The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-01-29

nous ABOUT the new toocnor-oSKeo mo
I'll sorts Of questions.
We have the next meeting Of the club
two weeks from to-day; in the mean
time have . little plan in my mind
which win make things lively for Miss
Teacher.
Rursday, I2th[ am disguised with
the whole thing. Miss Stanley is alto
gether too much for us. But amt she
smart! Charley Mills and Ihad SPLEEN
ante-room where the girls put their din
Hers. and Miss Stanley always locked it
during school-hours. Well, the window
is about eight feet from the ground, and
we got a rail off the fence, and then I
pushed Charley. and he scratched and
scrambled up with my help, until he
could get hold of the sill, and finally got
into the room. We thought it would be
great fun, about the middle of the after
noon, for him to knock, and when the
teacher opened the door, to step right
out and make bow to the school. We
just rolled on the ground aad laughed
when we thought how scared Miss Stan
ley would be, and how the boys would
laugh.
It didn't turn out at all as we ex-
pected. First place, Miss Stanley would
not excuse my being late. She said to
me, please remain twenty minutes
each day for week; it will help you to
remember to be on time" / was mad,
but comforted myself with the thought
of Charley. When we were all still.
suddenly there came q rousing knock at
the ante-room door, which made every
one jump. I winked at the boys, and
they knew that there was fun ahead.
Miss Stanley took the key and opened
the door just a little way. and said, just
as though it was the most natural thing
in the world for . boy to be shut up in
the ante-rnom: S.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 knowshow felt when Iasked
to go out and was politely refused! 1
knew Charley never could get down
that rail alone without tearing his clothes
of, or maybe breaking q leg. We heard
a 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 rs tired and worried as if
he had had to saw wood on q half holi-
day.
Miss Stanley looked at him ~ if 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 to drive over to Roxbury to
catch the train, and you are to 60 with
him." Charley gave one look at the
clock-the train leaves Roxbury at three,
and it was now half-past-and then he
covered his face with his hands, and sat
down without saying word.
We all felt awful sorry for him. He
had been talking about that trip for over
. 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. Wrong-doing and
meanness, tell you, don't flourish un-
der her eye. When q boy don't come
right up to the mark, she looks 1t you
with such = grieved 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 ct all. for Miss Stanley had in
vited US al to her house at seven o'clock
to show rs her microscope, and the
fellows were % much afraid that they
would be late, that we had to give the
meeting up.
Didn't We have Jolly time, thought
Could we ever have believed that the
finest needle through the microscope
would look Just like rough iron bar?
And . nyI Ny! but amt they curious
little dodgers, with suckers ON their
feet 50 they can walk upside down. just
rs easy - boy can 20 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 as about things.
She says we must cultivate . feeling of
kindness for the least Of Gods creatures;
that Hehas given to as pleasant homes,
with friends who love rs. and that we
must never stand by and see any of the
dumb creation hurt or abused without
helping them.