Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-01-03
JAMEsY's VERSION
How he Repeated HIS Teachers
First Lesson.
A Chicago Street UrchIn's First Experience
In n Public ScboOl-How He became
Favorite with Ills Teacher
and schOoImateR.


thoroughfare in the most populoue
part of Chicago live 'Jamesy" and
his family, says the Chicago Record.
His family consists Of father and
mother, younger brother and a
younger sister. Although "Jamesy,"
as the eldest child, is perhaps the
most important member Of the fam
lily, be is less than seven years old
and not very large for his age The
greater part Of his brief life has been
spent oh the sidewalk, where he
learned to fight his own battles and
take a few hard knocks without
grieving. His father and mother
Are Woodworking people, but they
have been so busy for two or three
years getting soup-bones and fire.
wood to throw at the wolf that
nJamesy's" EDUCATION has beeh neg
lected. The boy learned many
things, bdS be didn't, get them out
Of the primer. For Two months he
| had been "hustlip'" papers, 9pM q
Jruans inspector found him one day
and took him home. ''!fs,t.iresSsyy's7
mother was told that the boy be-
longed in school and that he must be
started In at once. She was a we'll
meaning woman and agreed that
"Jamesy's" education should begin
the next morning. ~frr,- fa
The boy went to the seh6oihouse
half determined to "duck" at recess,
but the teacher treated him so kind
~ and there was so much of q novel
ty In the show that he decided to re-
main. He soon began to- feel at
home, and he scraped up whisper
ing acquaintance with small. Jew
boy at his right. The teacher inter
ested him greatly. He watched her
draw picture Of cube, and then
heard her read OF o row of figures
from the blackboard, and he con-
cluded that she was the smartest
person in the world except the man
at the ten-cent show who made
beautiful colored landscape while
the orchestra played one tune.
Toward the close Of the morning
session the teacher said;
Now, children, am going to
read you a little piece ont of this
book, and I want you TO listen very
closely so that you can repeat it to
me when have finished"
This aroused Jimmie. II there
was anything he delighted In 1t was
repeating, with sundry emphatic
gestures, to his younger brother at
home accounts Of the daring ex-
PLOTS of Tom Dalton and Jesse
James as he heard them from the lips
of older boys. He was certainly in
terested, and if school was like this
he made up his mind to put up with
several disagreeable features and
return the next forenoon. He
Strengthened himself in his seat at
the request to ''sit erect, prepared
to absorb every word of the expected
story.
The teacher said: "Now, will read
this from this little book, and any
of you who wish to can repeat it to
the class in your own words. Don't
try to say it.as / read it, but Just as
you would say itP Jimmie's eyes
grew big, and he was all attention.
The teacher read this short lesson
from the first reader: sa1 5Eg 4
'.See the COW! Is it not a pretty
cow Can the COW. rum Yes, the
COW, can run. Can the eowru as
fast as the horseH No, the COW can
/ not run as fast as the horse" ~
/ "CriminyF' thought Jimmie, is
at all? Ats dead easy" His
hand was up in twinkling in imita-
ton Of several others, His inter
ested face caught the teachers eye,
and she said: well, James, you
may try it, but be careful and get
It right. You may stand UP by your
seat. - 0.s 9FEy8fgTn
aJsmesys arose, Ordinarily. he
was not bashful, but now his face
was flushed, and he was trembling
With importance as he said: bysbra
Sect onto de cow Amt she a
beautS C'n she git move on? Sure.
1 en- she hump herself as fast as de
horse? Nav, she amt in it wild de
horse, seer o8R1 ~au
| The teacher was overcome, but,
nevertheless, "Jamesy" was a fa-
vorite from that moment.
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