Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-08
1oLER AVENUE.
(Last Week s

The social at the BaptlSt cndpel
was quite a pleasant and successful
affair in spite of the gloom y, dismal
drip, drip OF the rain that threatened
the frizzes, the crisp ruffles and
dainty laces with ruin. Lot WASH t
there, she was sick and is now sicker
She was shocked first because Frank
thinks she ought TO have given up
Ridenour school to some more needy
applicant, for instance, one of the
factory girls, for whose silken sock
trimming he has at present nc de-
mand. Yes, Frank, Lot is a mean
hog and is getting rich too fast, and
she does feel sorry tor the ones out of
lob, and remorsefully she makes this
proposition If you, Frank, will Sc
lect one of the many who want your
Job and generously get down and out,
giving your position to a more needy
fellow. creature, then l will give my
place to one more needy than myself.
For it is poor rule you establish, if
your case, being a similar one, can be
ruled out. Fitness for the work, ex-
perience and ability. have nothing to
do with it. Any gosling, however
green. who desires and is needy, &C
cordiug to your rule, ought to be Ia
vored, and factories and public schools
are all charitable institutions.
Lot had hardly recovered from that
shock, when a miniature cyclone
swooped down on Ridenour school,
Lot had piled leather strap on boy
convicted of using indecent language
by the testimony of six children, two
of whom were half grown girls. The
unrighteous wrath of his usually
queenly, dignified and sanity god
mother was reused to red-hot heat,
and became violent aud demonstra
tive. The roar of a shelton was
nothing compared with the threaten
ing bowls that issued forth, disfigur-
ing her beautiful face and marring
her sanity mask. Boiling for re-
venge she sought Squire Fraukenber-
ry, tor law. She visited the trustees,
begging for vengeance. She appealed
to the patrons. She threatened, she
snorted, she stormed, she foamed,
she raved. Her agony was pitiful to
behold, and no one had sympathy,
OF course, she believed that boys pro-
test of innocence. He couldn't lie,
for hadn't she dubbed that fellow
time after time for lying until he had
quit it! She knew by his soft, easy,
oily, gentlemanly ways that he was
as pure and free from evil as her
sanity self, and she couldn't sin.
She had grown too old in grace and
in the image of the meek and lowly
Savior she had been following so
long, and whose example she was
now initiating She sought justice,
but would only accept a blind one.
The god. father, the god-sister, the
cat, the dog, the horse, the COW, and
every other member of the family
sought State attorney for law. Is it
any wonder Lot callapsed2 Natural
" a coward, you know, she carries
that book strap yet--ior defense, and
says she'd rather face a cannon than
be in another Irish cyclone.
Perhaps there's something in West
Virginia school law against corporal
punishment, but we have never seen
it. Certain it is, that there is a law
prohibiting indecency, and the woman
or man who raises fuss and disturb
ance against teacher for Furnishing
child for an offense like that, de-
serves what they always get, the
scorn and ridicule Of every decent and
respectable citizen, and more, they
ought to have taste Of Lots leather
strap, which she would only be toe
glad to apply. LOT.