Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-09-18
THE TUTOR.

'say. fellows. let's get rid of him.
We can't stand that sort of teacher, u
said Jack Darwin one day last April.
He makes me sick always preaching,
preaching, pref
Let's settle himl" shouted three o.
four from the outside of the group.
"Aye, ayel' came the answers, and
Taffy Douglass, the fat boy. with his
slow movements. had just opened hil
mouth for an tAyeW when he caught
sight Of the new tutor looking at the
boys with a frown on his face, and Sc
he transferred the intended part Of
speech Into another loud yawn whicl
made the new tutor jump, whereupor
all the boys giggled.
t'Who Is to be settled, Thorn?" the
tutor asked of the tall boy who stood
nearest him. Thorn colored mp to the
roots Of his hair-he had q very fail
complexion and blushed easily, whiot
led to his being called Rosie by the
others-and stammered:
i forg-I don't-didn't hear, Mr..
Whyland. I"
"Perhaps you didn't hear the bel
ring for you to go baok to your clasl
either. What is it, Blake?'' demanded
the young man, turning to,Teddy.
'tWhat, Mr.. Whyland?'' asked Teddy
innocently.
Who were you going to settle a
I came imp
"oh, that's only little way we hav,
of speaking about those Latin transla
tions, sir.
The tutor looked as though he die
not believe Teddy's explanation. but hi
said nothing more about it.
MIR. Whyland was the new assistant
ut the academy. He had been there only
a week, but in that time had managed
with his extra rules and hard punish
ments to make all the boys his enemies
He did not seem to get along with then
somehow. Perhaps boarding school boys
are hard to get along with. DIR. Arnold
president of the school. had engaged
this young man to fill a vacancy ON hi
staff of instructors not because he knew
him personally, but because he hat
taken high honors at graduation, and
too, his mother was an old friend O
with the men, % the doctor had told hi
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Furnishes too often, and the boys cam
get his big worded explanations through
their heads. - But DIR. Arnold post
poned his little talk too long, for tn,
boys Settled their tutor first
That afternoon the third form boy
did not make as much noise as usual
and that dear old lady, Mother Arnold
as she was affectionately called, scented
mischief as she looked from her window
out on the playground. The boys wer'
grouped together, talking and gesticu
lating violently. and Mother Arnold
thought she ought to tell the docto,
about it, but he was out, and by thu
time he came in everything was quie
again. What transpired on the "cam
pus'' I'll tell you just as it was said.
Let's boycott him, I" suggested Ted
dy, who hadn't a very we'll defined ides
OF what boycotting was.
"Oh, shut upr growled Ned Turner
thickset fellow with less than hi
share of brains '"The only way to fl
him is to fight. Take him when he ISM
prepared, and two or three of US big
fellows win lay him out. :"
That's cowardly, +" said Frank Snow
Nobody but Turner would think O.
doing such"-
''Take that backr" shouted Ned, go
I'll show you who's cow'-
But Frank didn't, because Just the1
Harry Boot, the class beauty, shouted
"Hurrah" at the top of his voice, ant
every one rushed over to where he anC
Taffy were seated ON the fence to sc,
what was the matter. These two hal
been separated from the other boys fo
quite awhile, and as Tafy announced:
1.-THE Beauty has struck 1t, fellows
Well force old Why to resign. and I'm
going to do the biggest part of itlh
stWhatY', 'tHow?p 9.WhenP'' wer,
the questions then asked.
'sBe quiet, and I'll tell you, " sai6
Harry. "We'n make life disagreeablt
for him and make him give up teaching
us. Don't any of you boys study you
lessons tonight, and tomorrow mako al
the noise you can in class, and at even
ing session Tafry will do something tc
astonish you
wait and see, drawled Taffy,
''only have your rubber erasers and lots
of paper balls ON hand to use -
That night was very long to the ex-
pectant boys, but they were so quiet
during evening session that the tutol
thought he had commenced to have
some control over his charges But the
morning dispelled the illusions he had
ON this score. Not one in the third form
knew his lessons, and, what was worse,
they all owned they hadn't studied 9
bit
After supper that day, when the gong
sounded for all pupils to retire to thei1
respective clasrooms, there was hall
suppressed excitement among the third