Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-06-21

MINK IL IS you WHO 90 not KNOW Nuat
you are about And then she burst
into tears. like a worn-out child.
l made her SIT down beside me,
and drawing her throbbing head
down on my shoulder, let her have
her cry out there, soothing her Just
indignation meantime as best | could.
1T was too bad, darling; scold
me for it. But indeed, it was
better than letting you stay there. l
will attend to the children (as we
called them and make all straight and
pleasant for you while you lie down
here and rest. And, quickly improyis-
ing a bed for her out of shawls and
wraps, laid her down, willy-nilly, all
spent with the violence of her emo
tions. Then after bathing the hot
eyes, | kissed them shut and left her.
On re-entering the school room l
found the scholars breathlessly await
ing my eturn.
Charles Pollock" said, addressing
our eldest pupil young man of strict
veracity and sterling sense, but very
modest and retiring, will you now tell
me what this all is about?'
Very quietly he informed me that
"Wolf," fierce but exceedingly valu-
able dog belonging to an irascible
neighbor of ours had been found hung,
near the Academy grounds. OF course
suspicion fell on the scholors, and his
owner at once strobe over to Mrs.
Blank, angrily charging them with the
deed. This she Indignantly denied on
their behalf, sure that none of them
would have committed such
an outrage. But on sec
ond thought, fearing she might
have been too certain, she took the OPP
posite course, inquiring which of them
had done it and why. Hence the scene.
On thorough investigation l found
them all innocent, so | had Charles
write the old gentleman a respectful
note in the name of the school, assur-
ing him that none of their number had
been in any way implicated.
This done solemn silence reigned
| (the pupils feeling instinctively that the
end was not YETI which | broke, by
saying, slowly, and impressively:
Young ladies and young gen
men, Justice has now been done
you, and your reputation cleared
from all blame as far as the hanging of
Mr.. Quick's dog is concerned. l wish
that you were as blameless in another
more important matter! / have called
you young ladies and young gentle
men, and l am proud to say that ordi-
narily you merit the name; whether
you do to day, or not, | will leave it
with you to decide.
Your principal, as you all know, lies
tossing in the delirium OF sick bed.
After weary, sleepless nights, spent in
watching at his SIDE his wife, impelled
by strong sense of duty to you as well
as to him, comes here day after dav,
taking extra care upon herself in order
that you may not be the loser by his
absence. | am not sure that we ought
not to protest against her coming here
at all. am very certain that we
should do all in our power to make
light her labors. But no because with
burdened heart, overtaxed mind, and
quivering nerves she finds herself I'M
able to be calm and just, as is her won't,
you must needs goad her to the utter
most by disrespectful and insolent de-
meanor, and when she breaks down
physically and loses self-control in her
incoherent speech you find food for I'M
seemly laughter. Truly | am ashamed
of you!' Here | paused. There was
a sea of bowed heads before me. Not
one up-lifted or defiant face
Nov" l continued, what is to be
done? Had you killed the dog, money
and a suitable apology would have gone
far towards making amends. But such
, redress is out of the question here. You
ca:not even ask pardon, as that would
be calling attention to the weakness
into which your treatment betrayed
{ her, and which common politenes:
requires you to ignore. You have
got yourselves into singular
position for young ladies and
young gentlemen! There is bu
4 one course open to you-and it will
J not atone for the past viz. to trea
I your victim of to-day with the mos
r delicate, thoughtful and respectful con
| sideration henceforth. As she is boil
: generous and forgiving, it may be thai
perseverance in this line of conduct will
ultimately cause her to forget the oc
, currences of to-day,-as !, also, shall
! strive to do. Should any one Of you
: however, fail to do this, let not tina
{ pupil hope ever to obtain favor from
q me-"
Mrs. Blank never knew just wha
/ had transpired in the assembly-room
as no one yearned to tell her. When
S returned to my little room | found he
e just awaking from a refreshing sleep.
k What ever did you do, Miss Helen
/ You certainly bewitched them sh,
+ said to me one day after the Genera
had been back in the school-room for
S week or two.
{ Il think She must have, echoed he
e husband, "for / know / have been eros
o as bear since my illness, but yo
a would never guess it from their be
v hayior towards me.
& Not many months later ! broke dow
Il in health. and was compelled to leay
" before the close Of the term. Mr..
Il Blank kindly assisted me to pack an
Il alas Id my turn was cross as a bear
l. to the sweet little woman who was dea
It to me as sister could have been.
B. 80 dear what shall do? in.