The Eddy current., 1898-04-09


lNiHlNlVlHIBID class In Latin.
Tneae young boys and girls. Who look
~ piiyingly up TO his dark face. wsfe
siruEEiing with the verb sum
Tts teuon had been poorly prepared
an5 ths issue Of thunderbo,ts was soon
~xprrfrd 10 shower from this pecagogi-
saa Olympus. ~ last Il came.
~. Jenkins brought his nst down
upuu the plain deal board with
thump that awokc every languid mind
in the room Is this what you come
90 sghooi for7' he began. as II address
ma a jury rs this the way you use
On. ~ the most precious gifts that God
haa Eivcn 10 your Here you are a
wholn class of bright boys and girls.
a1th hraiua enough 20 DO anything you
tesiTs Ia this great world. throwing
sway the greatcH opportunity OF your
Hvpa. N this was an institution for
wfak- k-mindod children would have
susne compassion for you. but your
rNs,s are all bright and your eyes arr
gieEr, and yet you will come to me
~ith such lesson as thls'" Mr.. Jen-
kins punctuated every sentence with
HHA"N "AfNiNN NNWNiN wv wv NfHN WhfNN
carried conviction and modification TO
the minds OF each boy and gir before
him.
~ vas then that the red-headed girl
on thu back seat wrote "Joyi non
piacet" Gu Is not pleasing TO Iuplter')
Geraldine CONN was Mr. jenkins
Uvtie lie had no favorltes a. least,
s,ach never appealed IN the little COM
naonweaith which he held Ia the hot
tuU or his hand. But In Geraldine he
was intensely interested and he often
nu,Ind In her his greatest irritation.
walk Mr.. jenkins held the whole OF
his nfiy odd young spirits In the hol-
h1W of his hand. the red headed girl
gas the one person he was not quite
sure Of. Geraldine had given him the
name Of "Iupiter.' and II fitted 80 well
skaf u wss a. once adopted by all his
sstbtN,tH.
when he pounds his desk and that
sr-at shaggy head shakes So and his
abse eyes iiash. all can think Of Is
Ispiter sending thunderbolts to earth"
and IN this remark Geraldine had
ehrtsiencd him. Many times he had
ehDaEht he had heard the name Of
lupitcr jenkins. but he had never been
abb In capture one Of these orring
n1or1als. OF course. he knew ho was
called Jupiter he had been told so by
admlrinE parents. who knew ho would
10 plcased and he was.
But II was with tho red d-headed girl
-Ehaf this story Is chiefly concerned
she vns tho only human problem that
Ispiisr Jenkins could not solve Ger
aldine Conn had been an inmate of
IN Hchoolroom only fcw days when
Mr.. Jcnklns discovered that she pos.
psEIsad an unusual mind. lie laid his
plans 60 make the most he could Of
her. lie was accustomed 10 uss the
varable % the talents Ia tho school
RVom. and 10 say that TO whom much
vas given much would be required.
The getting OF lessons was an easy
Eraifcs a. Geraldine Codln She not
1rly learned them but the truths and
passsciples were digosted. ana sank into
as mind clearly understood aud stor-
20 away. until the day which would
call them into use
Iupiter Jenkins was accustomed e.
say tha' hardly more than one child
IN .weAty really digested knowledge.
If.
IIs had come 90 complain 10 Goral-
dina's mother that her daughter some
timog failed In her lessons. and that Il
waa inexcusablo IN one who had such
a mind. Il have come 90 tcll you this
NrA. Conn when would not take the
trouble 10 inform another mother. foi
thia reason and Il alone Goraldin,
has an unusual mind. and She c1r
make anything she ploases of herself
NJ she knows you and are one lr
this matter. she will not care 10 tron
bls % by neglocting 90 gei her les
sans
Geraldine mother was much natt.r
- a. any other woman would be- and
81 course. Jupiter Jenkins was uphold
Thua he dealt with Geraldine con
ssiouH OF his power he cndcayoro.
90 make her fail. and. wherever sh
aid she was compelled 10 remain aftp
ss-hooi and get her lessons
Hut. with wonderful mind ther
Eas n somewhat wayward nature h
TIE texture ot bcfaldlne Conin'a per
nunaiity She was often rough AM
aoydenirh. and she caused no end a
tronble with the deep interest IA
Young master took in her sense o
power developed when Mr. Ienkln
supuoard he had her snlidiy in hia con
trui. there would burst forth NJ o
-dun't care" IN her which astonisho
und alarmed him
Then the thundcrholts few 10 pune
tEaie the masters fluent words of lr
dsnaiion. when one has me might
Eif of brains" he Numbered "an
tifca road Hes before 90 choose wh'
"a bssa and highest 90 bo lazy and Ian
Eaid. and not 10 reach the arm 90 gras
the Eoiden apple of Hosperides, la m
grraiea' wrong"
n WaB then that Geraldine. her cole
slightly brighter ana her head "a trif