West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-13

mind, fully established. his physical
mold of form har " denoted the ucCes-
sarv amount OF muscle Cr wind for tho
place,
"NGd becn considerably bother,xl. |
told i'm, by hevin' he'd Sich slender. un-
wholesome chaps, who he'd rashly m-
dcrtook 10 run tho school. git worstcd
in every encounter of Importance they Il
he'd with somo O the moro advanced
scholars. Durin the last term. ON two
or three 'caSionS. tho onpsidCdncsS q
these contests he'd resulted i'm the cptirr
disruption, Sortor. o. the school. an the
rctlrin To the neighborin' woods O. the
school-toachel.
Nothing | said. seemed to tend to
the Reorganization an gineral disuuiCt-
in - the educational system OF our
community rs to hov a teacher take holt
% 1t thet he'd only mediocre attaiumrnis
I'm baCk-hecliu', collar-an' elbow an
plum out-an'-out knockin' down an
iallin' onto. l candidlv tole i'm that
is afcCrcd he ii be Minded in "A few
roun's even 10y some o the Younger an
less ambitious pupils What could we.
the School Board. hcv 60 expect. then.
when hos tackled an tackled ho
would be, by one or more o. the head
scholars, wCighiu', after harvest. one
hundred and ninety pounds i'm their bare
feet There was pupils ON the ron a.
thct littlo country school. thct with ono
solid Jolt under the hat rim. could show
him more stars than all the colleges an
obserVatorics in the hull Western Re
serve.
He looked lcedle excited an more
earnest like, at this, but said right on
he d undertake it anyway cf he could
hcv the chance, as lac was hard up an
wanted money bad TO complete his ihco
logical studies | smiled some ct th,
ldce o how them bIg siN-foot students
I'd help pave his way to the miniStcry.
"WcI, we concluded TO give i'm "a
chance, aS he knew somethin' already.
an was quiet an willin' TO learn more.
an we hoped this experience would. ON
the whole, at least not have tendency
to upset, but strengthen, rather, his
purpose IN life. The day-school opened.
! made IL pint TO 20 roun' TO the
school house long bout the middle o
the forenoon, determined rather n 10
hey the clover young fcller hurt I'd
take a ham myself On cntcrin the
school-room Is surprised To at fust see
nobody but the slim Young teacher, an
him very detected an anxious lookin'
Gon "a ways up the aisle | seed two %
the ole time ringlcaders o school-house
racket, scttin' quietly in n corner pale
an streakcd an with heads tied up, but
very intent on their lessons
My friend, said tho teacher. Il m
icercd your no doubt well Intended
description o these pupils, was, un
wisely, very much oycrdrawn B'lcViu'
implicitly, every word We uttered, |
come yerc determined 10 win
cr t d be the fault o the referee.
An' when these two fcllcrs showed 'ct
they g spilin fer fight, | give it 10
en- without single stipulation, an
the best he'd in the shop, never think
in but what they knew SOmcihiH o.
sparrln. Ierc We see the result
sweeping his arms languidly over the
empty benches an towards the two
damaged but studious youths i'm the
corner % course he continued. i
Knocked out the grccnics too quick for
common exercise. an so doin' inno-
Gently got in on EN- 80 hard that they
II be no good To- study, though now
ever SO keen, fer two weeks. The rest
o the school tuck 10 the woods before
the close o the fust an only roun'
"Sinkin' back into dispiritod Ecap
he wound up with. I'm foerod I've
busted the school mp
An would yc believe it? We
couldn % no more git single scholar
10 go 10 school agin TO thct feler than
nothinI SO we finally he'd TO fire i'm
with two hull months uncarncd pay in
his pockets. Sum, me ScaramOuch.