Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-27


prove it he spat on The foor.
"You cannot chew tobacco here:
apart from the example you set the
younger boys, l cannot stand such filth
in the schoolroom."
"rve chawed for years" laughed
Ned.
AZ don't care what you have done.
you can't use tobacco in this school
house. Go to the door and throw that
stuff in your mouth out"
Ned Dock laughed and threw the
quid on the floor.
"Pick that stuff up ard throw it
out!" said the teacher. calmly and
firmly.
Throw it out yourself, Mr.. Teacher,
but won't" said Ned Dock.
at is ten minutes TO noon. but shall
dismiss school now and call it ten min
utes earlier. The school will all leave
but Edward Dooh."
With alarm in their faces, the chill
dren went out, and some of the bigger
boys. among them Bill Dock, with a
look Of satisfaction on his ugly face,
looked in the windows.
Edward Dock tried to smile when
the teacher locked the door and came
back to him. but his trembling lips
showed that his confidence in himself
was somewhat shaken.
"Will you do as told you, sir" said
the teacher, coming so close that he
might have laid his hand on the others
arm.
Nj Dool-'. ra,1v vrac n Earra oath
and a savage blow.
"You licked my brother, but you
can't lick mel"
Robert Cole saw his tack and knew
his man. He threw off the blow with
his right hand and before Ned Dock.
who was as clumsy as he was powerful.
could recover, 4 blow planted between
his eyes sent him in a heap to the
floor.
Quick as a flash Robert dragged his
rebellious pupil to the platform and
set him on his feet.
The young savage struck another
blow and again was knocked down.
Then Robert seized a short pointer
and he applied it TO the fellows arms
and shoulders till he roared with pain.
"Will you DO as I say, Ned Dook?"
"Yes," howled the beaten cur.
Then pick up that tobacco and
throw it out. Quick, or I shall take
off your coat and wear out another
pointer on you"
Ned Dock picked up the tobacco,
and when the teacher opened the door
for him to throw it out he ran bare
headed like 4 deer in the direction of
his home, followed by his frightened
brother.
During the rest of the day Robert
continued as if nothing had happened,
and his school was model of order.
School had Just been dismissed for
the day, when Ned Docks father and
Ned Docks uncle, both trustees and
powerful men under so, came to the
school and demanded an explanation.
Robert saw that these men meant
fight, but that they were made of the
same material as the younger bullies.
He explained, and said in conclusion:
III either of you men came to my
school l should expect you to obey
me-"
But if we didn't do so?' asked Ned.
uncle.
Then | should make you"
DO you think you could?'
II don't know whether you intend
coming to my school or not, Mr..
Dook," said Robert, "but l know pret-
ty well why you and your brother are
here. Your family has been a curse
10 this district, but they must not
stand in my way" Here he rose and,
locking the schoolhouse door, he put
the key in his pocket and said as he
came back: "If either of you, or both
of you together, imagine that | can
not fog you as quickly as if you were
boys. III undertake to undeceive you"
The Docks exchanged glances. They
were fogged without striking a blow.
They offered their hands to Robert
and called him a brick, and told him
TO do as he pleased from this time on
and they would stand by him.
Robert took them at their word and
district 10, from being the worst, be-
came the very best school in the
county.
Robert practiced law near by, and
the Docks became his clients, not that
they had a high admiration for his
intellectual requirements, but because
they believed that the ability to resist
was primary qualification for law
yer, and Robert had that quality in
perfection.-N. Y. Ledger.