Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-12-02
.1've chawed for years." laughed

tive chawed for years." laughed!
Ned.
81 don't care Whist you have done:
you can't s 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 and throw it Quit"
said the teacher, calmly and firmly.
"Throw 1t out yourself, Mr.. Teacher.
but 1 won't" said Ned Dock.
lit is ten minutes to noon, but I shall
dismiss school now and call 1t ten min
utcs earlier. The school will all leave
but Edward Dock"
With alarm in their faces, the chill
dren went out, and some of the bigger
boys, among them Bill Dock, with q
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.
"'Wil 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 a fierce 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 power
full, could recover a blow planted be-
tween 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 n 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"
Eyes," howled the beaten cur.
"Then pick up that tobacco and
throw 1T out. Quick, or 1 shall take of
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 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 a 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 We're made Of the
same material as the younger DULLES.
He explained, and said in conclusion:
"If either of you men anne to my
school l should expect you to obey me-"
But if we didn't do so?' asked Ned's
uncle.
"Then 1 should make you"
"Do you think you could?"
81 don't know whether you intend
coming to my school OF not, Mr.. Dock"
said Robert, 'but I know pretty well
why you and your brother r here.
Your family has been q 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 saidsas he came back: "If
either of you. or both of you together,
imagine that 1 cannot fog you as quick
IL as If you were boys, I'll undertake to
undeceive you"
The Docks exchanged glances. They
were flogged 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 in the county.
A lady succeeded Robert Cole and she
said she had met with better pu-
pills OF nicer people.
Robert practiced law near by, and
the Docks became his clients, not that
| they had a high admiration for his in
| ~tellectual requirements, but because
| they believed that the ability to resist
was a primary qualification for a law.
yer, and Robert had that quality in per.
fection.-New York Ledger.
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