The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-02-13

iItr! 4 !itiiN Goo1 tS Tue young Nl"h ~
of, and she entered tho school
i,eusc. u
rs he hing ier hat and cloak Oh ;
t.lr nail back of The teachers desk aud
;aiurt IT, l!rt sch ,iare, she noticed that
il pr"!oand lash had fallen upon thela.
\ glance al her watch showed that 1T
y-, lacked twenty inmates OF nine. but
evidently this WAS the moment to cal
H. school to order and she did 80,
Every scholar settled quietly in;a his
seat. except three great luihing fellows
dressed IL coarse grey pants and Due
and white ~homcSpun t!ocK- brttcst With
wid, Gather t~eIt>, which looked Ike
l~i";t1in. 80 much rs Il saddle glrih.
ihcs,. three >tili TODD with llcir backs
To tur little box stove, balancing their
heels now and again against the hot
ilun, which Kissed and -pIuttered IS
The ennw melted from them.
NJ IS Gi,y Went about qrlc'ly taking
the nanles of the pupils, with Il plea,
ent word aud smile for each. until >Ec
reached til. young m-n who still stood
by the S;ove. Thy gave their name,
g,utfiy. and with averted eyes. They
were Bill and Chef and jeff fisher, and
were aged respectively % 20 aud Is
years.
When yonr feet are good aud warm,
YOU vii help yourselves 70 seats, Will
vou not? the teacher said pleasantly ,
then added but don't hurry, because
]; is >t!.i cold at thr back Of the room.
and you wlll have to sit ia the back
!. row brcuG~e you nre 80 tail. She
she caught their cye>. | guess / know
come mother that Is proud Of her BIG
, boys. she added in an undrrtone AS she
. held her hand out toward the warmth
of the >to:e. Diu she 40 All this wed
wing ? she inquired, touching the scani
! trock sleeve of the elder brother.
, used Ia help my myther weave just
such cloth when she wa, living, she
laid softly l IL ways liked TO work in
WOODEN yarns. Again she glanced nj
| with her bright soft smile. that was this
tune saduened b. the memory of hei
mothers death. and was met oy three
!, pair OF eyes, all ben earnestly aud sym
= palheticaliy full upon her.
t The young men were not really cod
they had not stayed bv the stove for
! the sake of comfort, but to show tha,
p. they paid no regard to the call to OIL
I der. Bat ROW that she had SAID they
\ should not make haste to take theil
1 seat, bat should wait until their tse
a were quite warm, they instantly spurl
en- the idea of the possibility Of colo
feet, and after "a ned TO each other they
o walked quietly to their places.
As the Fisher boys had long beon ;
the school, the other scholars seeing
" them take out their books quietly and
go about their studies. did likewise, ant
F., as a result Miss Grey had i very order
t Iy school.
Tie new teacher had brought a Ii
). tie silver bel! which she tapped before
she called the school to order, or dls
m.c.l r. This hall was an autira nov
: city on Scrabble Hill, no scholar eve
having seen the like before, and, odd a
Y itsmay seem, the effect was magical
This was not the thunp of the Old RI
a Ter beaten on the desk to enforce quiet
a or against the window sash to call tn
scholars in from recess ; and there Wa
a sense of proprietorship alb ,ut hat i
. seemed to lift the entire school out .
# the o.d.Ievel.
Promptly at twenty inmates Of
9 twelve Miss Grey tapped the bell SHARP
ly You may now put up your books
y she said | opened school twenty mil
+ Gtes. before nine, and now at twent,
minutes of twelve we will close. The
= afternoon session will begin at on
o'clock as usual. Yoa are Low excused
! Books and states had been hurriedly
u tucked into the desks, and now a shou
4 and flourish Of caps hailed the hour Of
Ii intermission. The boys rushed GU