Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-04

suddenly there came rousing knock al
the ante-room door which made every
one Jump. l winked at the boys, and
they knew that there was fun ahead.
Miss Stanley took the key and opened
the door just little way, and said, just
as though It was the most natural thing
in the world for a boy TO be shut up in
the ante.room: "Come in by the front
door, Charley, and make haste, for your
father left message for you half an
hour ago"
Then she locked the door and called
the grammar class!
No one knows how felt when asked
TO go out and was politely refuscdl i
knew Charley never could get down
that rail alone without tearing his clothes
off, or maybe breaking leg. We heard
great screaming and tearing, then the
window fell down, and after long time
Charley came in.
One of his sleeves was torn half-out,
not one button was left on his jacket,
and he looked as tired and worried rs II
he had had TO saw wood ON half-holi-
day.
Miss Stanley looked at him as IL he
was the incest boy in the whole school,
and said so pleasantly: "Charley, your
father wants you excused so that you
may be at home by half-past two. He
is going t) drive over to RoXbury to
catch the train, and you are to go with
him." Charley gave one look at the
clock-the train leaves RoNbury ut three,
and it was now half-past-and then he
covered his face with his hands, and sat
down without saying Il word.
We all felt awful sorry for him. He
had been talking about that trip for over
n week, and now he had lost it.
In some way Miss Stanley always
comes out ahead.
Some way we all like Miss Stanley,
too; we can't help it, she is so just and
yet so kind to us all. Wrongdoing and
meanness, tell you, don't flourish un-
der her eye. When Il boy don't come
right up to the mark, she looks at you
with such grleved look that you feel
yourself growing smaller and smaller,
and somehow the next time you are
tempted to do anything mean-you
don't do it.
The last meeting of the club was no
meeting at all, for Miss Stanley had in
vited us all to her house at seven o'clock
to show us her microscope, and the
fellows were SO much afraid that they
would be late, that we had to give the
meeting up.
Didn we have n jolly time, though!
Could we ever have believed that the
finest needle through the microscope
would look just like Il rough iron barP
And fly! My! but amt they curious
little codgers, with suckers on their
feet so they can walk upside down, Just
as easy rs n boy can go swimming. And
their eyes! But you'd have laughed if
you could have seen how many there
are of them. Why, they can see up and
down, and backward and forward, and
round corner. Can't catch Mr.. Fly
mapping.
Miss Stanley talks to us about things.
She says we must cultivate q feeling of
kindness for the least of God creatures;
that He has given to us pleasant homes,
with friends who love us, and that we
must never stand by and see any of the
dumb creation hurt or abused without
helping them.
Boys don't say much about these
things, but they think good deal. /
caught Reub Colyer the next day care
fully throwing all the crumbs out of his
dinner-pail where the snow-brds could
get them. Aud after school, when we
all went to Watts rabbit-trap, and found
rabbit caught by the leg, why, we just
helped Wat put the leg in splints, and
then we broke the trap. Wat is going
to try and tame the rabbit, and then give
it to Miss Stanley.
We stayed until after nine o'clock,
and after we had said good night and
were all outside, Ben Wade said: "Three
cheers for Miss StanleyH' and l tell you,
we gave them with will.
Dec. 2O.-A great sorrow has come
upon u.s.! Miss Stanley has just told
the school that after the twenty-fourth
of December she is not going to teach
any more. The girls cried, and she
Uncle Guy, and when he saw my eyes
were all red, he said: '.Been whipped
to-day, eh?" And told him no; a good
deal worse than that; Miss Stanley
wasn't going to teach any more. He
said: "What! Had the club put her
out?" guess if he was boy, and just
found teacher who knew something,
he wouldn't feel quite so chirkey if that
teacher left. When l told HIM so he
laughed, and said it was hard case
and he'd try to think of something tc
drown our sorrows.
Lee. 2I.-I guess Uncle Guy did fee
sorry for US; for this morning he came
to the school and invited us all to his
house Christmas night to n party. Mis-.
Stanley and all. My Uncle Guy is ;
bachelor but he has an elegant house
full of beautiful things which he got il
Europe, and when he does give party
he does it up grand. He always boards
to our house, and many a good ride
get behind his pair of trotters. / asked
him only the other day why he didn'
take Miss Stanley out to ride, and hi
face got awful red. He gets mad n
nothing sometimes, so didn't say any
thing more about it.
believe every boy in the school, from
Wat to Jimmie Green, has asked Mis-
Stanley if he can take her to the part,
that night; but she said, as she couldn'
So we boys are going to meet at IN
house, and all go together. My mothe
helps Uncle Guy entertain us, and
never saw her so much pleased owe
anything. She laughs every time sa,
a word about it. l like the party too
but what g a fellow to do when the part,
is over, and his teacher is gomez Tn
club met and drew up n set of resolu
tions, which we are to send to Mis-
Stanley. Uncle Guy helped us draw
them up.
Dec. 26.-The boys all came to m,
house, and at eight we started for Uncl
Guys. The house looked splendd al
n blaze of light from the top to tn
bottom. When we got TO the front door
nobody would ring. We all wanted t
go in last. You see, we didn't often &c
to grand party, and so we lost on
courage.
At last Igave the bell pull. Instant
the door opened, and we all crowde
into the hall. My mother stood in tn
parlor, and she said: "Up stair