News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27


they true? Was the teacher interested
: in his welfare for the sake of CARRYING
t out a plan of her own2 He couldn't be-
t 6eve she was deceiving him, and yet
she might be
'1'd rather be thrashsd than made a
Y fool of, - he said to himself, bitterly.
2 eff l thought she ws foolin' me I'd
raise Cain-I know Icclld if l tried, for
q l haint forgot how"
f The seed of mischief hid taken root.
1t grew rapidly. The boys saw that
l John was thinking of ad were not
1 backward in helping thematter along.
Like all boys, they wereeager for ex-
citement, and were 2. ps5ieular about
the kind {. lozai ~ nA u ~ 49, t about
They told themselvesrIat ths stwanted
some fun," and did not stn to think
5 about the difference betweenpure, inno-
cent, healthy fun, and miscief which
| involves wrong doing,
The trouble that had bee brewing
, eliminated one day in Johrs Getting
, himself loose In Other words, he gave
! himself up to his old rebellpus conduct,
and caused such disturbance in the
school that Miss Waynetold him be must
remain after the othersEer dismissed
she wanted to talk with him. The
scholars looked at each Other when she
said that with knowing wlnhs and sig
nifcant smiles.
''Heu catch it, =" whispered one.
''She can't lick him. was the reply. |
''But she'll have him turned out o.
school," said the other; "you see If she
don't. She's clear grit an If she can't
1, +o
will another"
When school was dismissed John was
ready to go with the others. He wasn't
going to stay to be talked tol
But he found that be bad mo- his
match. Miss Wayne came and sat down
by him before he could leave his seat,
and began to question him about an e1-
ample he had got interested IN. He cast
longing looks toward the door as the
other children filed slowly out, looking |
back with mods and smiles and tantallz-
ing gestures at the boy who had been
asked ''to stay after school" But some
thing in the teachers manner was pow
erful enough to hold him from breaking |
away from her.
At last the tramp of feet and the noisy
chatter died away and the little school
house was strangely still. For some
minutes Miss Wayne said nothing-she
was thinking what to say. John had
never felt so uncomfortable in his life.
He wished he could get away, but he
dared not attempt it,
AT last
ooh, john | am so sorry," she said.
Then her lips quivered, her eyes filled
with tears, and she dropped her head on
her hands and cried
John Emerson sat Their with strange
emotions at work in his leart. Her few,.
had hurt her; her so1Iow was as much
ON his account as on her own, He
had never thought it possible that
any one could care about him
like this before. Her tears ap-
pealed to sometbi3 in his nature that
nothing had ever Jyached befof6. The /.
manhood of the body responded to the
appeal that was all the more eloquent
because of its simple pathos.
'I-I wish you'd thrash me-" cried
John; ''you ought to-l deserve it. /
never used anybody so mean afore, for
nobody ever was so kind to me. I-rm
awful sorry, /" And then he broke
down and cried '1ike baby" he told
his mother afterward
''Do you mean that, John2" asked Miss
Wayne, lifting her head and showing
face wet with tears; 81 hope you do, for
If you are sorry. think you will try to
do better. 1 am sorry because l had
hoped to help you. can, know, If
you will do your share of the work
You must see, John, that am working
for your good, and not to further any ,
selfish, ambitious plans Of my own. 1t
would cause me great pain to have to
ask the trustees to KEEP you out OF
school. I shall not do it unless you
force me to. I know what you have to
fight against; I have seen it all along.
Do not listen to what is said. Think
that we understand each other when
they would try to make trouble between
us, and that is enough. Let us begin
over; shall we2'
Tiff you think there's any use in
it" said John.
''Then we'll shake hands on the agree
ment," said Miss Wayne, and her face
was radiant.
John put his hand in hers and looked
up at her wondermgly. She was reve-
lation to him, puzzle-because she was
his friend; that made her unlike any
body else.
''Did you thrash him?" asked Squire
Holcomb when she came home.
''No," she answered; II don't De-
ieve in 'thrashing' and never praetloc
it."
II s'pose you want we should keep
him out O. school, then, after thisF'
''No, sir" was her reply; "John
Emerson shall never be kept out OF
school by my wishes" =,
"How're you goin' to git long with
him, then9" asked the puzzled Squire.
''Ef you didn't thrash him he knows he's
boss, an you won't be able to do any
thing with him after this"
81 do not think shall have any fur
ther trouble with him, % answered Miss
Wayne. ''There would have been no
trouble now if Others had not provoked
it. John Emerson has more manliness
than ..he jssgrvcH f<A.s- ana shall
govern him by appealing to his sense of
honor and friendship. Treat a boy as
if he were an animal, and quite likely
he will act like one; treat him as you
would be treated were !ou in his place,
and he will astonish you by the ease
with which you can govern him. Friendly
words are more powerful than rods of
iron, Squire HolcOmb, if managed prop
erly."
'Dunno but yer right" said the
Squire; "but | wouldn't ha' b'leeved
you could make much out O. John Rmer-
son."
After that he was the best scholar in
school, The power of kindness had
effected what nothing else could.
The neighbors said it was a good
thing for John when his father died
from the effect of fall while under the
influence of liquor 1t may have been
| do not pretend to say, but it opened
way for him into different kind of life,
and, by the assistance of Miss Wayne, he
broke away from the old associations
and went into the world to ''make
is a ''man among men" to-day, and he
will tell you that he owes it all to the
woman who was friend to him in his
time of need-Arthtaef's Home Magazine.
HIS HoUsE.-A young gentleman in
Atlanta, says a local paper, who has
been living in blissful anticipation of an
early welded existence, is now lugubri-
Gus and inconsolable He has been en-
gagged to a vivacious, pretty, popular
young lady of the city, and of late has
been dreaming dreams no mortal ever
dared to dream before He built him
and her cosy cottage and planted
garden, but last night the birdie in,