The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-29
black and but lightly touched with

tainly nearly 60 years old. He wore his
hair in bushy curls and waves all over
his head, and he was almost continual.
ly tossing his hair about lightly with
the tips of his fingers. Ii WAS manifest
to the eyes and to the nostrils of his
pupils that Jabez Jordan made liberal
use of cinnamon-scented hair-oil. Even
the girls who lisliked the teacher most
admitted that he had lawfully pretty
hair"
lie was very incident. During the
noon hour he compelled the pupils TO
leave the school room. in order that he
might sprawl ON couple of long reci-
tation benches and take a ia. Placing
two benches side by side, he would roll
up his oyercoat for a pillow, and stretch
ing his long form out at full length,
sleep soundly.. Sometimes his snoring
could be heard in the school house yard.
Several weeks after the school opened
there came a day in December which
was so unseasonably warm that even
the low fire in the big box stove rem
dered the room so hot that the door
and windows were opened. The I'M
usual warmth made the teacher eN-
tremelyZ drowsy. He yawned. and
stretched all the forenoon, and almost
fell from his chair once or twic,.
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 Tige suddenly ran
out of the woods and vaulted the low
fence separating the yard from the
road. 1t 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 dog
did not follow him again. Tige was in
high spirits. He barked gleefully as
he bounded toward his young master
and other acquaintance. Dan tried to
send him back home, but he treated the
command as u joke, and only barked
and frisked more joyously. The boys
began throwing sticks into the air for
Tige to catch, and they sent him racing
madly after balls and stones.
Over in corner of the yard eight OF
nine little girls were playing tag. Sud
denly Lucy Sharpe, who was 'it,"
stopped and said gaspingly, with
crimson face:
"Oh, I'm nearly dead for drink of
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.
20 girls" she exclaimed. What do
you think ?"
"Why, what's the matter?'' the girls
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 headi He looks just aw-
full! Somebody has scalped him, or
something or other. for he hasn't got n
bit of hair! It's all lying on the floor
by HIM"
10000 Lucy Sharpe!"
Its sou
The little girls ran swiftly toward the
school house, and Tige, accepting this
as challenge to give chase, sped after
them. They clustered about the door,
but Tige darted into the school house.
In a moment he darted out again with
great cluster of JET black curls, lightly
touched with gray, dangling from his
mouth Away he sped. and the little
girls fed wildly in all directions, quite
terrified by what they had seen.
Tige leaped a low stone wall and ran
"a short distance across field of stub
BILE. 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 it up"
as IT possible" exclaimed Dan, that
all of that hair the teachers so fussy
about is a wig?"
ITS something that's tumbled off
while he's been asleep, anyway" said
Lucy.
at is n wig!" said Lew Ball. I've
noticed that he always ties his hand |
kerehief over his head and under his
chin when he takes a nap. If it's a
wig and Tige has it, you'd better get |
hold Of that dog. There'll be a 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. |
paying no heed tc Dams harsh cries of: |
"You. Tige. Drop that! Drop it,
tell you!"
Just as Tige and his two pursuers |
disappeared over ridge in the woods |
the door Of the school house closed with /
a bang. and all the windows were pulled |
down violently. II was after one o'clock |
when Jabez Jordon thrust his head out /
of a window. with his hat pu she'd down /
TO his ears, and amazed his pupils BIZ /
saying quite meekly:
do any of you know what has be. |
come of my-my- hair-that is 10 say, /
my wig?"
dan Roby's dogs got IL, sir, If he
hasn't eat ii all up by this time said /
Joe Carter
THAT miserable dog" exclaimed |
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