Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-27
JAMES pRsFEanEn TO STAND.


Story of . bright sehaoiranater Aaa -
BaAdins Gsnia.'e 'er Ars.
The schoolmastsr was a very athletie
person. q fact of which the boys had failed
perhaps to take note. He had larRe hanxir
and much endurance. indeed he needed
both. Hands were unusually necessary In
his department. as those who have tried -
manage boys between tile ages Of ten ard
twelve can very well understand. and -
f,r endurance, he needed the endurAnce of
the father Of one boy OF ten or twelve mag
nified TO the one hundrcdth degree. because
about that number Of youths had fallen
to his lot for direction In knowledgahls
paths.
On the morning following St. valen-
tines Day he seemed unwontedly cheerful
so cheerful, In fact, that certain bad
boys In the third row feared that there
was something the matter with the United
States mail How man. particularly
schoolmaster. could smile after reccivinga .
certain libclous picture. q composite figure.
the body cut from ons Of the colorsd car
toons In a comic paper. the head that OF .
prize goose clipped from an agricultural
Journal. beneath which was printed In In
verted Ms and weary lettering Of unmis-
takably boyish make a rhymed insinuA-
tion that the educated goose knew every
could comprehend.
Surely that work Of art, they Thought,
must have gone astray But the notion
was soon dissipated, for after the usual
preliminary exercises In the opening Of the
school had been gone through with. the
| master rose from his seat and made the
| following remarks:
sMy dear boys" said he, ''inasmuch ~
yesterday was st. Valentines Day. have
determined to give TO you all half hoIi-
| day"
.'Hurrahf' shrieked ono of tho third row
boys.
"Restrain yourselves. boys" saId the
master gently. wait until l have finished
We will have no lessons during the morn
| ing hours"
sHoorayr' cried one Of the fourth row
/ boys.
"That win do, Willie" said the master.
raising his hand, which Willie no sooner
was than he had relapse Of qnietude and
covered In his chair.
II should not have remembered that
Valentines Day had come and gone" con-
tinued the master, had ! not found upon
my desk this morning very clever piece
of artistic and poetic work. | have read
the lines upon The Educated Goose and
am inclined to think that they ara, with
out any exception, the cieverest lines Of the
sort have ever seen. and am glad to say
that my assistant IL OF the same opinion.
Indeed, he has asked me to let him have
the production as It stands--picture, lines
and ALTO show TO friend OF his who II
ON the editorial stssf OF one Of the maya
zines, because he thinks the magazine
might like to publish IL, but | ann diam
clined TO let him do this.
mot that am not proud OF some enc Of
my pupils who prehers not to put his name 70
his wonderful production, but that II the
sketch were published In the magazine.
should doubtless receive some ten or fifteen
dollars In payment for 1t. which OF course
| could not consent to accept. could not,
under any circumstances. part with q vol.
untary testimonial Of affection from one Of
my pupils, and my only regret Is that ons
NO gifted as the designer Of this valentins
, has chosen to keep his name secret. In----.
'sTell i'm, Jimmie" came q smothered
voice from the fourth row.
} .Sllence, boysl' said the master. "En.
} couraged by this valentine, l expect "a
start you all Off In art work in a very short
| time, and am convinced from the compo
sltion of this figure of The Educated Gooes
> that we have among us q youth OF extraor
binary tal''---
aI'm himl' came from Jimmie Perkfns
Of tho third row, his bosom heaving with
pride. "If you can get fifteen dollars fol
I IL, Mr.. Smicker, I'm wiliin."
|. "Ahl'' said MIR. Smieker, a smile light
ing up his features. ut was you. was it
Jimmiein
Eyes, sir" said Jimmie with cnthusi
asm. ~ done II all by myself. No hell
from anybody. II It's worth fifteen dol
| larssf-
"we'll talk that over together, James,
, interrupted Mr.. Smicker, .if you viii
come into my private room. A matter o
30 great importance should not be talke,
over SO publicly. The school Is now dis
missed until o'clock
= Mr.. Smicker disappeared into his privat
a room, and Jimmie stalked proudly afte
i him, hardly deiening TO notice any ons
l. while the rest Of the boys departed fer tn
; skating pond with envy In their breasts.
Jimmie alters was lucky feller." sal
i "Reg'ler cat for iandin ON his feet" sai
!. another.
And so the time went on
At o'clock school opened again. and q
the boys trooped In they were surprised
!, = sec that Jimmie. standing by Mr.. Smioker
4 desk, looked deeply panied and thorough
disgusted.
s.James," said Mr.. Smicker. as the boz
4. qnieted down and school began agail
'.you may take your choicc-you may =
turn TO your seat or stand In the corner." !"
And strange 10 relate, James preferr<
to stand In the corner. and since that tin
r he has lost all his interest In art.
Mr., Smicker still has the valeatin
IN which has not yet been published. .--Ha
per's Bazaar.