Telegram-herald., 1888-10-28
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Laft a. eTpesn 4llnast ~aJnolt fr.snas,
sDd nearly fe4nllass. 01g ~lEE lberal esu-
c@taoa, httle Ivy ALea t45 struggled brsvely
~lrh hsr strsaglh II - ye4Ts agaiuss TIE
grS@t World lHas bgt = losing hgtt. 1ud
soou SIS ~as weary and dis1szrtened With
the s-z1zgsle she wss almost ~lrhout friends
/ have sa-d. ail4ost, but not quite Harry
kernAn, a yoang eivl ezglnssr. who had
great hCpes Tor the future. tuf ~ho. al the
TINE when - rirss meet haIn, wss receiving
hEtis b4t ths hard knocks, was Ivy doaT
trssnc snd half declared love-. Soon be left
for tils Wet, where the b1iIding u new AID
great railroad offered hin chance 10 rise IN
his profession. AEd Is, was - wait for hls
n1onsy amply sufficient for both. Ls said
And tLen, 10 added. be would have some
thing 10 whisper Ia her ear that now poverty
forbads the telling. Ivy blushsd and guessed
his meaning Alright, and he, seeing That sho
understood, turned away with his brave heart
fuli OF the bright thoughts OF tss future Her
little store OF money melted away. and tho
specter Of want seemed not far away. Then
she turned toward the west
And this was the first day in her career as
instructor and director OF the shooting pro
pensities Of the ideas possessed by the young
people Of sugar Holler," and, as she tapped
the little bell and glanced into the expectant
facss, her heart almost recOilod from the task
that lay before her.
boy, whose yellow, broad brimrned
'fop' hat covered mass Of light, almost
white, hair, and shaded quearly puckered
facp, paused on the threshold
"Howdy! he said, with queer ducking
or his white head, as Ivy turned toward him
Several more figures appeared behind him.
Come Ia" Ivy said pleasantly, and he Of
the puckercd face and white head entered
grayely, and, with a stare around the room.
seated himself on a bench directly in front
OF the teacher. He made no motion 70 re-
move his bat. Slowly and soleInnly five other
boys entered the door and passed to seats rs
close Us possible 70 the first conner They all
bore enough resemblance 10 the first one and
70 each other 10 proclaim the fact that they
were brothers Each sAid "Howdyl7 and
bowed very gravely at the door and seated
himself, with his hat stin In position on his
head. Ivy looked at the little row Of lads,
running In size, by half a head degrees, from
a 4-year-older TO a boy OF IA sitting be-
fore her as solemn as crows on a hmb. and
felt as If about to burst into peal of laugh
ter at the oddity Of their appearance.
'What Is your nameF asked Ivy Of the
oldest.
"Abe'm," answered the boy, not in the
least abashed by the half amused glance of
the pretty teacher.
'Abe whatF'
"Abe-Brum."
"Ohl sce; Abraham Brum.
NAV" said the boy, with half snort of
contempt at the teachers glaring stupidity.
Not Abraham Brum, but Abrum Tyson.
called Abe by them as don't put on no frills
ter therr talk"
"Oh, excuse me; / see-Abram Hyson"
wal, reckon I'll 'skuse We. Don't see how
] kin git out of hit" answered Abe, with a
forgiying nod Of his head, and the other
white haired lads nodded their heads as if
they didn't see how be could get out Of it,
either.
Abe could or would do little bat draw rude
pictures on his three corncred fragment,
called by courtesy slate. These, upon ex-
animation, proved 20 be always intended as
representations Of engines, OF something
connected with those machines Abe had
been ito town" on n few remote occasions,
and had fingered lovingly about the round
house and among the engines till his father
bad been compelled 10 almost drag him away
bodily. II was Abe's all absorbing desire to
become an engineer.
One Saturday lie trampod away down on
Onion creek. where the new railroad was 20
ing to cross, and scraped an acqCaintancs
with Harry Kernan, the young chief Of the
corps of surveyors, who were locating the big
bridge that would span tho creek barry,
In a spare half hour, told the lad something
about engines and engine drivers, and by 30
doing won the boys firm friendship. After
the first few his letters eastward had mis-
carried, OF, Ia the hurry Of changing base,
be had often failed % write at all. and Ivy
soon lost track Of him, and, of course, was
unable TO inform him Of her departure for
the ''rowdy west" She knew be- WAS in the
west some where, while be did not even sus-
pect as much il her casa
Abe Wis the possessor ~ long, sharp
pointed dirk knife, that DO had traded for. at
souae remote time, and whitfield s1ndry trap
sticks fish hobs and kindred objects dear TO
boyish hearts, and hacked the school desks