The Meeker herald., 1892-09-10
FRAULElN WiLDERHEIN.

sky; bird and beast had erep, .llenesd
Into tho woods and ihicxets, flowers
dropped their pretty heade from
Lronght; NO breeze nos breath u Wind
stirred tho air and tho whole earth
lay parehei and bas ing under the bra.
rem burning heavens Heated lator
sa' In full swing in tho seLoo. room
where fraullne WiIderheln presided.
Who in looking haca ever remem-
beers lessons learned la cod weather.
There we're I suppDso-,hers mus.
have been bitter frosty days ahen one
studied Co,enso and OTTO ~hen ono
learnt tho hi.h.,, mountains a,d too
ionso,t river, and wrote list, OF dalss
Hut In our memories 1, l. only Tho hot
sultry hour. thai live, aud maze u,
believe u, lat that that onloig.
which now % en- lnenily distinguishes.
u. WAS gained Ia Kind o! yoleaaic
GLOW.
WORK WA, In full swing. Ethel n,
tho old tlnklins piano eheer.ly ratified
out "a, full speed funeral march of
thoPin's eiy.ng 1, even merry
sound. Billie having failed Ia con
vince hi, soyern-ss that no hnd no
need for arithmetic because ha nj
ways Intended - pay ready money
when no grew up unobsru,lyaly
slueaked his pencil up and down his
slate In corner ana drew pictures
on !, with mo stoned thumbA
Little Lvclyn. with tho l"os Of i'm
pcn-irablo idiocy sho assumed y, sh.
entered tho schoolrcom N, with
The Pet Lamb 10 or- her tho book
covered with tears dirty marks and
lite cro,,-S which marked her
weary progress
IN DIV va, taliIas fast, the s'ars bssan
10 b lax.
heard ya.e-. I; s,li. 'DI7s. pr-,iy
crsa,u c. drink 7"
For tuo years this had formed part
OF her allotted task
Poppy had herself dccreod that
rrndin: aloud was part OF n iady's eIu-
cation and .hs eabblol br-aihIcs.iy
through one a! SCOTS novcls to
heated fraul-!n comin: heavily ai,or
her. polni.ng vita n lead pencil along
III. limo. Tilla flushed with her
AIR Tilted In X ~ nn scu,o angle.
which only lonH practice could nchicv.
detained from IL book illustrated
with aIr,y lii,lc Ink pictures, drawn
us u Sigh, rrcrc-.t on Ia tho mlasl u!
harder labor.
All around tho margin were scat.
iorcd little skeleton. iiitlo mon ;ght.
Ing mud running frightiui out. o!.door
ladies o Extraordinarily formed babies
with hugo head. hidcou. pictures 81
lila In her sunday fro k. nnd Frau.
lcln ~ child. hearts with arrows
sticking in them labeled Pierced
Hearts" aad tumble. down hui. l!ck.
eis.i. .Ieacciul Cots"
in tho beginning Tiiia's ns.no vas
written In blood with n match. and
her address given a. TIL Gray. tho
Beautiful England Europe Tho
World. Universe Also h.r renca.
logical table beginning with Adam
and 20 n: down TO Noah through
Abel. taking . jump TO William the
Conqucror and with Charles l. Ms N
kind Of s,cpping.s,o srrivin: nj
''Til!n tho Beautiful
Every row and then this young
pcr,on lost her prccar.ous balance
an. with scream tumblcd baci<.
wards chair and all agnins, tho tall
fender. fraulo n. or one Of her sisters
would pull ncr up by the leg. and un.
nbashcd she pursued her studies.
Tllla had n s,udious turn; also pro.
found dis,ru,, OF her prcccpircss'.
capabilities. Frnulcin banged fur.
iously on tho table with hcr closed
ii-, and screamed cSc,,cdly whenever
p.kcd TO cxpound any poIn,-a habit
which cngcndcrcd di.iru-t and pro.
vented tho lucid explanation Of any
di tculiy.
Tllln therefore carried on her
education 10 n method OF hcr own
with which sho would brook no inter.
'crcnco-by means OF French and n
German 10y. and mn entirely new
and wonderful system OF arithmetic
she invented for herself by VIII CHI
each sum took actly week to do.
There was still sixth pupil who
at iha, nome Mt lay painting nat on her
face under tho bed in her own room
This was not. rs might have been
supposed now method OF torture in.
vented by her teacher neither did
tho. sixth pupil altogether voluntarily
choose this way Of spending . long
hot summers n tornoon.
Tho ma,ter stood thus: When Frau.
lcin's pupils became too outragoously
naughty she sent them out Of tho
schoolroon. ana whom their father
met tho re ractory pupils OUTSIDE he
punished them. H. however no did
not happen TO fall In with his disc.
bedient offspring. NIL went we'll. and
the most unlikely place TO moot ones
futh.r wns under tho bed.
Tho window stood wide open-a
sign OF excessive heat; for only tho
most sultry weather would induce
Fraulcin Wildcrhcin TO open them
even n chink. They werc generally
tightly closed. and rcd flannel bag
made by Fraulcin's own hand-carc.
fully laid across them To exclude
every draught. Fools OF water lay
on the floor which had been watered
by some scholar who had conceived
this brilliant plan OF making the
apartment cooler whom Fraulein had
not been in tho room
There wero signs about that the
little Grays were not always at this
hn d work. II anyone had lifted the
chairs they would have found q tim
tack nailed in the exact middle OF
each leg OF every chair. This was
NO Masonic mark but tho work OF
ono rainy afternoon. when they shoed
eve.y chair and smashed six in the
process These pots and Jars BY tho
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