The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-12-17
FRAULEiN WiLDERHEIN.

L RA ULEiN WILDER u h In.
The sun streamed down cloudless
sky; bird and beast had crcpt silenccd
into the woods and ihickets; flowers
dropped their pretty heads from
drought; no breeze nor breath o. wind
stirred the air and the whole earth
lay parched and baking under the bra
zen. burning heavens. Heated labor
was in full swing in the sci ool room
where Frauline Wilderhein presided.
Who in looking back ever remem-
bers lessons learned in cod weather
There were | suppose-Lhere must
have been--bitter. frosty days when one
studied Colenso and Otto, when one
learnt the highest mountains and tao
longest rivers and wrote lists OF dates
But in our memories II is only he hot
-ultry hours that live. aud make US
believe at last that that Knowledge
which now so eminen,ly distinguishes
Us was gained in kind OF volcanic
glow.
Work was in full swing Ethel at
the old tinkling piano cheerily ratified
out at full speed funeral march of
Chopin's giving it even n merry
sound. Billie, having failed TO con.
vince his governess that he had no
need for arithmetic, because he nj
ways intended to pay ready money
when he grew up, unobtrusively
squeaked his pencil up and down his
slate in n corner and drew pictures
on 1t with moistcned thumbs.
Little Evelyn, with the look OF i'm
penetrable idiocy she assumed ~ she
entered tho schoolroom sat with
The Pet Lamb" bo.ore her the book
covered with tears dirty marks and
little crosses which marked her
weary progress
'The dsw was falling fast. the stars bssll
to biu.s.
l heard i voice i: said, 'D-ial;. pretty
creatu c, drink,"
For two years this had formed part
OF her allotted task.
Poppy had herself decreed that
reading aloud was part OF lndy's cIu-
cation. and she eaoblel brcathlcssly
through one OF SCOTS novels to
heated Fraulein coming heavily after
her, pointing with IL lead pencil aloHg
the lines Tilla flushed with her
{ air tilted ba k at an acute angle.
which only long practice could achieve
acclaimed from II book illustrated
with dirty little ink pictures. drawn
as . slight recrc I on in the midst OF
harder labors.
All around the margin were scat.
tered little skeleton. li.tle men fight
ing and running frighttul out ol-door
ladies ectraordi narily formed babies
with huge heads hideouj pictures OF
Tilla in her Sunday fro X. and Frau
lein us n child, hearts with arrows
sticking in them, labeled Pierced
Hearts and tumble down huts tick
etod, Peaceful Cots"
In the beginning 1'i!la' name was
written in blood with match. and
her address given as It'll Gray, the
beautiful England. Europe. Tho
World. Universe Also her genoa.
logical table beginning with Adam
aud going down to Noah. through
Abel. taking "A jump 10 William the
tonqueror and. with Charles /. rs
kind OF stopping Stone. arriving at
'!Tilln the Beautiful
Every row and then this young
person lost her precarious balance
wards, chair and all against the tall
fender. Fraulen. or one of her sisters
would pull her up by the leg and I'M
abashcd she pursued her studies.
I'illa had q studious turn; also pro
found dIstrust of her preccptress's
capabilities. Fraulcin banged fur
iously on the table with her closed
fist and screamed excitedly whenever
asked to eYpound any point--a habit
which engendered distrust and pre-
vented the lucid explanation of any
diAculiy.
Tilln therefore carried on her
education in Il method of her own
tn which she would brook no inter-
'crcnco-by means of French and
German Key and nn entirely new
and wonderful system of arithmetic
she invented for herself by VIII oh
each sum took exactly u weeI, to do.
There was still sixth pupil who
at that moment lay painting fat on her
face under the bed in her own room.
This was not rs might have been
supposed new method OF torture in.
vented by her teacher Mother did
the sixth pupil altogether voluntarily
choose this way of spending II long
hot summers ternoon.
The matter stood thu: When Frau
leins pupils became too outrageously
naughty she sent them out of the
schoolroom. aud when their father
met ibo re FACTORY pupils outsiae he
punished them. II. however. he did
not happen 10 fall in with his DISC
bcdient offspring all went well, and
the most unlikely place to meet ones
father was under the bed.
The window stood wide open-a
sign OF excessive heat; for only the
most suitry weather would induce
Frauleiu Wilderhein 10 open them
even a chink. They were generally
tightly closed. and red flannel bag
made by Frauleiu's own hand-carc-
fully laid across them to exclude
every draught. Fools OF water lay
on tho floor which had been waterel
by some scholar who had conceived
this brilliant plan OF making the
apartment cooler when Fraulein had
not been in the room.
There were signs about that the
little Grays we're not always at this