Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-05

the ears of the pair involved, and had
the effect of making them shyer than
ever in each others company.
Necessity, however, frequently COM
PEELED Miss Hannah to seek Mr.. Shen
stones advice concerning the manage
ment of her big boys. Miss Hannah had
never taught before, as ! have said, and
son, and slow in adopting the terrorizi.g
methods of public school. The big
boys OWNED this instantly, and decided
that a teacher SO absurdly young and
small could not do much to establish her
authority. In this they were mistaken,
for Miss Hannah had plenty of deter
mination under her soft exterior, but
she lacked experience, and often found
herself in position where she did not
know what to- do next; hence the inter
views with the principal
Miss Hannah had various amusing
encounters with her pupils. On one
occasion she detained after class a mis-
chievous, yellow haired youth who had
often given her trouble She descended
hastily from the platform and stood by
him. He lowered above her. Miss
Hannah felt his advantage of her in
size, at least, and she told him to sit
down. The difference in their respec-
tive statures would not be SO noticeable
then.
"Harry," she said, her soft eyes full
of vexation, chow many times have |
kept you after class to talk to you?
You ought to be ashamed [ really
begin to believe you like to have me
talk to youW
The lad looked up with a saucy grin
and replied: eyes, do like to have
you"
What the boy had said did not dawn
on Miss Hannah's comprehension for
some moments. Suddenly she realized
the absurdity of the whole thing and
she laughed. only authority was ruined
for that time,' she wrote to her mother
that night, ''but the idea of that young
ster trying to hirt with me was ridicu-
lous"
Her passage -at-arms with her pupils
did not always exhibit their funny side
to Miss Hannah's troubled vision. Her
woes increased and her cares multiplied.
The older teachers assured her that
they had all had their first year of
teaching once; but all in vain, for Miss
Hannah felt sure that they could never
have had such trials as she did. The
tears very often came into her eyes
when she was alone; they even trickled
down her cheeks as she ate her haSty
meals, until her kind landlady's heart
ached to see it.
One day the climax of Miss Hannah's
troubles came; and now there comes
upon the scene a parsonage who, curl
ously enough was the cause of Miss
Hannah S woe, and yet ultimately her
deliverer. This parsonage was not much
to look at, admit. He had large head
covered outwardly with a rough shock
of black hair and furnished inwardly
with not too great a stock of brains
Jake Tomlnson had been two years IL
reputation, was not really bad boy at
heart, but was one of those thoughtless,
reckless youths who are led to do a
great many foolish things because they
wish to be considered devil of a fell |
low" among the boys.
Little Miss Hannah had had consid-
cradle trouble with Jake, but on this
particular day he quite exhausted her
patience and sinned past forgiveness.
Jake had been told by Miss Hannah to |
read certain paragraph in the lesson
which he did in mumbling tone. She
sharply made him repeat the reading
in loud, drawing voice, trilling his rs |
and accenting in as ridiculous a manner
as he could When he had finished he |
turned around and winked deliberately |
at another boy on the back seat. Jake |
Tomlinson knew that Miss Hannah's |
eyes were upon him, and that wink was
pure bravado. AS for poor little Miss
Hannah, the wink had an unexpected |
effect. She flushed scarlet, though her
cheeks were usually very pale. All the
gentleness left her eyes, and her dim
pied chin was set as firmly as dimpled |
chin can be set.
'Tomlinson, you may remain stand |
ing throughout the entire hour as |
punishment for what you have done"
she commanded, in a tone of suppressed |
wrath.
1t was an unusual method of punish
ment in the high school, and Jake was |
at first rather 'taken off his base" as |
he expressed it to q crony later. He |
soon regained his composure, and kept |
poor little Miss Hannah on the qui vivc !
the whole time; for if her eyes were
class by hideous contortions of counte |
nance, and similar acts. All this did I
not tend to lessen Miss Hannah's ire, |
and she dispatched Jake to the princi-
pal for reprimand, having first ex-
planned his crime herself to Mr.. Shen- I
stone. The latter could scarcely repress
4 smile when he heard that it was a wink |
that had so upset the tiny lady's equa
nimity. Jake was informed that he !
could be pardoned only after he had |
written proper apology to Miss Han
nah for his rudeness.
At noon that day Miss Hannah |
walked up to Mr.. Shcustone and silent |