The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-26

scornful look III ner preuUy Dlue 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.
Thomas Brown 10
Melinda Jones ii
There was great excitement among
the little people. How dared any one
be so dreadfnlly bad! Tommy's heart
sank, sank, sank, when Miss Linnet
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 blackboard, then wrote just
above their heads:
Thomas Brown Partners in disgrace.
Melinda Jones ID plus II -@
Oh, how mortified and ashamed Tom
my was! If only she had whipped him,
or il it had been some other girl. But
Melinda Jones!U "a colored girlD. At
the end of ten minutes, Miss Linnet let
them take their seat: but Tommy's
heart burned within him. Daisy had
laughed Dhen he stood there holding Ne
linda JohnSon'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 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 moments
hesitation, Daisy, by way of expressing
her feelings, snatched her slate and
promptly administered such sounding
.'whack!" on Melinda's back and shoul-
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 a burden.
just about two minutes later Miss
Linnet was standing by her desk, a 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 lust little girl, and
knoW 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, clung to him
sobbing as if her heart would break. To
be sure, somebody who ought TO know,
told me it was the lightest 'Geruling'
ever child received; but Daisy and Tom
my both assured their mothers that ii
was the "dreadfulest, cruelest, hardest
whipping ever was.
"And did my little man cry?" asked
mamma.
"No, indeed! l stood up big as
could, looked at Daisy and smiled
cause | was so glad it wasn't her."
Then that proud and happy mamms
took him in her arms and kissed him
and right in the midst Of the kissing il
walked Daisy.
"Would Tommy please come anC
take supper with herP"
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 hin
90 long too" And Daisy agreeing,
they called that young gentleman out
and magnanimously informed him thai
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 Ions
as forgiveness proved such an eminentl.
satisfactory arrangement, all round
why, nobody need care.
The children waited outside the gat'
while Dick coaxed his mother TO lie
him 90, and standing there, hand il
hand, Daisy plucked up heart of grac
and with very rosy cheeks and an al
about her Of general penitence, sal
something very sweet in a very smal
voice:
"rm sorry you were whipped, an
oh, Tommy, 1 wish hadn't said you
holler!'-Any Terese PoDclSon, IN Wid
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