The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-08

| I felt hurt at the way she had treated
me the evening before. and 1 suppose
| 7 NAV have said something unpleas-
! ant. Presently she ran upstairs, leav
| ing me in the hall, and said she had
| nothing further to do with the cas-
| since Bessie had left, and that 1 should
| see Professor Dyer. l sent a gentleman
| TO go into the different grades to in
| quir about Bessie, but Miss Stuckey re.
| fused to allow him 10 make any in,
| quiries regarding her. / have Miss
| Millers own statement that Bessie was
very sweet child, she loved her dearly
and didn't think that she had a child
| nj the room that was dearer TO her
| She said that Bessie seemed absent
minded at times, but she thought it was
owing to the child's health. l asked
| her as favor never to correct Bessie
in the presence Of the other scholars
and she promised that she never would
and do not think she ever did again
Miss Miller has never found any fault
with-Bessie to me, and the department
| grade on her card is excellent"
Mr.. Stanley-Do you say that the
| reason for not writing an excuse was
that you could not give an excuse?"
Mrs. Quintin-I could not tell a story
have some kind of punishment?
Al supposed that she would be kept
after school, or something Of that kind.
1 supposed that after she had made
confession she would not be punished.
Odd you expect that she would
have some punishment in the school?
Al didn't think she would.
Q-You concluded that you would
punish her for that same offense?
Al expected to.
Q-You expected to discipline her al
home and not at school, and you did
| not expect her to be punished by sus-
pension?
A-No sir.
Q-Your punishment was worse than
suspension. You were going to take
away pleasurers for at least thirty
days?
A-That was my affair and I don't
think should be questioned about that.
Didn't you say you would exclude
her from any pleasure?
Al did that because she went down
town, not for anything that happened
at the school.
Q-Then for violating one of your
rules you deprived her Of all pleasures?
Ayes sir.
for thirty days?
A-Not all pleasure. I don't think
they have any right to interfere with
my mode Of punishment at home.
O. am not questioning that at all;
but if you punished her to that extent
for the violation Of one of your rules,
why didn't you expect that she would
be punished at school?
A-The same thing happens every
day. There is nothing said about it
when the other children play truant
Q-Who are they? Name one of
them.
A-One is Louise Lewell'7g. She was
truant and was not punished.
Q-Can you tell about the time?
A-No, cannot tell
Q-This school year?
Ayes, sir.
Q-Was Bessie repremanded at home?
Al talked with her about it at home.
Q-Who was present?
Any husband and myself, and a
gentleman friend of ours.
Q-And didn't she, by reason OF this
repremand at the table, commenced cry
ing and want TO leave the table?
A-No, sir.
Q-And didn't her father tell her that
nc WOnlu write 10 ner grandfather ABOUT
her, about how she acted?
Al didn't hear anything OF the kind.
Didn't one of you tell Bessie that
she had told a falsehood about this
matter?
A-No, sir.
Q-Then you did not intend to pun
ish her for telling a fa1sehood?
A-What falsehood did she tell?
Q-You punished her for going down
town?
Q-Then after your doing that. and
threatened to exclude her from all
pleasure for thirty days, you was sur
prised when she didn't come home?
Ayes, sir; was.
This closed the testimony until to-
night Both sides expressed themselves
as perfectly satisfied with the progress
being made.
In the testimony the night previous
by Mr.. Price there seems to be con-
flict as he price testified that Bessie
was repremanded at the table and at
tempted to leave crying, but was COM
PEELED to remain by her parents until
the rest was through eating.