Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

saucy nose away up In the air, and q
scornfm look in her pretty blue eyes.
It was more than flesh and blood could
stand. All Toms good resolutions flew
sky-high.
When twelve o'clock came Miss Lin
nets list of delinquents began in this
wise:
WHISPER MARKS.
MnGmds ! hr0wn
There was great excitement among
the little people. How dared any one
be SO dreadfnlly bad! Tommy's heart
sank, sank, sank, when Miss Linnes
said: ''When school begins this after-
noon 1 shall punish Tommy and Ats-
linda"
And she did! She called them both
up on the platform, made them clasp
hands and stand with their backs
against the blackboard, then wrote Just
above their heads:
r ns''nG s1 . Drown E 5 / Il in r.; ss''Er"e'>
Oh, how mortified and ashamed Tom
my was! II only she had whipped him,
or if it had been some other gigl. But
Melinda Jones!!! "a colored girl). At
the end Of ten minutes, Miss Linnet let
them take their seat; but Tommy's
heart burned within him. D0tsy had
laughed Whem he stood there holdsnq Me-
linda JoAnson's hand! There were
deep crimson spots on Tommy's cheeks
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 q sudden commotion on the
other side of the room. Daisy was writ
ing on her slate and Melinda Jones, in
passing to her seat, accidentally knocked
it out OF her hands; without a moments
hesitation, Daisy, by way of expressing
her feelings, snatcbed her slate and
promptly administered such a sounding
''whack!!" IN Melinda's back and shout
ders as brought a shrek of anguish
from that poor, little unfortunate who
began to think that if an the days of her
life We're to be like unto this day, exist
ence would certainly prove a burden
Just about two minutes later Miss
Linnet was standing by her desk, q ruler
in one hand ans 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 sprang 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 a little girl, and
l hmoW she'll cry. it will hurt her so!
I'd rather it would be me every time
than Daisy-truly l won't cry. Oh,
please whip mel"
And Miss Linnet did whip him, while
Daisy, filled with remorse, chung to him
sobbing rs if her heart would break. To
be sure, somebody who ought to know,
told me it was the lightest 'sferuling''
ever child received; but Daisy and Tom
my both assured their mothers that ii
was the ''dreadfulest, cruelcst, hardest
whipping w was"
and did my little man cry" asked
mamma.
mo, indeed! I stood up big as (
could, looked at Daisy and smiled.
cause l was so glad it wasn't herr
Then that proud and happy mamma
took him in her arms and kissed him:
and right ia the midst OF the kissing in
walked Daisy.
would Tommy please ON and
take supper with her?"
OF course he would. and they walked
off hand in hand. When they passed
Dicky's house Tommy suggested:
''S'posing they forgive Dick andl 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 eminentfy
satisfactory arrangement, all round
why, nobody need care.
The children waited outside the gate
while Dick coaxed his mother to let
him go, 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, 1 wish l hadn't said you'd
holler!''--Amy Ierese POaDetSon, IN Wide