Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-29
) A l. U o y

Some hall dozen bright students now in
eastern colleges learned their first letters from
that gaa - IGN, and the first temperance lee
tlres ev,y'lelivered in the great rrohibition
tate probabI, fell from the lips Of tia. Young
si-i. A. she took FOR Der TEXT that gaudy sign
On the noOr where the minister intoned each
N-hbs'h Thou shalt not kIil" were the brown
-'aIns Of human blood spilled bv a murderer
ue lee. where the Bible rested on SUNDAYS
u nlHt "a tlch tne judge dispensed Justice and
m urn the platform for the fiddlers and the
tsbls fpr the teacher, was originally the bar Of
lie saloon
Ihe Walls Of this queer school room were COW
cred with CANDY lowered paper, beautifully
punetgred with bullet holes. ard through the
rents III the canya--cOverrd ceiling the sun
-hone. rain drIpped or wind whissied. lust as
the state Of the weather happened To- be fair or
foul The pupils sat on rough boards laid over
lee- keg- some Of the smaller ones sat on big
fat -ton-- brought from the rock quarry near by
because their htlle fat legs were too short for
them % -It On such high seats. The chair Of
state for the 'teechur' wa made with arms
and Formerly served a -four barrel and that
vac the extent Il the school room furniture
There " - no bella horseshoe AID hand spike
answered the purpo--. No black bosrds lined
the walls No globes stood on the teacher a
disk. there wa No. school library there Was
absolutely nothing thr. wouid load one to sun
pose that any thing 30 bleak and bare could be
chFi-t-asd a hool loom. Il least Of all would
tfA4 l-sfF ilslt me Young girl would
ever have undertaken 70 teach there Most
~ her pupil we're quite small but there
were lev biS BOYS. who were at once the priis
sui terror - the teachers life. One of these
BOYS, almost seventeen wears old aud towering
bad and shoulders above her Was IN pernetna1
dirgrace, because he was always taking the
trin- = government In his own hands and
p"uudIus numerically any big bow who showed
th. least sign Of characterization 10 the little
Nonlaus rule He stood a .eI;-constituted
sl'ri over her. much a. big Newfoundland
d. would protect a little white kitten
TODAY be was doing penauce Cor seyerely
De- TX big boy whom he Gun rturing a
jscs r.bbit Miss WRrrens syh 1ies were
usual, With him but his exam bad and
she felt that he must be pun ., .omsaov
H. VA waif from nobody knew xhere but
suppo-ed o. be a hslf-bresd Indian. HIS earliest
recoilsc;lou was Of Indian life. lie drifted at
lart 70 Kansas city from the Nation" a. In
dian territory VA then called and was picked
NJ BY cst'is outfit for general ''chore boy.
a the droves Of cattle were driven gradually
vc-' ~ the grass plains of Kansas. lie was
thea working FOR 'bOarl and schooling for
she only stoTekeeper in Laredo He was re-
marksbIy bright and intelligent uncouth but
qaiek IA his says. with a singularIy winning
smile that lighted up his dark. handsome face
and d',f'SSed even white teeth that woman
might have enyied
He gave the maine "Modoc" 20 Miss Warren
and when she looked her surprise said dog
gedly;
Its all the name I've got
''I3ut what -hall | call you?'' she asked in
puzzled am lie uent. Mr. Modoc?''
''Blszes. no, he returned angrilv. believing
she was making sport OF him. 'Modoc air a
good enuf hsndle. | ain Q Amin to wear ii les
tall wins en- proper. 80 Modoc he remained,
To the cad. the champion Of the weak and the
terror % evil doer--
scarcely two minutes had elapsed since Miss
Warren withering glance at MOdOc, when a
loud swapping Of hngers from his corner caused
kst 20 turn with a severe reprOof for his second
Infringement Of rules, but the culpri, Was be-
side hsr before she could give utterance to a
sound
Il calls halt right yere and insists on
rouniin thi- herd up whole lot till we gifts
the census. When gifts my sights on Babe
Ak in the game hin peTceed
babe gasped Miss Warren. a. she caughi
hi arm why. where l. sbeT
Well. { certainly thinks females ar queer,
h. sid disgustedly. as he escaped from her
eiinging hands. Does IL appear as n know d
I'd be a askin' you alp and he bounded out
doors With a shril whistle on his lips
Before either teacher or pupils had recovered
frOua the shock Of his words he res?peared, his