The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19

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jerkcd him out into the school yard. and
proceeded to give him the soundest thrash.
ing that young man ever received in his
life. As be rolled him over in snow bank
he gave him parting kick with his toe.
and said: Now, youngster, let me find
you fighting with frai woman again and
III give you heavier dose than this. You
will think this is only homeopathic treat
ment in comparison AS he turned to-
ward the school room he met the school
committee.
81 want ter know who you be and what
you mean by this kind of conduct, began
Silas Fox. "We as committee came
here to tell Miss Manning she better resign
her place. We have grave charges agin
her. We found her tryin to wallop my
son. and very nat rally he resists. and we
want to know what right you hev to put
your foot in it, and come praetisin your
fancy blows on my SON .
THAT was it, pa IT was the fancy
blows did it. lie could never licked me
in squar fight, said Abner as lie crawled
out of a snow drift.
And have come here also to tell Miss
Manning she must resign, said the
stranger. ''She is wanted in the city. We
have been looking for her some time, and
only yesterday got trace Of her.
Silas looked at Deacon Hargrowe witt,
knowing wink. Was it possible that this
young man could be sheriff who had
come to arrest the pretty counterfeiter
EFF you don't object to tellin' us, who is
she p asked the deacon "We've reasons
for thinkin' she's not what she prctends to
be-
''You are right. said the handsome
stranger: 'she is not what she pretends to
be--a country school teacher. She is the
daughter of one of Chicago's richest mer-
chant princes. ! am her brother A few
months ago she laughingly spoke Of earn
ing her Christmas money Her father,
amused at the idea. said: i should laugh
to see you earn money! For every ten
dollar bill you ever earn will give you
check for thousand Shortly afterward
siie young lady announced that she had
made three months engagement to teach
school; in what place she would not tell.
She went away, and we have been unable
to discover her whereabouts. She has
written letters home, To he sure, but she
sent them all to a lady friend to be posted
in the city. We traced her ont at last,
however, and | came in haste to take her
home. Imagine my indignation when |
saw that great lout of boy abusing her
until she screamed with pain. 1t is high
time she was taken home. am sure. y
A few moments later the young man
emerged from the school room with Miss
Manning on his arm. She passed them all
without word.
Silas Fox and the deacon and Lem
whispered together and decided not to pre-
sent their charges.
you've made mistake, deacon, in hu-
man natur, this time, said silas; "a aw-
ful mistake, thet's sure.
''So've You. retorted the deacon: FIN
agine Chicagy mans darter wanting
your little stumpy, stony farm. Ia la
Silas Its good joke on you e
A still greater surprise awaited the Cor
ner few months later
Deacon Hargrowe and Silas and all the
school committee received autograph copies
of a new novel which was causing wide
comment in the press.
On perusal they discovered true, though
most uncomplimentary word portraits Of
themselves in three or four Of the minor
characters.
They talked it over at the store. ''Blest
eff she ANITA authoress. too" said Lem;
they say that's what she Was writin' on
all the time at the doctors, l just see
little piece in the paper bout it. She came
out here more to git away from fashion
able folks and have qniet time TO write
than anything else. She did not want her
folks to know she was writin' book, and
she has showed youn Abner mp fine in that
there Silas Foster and his sonia la
even to the way Siias ehews a straw when
he's mad; it's all natural as life; and the
deacon's there, too and the church fight,
and this here store, and the dried-apple
barr'I, and
And you, Temr' broke in Silas; you re
there, tool
''Yes burned if ANTI confessed Lem;
''but you've got it the worst O the lot
deacon, haven't you I'd hate to be
described the way she describes you"
II haven't read her ungodly book and
never shall, replied the deacon.
But you're in it all the same, deacon
retorted Lem ''Anybodyd recognize
yon. She describes a feller-a deacon-that
he'd soul so small that twenty men jest
like him could dance on the point Of a
cambria needle, and there'd be plenty room
for full orchestra besidel and thet's you
sure, deacon"
But in spite of its severe lesson the Cor
ner remains unchanged to-day. Kingdoms
and empires pass away, new stars are dis
covered, mighty events shake the world;
but the Corner g0ssps still circulate about
the dry goods boxes, ordried-applc barrels,
and the same small subjects interest them,
and the same petty turmoil goes ON, yester-
/ day. to-day. and forever Ella VheehT