Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-04

<2S%SSfT severe demeanor OF nj
Er profession and his mstur'
sgs-Hhich was 81 less
twenty. Not that he Usuclly tals this al
assumption; 1t wss firm corvicttcn G.
his serious nature maj Ae impressed
Others, as he did himself, VIII :he blended
sUs,eri.y and ennui Ct deep aIc EXHAUSTED
experience.
The buildirg witch Wss assigned IL
him ond his flock By the Board CT E2uSs
ton CT Tuolumne county, CsliiorDis, had
been originally church. Il Sill pore 3
faded dor OF saactity, mir g led, hoTeV
ever, with later sud slightly alcCho,ic
DreSin OF poIiticsl discaskioO, the result
OF its weekly occupation, uncer tbs Gu
thcrity OF the bosrd rS tribune fer the
enurcistion Of party principles AID dcvo'
ttcn to The liberties CT the people. There
we're few Gog-eared hynl books on
the se.cher's desk, sud the black oosrd
bue imperfectiy hid 80 imprisoned
appeal to the citizens OF Indian Spring to
Orally" for SseboirS IS Supervisor. The
master had been struck with the rtZa OF
The black type In which this plsc.rd was
printed, and with 8 shrewd perception OF
It's value to the round wandering eyes OF
his smaller pupils, SLOWED it to remsiu
as pleasing Example OF orthogi apply
Unfor unstely, although subdivided aEd
spelt by them In its sepsrtte letters vi b
painful ar perfect Eccu say, 1t was c3l-
lectively known as "Wally," srd i;s
general import productive CT vague
h!lsrity.
Taking large ley from lis pocket = e
mseter unlocked the door AID threw il
oper, stepping bscs With certain pre-
caution begotten of his sxPerieLC e IN
OeCe q ding o small bus socicbte rattle
snake col ed up nasg the threshold. a
slight disturbance witch followed his il
trusion showed the value CT t3st preCAu
ton srG the fac trss the rcou tad been
s!reaG7 used for v&,i2C3 private and peace
full gstAertrcg CT amin atGd nslure. An If
reeuIsr ctlerGaDce Il yeIioG DIGS aad
SQUIRRELS dismissed Themselves bur
riedly through the broken floor and
windows, but golden lizard siliened
suddenly into stony tE!sas on tae edge
of sn open arithmetic, tauChed tie heart
OF the master so strongly nY its Tesem-
blance to some kept in Snj forgotten
scholar who had succlmbed ever the
task he could not accomplish, that nc
was seized with conjunction.
Recovering himself and Ts-establishiD c
IS 1. were the dec0rous discipline OF
the room by clappipg his hands and
saying "Shol" he passed Up the
narrow aisle OF benches, replacing
the forgotten arithmetic, and
picking I'D from the desks here and there
certain frsgmen.sry pieces Ct plaster SID
crumollug wood that tad fallen from the
ceiling, 8, if this grove Of Academus had
been shedding It's leaves overnight
When he reached his owr desk he lifted
.ae lid and remxined ior some moments
motiouless, gazing into It. HIS sppsren'
meditation, however, WS simply the com
bined II q -ction CT his Own features in {
small pocket miTrcr in its recesseE
and a perplex re doubt IN his mind
whether the sacrifice cf big budding
muelache wss not esefEtifl 10 tie pro.
feesiorhl austeriiy CT his c0unSsuaDce
But b. wss presently aware Of the Sound
OF small voices, light cries ard hriet
Laughter scattered 3! vogue and remote
distances from the tchoCiho uaG-not IN
like the birds ard squirrels he had JUS
dispossessed. He r. cogn!z3d By thesi
signs that it wss o'clC OK and his schol.
ars were sssemnlirg.
They came IN their USUAL desuitoTj
tsebiOr-the fashion CT country schoo
children the world cVer-irregulGrly
spssmodicslly, snd a.wsys IS if accidents
ally; few hsuG-in<hsnd, others
driven ohesd Of or dropped betird thsil
elders; some in struggling groups mere 81
less coherent sDd az TIMES only connected
By fsr CT intermediate voices scEttere
on space OF half 2 nile. hut never quite
alone; always preoccupied by something
else than the sc,rsl business on hand
appearing suddenly from di!ches, behinC
trunks, ard between ferce rsils; crop.
ping up in unexpected places along tbs
road sitter vague ard hopeless detours-
seemingly geicg anywhere arc
everywhere but 20 SCHOOL, So ur.
looked for, in fact, was their fms
arrival that The Esster who bad c few
moments before failed 10 descry single
tern straw bst OF Iaired sun bo1ne'
above his visible hor Zor, WAS AWAY!
startled 10 ird Il N 'uGderly utder his
windows, as il, lie the bird, they hst
siighted from the trees. Nor was theil
morsl attitude tCwsrds their duty any
the more vsrisd; they always arrived q:
IL tired and reluctsnt, cith doubling
, sulkinsss that perhsps afterwards heamec
INTO charming hypocrisy, but in
viriebly temper ng With their instincts
until the last moment, and only
relinquishing possible tIuaEey OF
the very threshold. Even after they
were msrshslled On thslr usual benches
: fnsAg,zed at each o,hsr every mCrBire
with a perfectly fresh establishment snd 4
daily recurring eIj1yment OF come hidden
Joke il this tremendous rercontfe.
Isb.d been the hRhis Of the msster t.
utirze ,beee preliminary vsgvsrcies Of
| his little fcck by inviting them On ASSEM-
bI;Eg 70 recount sDy interesting incident
Of their Journey hithsr; or fsilire THU,
from their rot ,pfrs elent shyEess IN
expressing Whist had secretly
interested them, Gny event thst had
occurred within their bnowlodee
since they last INST. He hsd
done this, psrtly 10 give them time 10
recover themselves In that more formal
atmosphere, and parity, l fea-, because,
Notwithstanding his conscientious grs-
witty, It greatly amused him. II also
diverted them from their usual round
eyed. brestbIess contemplation OF him
self-s REGULAR moTnipg inspection whicr
generally embraced every detail OF his
dress and appearance, and made every
Sarge or deviation the subject OF Whis-
$sed comment or stony establishment.
knew that they knew him more thor
shly than he did himself, and shrsnk