Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL HOUSE.
WHERE MINERS CHILDREN RE-
CEIvE RUDIMENTs OF EDUCATION.
Young Woman's search for the School
and What She Found After Fol-
lowing the Many and Vari-
ous Directions Received.

L~eavenworth, March 81 had been told to
get OF the car at Santa Fe street. take the
road running east, and I would have no
difficulty in finding the Riverside school:
I was told that it was on the main road
ing my Instructions, !! struck out boldly
over the rough, ~newly-dried,. untraveled
road. It lay before me. a level length for
those hills SO numerous around Leayen-
worth. The morning was cold; and bright
and cloudy in ftful alienation; On either
side Of the road were fields of dry stubble.
There was not a building in sight, save q
little frame grocery on the right. AS
passed this I was fem anae h rna al on m ,ae
bad ;as bee, been s %nrdeEFs s s on the Rhs store no5 v Sas
evidently a joint. I looked once more at the
long-ascending road before me and turned
apprehensively for a look in the rear. There,
between me and the white pike road where
ably advancing figure Of a man. bounded on
the west by a wicked highway, on the north
by woods, on the south by woods, and on
the east by me, a possible gulch on the
other side Of the hill, and the flowing waters
of the Missouri. Quickly 1 measured the re-
speetiye distances between the man and me
that was clear. Gathering my skirts in both
hands in order to make movements as easy
march, nj When I turned again to view my
pursuer he was gone. 1 had forgotten the
"Last House ON the HILL"
The uphill road terminates On top in the
midst of a small settlement of houses. 1t
was a relief to see them, but not one OF
them had the least appearance of being a
school house. 1 looked them over ana
picked out the darkest. littlest one among
was built on the edge of the hill and the
back door. if there was any, must have
been high in the air. Through a great crack
under the front doorsill l could see that the
basement story was open on the entire east
side and resembled a cattle stall. l stepped
to, the door and raped, after listening foE
by a sick little urchin with his head wrapped
up in white cotton cloth and his stockings
presenting individual holes for each OF his
II am looking for a school," I stammered,
realizing that this was not the place. G
low. Las house on the Hill" He closed
the door quickly and I looked around hope
lessly for a road and a hill. Hills are not
souri, and the land back from the Riverside
mine is broken into innumerable heights
and hollow VS. Roads ads, h9Meyer on are , not SO
down around the little brown house: AS
I went dow this in a northeasterly direc-
r aDai on ris ing ILL., ILL., The The road.f could see at
ter coming around the curve, led directly to
the buildings Of the mine and the cabins Of
the same dusty red. There was no school
house there. that was certain.
q On ema sGP S Of ths hill ..r At my 1s.t left house ! eoa oa sse
HILL" was the direction given me; perhaps
there was something farther over which I
wound : up it in a west-north direction. I
carefully scanned the buildings before me
and then made the leap that brought me
house that I had noticed from the road
below. a stretch of land Of uneven sur
face. the woods b~eyond-and that was all.
DIV this tfpna thn 0{trrofiOr moo orOu-fnO in.
teresting. Under other circumstances I
might believe that I was the victim of a
g p1sea that '9 aka n and e had: Pssn I s sad come TO e
with a serious purpose and had been sent
by serious people, I stopped in front Of the
either inside or about the yard and there
was no gate in the front fence. Neither was
there a human soul In sight. 1t had been
t, one Of my kind, excepting the little boy
with the sick head and the bare toes. and
the tb stiffness mo4s p Tss Eestin g f Gpp1 missra ,i Gas
in this isolated dwelling. I imagined: the
husband was away at his work. digging in
We're probably at schoolSbut Where? The
as I am not skillful in scaling fences did
My other recourse was to follow a narrow
path leading north. apparently into the
bring me to, I noticed smoke coming from
the level Of the ground some little distance
before me and then 1 discerned in a sudden
ed forward. 1.-THE house at the end Of the
HILL" was the direction the boy had given
two houses in a broad stretch of land I
had had so much trouble to find the proper
one! I had just begun on the descent which
led to q little brown frame building when
A woman's Calculations.
1t is said that in a woman's calculation
.--nxhSn- To- roP< A,,& r hnl pr-@-,-
t when I set out on his trip that I would
; be alone in the woods. but I had never
t thought Of dogs. One. two, three of them
rushed up the path: and for a moment I
not a good Judge Of dogs. but I want 1t
understood that these were larger than rat
terriers.though not 80 large as mastif1s.
as good doggie'' had nc effect. However.
I stood my ground firmly. though my knees
/ was beginning to make an impression up:
: on one Of them and 1 believe I would have
D upon the others II. just then, a woman had
climbed the rocky path. speaking a Ian.
guage more readily understood than mine.
. Can you tell me where the Riverside
mine is?" I inquired, when the dogs had
t ceased barking and were Sinking around
r their mistress: The woman was the wife OF
. e ere at at Work woe [G IN the m miaes. 81 she m didy not OF u Maem
E II am looking for Miss Bowman's school,
"a lady?'
Eyes. a lady," I said. though doubtful Of
t her meaning.
o the child who had followed her up the in
e cline. I had to repeat my question.
e IT am looking for the miners school
Can't you tell me where 1t is?"
20, re school, at re NINE" she said. ]
took the clue and traced my steps back tc
q the gray slate road, which leads to the
mines. At the mine I met a miner and re.
peated my oft-asked question. He directec
q me to one of the miners cabins-the last
" in a row built on a slight elevation. "Th<
last house OF the hill' was explained.
school for Miners Children.
e Tho Riverside school for miners children
Is a part of the regular school system OF
lL~eavenworth, though the Riverside Mining