New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-06-14
SSAl}Y AND. TOBE.

trouble in my school on Raccoon noun
tain. The rule against the use of tobacco
was no longer resisted The married
people were learning well: SO. too, were
the grass widoWers and Widows The
little ones We're more lOvable every day.
One morning, however, our peace was
disturbed by the news Of a fight on the
way home from school the evening be-
fore. A dozen or>more were Implicated
By noon had very correct account
Of the affair. That afternoon requested
the guilty ones to remain after school,
Little groups OF two. three or four
stood around and discussed matters in
aWestruck whispers. heard one or
TWO little girls say:
T''The teacher tol Henry to stay Did
sou know she did:
La, no, did she? D'reckin Henry'n
cit g whoopin: Wouldn that be aw-
tui fer a big boy lack Henry Che was "a
years old) to be whooped? She can't
whoop Henry. He's bigger'n she is"
When school was dismissed, half
dozen children in my room kept their
seats AS the line came down stairs some
four or five dropped out Of it and took
seats in the rear Of my room. motion
ed them front and went out to see the
rest OF.
Some went linyeringly, CHANGING back
through the window to where the cul-
prits sat.
| When came into the room. a funereal
~
tie group. ! could imagine that it had
just settled there, for ! was confident
that before my entrance sundry win1s
and smiles had been exchanged
Sary Camp and lobe Mullins were the
principals; the others were simply acces-
>Orics
Sory was a thin, pug nosed girl, who
looked old enough to have had gears of
4eXl,elience. ToDe was Il freckle faced.
+cross cye, hey, perhaps two years older
,thnn Sary
I We'll hear FROM ToEe and Sarah first.
| an sure lobe will be gallant enough
10 allow Sarah to speak first Besides.
II she does, he will have the last vord"
Il don cyur." said Tobe But if
git the lais' word hit'll be the first time
S&ry cTcr femme have hit And one Of
his Cross eyes winked sTyly at the other
as 4 litter Went through the room
60 on. Sarah Tell ali about this
trouble YOU and Iobe had on your way
home from school,
"Wrll, III ji>:t tell yen hcow hit WIZ.
- q passed. uv rs WIZ ywine home Wis
rt!',!Ay evcnin we stopped jist tother
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TO rest We Ill set GcoWn an We w,lz
I'll }-&"ttin taIkin an me an lobe Null
Inns WIZ I; tittle peace off from the bal
Nnre UV UNI, an (lrTe Suly biusled) 1ODe
liz tr1cd to kiss l3c. | don't let no boy
Nl>s me (swrilin@ " it,, conscious yirtuc},
Ill | ji5t upcG an hit him in the meout}1
It'll his dinner bucket. The led fell of II
The bucket, an jist then Henry Tav lor he
come ~ an he says, says he, 'Whut's
matter, lobe: an he kicked lobe buck
It led 1coWn the bluff.
lobe he tuck and slapped Henry Gaze
he kicked the bucket led all then Bob
Taylor he ran up an kicked Tobe's
bucket an knocked it down the bluff.
lobe he picked up a rock an hit Bob, an
then tie balunce Nv the Taylor boys an
the ,)out<es lincd in. Jist then Brother
Henry he come long an he says: *Whut's
the matter hyur? Whit you all on lobe
fer
'Ihar WuZn't much fyhtin after that,
b'lieve the Taylora boys th'owed some
more rocks too.
lobe was evidently very much pleased
that Sary story was SO favorable to him.
self, but when she remarked by way of
conclusion: Hit all started frum lobe
tryin to kiss me- If hit hadn't been fer
that, thare'd "a been nothin Nv hit, an if
you whoop anybody lobe he's the one to
whoop' He blurted out:
'Sary Camp cussed.'
This remark was variOllsly received,
The Taylors and Joneses gigglea. Sarv
uttered not word, but every feature of
her face, even to the tip Of her pug nose,
and her entire manner said plainly:
That beats me-.
And Sary's 1S-year-old brother Harry
sud. We'll, that's the fust time I've
Sary 'cused Nv cussin sence she
jined the church,
Sary frightened at this and remarked
with animation, Eyes, an I've had my
health Il heap better sence / jined the
church"
Her simple faith moved me- It was
% like that Of the woman of old who
thought but to touch the hem of his gar
nent and be made whole
What did Sarah say, Tobe?"
She said, Dad blame you, You LII
)ack devil.
That hain't cussin," said Sary. II
yurd paw say that, an axed him if hit
vas cussin, and he said hit wuzn', an
Jaws church member too"
Ny pap hain't no church member, an
axed him if hit wuz cussin, an he said
curse hit wuz," said lobe.
Hit amt cussin, is hitP" said Sary
npealing to me as the court of last re-
1T. s.-.- 49,
Not caring to decide so important
AFTER | simply said, ''It is certainly
Ut IN expression that either a. lady or a
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