The Forrest City times., 1899-07-21

could be heard in the school house ward
 Several weeks after the school opened 'nere came day in December which was so unseasonably warm that even the low lire in the big box stove rem oered the room so hot that the door ana windows were opened. The ul.- usual warmth made the teacher ex- tremely drowsy. He yawned and stretched all the forenoon, and almost Tell from his chair once or twice.
 Hastily eating his luncheon at noon. he placed the two recitation benches together, and bidding one of the pupils to be sure to call him at five minutes before one, stretched himself out on the benches and fell asleep.
 The pupils were playing in the yard. when Dan Roby's Tigc suddenly ran | out of the woods and vaulted the low | renee separating the yard from the road. It was the first time Tige had appeared at the school house since the day when he had been twice elected. for Dan had taken care that the doc did not follow him again. Tige was in high spirits. He parked gleefully as he bounded toward his young master and other acquaintances. Dan tried to send him back home, but he treated the command as joke, and only parked and frisked more joyously. The boys | began throwing sticks into the air for | Iige 10 catch, and they sent him racing madly after balls and stones.. Over in a corner of the yard eight or nine little girls were playing tag. Sud- denly Lucy Sharpe, who was "it," stopped and said gaspingly, with a crimson face:
 "Oh, Pm nearly dead for a drink oi water! I'm going to tiptoe into the school house and get drink. won't wake the teacher"
 She ran lightly toward the house and stepped in softly. A moment later she came hurrying out, her eyes wear. ing a frightened look and her face pale instead of red.
 70 girls!" she exclaimed. What dc you think?"
 Why, what's the matter?" the girl, asked. She glanced back toward the school house, as if fearful of pursuit, and then said, in an awe-stricken voice:
 "The teacher hasn't got any hair!"
 "What?"
 "He hasn't! Not a speck of hair has he got on his head! He looks just aw- full. Somebody has scalped him, or something or other, for he hasn't got Q bit of hair! It's all lying on the floor by him."
 10000 Lucy Sharpe!" ''It's sol"
 The little girls ran swiftly toward the school house, and Tige, accepting this as a challenge to give chase, sped after them. They clustered about the door, but Tige darted into the school house. In moment he darted out again with great cluster of jet black curls, lightly touched with gray, dangling from hii mouth! Away he sped, and the little girls fled wildly in all directions, quite terrified by what they had seen.
 Tige leaped low stone wall and rar short distance across field of stub, ble, and then lay down with his trophy between his paws. Meantime the boys were watching the dogs performance , "Dan Roby," said Lucy Sharpe, your dog has got the teachers hair, and he's eating I, up!"
 "Is it possible" exclaimed Dan, that all of that hair the teachers so fussy | about is wig?"
 Its something that's tumbled of' while he's been asleep, anyway" said Lucy.
 "It is a wig!" said Lew Ball. Eve noticed that he always ties his hand | kerchief over his head and under his ! chin when he takes a nap. If it's wig and Tige has it, you'd better get hold of that dog! There'll be cyclone here when the teacher wakes up" Dan and Lew ran in pursuit of Tige, | who fled swiftly across the field, shak- ing the wig violently when he saw them coming. The dog ran into the woods, paving no heed to Dams harsh cries of:
 You, Tige. Drop that! Drop it, tell you!"
 Just as Tige and his two pursuers disappeared over a ridge in the woods the door of the school house closed with a bang, and all the windows were pulled down violently. It was after one o'clock when Jabez Jordon thrust his head out of a window. with his hat pushed down to his ears, and amazed his pupils by saying quite meekly:
 Do any of you know what has be come of my-my-hair-that is to say my wig?"
 Dan Roby's dogs got it. sir, if he hasn't eat it all up by this time" said Joe Carter.
 "That miserable dog." exclaimed Jabez Jordon, while his face famed with wrath. A moment later he ap- peared at the door and asked: (Which way did that dog go?"
 lover the ridge in the woods, sir. J answered Joe as gravely as possible. "Well, you may all go home. for there | won't be any more school today" said Jabez, and set out on run for the woods.
 His pupils never saw him again Only bedraggled remnant of the wiz