The Republican journal., 1892-02-18

talk with we, if ye ar willin. - II am
at your service" l replied. 81 kinder
believe there's bin sum trubble in the
school lately, ain theyo' s'None that
we are aware of, | replied. "Well,
there trubble that Pm aware Of he re-
piled, growing somewhat red in the face.
1--WE are not aware of any trouble, sir,
and trust you will not make any ''Well
then, said he, ''unless you du different
with my scholars | shall make it? Here
yuv' bin and stud .Iakey in the floor just
fur snappin spit balls, and yuv' changed
Salle's seat just cause she whispered. L
don want no sich caryin's on. | don
want my scholars made fun on nor inter
fered with fur nothin'. >
| explained to him that | thought
he was i'll the wrong; that | claimed to
be Judge of the needs and discipline of
the school, that no scholar had been or
would be imposed upon or made fun of in
the school or near the schoolhouse by
myself or others: that knew no differ
ence in scholars except by their conduct,
and that | should take the liberty to
reasonably correct all pupils when they
needed it without regard to their parents
OF others. and chat | intended to show
due respect to every one, and that |
was responsible to the school supervisor
| for any wrong that was found to exist,
and that | thought he was hasty and
wrong in his action and had no shadow of
| Justice ON his side; that he was setting Il
poor example and coming far short of his
duty as parent and citizen i'll the course
he was taking. Instead of taking this in
reason it only served to influence him in
his prejudices and self SutficiencN. Work
ing himself up to more OF a passion he
raved, "Consarn ye. blieve ye are bound
ter have a fuss, and I'm ust the feller
and if We tech one er my scholars agin'
III wallop ye out Ell boots, and fer tew
pins I'd dew it now Every we'll, my
friend, | replied, advancing, Il came
here to instruct the scholars, but if the
parents want a lesson | shall be found
ready to do what | can in that direc-
tom lie was falling back to the rear
resolutely as he saw my determined adj
vance Il don want ter hev ter tech We
right here afore all the big scholars, and
If We keep away We won get hurt. The
scholars here set up a shout and derisive
laughter at his retreat and cautlonary
words, and upon being still further press
ed by my advance he turned and shaped
his course for home with, mind now
what | tell We and don't We 60 to cuttin
git off ser easy next time Another
shout from the larger scholars accelerated
his pace, and my parting counsel was,
''Come in and visit the school Mr..
and see for yourself what we are doing;
| will be pleased to see you any day"
| found afterward that this was a habit
he had got into of trying to bluff each
teacher on the slightest preteXt. The
scholars predicted that lie would trouble
me no more. and that he had been fairly
met and driven at every point. | had no
| further trouble or annoyance from him,
and .Iakey and Sallie were not withdrawn
from school, | learned at the close of the
term that he had so far changed for the
better i'll his opinion that he allowed that
he guessed it had been on the whole the
best school they had had for a good while
]akey and Sallie made good progress.
b. LoCKHEAD.