The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-12-01
SCRABBLE HILL DEESTRiC.

This world had turned D. heaven
SCRABBLE HILL DEESTRIC.
There amt a mite OF Use ialkini Des-
+ con Whipum. there amt no gal under
( the sun that can manage our school.
+ There's three great beity fellers been
licked and turned oui ont. hand runnin
and r. no arthly u.eH
Wall now tell We. Ms Fisher, that
+ there gals got grit and she jest hes got
/ the mo>t coRvincin' way with her that
ever ye see. I'll risk her to carry IN.
( school through in good shape. see If she
don't
E-r-rr. Mr-- Fisher answered. with
an oIninous shake Of the bead.
You're Just ~ot on havin' her, that's
IS hat blinds you. Vow there's Tilury
Kent, 10 We 'sFoSe Young gals goin' 10
/ handle her, when them great men folks
couldn't DO q thing with herr ! tell We.
I we've jest wasted yer time fer nothin'
( foolin around arter Il woman teacher,
! even ef ye couId git her a little cheaper
/ The dee~trici's glad enough TO get ts.ach-
er cheap but what We have gst 70 have Is
some one a. can jes' hex "a. right dorm b Z
And you know that just a well a
The,'s jeS; what ! tole the deacon =
/ Mrs Whipum added meekly, glAneing
I flrtiyely toward where the deacon Was
sitting
Nov. there's my boys" Mrs. Fisher
resumed, they no ways bad boys, they
mind re but know just how it II be,
they jest naturally won't pay grain Of
'teniion 10 a tddle-faddlin' sort Of a gal
and il won't be ag blame. nuther. ifthey
don't. DEACON Whipuin
Yes. they DO mind What y5u tell EN-
--alnetime.s.7 the deacon said. with a
merry twinkle in his sharp gray ewes.
But bein a. it's winter. the schoolmarn
won't h4v. the advantage that you DO
,-,in' there amt no rake stales ronnd at
this time Of wear
Wen, don't deny l have took rake
'''-' " - ,--'' pa .. ''--'' 80
"a, '',s ..'''' 'i-'' Ia ! * ''e'ii
Wal, val, We'll zee how the school-
mann comes out And YOU can Just tell
- '-'@, - '.i'l'''. ''l
ii--'' '''A'' nan = -. am ' ''''
VA
And a. though 10 end the argument
Ihe deacon took hi7 hat down from the
nalL and went out 10 attend to hls
chores
After that the go>slp drIIfed on into
different channels by The guests ,loingthe
talking and mid ret'een' Mrs- " hlpum
listening attennYeiy
The hr7' Monday after Ihanksg7Y-
ing found the little brown .i'iooihou~e
well filed with haii-grown girls, and
/ larger crowd OF boys clustered about the
outer door- surely the scholars were
prompt enough on 'hiS rnSt morning. At
least and the boys were trying IN their
stupid way to sharpen their duh wits At
each others expense, pnpcess that had
all the charm q novelty, since they had
for the most part been widely separated
during the working season They were
also anticipating little coarse. though
lively fun when Deacon Whipum should
drive up with hi lame, old mare. and the
aniiquated yellow puns- that bad done
service since long before the earliest rec
ollec11ons 81 any 81 th'ui Not that the
hoys dlsiike7d the deacon not IN the least
he was very genial and popular Ian
oui there were unIniSiakabie Vulnerable
points abouI the dezioon'- turnout, and
tbey ssw an opportunity to einharrzss the
new teacher, and thus score 4 point Al
the very outset
But while they stood shIverins about
thu door. kicking the neT SHOW froffl
their oold feet AMI SlPins their red n,'sf-
q -ay Jingle Of bells c'ii through the lr''s'y
ar ana z handsome hofSe am cutter
the very han'i-'isl'-et ihs ehii'iren had
ever ~eeii--'i'i'ii'-l up % me Oh ~ siid an
equally handsome Young man -i'f~ns eli
anu a~>isie-i very Pretty ii''ie i''iy %
aisnI
on nave hise crowd "i boys Nii9s
DfeE' me Young man 7'ild IA a nan IN
'ieTi"lle' nli -'lieiie" ~'iiiiciehiiS i"Ha 70
reafh 'iie eais oi tiie gaping "oA atli
! am sure you All nave a -plendid school
We VIII come up !" Visit y"'r -'ao'oi one
Of ths'se days
Ne-- am 70 have nice, large school
and they told me they we're spien iid