclae,s he stood there holds'ag Me-
linda Johnson's hand! There were
deep crimson spots on Tommy's checks
all that afternoon and a resolute deter
mined look in his bright brown eyes,
but he was. very still and quiet.
Later in the day the children were
startled by sudden commotion on the
other side of the room. Daisy was writ
ing on her slate and Melinda Jones, i'm
passing to her seat, accidentally knocked
it out of her hands; without a moments
hesitation, Daisy, by way of expressing
her feelings, snatched her slate aid
promptly administered such a sounding
'swhack!'' on Melinda s back and Shout
ders as brought shrek of anguish
from that poor, little unfortunate who
began to think that if all the days of her
life were to be like unto this day, exist
ence would certainly prove burden.
:. Just about two minutes later Miss
Linnet was standing by her desk, ruler
in one hand and Daisy's open palm in
the other, while Daisy herself, miserable
little culprit, stood white and trembling
before her AS she raised the ruler to
give the first blow, Tommy spraug for
ward, placed himself at Daisy's side.
put his open palm over hers. and with
tears in his eyes, pleaded in this wise:
please, Miss Linnet, whip me in
stead! She is only just little girl. and
ksaow she'll cry, it will hurt her so!
I'd rather it would be me every time
than Daisy-truly I won't cry. Oh.
please whip men'
And Miss Linnet did whip him, while
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sobbing as if her heart would break. To
be sure, somebody who ought to know.
told me it was the lightest 'feruling''
ever child received; but Daisy and Tom
my both assured their mothers that it
was the .'dreadfulest, cruelest, hardest
whipping ever was
and did my little man cry?" asked
mamma.
mo. indeed! I stood up big as !
could, looked at Daisy and smiled,
cause was so glad it wasn't her."
Then that proud and happy mamma
took him in her arms and kissed him;
and right in the midst OF the kissing in
walked Daisy.
''Would Tommy please come and
take supper with her?''
Of course he would, and they walked
off hand in hand. When they passed
Dicky's house Tommy suggested
''Sposing they forgive Dick and let him
go long too" And Daisy agreeing,
they called that young gentleman out
and magnanimously informed him that
he was forgiven and might come and
have supper with them.
What in the world they had to for
give, nobody knows; but then, SO long
as forgiveness proved such an eminently
satisfactory arrangement, all round
why, nobody need care.
The children waited outside the gate
while Dick coaxed his mother to let
him 60, and standing there, hand in
hand, Daisy plucked up heart of grace
and with very rosy cheeks and an air
about her of general penitence, said
something very sweet in a very small
voice:
I'm sorry you were whipped, and
oh, Tommy, wish / hadn't said you'd
holler!' -Amy Ierese Poscetsoa, IN Wide
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