Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-06-24

impns .ihlp for him ~ master the
art.
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of lrilrrg he more. aivhnc' d
pupIi> - mental ar h II TIC, aud
one da she CAV, tbem this *
ample:
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3 mnlrip led y 3rln> 9 divided hy
10 multi. he'd ny II divided II, "a
mlnus 2 multiplied by 4 minus 5
m"liip lpd Ivy ii divided b o
What do YOU get as fhr ausTrIp
Much 10 her surprise, mp went
II Nes's hand, to signif, that b.
had il,
Well, Hayes, what Is itp she
said.
'Seven,' said the boy.
'Dld you work the exampleP
No, ma'am, guessed it, was
the self-satis6ed reply.
But one thing that Hayes was
notorious for among the other boys
was what they termed his co~ar-
dice, and Coward was the name
frequently hurled at him, in a
contemptuOus tone, when Mss
q rmstead was not within hearing.
H. never resented it; IT struck by
another boy he never returned the
blow. He was a tlmid boy, owing
more 10 unknd treatment than to-
natural cowardce, but the boys
we're not wise enough to discern
this.
The school house stood 10 a very
lonely place, having but one thing
IN lis favor as a IOcatiOn-It STOOD
exactly IN the centre of the dis
trict, on IA back road seldom travel
ed, with white birches, alders a1d
a heavier growth Of timber all
about. Most of the scholars came
'crosS lots from different direc-
tions. MISS Armstead. herself.
came and went across the f~lds to
+ shorten her walk aud a number of
her flock kept her COMPANY.
There was brook, which thy
crossed On stepping stones, but
HA,es, whose rOule hOme laN tha
way, would almost invariably
spring up The nearest tree, swing
himself hand over hAud, from
branch to branch and drop 10 Il"
gro ia on the opposite ide of tn
stream before half the CHI lr~n
J wer' over, aud then he wpnii help
tnr >m Hest across.
He VAS 4tsay. kind 10 d"mh
arima's.
A mo. s.. had Wis t...I h- >cir'
runm fr' uliy. c"milg from
crack IN The n or and bare frc
wonId I" q Icl> drawn np when
ever 1t appeared.
w lh some shingles Anl bi IT
twlne Ha es fashioned IA trap,
baited it with a scrap Of cheese
from sOmeb0dN's dinIrg ba'krt,
aud the next morning the mOusf
was a prisOuar. S,me of the bNS
thought there wOGld be some sport
now iD killing the trembling little
thing, but Hayos though different
ly. He kept the little creature safe
all day aud on the way home open
ell the trap near a barn and the
mOnse scamDered away unh rt.
Tim Adams cried, Coward!
Bessie, THUS sister, slipped her
little hand into Hay es's and with
an Indignant look at her brother,
said, 'You amt a coward, be you,
Hayseedp
Yes, l s'pose so,' said Hayes,
'the BOYS all say am
Not long after this, sad thing
happened. Farmer Adams, the
| father If Bessie aud Tim, was
gored to death by bull that at
! tackled him IN his barry ard. Mr.
J Adams had been district com
J mitteeman, aud the school was
, closed the day of his burial.
: Most OF the scholars attended
r the funeral, and every night since
then, on their way home with Miss
= Armsfead, they had talked OF him
I as they passed his Old home. The
=, bull was KEEP iu the barn yet, they
knew, although he was sOOn to be
e sold. Several palrs of eyes, with
looks of fear IN them, gazed at The
thick Oaken door of the barn and
Gro wded more closely around Miss
= Armstead az they passed It.
a Tim and Bessie had come back
= to school, very SAL aud qniet they
= we're, too. A week alter the terri
, BILE occurrence tney were on theIl
way home, Hayes and several more
q were with them aud NJ 50 Arm.
p stead.