The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12
4 BITING WEAPON.
It's Lifelong Effect upon the
School Bully"

Its Lifelong Effect upon the
School "BuIly."
4 rosy Ortobcr sun was lighting up
She wc-t"rn window p.incs of a small
couniry .chooI-hou~c in Northern New
York. white At her d",k, in deep thought.
saf the Young teacher. The term. which
ended with the scmmcr, had been her
frs; experience in Teaching. That she
had -iyrn satisfaction. both to parents
and teachers. wa evidenced by the fact
that IN" had been rr-cngagcd for the
winter term. which was usually taught
~ Il man. She was endowed by mat
urr and by education. and had the rare
faculty of inIpariing instruction; Vet
she had not succeeded in TucllIng "A
certain turbulent spirit. Peter Dean.
one of her pupils. had given her con
slant trouble. He had turned ont"
every female teacher for the past three
wears. - ho did not al once take the ar
grc,,iSc with him. He rcioiccd i'm the
title of Bully Of the school For
this he was BATTERED hv the weak. bad
element of the school. feared by the
weak good; looked upon 10y all rs =
leader. and n who would never zoe
boescd hy q school marm."
Miss Emery had just been enjoying a
short vacation. She had been able TO
bcstow some portion of her summers
earnings upon her invalid father. and
ia" hard-workcd. though refined moth
.r. who lived in an adjoining village.
She SAW now that her winter term
would c"mHEk a different class "f pu-
pill, fypza NJ: he had taught in the
4mer. FarH rs boys. taller than
herself. who cs1 with a desire to learn
something. butt with all the rustic
youth : naiura ontipathy Ia the ruling
of a mere girl. I'll general contempt
for her cndowuNpn ts and methods. She
saw To her sorra that Peter Dean WAS
still king. and )at none of the new
bows were br:s& enough Ia be her
knights. They - sided with the cn,-
NV. Only that oorning. on suddenly
looking up ut tt blackboard. seeing
ewes and smiles directed ihithcr. sic
had read to her g rtitication:
Mi EMERY
MIsrr HIL.rrS."
There was also remarkable repro
sentation of these kTo people in all the
angular chalking 3gli Ie>> of a black
board sketch. a fwift glance about
the room di,coyef1 10 her looks of
amazement on al fhc faces but one.
that one, which W. Peters. WAS bent
upon his book npHtcrnaturnal uncon-
seriousness of what 4a> going on.
4 little maid. WI loved her teacher
and sorrowed for came 10 her side
and said:
May / rub il os4 Miss Emery"
Yes. Nellie"
But the insult hsS not been erased
from Miss Emery's'N nor was her
spirit claimed by II fact that Peter
was constantly ~inveefng new schemes
of evil. and new inc f@nitics. while no
appeal 10 his man. >s could avail.
and no wonder tlratt did not avail.
for that quality ha no; Vet been
evolved from the &clas> of this
boys nature IL had been
one Of his ''terribl DAYS" Wish
ing to give him fcry advantage
of mild reproof. she j tried moral
suasion" without efe He had shown
his satanic character. DIV dcspi>inc il.
and. leaping out of window with
an Indian war-whoop. order To show
his d~isrespcc, before Others. when
it csm his turn to S.. 4rood-ni-ht."
This was the cause { fNliss Emery'>
dependency as she sat lone in her de-
serted school-room. 81 wac meditai-
Ing an attack. an n 30 onslaught.
should the next day b ) fruitful of
misery as this had been. ence all else
had failed. As the qui,Se md repo>e of
the autumn day stole (on her. her
thoughts took a new dir zion.
Perhaps John would f!p me if
should ask him..
John Willets was onee the younger
trustees. a college-bred ang farmer.
who lived with his agtS father and
mother. in the white co Ege not five
yards distant from the sol oi-house.
Shall l ask him?" ~ no Vet. l
shall not confess weaks shall
conquer. John would pleased.
Perhaps. if ! mastered boy who
has been the terror of school SO
ol1 What was IL he hr once said?
&Iksy could lind teachers ongh, but
not masters. Some Of hcse boys
Seeded q strong maxter-s9
When her thoughts wala red again
S'om the subject. she lop q toward
slackhoxrJ With erss. '.nc1