The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10

was az sturdy young Iufian as otet Gsmein 70
was finally subdued TO the rules
Lam him good; he's little devil wrote one
x letsor, evidently from German family was
~HoNonEp SIR. Fritz is a wicked boy som;
times We say you lick him good lie wiz holot
bu, that don'i hurt nothing We wan' you 70
fully, HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
This one. which might be ascribed TO on hish
source, Is really from Swede.
Nit TEACHER IL Oscar 90 nov III you
this note today pound him I'LL he bcllars He has
ben stay away from skul u much L. ~
Here is the ou,pu, Of French bakery; -.
,MoNsiEvn; That nen MI. ~ bin am oniy
his stepfather anyway and yours WIN - op TX
regards H.
"Tha, remind. mo-" said tho principal. -of a
letter which came 10 me from woman VINO wiiQ,,e
was was in inoorrisbis and advising me 70 punish him
anything with him. The reverse proved to DO
true when the youngs,er arrived. ho vas
s a. s20a aa found ss. Sp he his
s,cpmothcr and hated him bitterly. The poor
little chap had been beaten az home o UNIV, 'so
abe sen, him 10 school with that note expecting
that would boa. him. to- and wi. with nd any ny
with an aunt That is the only casc o. the kind
IN here s'f from 10' German
find il, OH, yes: there IL is" The le'tor was
dated from Williamsburg and said:
r mn 81. s SAY na S Ss Fnd. sS vi.
him out Don't be afraid d me and his mother
Is ali u light MY vile V she say Il You whip Can
she whip me, and guess she try all right Don't
my speech. but hope you will lick hel out Of him
GorrFmEp SCHMIDT
- H.. hoo vi
another letter dated two days later which was
Exhibit b in the case II was from Mrs Schmidt
and II read thus
"MR TEACHER Gottfried tell me TO write
TO you and say like this She have did u TO me-
he say, like what she said shc did and | cannot
s 'h more S,% and oSss Soh 81
Respectfully, FREDA SCHMIDT
Here's a note" said the principal indicating
one Of his specimens; about which must . zen
10 whip very mischievous youngster who WAS
all the time getting into sorapcs and being s3pndiy
S S punisRmen, and his lime he took quickly
himself and produced, a Iustlins from his rear
trouser pocket from which he pulled note The
he sSHu s sS now
me the" the note You can read ii Tor yourself The
note read.
DEAR Mn TEACHER Please don't whip
Johnny on his pants Tor . few days He slid
down ;hc ,GOl on shipso mai, G yssRfsIdsy and
Al the very end OF the book was letter addressed
20 another Ierson than the owner. lie explained
that he had begged II o. the man 70 whom u was
the only, whipping letter so far as he knew written
by the boy 10 tho teacher and referring TO the
You ust TO think you WAS biz when you had
me IN school and you ust 20 soak me when you
here 70 get hunk 50 look out for. signsO " hi,o-
Erhc man who received that letter. explained
! the principal was at the head Of school In q
tough district Infested by one n the Newtown
| Creek gangs; lie 10 . small man but has plenty
4 Of nerve and he didn't think much of the warning.
One evening after school as he was going home by
| a short cut that took him across lots he WAS ac
sosscf by s y2qns 9nsHs any Sns Of Nv whom
ogniled az boy who had been in his school several
/ yrars before md whom he had been obliged to
thS b ttr par, d a year bc}ore he i-f, the school
This Gy hsTnasFrd foFyd sna ,s ssssd NE
friend rel replied il in iSS alnrmatiys, ~ ~
You usetcr have In, Of fun with me, didn't
yer, sn,rlcd III" Young ,ough;,.
Il used to beat you when you deserved IL replied
Well, now I'm going to lick hell out of you.
"'>rc you going to do /, alone asked the prin-
"'Ah e wan spoke up one Of tn. ,ough's COM
AZ that my friend knew he was in for stIug.
| rlc, With the THO. ~ great g."d luck he had
with him a heavy brass bound ruler which 10
/ was taking homo 10 use In some tracing work.
| This he had held down at his side. but now, be-
fo'r the tuughs had time TO make ihrir attack no
swung II and knocked down his former pupil,
laying the fellows scalp OPEN. His second blow
! almost cut the Of IN" nearest Of the other
| two fellows and the third man fed without further
| adr with the prnctpl in pursuit,
| Finding that the man WIS his stprrior as run
| ner he returned 20 the 'Whitccap.' bound up his
! head and then proceeded To thrash him until
h" b-eGcd for mercy, lc,nt say that this reformed
! III" tough for he II now doing tim" in the
| ~ n,rntinry for a petty robbery That letter
! 81 his brlicye 10 b. unique In the literature OF
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