West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-01

git tn tawk much. Il tvlt Kinder
glad thet 1 he'd my little spell NV
softness en- nobody bat me Gu the
oats bin knew about it.
Tho morning mt skule the teacher
sed she hoped the boys wood be
good an let hur run things TIA suite
hurself. She sod thnre ilein the
day before had scared oil all the
big girls. en- tibet thay must not fte
no more. She called EN- all By
name an made each one stand up
an promise he wOodent fife. Then
she Co mmenced IN hecr classes.
After while Sam Scott, who amt
40 good at 6ggers asked hur tn do
a ex .n,p!e. She set down in the
se,o beside him an liggered the
sun out on his slate fer him. Rite
away every u uvthsm big f%ellers.
he'd "a sum fur hur tn du. She
coodent du en- all TN wunst AN es
she started tn du wun fur Bill
Towns. Wal. Ramsey. who thawt
no should be first went after Bill.
lie jerkel him out NV ,hc sete so
hal thct he hurt little ~IIettie
Phillips, Ell nv course tn 1t got the
whole Phillips oil the war path tn
wunst an ell "A very short time
~seyerll more benches rare put out
NV cemmishun. BY the time
things he'd quieted down ct
was dinner time an skule adjourned
for nune.
Cummin down strete she met
Hen Whipple An they walked to-
ward home. Mrs. Whipple saw
'em cumin an she got mad. She
put on hur bunnit an went over tn
hur maw's an said that Hen went
down tn the skule house tn mete
hur.
Thet afternune Deekin Simpkins
put on his best clothes an sllpt out
the back way en- went down tn
visit the skule. Thet's the furs.
time emmy one visited the Sassafras
Ridge skule in thurty years, l
guess.
1t made the young f~ellers mad
tn see the DeekIn cum in so thay
plckt up all the benches and
throwed EN- out threw the winders
brakin all the glass en- then went
hum. The teacher en- the Dsekin
was all tibet was left cawz the little
children all u away.
Wun NV the DeekIn's little boys
went hum an told his nav where
the Deekin was an she got the
buggy whip en- went after him.
When she g them cummin up
the lane she tuck after him. He
jumped the fence like II frightened
steer and bumped down tho hill
like a hunted jack rabbit.
That Dlte the wimmen got tn
gether an held a indignashun
MEATH an adopted resolution askiu
the teacher tn resign. When she
found out what it all meant she
got mad an started to cue the di.
rectors fur u full terms pay. Thay
compromised fur 500. and she
sent fur me to drive hur Ia the
s%tashun, en- muther ell me he'd
sum little trubbls becawz | went.
The school marin was tn mad tn
tawk Ia me, en- she he'd a nuthe1
kind NV u look IN hur eyes when ]
left hur.
Mrs, Deekin Simpkins hes sudC
fur deeyorce on top NV the luther
damage l heV menshuhed. Hen
WhippIe's wife hes decided not Gu
leve him fur good. purvided he il
good fur the next tu yeers on dom
sware enuy an goes tn church ever
Sunday. That will about Kill
Hen, bat l suppose he will bev tt
dn il.
Sam Peters an Cinthy Aur
heVent made up yet. suppose o
will be seyeril days before Sam vii
be- roastin chestnuts at my iresid.
es he VAS before thet blue eye,
school marm came ~ town.
suppose they will find auothe
poor fule who will cum here an tr
tn teach this skule.
l visit ! were 30 yeer, or over
30 yeer younger than am.
would end out WHARF that bloc
eyed school marui lives an-woll,
guess lme an old iale. Yours re
gretfuily.