The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-10-29

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ssaaaI rlasst. be vasii 81 tae lo-s 90
heip b'u carry Ter ost ot tie school 70 IN.
pot hsr 10 hsy rack as1 drive bsr iulo
hr Hides doofysri. where che ass to
be left while TIE boys ha.teued btek ont
Ct the doctors rtscb. The ntItAtteft o1u
jim scot notes dying through the school
room, uubekuosn 10 the teacher, CON
mspdlng sil the boys 10 sssist hin 10 bis
neW scheme. he ha1 brought lhs hay rack
with bin, ou the wsy 10 school, leaving
it 10 the borse she'd across the road, fer
be felt snre be wenld get volunteers to
assist him
( Jim Wsller always led The gang that
''hred the school tssohprs. All be bad
ever done "a, T. inform the boys by uole
what they wste 20 DO 90 a given signal,
sftr Sbi'h the 'afine' took place. The
boys nevsr knes the appoialed day for
the catastrophe uutil It Was upon them /.
jim was sharp enough ~ 10 disclose his /
plans much ahead Of time for fear some
one would tell the teacher Bot the boys
bad always been ready TO sssist him on a
moments notice. The older ones liked the
sport aud the younger ones had always
been afraid to disobey jim.
The notas distributed read as follows:
Teacher to be carried of 10 hay rack 10
one hour Wait until stand up and say I
fire the tesoher. Anyone not helping will
get licked, outside, to morrow,
The notes were not sIsued, bat ev,ry
one reading them knew from whom they +
came, For the next hour there was con
siderable confusion in the school room, {
At last, Jnst before school was TO be let o
ut, Jim rose from his scat shouted Now I
Boys FIRE the taacberw and made q rush n
OF the desk. No one followed He turn y
d around, and called upon several by II
IsLne to follow, but nobody obeyed Jim. v
Iot knowing what TO do, finally made o Il
ush for the door, Jumped il t. the hay j
ack aud drove home.
The next day Jim came back to school s,
boxing very much ashamed. Before "
,hool began be quietly took his seat. He
rpected TO receive severe scoldng from 81
le tescher, but she simply said TO lin. m
food morning When ell the sch osrs IN
sd taken their seats Jim walked up to
le desk aud addressed the teacher before pr
e whole school He said: W
Miss Sundtrir, | hope you will for es
ve Tor my bad conduct yesterday. sll
,rhsps you know that after a week or co
70 We have always fired the new teach for
| thought We ought to fire you too, tn
1t did not mean to hurt you, ma am, th
d now | am gid We did not lire ycu, XII
+ yon are the best teacher we ever had for
re- II yon will forgive me this once Mi
Ichtr. ! will ever be your friend. sci
jim could say 20 more for bis voice was lo7
ting thick, and big tears were otzjng sh,
IN hi eyes, ha,
NJ .-- .---,-- -,rned, Yes, o.. =.
give you. We will be good frle1 de- for
-ealter Aud they always were bus
The new teacher bad cor quered the hard |
school in the state, and never after aud
rds ieered beng fred, Her pupils thil
lid not do enough for her, and even she
,Dk and Jim delighted IN picking flow fast
for her on their way to school, or else and
ngng her the largest, rosi-s' apples 10 con
ir faith RS orchards ter
he new teacher was liked 30 well that in {
t term she took the same school, and ed
all know, is still teaching in school on
se Number 3, the school no longer out
b Q hard reputation. thot