New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-09
LITTLE T0TTY.
A SCHOOL BOARD, IDYL.

,, cverrtbinS That Kid shs read out of
book same ~ nothin an she eau tci on a.! mn YOU
m ,ho,t a elrYhant n cow and the Bible. an tncih
tbncs she glts telin' me yarns out o The hinie,
an is all game she goes A ~, n, en-, wy ha1 a. 10
ma 70 YOU bust yourself alan You he,G mr. nyorr
Ike aIl the words wrong. don't-cher-snow- Moan was
roln down the road AMI he met Moses, ana 10 shss
'1 ti.n Wnses saws: Come on, N0al and let's 60 In
fhc park ana throw stones at the chestnnis. Iueh
noah saTs Lots have adgnkcy. Noses and lceces
rnrn linn you'd explain: hehu gu hnpHt moses ~"
s n, "a mahe ,on die" Totty was evidently an I'M
aginative GIRL and her gits pleascd he ider so sfa
tbat he .ometme, rather we1ried his friends 10y aah5
obc,, tne child In the mornings Mrs. Ellison carried
Tofty across the road 10 hc Board schoo ana the niue
rrel scraps of trifing talk. In the evening jim took
the child knee ana askei lo. l2hs Win so n,
Daniel" the proud parent often sad Tor he enl1yed tne
dramatic "Tcs Yum Ts M n asked shout the came
samson and Joseph aud other thngs then he Pat
crcises This performance delighted him 50 much that
he could hardly keep biz PIPE sgn, or % & az a ,o
AMI he always LEFT the exercises to form the last stage
of his evening. entcrtanmen,. ,,,o,,, .,or,
ri,ed ronrhs hut that f. not 81. Jim Ellison was bt
OF rough in his wa, hut he was = simple ss yla a.
Totv and he touched hs can 10 them clnnsy whrh ne
sot them IN the lane gcnerny S9mpstnK oe ~apds
Iast HIM when Toty made her nrst y'St TO- innt
had fused to the green lelds ~ sur
,ev mi Totty Ind never seen nei IN her iir
her splutterne tax o. te ~" ny o dars arer The
t, n .shrI for rot'y's teacher when the Young
idy came ont linn was attacked by painful nc OF sheep
mum, +, ,ntc "a much care ~ NY CELL aud wac thnkn
nhout akin Won 10 take this " Won don't mnd before
,he teacher well knew what he wae about he put siN
nence into her hand end eetcd away te wen. 10 w.
rnn d"wn their cheeks n fnnny no doubt, but
hariI, laughed when the story w,s loli to NE
ro living creature to whom lfe Ia made peasanler ihan
il to child In good infants sgho" ue,oi, ne n ,T
with al kinds ~ queer coa,ng way. rhe was nr,e,
beaten homS 60 , sG I'm" IN "w are a.
nsed to being hraahcd that they otk nv tot h'uds ny
instinct g protect ncr nend" Men sc y
hcatf when 500 II thorc Il sirh Iona story toM Nv ih
,,br,s noon learned a. single her ont ~ tho dfo cld
~ IN" schoni rho reply which she made when Hho was
tNis her f"f Ia tho back of her head Wa, ouR trmcp-
hcicd nv tho tcachorH' am .a'n III t'm WI, v, H s
"ss Of s,plc hind root lolts Iccilstiona were ed.
nlr,ne, ehc gra,gb told lhg ah'cn,u,sn q" uo "i n
usntomimc was comic TINT she va, generally brought
mont Of The class ~ snow Ss, -,od ,,e .nha-
ne w. ncriorm The feat witch jim described readlu-
onI OF a book nuihin'" Tho book being ilny
primer Of course. Then she found that certain words
book could he oun1 the printed pages then shr TOOK
10 pnzzng words FOR herself rom the great cnrn on
the wall In short she conducted herself as iotwaru
gsters generally do. When Ioity was about hye
years old the mrtIess determined tnnt her peI THo no
began 10 learn arithmetic she also learned sewng ana
made brave attempts to knit The Board inspector iof
thc district liked to Infant school children pushed ON
ana h. was very fond Of putting iGEcy TESTS IN oruer
to find out who really the best sch"o mstresses IN
hi. dstrct As his Judgment greatly valued ny the
school Management CoiGInittee II wis ohy h1iAl tai
hard to he pAced on his special
merit list and chi lreu prcsscd-gently In some
cases clumsy in ohersso that advanced results might
he showp The inspector always said: lie very easy
win tbe children who prtcocou,, and easier still
with those who III fed but am not sure that his
Tottys teacicr began giving work 10 her stand
ard children about two month. before the inspectors
saw his little girl actu ally handling pen lofty SAT on
high chair aud wrote AZ the deal table Jim stood be-
mo"cncnts Of hl+ idol Totty OF course put out her
dansied her fat little leg. absurd fashion, she
aio her corpncnt letters and figures Jim thought the
tbins lila we're is! Why she'll writin OF in
less than at ALL and dom OF same as you Iecl
and when She managed TO 10 her tiny sums right. snc
was pctrd aud Kissed by her teacher she was most
Look here nv boy Tg,iy was sadly rrcyerent in her
mode Of addressing her big father, You got to make
father does her sums for her oa the door, AMI she
fciency never struck him painfully before and he
humbly said: Lor my gel, can RECKON up ny CONS
head should doing OF Fem all wrons. an then yoar
teacher would round on ne proper Then Toity. with
n, 70 make Won sorry" The lessons every
night ana as they ahstruse Jim ceased to
more Charlotte" he observed his wife; that kids
gctn' amazn. and we must save the beer money for
Zen ,,ged hard To- fnd words 70 express mis- exact
want be at ia this don't yon knoT Tier toys has to
tnetc some wny See Z" So m dropped his beer, and
saved "a cup Of tea to sip with his pipe
So matters went for long time and Tottys learn
ing grew ote beyond her fathers powers OF dcscrlp
ton The head mistress OF the school gradually put more
and more pressure on the standard o. which she was
Tlie-book. an this supreme honor MEDIA towering point
Of attainment below VIII Oh the ms'ie,s could ntyer LET
u" Ick io Scoo gsin SAID Jim whose habit.
and thmahr. were ap, to move in grooves thats rum
start, old lady W0ts up T. Teacher wants Us from
sS S Jim had Sarraned to have Danc and Mcsc
aud the exercises all again when che home lessons
were done, but he carried he daring willingly, and
She spoiled his last SMOKE 10y insisting putting
sweet iato MS mouth but he did NOS mind: he would
have accepted bitter alocs from the same hand. He |
heard tae story OF naughty g!rl who always nodded
through opening her fgrandmothers .snuf-box. |
and after this improving tale was told lofty went TO
half past in The morning. and one day during tho
time when the spell o. eS,a school WORK VA, in prosrsss
breath amt right an seed her awi.tln her face funny
sis" But the little Glrl was merry at night ana
eased her father with such Vivacity that lie LOST all
slavery t. which his learned offspring hal reduced him
During the day he would often explode ia laughter he
went on WIN N"ih' "u" HicettoHcn' NO
was eager-only too eager his chums ssd-to furnish
some wittic.n o: his daughteis No one could the
point OF the joke except himself but that showed how
lcep the girl was. he thought
Jns intense pride indirectly tended spur Totty on.
ma the child wOud have cried gieyousy had she been
yep, from her dored teacher and the gay
choOrOom Such continuous effort could not on
without causing some change in little Totty's appear
ince and Jim at length rasped the fact that sho
CROWN thin Can't make the hid out Her temper
lint wot IL used 10 be, and there's sOmmat up with her
ace" This was Jins comment one sunday when his
low mind had greater scope than usual for sustained
hOught Poor sOn he dii not that hi, daughter
icing quietly worried into weakness. She was never
punished even by rough word; she loved tile ground
Ter teacher walked yet that kind. tempered
yeared teacher inicting hurt tiny folks
egarded their mistress being TO be worshipped.
In the night TOtty talked INDUCED In that
lablt o. sleep-walkng which Is believed In certain
uarters result from over-pre But she dreamed
much and often told her mother odd things breakfast
line Sometimes during the dsy fell Useless FOR av