Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-04
rom the ,r.uitive vision Ct these sm.li

I FclSlIg Ou utIFUus ulkhEiSy U
hypocr...cal att, rtion. For the las. 81.
mcrths this que,tian by the master hat
been il va.isb!y received esch morning 8
q yelled pleasantly which might lesd L
bsleful Information OR conceal come q1er,
Gu. CT the drssdful books before him. Ye
this very element OF danger had ite iss'
cinatiols. JohDr5 FlIgee, 5 email boy
blushed Violently, snd, withou. getting
up, tegsn hu.rieoly in high key, "Tist
ith got," md t5en suddenly 6ubsided int
swhisper.
"5peak up, JOHNNY" said tie master
ercoursgiEgly.
"PIease, sir, Il sia't snythin' he's seed
nor rny resi- news" said Rupert FL.
zee, his elder brother, rising vita fsmi y
ccS Germ erd ir5wLirg open upon johns
nv; Wt's 81 his foC!isdGe6F; &c Oughtef
Of licked" Finding Dimst Ii uce1pGGts l.
~ en- his feet, and apparently ~ the ond
! I i l0pg peeCb, le cCioted also, snd
! then ssid n7rg!edly, ~ mmy S1Y6er-be
seed su!hih'. AK him." SLd sat dow
rscogpjzsd hero.
Every eye, iNc!uding the wss'eE's. wss
| tuned on J!mm7 SnydeI. Ba! tia. yCush
tul observer, instantly Giving his head
snd shoulders Into his ceek, remained
or brse nearest him endesvCured with
some struggling TO bring him to So H.
tellIgible suIface sesIn. Tee master
waited patiently. Johnny Fl'gee took
advantage of the diversion TO begin sgein
in high key, "Tiee i'm got thix," and
subsidized.
"Come, Jimmy" said the master, with
touch Of peremp.ofiaess. Thus sd
Tty1,- NOD rx-D mir
cad bristl;rg With full stops and excla-
nation points. "Seed black Gar COM
la outer Dawes woods" he Sad tx
citedly. Nigh 10 me ez you be. N big
| 81 HOGS; n sna:iin'! ii suzppiu'!--like
gosh! K N aIor g-ker-c.ump tororSs
me. r tkored hid skeer mt. Didn'.
skeer M worth cent. 1 hesv q c rock
a; him-I oil new! Ga d. iance Of Dur
mur5 # derisiYe comnen')-'n re slid
III hs't ken up tCrder 10 hev up witt
my slate and sWottad him ever the Enoot
pet your hocts"
TIE master here thought to interfere
s7d grsvsly point Gu. that the ha5it Of
striking bears SIS large as L r5e with G
school slate wss tqu2ily dangerous 90 the
ste which was also the property OF
TuolUmne county, and to ths striker !;
and Gna. The Veio .'to sTot"sld the noun
substantive "sloot" were likewise inde-
fl s;ble, aGd rot 20 be tolerated. Thus
admcnistsG jimmy Sayder, albeit IN
shaken in bis faita In his oRn courage, cat
down,
! A slight p,use ensuei. The youthful
Fllgee, tokIpg sdvaEtsge OF il, opened IN q
higher key, "Tige itn-" but me master
s,tsltion was here diverted BY the search:
ing .yes lf Octsvis Dssn, S gill Of eleven,
who after the fashion Of Ter sex preferre
personal recognition Of her presence
ot fora che spoks. Succeeding Ia cstch>
| ing his ege,!she threw bIck her long hsir
from her shoulders With Al easy habituEl
GESTURE, rose, and With iaiu: accessloD
OF color said
"Cressy McKtns.ry came homo from
Sacramento MFG hcKinssfy told moth.
er she's comm b'ck here to school"
The master looked up with sn slscrity
perhaps Inconsistent with his cynical
aus!erity. Seeing the young girl Gull
ous!y 8stching him with sn expectsnt
enile, he regretted it. Greasy MtK:n-
stry, who was sixteen sears old, had Deen
3ne o; the pupils ne had fouEd st the
kscbool when he f.s. came. But IS he
bGd sisc found that she wss there il the
extraordinary stiiIuce OF being Sen
gsged', 10 one Sath Davif, fellow pupil
OF nineteen, suG as most of the c3uttshir
WAS carried en- freely ed unoere.
moriousiY dadGg schcGl hours
Win tie full Permission Of the
masters predecessor, the master had
oeen obliged to point cut to the psrente
oi the devoted couple TIE embarrassing
fscts CT this association On tie disci-
pline OF the school. The result had beer
the Withdrawal Ct the lovers, snd posi-
bly, the coed viii Ct the parents. The
reiurD ofthe young LADY wss conse quentl}
s matter CT some siguifcsIce. Had the
masters prot st been accepted, or hod
the erasgemsnt itself been broken CT:
Either WAS not Improbable. His moment
cry loss Ct attention wss Johnny Fllges'f
great gsin.
."Tige," safe Joonnr, with sudden and
t!srmirg distirclpess, Nth got ihix
pupths-mothIy ysller"
II the isueh which followed this lor 9
withheld snnouncCmeIs CT sn increase in
the family CT Joh1rY's yellow and dis,
reputable setter "Tiser," who usually &C.
comp,pied lin 70 scsoo! snd bowled cut.
side, the master j}ined with merbed
dist.nc.ness. Then he ssit. With equally
married. severity, Books" The little
levEe WAS ended, snd school be ssn.
L. continued for two hours with short
flehs, corrugntioHs Of small foreheads,
the complaining cries and scratcnipgs Of
slste pencils ever elsteR, ard other signs
Ct miner auguish smoBg the more youth
iul O; the hock; and with mcre or less
Whisperipgs, movements OF the lipe, snd
unconscious eolilCquy among the older
pupils, the master moved slowly up and
| down the aisle with woyd Of encourage.
ment or explanation here and there, stop.
pir G with his hands behind him to gaze
aostrsctediy cut Ct the windows TO the
wondering envy o! the little ones. a
flint hum, ss Of invisible insects, grad
ually perysded the school; the more per-
sIstent droning OF LARGE Dee hsd be.
come dsEgerCusly sopor.hc. RE hot
! breath of the pines without had invaded
the doors sid Window; the warped
shingles End weather hosrdiEg 81 times
/ crasEed aud eEappsd under the rays oi
! the vertical and uuclcudGd sul. 4 gentle
| Precipitation broke cut Ike Wild cpl,
dem,c IN the infsnt cl.ss; little curls
| became dsup, brief lashes limp,
round eyes moist, .snd small eye
Ids hesvy. The master himself started.
and awoke Gu! of aperilous dream of
other eyes and hair 10 collect himself ,es-
verely. For the irreEolute, hsit embsr-
rsssed, half lazy dguge Of 9 nan had
n,lted doubtiuglF before the parch and
open door. Lpckilyt the 'childres, who
were facing tns master With their backs
to the entrance, did not see it.
Yet the figure was ueithsr alarming nor
unfamiliar. The master a. once recog-
ufz-d IL "a Ran Dshrav otherwise known