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

eaFlpn nome, anu Il hdil SutlS uilh- -
the corners of her mouth IA Que '
lfier auothes Of the girls gathered
her with shy, inquirins yes.
Tiiu,y Kent still leaned against tbs
window casing. TIE sltica look deepen
" guessed that thI. was ta- yitl 10 be
most afraid Of. She wished TO Engage
lirr @trnt!pn and hrIas her into the
et@%t! OF . ris Tam VI. tow vi .t..r-
InE q! 4.s"u, her. ul. now c,nlH It b
-onr? The sir. wodi,. ;r"9 BOAR coax
iun, vould >corua rult wnld, and il.
l.. dainty cr"rFsct-a i4>cluat1rs, she
hated The sight Of al manuar o; pretty
tAIig, Had ,!o no Woln caar,., Ia
s:ttt c%ioturs, aai tisaI horrible old
~.puippkin' mood ever since she Gould
remember
Suddenly IL blight thonout occltred
To Mss Grey. IN" odd box >tov. was
uS!y, =. wed az lntntn.c, aud TIL uoor
hung by Qua hinge, So IL al bcen tho
cdsto.n OF The Teachers to SET iiIc lu,-
ser boys TO pat IN tl- big ''chuuA>' 0!
wood, and close ana prop the door, IL
ttiIns stilut was always accomplished
with much Dang aud CHATTER. Now
Miss Grey, i.ylns her work aside,
Went down 10 The stove ana began put
tin, III Que OF the hnye blocks. 1t was
to, heavy TOR hti small hands, and
tore the delicate skin with It's jagged
>piinters. Looking up to Tliury >he
said Wi you help me, please it
i, SO heavy
1t 10 doubtful whether anyone had
evei addressed The slt. III that way be-
fu.e, Tor plea ant words auu small 20
lleuesse, nau not IA..eu To her lot III
NE. she spr.u. forward eagerly and
caught tho g,eat stick III hex ntnd,
and wlth th- strength Ut il small ANA
zon hun. it INTO the bed of burning
COATS, aud kicked the door together
after it.
~ by how strong you are : Miss
Grey exclaimed IN unfeIYned asto iei-
meat, il. she wiped the drops Of bIood
from her lacerat-d fingers. Thea See
iuy Injury draw her hand ACROSS llel
. dress font, the ,-..cher noticed thai
her Land also bed.
.lo1 have tom your hand, loo.
Miss Grey SAID, CON here aud wei
patch our woueda together. | We some
t court plaste: IN my ,alch-i.'
The girl laughed aud tucked Lel
hand behind her as she resumed her
+ place at The window.
t See . the teacher said. sholding out
her Land, I've three scratche, GA ,ilik
| hand. Let me see youls. for | aul t.
blame for your gettius hurt. Please
let MT look at it,
, Ti!ury glanced ut the pain, Of he
hand aud then suddenly held lit out
1T aches she said b!untly.
Why, poor child 1.-THE teacher cried
| Il should think it would ache. Iha
is a dreadful silver, let me Try to sc
it oul :; I'm so sorry
t Miss Groy got her tiny pearl-han
e died knife and began to Dig it ont.
Can you bear the pain = she asked
holding the hand tightly in her own.
+ Yves = the girl answe- ed, making
/. light of it.. But the hurt Was 81 severe
one. and a woman Of les. nerve thai
a Miss Grey could never have borne it $,
{, helolcally.
Miss Grey bathed the hand with CO
3 logne and covered the wound with
t strip of conrt-plaster, while she praised
the girl for her courage, and petted hr1
because of her pain. until. for once, I
f lury was the heroine Of the schoO
Oom.
1t was almost time to call thu schoo
FOR the afternoon session when Miss
Grey took a final look at the disabled
hand, now carefully wrapped up IL on
of own prettiest handkerchiefs. Th'
. girls still clustered about them.
why, Tilury Kent, what lovely fin
t ger nails you have = she cried, "Yor
must not bite them off once again, ane
t let me show you how to trim them pre-