The Panola weekly star., 1885-12-05


he had hal 70 saN sood m a halfholi
day
Miss Stanley looked Al bin ~ II NJ
WAS nie blaesi loy In ibe whoie school
and said ~ pleasantly "Chahey, you
father wants you excused ~ that yol
may be ai boma by half pasl tvo NJ
Il going 70 drive over 70 ROsbnry b
catch The train, and YOU afe b. 10 win
him Charley gave one look NJ lbi
clock The train leayos KosbUry atlhfee
aud II .,as now half past and then hl
covered his face with biz hands, nnd M
down without saying word.
W. all felt awful sorry for him n
had bo,n talking about That TRIP for owe
q week, mud now he had lost II
In some way Miss Stanley Away
comes mi ahead
Some way We all like Miss Stanley
too We can't help IL, she Ia 80 Just an,
yet NJ kind to ~ ALL Wrong.doing m,
meanness, tell you, don't flourish IN
der her oYo. When a boy don't com,
right up 10 the mark, she looks nj yol
with such grioyed look that you fec
yourself growing smaller and smaller
and somehow tho next time yon ar,
tempted to do anything mean you
don't do II.
The last meeting of the club was n,
meeting nj all. for Miss Stanley had In
yltct ua MI 10 her house nj seven o'clocl
10 show us her microscopes, and IN,
fellows we're 80 much afraid that the,
would be late, that we had to give th,
meeting up.
Didn't We have jolly time, though
Could we ever have believed that IN,
finest needle through the microscope
would look just like u rough iron bari
And ilyl My! but hin't they curlou.
little codgers, with suckers ON thei
feet 40 they can walk upside down, jus
as easy rs boy can 90 swimming, Ant
their eyesl But you'd have laughed |
you could have seen how many thcr,
are Of them. Why, they can see up ant
down, and backward and forward, an,
round corner. Can't catch Mr.. Fly
mapping.
Miss Stanley talks TO us about things
She says We must cultivate a feeling o
kindness for the least Of God's creatures
that He has given TO rs pleasant homes
with friends who love us. and that W,
must never stand by and see any Of th
dumb creation hurt or abused wiihou
helping them.
Boys don't say much about thes
things, but they think good deal.
caught Reub Colyer tho next day care
fully throwing all the crumbs out Of hi
dinncr-pall where the snow.birds coul,
get them. And after school, when W
all went to Watts rnbbit-trap. and foun,
rabbit caught by tho leg. why, we Jus
helped Wat put the leg In spllnts, an,
then we broke tho trap, Wat Is goin
70 try and tame the rabbit, and then Civ
Il 10 Miss Stanley.
We stayed until after nine o'clool
and after we had said good night an
were all outside, Ben Wade said "Thrc
cheers for Miss Sianleylh and tell yo,
we gave them with n will.
Dec. 20.--A great sorrow has con
upon us'l Miss Stanley has Just tol
the school that after tho twenty .fourl
Of December she Il not going TO tea,
any more. Tho girh cried. aud II
cried, too. On my way home m
Uncle Guy, aud when he saw my ey
were oil rcd, he saldi ''Becn whipp,
to-day, ehP" Aud told him no; 90,
deal worse than that; Miss Stanl,
wasn't going 10 teach any more. |
said ''What! Had tho club put h
outp" lguess II he was boy. aud IN
found a teacher who knew somcthIn
he wouldn't feel quite SO chlrkcy II tL
teacher left. When | told him 80,
laughed, aud said II was hard cas-
and he'd try To think of something
drown our sorrows.
Dec. 2L--l guess Uncle Guy did fc
sorry for US, for this morning he can
10 the school aud invited Us all 10 h
house Christmas night toa party. MI
Stanley aud all. My Uncle Guy Is
bachelor, but he has an elegant hous
full of beautiful things which he got
Europe. aud when he does give a par,
he does i up grand. lie always boar
to our housc, and many u good ridc
| get behind his pair Of tro,ters. I ask,
him only the other day why he didr
take Miss Stanley out to ride. and /
face got awful red. lie gcls mGd
nothing sometimes. so | didn't say an
thing more about Il.
| believe every boy IN the school, fro
Wat TO Jimmie Green. has asked MI
Stanley II he can take her To the par
that night; but she said. rs she conldu
20 with us all. sho would meet us ther
SO we boys are going 10 meet at u
house, and all 90 together My moth
helps Unole Guy entertain us. and
never saw her 80 much pleased oy
anything. She laughs every time | 81
word about H. | like the party to
but what'sa fellow 30 do when the par
u over. and his icachcr Is gomez II
club met aud drew up \ set of rcsol
tions. which we are 10 send 10 Nj
Stanley. Uncle Guy helped us dra
them up.
Dec. 20. The boys MI came TO N
hoase. and At eight We started for unc
Guys The house looked splendid. 4
= blaze ot light from the Top to II
bottom. When we got 10 the front doc
nobody would ring. We all wanted
20 In last You see. we didn't often 2
TO grand party. and 81 We lost o.
courage.
Al las, Igsve the bell a pull. Instant
the door opened. and we all crowd,
into the hall. Ny mother stood In II
parlor, and she said; "Up stall
CRANKY" and 50 I went ahead. v
took our caps and overosts OF. ~
every boy had = pretty little bu,ton-ho
bouquet pinned on bis coat By a vel
solemn black fellow. wonder whe
unols Guy could have got himP
don't belong In these parts. Tn.
sambc said NOW. young gemms
walk down 10 de parlor."
We went down. and the boys 10
ccps round on their toes. and didn
dare speak on, loud. everything was
grand. Ny mother looked awful han
some In brand new silk drss. .he shos
each boy the hard. and that MAJ
him bel good. UneIs Guys house ii
long padorS with library At the en-,
Ihers an hhR sslva curtains beswes
The p.rlcr cad lIhrsry, which are a
ways booked back. but tonight ths
rcfr dovn. md Uncle Guy nowhere
9s9e ''no,her." whispered. n,
4Dkl come yet, and where
Veb NV He vill b here PIE
eeuy." sAe said. my dear. trr "a
nshs - fEissds ~ = hone usiIl