Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-29

The look at the offender seemed to suffice
for be subsidized for the time and the ''teechur'
went on with her work. patiently explaining
over and over again the simple theory till hight
seemed to dawn on the bewildered boy.
There. think you understand and can GO
alone. can YOU not?" she asked. with an encour-
aging smile, a. she laid her hand on the un-
kempt head
,fas m. kin gift they all now. Yer alters
makes things plain
"Oh, Wiley! how often must / tell you not TO
say kin and git Neither should you say
they al. and It u always not 'sllsrs'"
Il reckon A. how We ais amt made out n the
anne kinder dirt rs YOU ais nohow, cavse il
years Ike we ais never rarn ter talk like you
ais but tries Miss Sary deed | does" and
the heavy eyes looked wistfully up into the
troubled face Of the teacher
With a gesture OF despair she half turned
away. but the pleading eyes restrained her and
she answered gently:
I'VE we're all made In His likeness wfley
but accident OF birth has much to do with the
Inference IN people and education and culture
makes the difference wider. You will learn il
al In time II you viii be patient and persevere
know u seems slow. hard work. but you are
improving"
The smile Of loving fifth aud logged determi-
. naslon on p, ihe face Of b." ~no was known
trash from MizoOry b" or .'Mizoory'' for short
amply repaid the tired girl for the kind words
he nal been prompted to say. As she passed
down the room her eyes took in for the hun
drrith time. perhaps. the lncOngruities of her
surrounding. and A. she paused beside her desk
a. involuntary smile crept about the corners Of
her mouth. ~ her mind reverted to her own
happy school iays. and what her fussy old pre-
ceptors would think Of her opportunities for
training the pliant minds Of the Young
The room in which she stood had been
strangely diverted from its original uses The
long low structure stood close under the brow
o. tn hill three OF Its little back rooms occu-
pied by Miss Warren's family, and the fourth.
In which Mi-s Warren stood. some twenty feet
square. served lecture room. church, ball
room. court house, concert hall and school
room. a. occasion required
IL held the fort on what had been the orig
nal town site. but more desirable piece Of
ground was plated BY rival town company
Just around the bend Of the hill a quarter of a
mile distant, 50 the board shanties and tinv
frame houses were one day moved over on the
new town site Ii was not a difficult thing to
do. for the houses were small and four horses
could easily haul them about
In the relocation Of the town aud the subse-
queht moving OF the shauties that had kept the
old rooEery company many uusightlv holes
were left uncovered tina. had served as cellars
These holes soon became the homes OF all nun
Ter Of creeping things. Which the school bows
Delighted 10 p0Ae into mad fury with long poles
II was no uncommon occurrence for the lizards
and snakes TO fOrsaks these hauuts and glide
into the school room. causing u general SIAM
Tede among the children. bat the rats and mice
something Of disturbing element nj first, be-
came quite tame and played unmolested among
the dinner pals and wraps deposited on the
floor
The great square room had but two windows
and on each one OF them was painted in glaring
red and yellow letters: