Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-22
LEAKESVIlLE, GREENE COUNTY, MISS. THURSDAY DECEMBE

house. Go to the door aud throw that
stuff in your mouth out"
Ned Dock laughed and threw the
quid on the floor.
"Pick that stuff up and throw it
outl" said the teacher, calmly and
firmly.
"Throw IT out yourself. Mr..
Teacher, but I WON'T" said Ned
Dock.
"It is ten minutes to noon, but I
| shall dismiss school now and call it
ten minutes earlier. The school will
all leave but Edward Dook."
| With alarm in their faces, the chill
dren went out, and some OF the bigger
boys, among them Bill Dock, with
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 I told you, SIR"
said the teacher, coming so close that
he might have laid his hand on the
others arm.
Ned Docks reply was fierce oath
and savage blow.
You licked my brother, but you
can't lick mel"
Robert Cole saw his tack and knew
his man. He threw off tho blow with
lis right hand and before Ned Dock,
who was as clumsy as he was power
ful, could recover, blow planted be-
! tween his eyes sent him in O heap to
the floor.
Quick rs 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 short pointer
and he applied it to the fellows arms
and shoulders till he roared with pain.
"Will you do as say, Ned Dook?"
"Yes," howled the beaten cur.
''Then pick up that tobacco and
throw it out. Quick, or shall take off
your coat and wear out another pointer
on YOU"
Ned Docks picked up the tobacco,
and when the teacher opened the door
for him to throw it out he ran bare
headed like a 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 o 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 fifty, 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:
eff either of you men came to my
school should expect you to obey
me-"
"But if we didn't do SOP" asked
Ned's uncle.
"Then should make you"
'Do you think you could?"
81 don't know whether you intend
coming to my school or not, Mr..
Dook," said Robert, "but 1 know
pretty we'll why you and your brother
are here. Your family has been a
curse to 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 thatI
cannot fog you Us quickly as if you
were boys, I'll undertake to undeceive
you"
The Docks exchanged glances.
They were fogged without striking a
blow. They offered their hands to
Robert aud called him 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.
A lady succeeded Robert Cole and
she said she had never met with bet
ter pupils or nicer people.
Robert practiced law near by, and
the Docks became his clients, not
that they had n high admiration for
his intellectual requirements, but be-
cause they believed that the ability to
resist was O primary qualification for
lawyer, and Robert had that quality
in perfection. New York Ledger.
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