Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
"We'd been considerably bothered I

l Wc u UcSH COuSiueFaO1v DOt0efe0.
told i'm. BY hevin' he'd SIGH slender, un-
wholesome chaps. vino he'd rashly un-
dertook to run the school. git worsted
in every encounter of importance they,d
he'd with some o. the more advanced
| scholars Durin' the last term, on two
or three 'casions, the onesidedness q
these contests he'd resulted in the entire
disruption. sorter. o. the school, an the
retirin' to the neighborin' woods o. the
school-teacher.
"'Nothing," said, seemed to tend to
the disorganization an gineral disauiet-
in o the educational system of our
community as to heT a teacher take holt
O. it tibet he'd only mediocre attachments
in back-heelin', co'lar-an' elbow an
plum out-au'-out knockin' down an
fallin' onto. l candidly tole i'm that
is Altered he d be winded in q few
roun's even by some O the younger an
less ambitious pupils. What could we,
the School Board, hev to expect, then,
when he's tackled, an tackled he
would be. by one or more O. the head
scholars, weighin'. after harvest, one
hundred and ninety pounds in their bare
feet. There was pupils on the roll o
tibet little country school. tibet with one
solid jolt under the hat rim. could shov
him more stars than all the colleges an
observatories in the hull Western Re-
serve.
He looked a leedle excited an more
earnest, like, at this. but said right of
hc'd undertake it anyway eff he could
hev the chance, as he was hard up an
wanted money bad to complete his theo-
logical studies. l smiled some ct the
idee o how them big six-foot students
nd help pave his way to the ministery.
'.Weil, we concluded to give i'm
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 it pint to 90 roun' to the
schoOl-hOuse, long bout the middle O
the forenoon. determined rather n to
hev the clever young teller hurt I'd
take han myself. On enterin' the
schOOl-roOm Is surprised to at fust see
nobody but the slim young teacher, an
him very detected an anxious lookin'.
Coin ways up the sic. | seed two o
the ole time ringleaders o school-house
rackets settin' quietly in corner pale
an streaked an with heads tied up. but
very intent on their lessons.
My friend, said the teacher, I'm
Altered your no doubt well intended
description o these pupils, WAS, I'M
wisely, very much overdrawn. Blievin'
implicitly, every word We uttered, |
come yere determined to win
er It ID be the fault O. the referee.
An when these two fellers showed 'et
they S spilin' fer a fight. 1 give it to
EN- without single stipulation, an
the best he'd in the shop, never think
IN but what they knew sOmethin' O
sparrin'. Yere We see the result,
sweeping his arms languidly over the
empty benches an towards the two
damaged but studious youths in the
corner. % course he continued. 4
knocked out the greenies too quick for
common exercise, an so dom inno-
Gently got in ON 'em so hard that they
IL be no good to study, though now
ever so keen, fer two weeks. The rest
O the school tuck to the woods before
the close O. the fust an only roun'.'
'Sinkin' back into dispirited leap
he wound up with: I'm feered I've
busted the school mp
IAN would we believe it? We
couldn't no more git single scholar
to 60 to school agin to tibet feller than
nothin'! So we finally he'd to fire i'm
with two hull months uncarned pay in
his pockets. Sam. the ScardnaOuch.