Milford chronicle., 1892-09-16

r,Is,s,,a,, Looked and were staI tleu "
e,.5 themselves confronting the uansyIt
~ ~ ID III a gun barrel, when III ,S .li9
6onde of the plucky little teacheI lyO,n l1o1,ce
cold and unsympathetic. a Nasty lot he
1,,as sufficient to assure Johnson Ii+s His
,,,as in an undesirable iociilay iiiI,c, an en-
courage might be equal % IonI lJiSIdi ibniIding in
trance into a deserted sclt-,,,d the test 81
-, ,sf,,bt Int it did not sUaii9 - S'sV -
tne dilg ii,e Iends f-S1e little teacher, |
tllg ,,fIed M It as though she knew now
Wl Who - and he skunk toward the saIs.
toaIIgI, bo,vever. stood his ground. ne
lLod ,o,ne there to take down the nag
nd level the pole with the ground ana
6a hated to be thwarted. He looked
80 fine resolute face of Miss Fenton,
and his eve caught the CLINT OF the
o,Ieamino barrel. He finched as he met
Rer steadfast gaze and stood irresol9te.
Leave here at onceg ordered MISS
he heard the command and dared not
disregard it. He turned, and with an
attempt alta defiant air moved towaIu DWARF
| his companion, who was already sKulA-
| ing down the road. -, 49,,
had mt, a considerable distance between
themselves and the flag. Her face was
male and her agitation showed now
| great had been the strain upon ner'
Trembling. she turned toward the little
school building, dazed by what had oc-
cu,,red during the last few minutes.
The pupils had in the meantime come
into tbe ward and the girls huddleq
oT0nnd her. while the boy who nrst
esn;ed the intruders, true to the boy
nature. proceeded to take to hlmseit the
} glory of their defeat.
TIe news was not long in reachlne
tho town. where the theft of the trsi
flag still furnished topic for specula
, ton, ,,-,-,. ..,.,. s,o,, No NOR,
in the neighborhOod. -
3 eoI,nd MANY WAYS in which to express
J ti,a;,. annreciation of Miss Fenton'
Z ,IIortl, Her heroism had captured I'M
! hearts of the people. She not only ha'
! e-o5ned the confidence Of the parents am
Fbe devoted allegiance of the pupils nl
q sbe also found herself the recipient Q
y ,-,1.;ors sorts of testimonials from IN
9 several orders and organizations OF IN
/, ,,&gbborhood, who fell into q way o
1. I,tdoinp one another IN evidence o
!. fbeir admiration for her courage
;a The story of her undaunted cohlLoil ply
~ mo of the ruffians in the e.seS4esinse ot u
: flag Travelled tl1rT,jfizsfi the newspapers
all the stSss often given, II i@nusp @
Is,,i,,, ~ ,yith original varlatlolls
coiorS tveu' But she had become u 5l neL
ine ofF sShe people. The unique OPRo
tnnitv tghich had been thrust upon u u
~ of doirsg a really daring tnlhs ~ ~ ~, =
to S,ot;o,,H emblem was of the sort IN
ne l,,,,aa5sd TO the imagination, and MAJ
NO e6,. her . bappv fame. But in spite
M des;rable invitations to other schoc
~. SSiss Fenton remained at her hunt
"s dasI at the Corners for two veal
'ss Tben the principalship of the Auro
pie Titararv Institute for young ladies' W
an nressed upon her in such terms thab 5
lal- could no longer refuse to accepI I
1t larger responsibilities: ,.e .
wn Mr. Williams is still member OF I
,os+ scbool committee of Columbia Corne
and he never drives by the school nor
vvithout stopping to look at the stars a
nei stTines which are raised every norm MOI
lor- If tbe session. If friend IS win n
'en- lie always relates the story OF MISS
ing toms school flag movement anu Het -
the fonee of il. 6And now the young OF
l,t a9,t1 a'at ont and cheer old Glory every d.
,ora And when there is an anniversary
- anything big in the history OF the COZ
llUy try they have to have time oVel
en- sround the hagpOle. Columbus DAY
flag aoUTrS ao,ning and We're not going to be o
ate. done dome here by any school in the sta
wed Ali the folks round in the district
kept going to come here and help the sen
less Celebrate old Columbus. We've got
,rId get new flag for that day, reckon;
one is retting to look like one OF our
=, hattleaags." Then he goes back 10 y
VII Fenton, who started it all, ana ~
que. vividiv describing how the mild look
half teacher balked the two rufians, us'
ii of " winds up by remarking, "YoQ
oted member Josh Billings says you can
and Ivays tell how far toad'll jump by lc
an ing at him" HAROLD hODAi'' y