The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-01
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3 Have you made up your mind where
you are Going to spend your yacatlon?'
asked the man who was smoking til:
black maerschaunS pipe 4 u I
EFsare thing, frepiied,th person I'D !
dressed, who vas languidlys reclining
on his shoulder blades. with his feet on
the reading table. 81 am going down
TO the little Pennsylvania village where
Twas born to give the old friends Of
my boyhood the satisfaction of looking
at me: I'm going to go down on the
branch where I went swimming, and
I'm going to visit the little red school
house. and make a llttla spiel to the
rising generation. 1ashall shake hands
with the srhoolmaster or the school
Slna'am. as the case may be, and he or
she will beam through his or her glasses
and Jingle thellttle bell."
Then he or she will say: Children,
we have with us q gentleman OF whom
you have NIL heard gentleman OF
whom you must all be proud--onc OF
the great and famous men3of our. great
and glorious nation. You will have the
privilege OF hearing him speak-a prly-
5llege. indeed. y
Yes, indeed growled the member
who was trying play solitaire. .Peo-
pie would pay money3to. hear you talk
I'D take 1t as a favor, and the rest OF
the club would, too, IL you'd quit smok.
Ing those filthy cigarettes about tile
premises. Give him cigar. some
body" Z
IL She Will continue: I need not ask
you to pay strict attention to what Mr.
johnson has to say. for, nothing that
he may tcll:you can fall to excite your
Interest. For my own part. whan21 re.
fleet that this distinguished man was
once a pupil in the same school house,
that he sat at a desk where some one
of you are now sitting, and here laId
the foundation OF that profound erudi-
tion that has since electrified the whole
civilized world-I say that when think
OF this feel ashamed to take my
months salary from the trustees, know
Ing that the honor or teaching where
Mr.. Johnson once learned is far beyond
a Just need for my trivial services.
Children, Mr.. Johnson will now address
you" Y
Then I shall get up and execute a
little song and dance. expressive OF the
qualification 1 feel in seeing these ,bsam-
Ing and Intelligent young faces around
me. l shall tell them how I got my
start, porting diligently over my books
at night BY the fitful light OF 4 badly
trimmed kerosene lamp long after my
good parents had retired to rest; how.
l denied myself In order to save a dime
for another book. and so stored my
mind with useful knowledge concerning
the habits and methods OF the Pluto
Indians, train robbers anu those acute
and courageous men who. disguised in
various forms OF whIskers. move about
with stealthy, panther tread, tracking
the brutal, but mutton headed criminal,
TO his lair. shall relate how l worked
my way through college and graduated
at the head Of my; eleven. shall ex-
hort them to always strive to please
their dear teacher and profit by her
precepts and my own example. and
then will wind up with funny little
story and let them all shake hands
with mr.""HS 4 H
Then they will dismiss the school
for the day and the merry church bells
will ring and the band viii play and
there'll be dickens OF time general
~" said the man with the mecrschaum
pipe. II think I see you
" Honestly 1t has been the dream of
my later life to go back to the old place
and see all the old, familiar scenes and
faces, said the clgarctte-smoker,
brushing at the ashes that had fallen
on his waistcoat and slipping from his
shoulder blades to the nape OF his neck
with the movement II can think OF
nothing more delightful than trip OF
that kind'-and I always wanted to adj
dress school. I'd like to see some OF
the girls l used to go with. too
The man with the meerschaum grunt-
cd. Then he said:
&"I can tell you all about 'em without
you going back II you want to know.
There ain't one OF the bunch you'll find
4 sweet-faced. comedy mntron. with
the sacred light of motherhood shining
In her mild eyes as she smiles on the
falr-haired, pretty children that cluster
about her knee-not one In the bunch.
The cute little one with the black eyes
and pug nose married Wesley Stebbns.
and they had trouble and she got n d.
vorcc and lit out for California. and the
last thing anybody knowed she was a
waltin' on table at n railroad eatin'
house at Hcrmosn. Then there was
Mlrandy Hopkins. Mlrandy weighs
2l5 pounds now; she's a real ncBhy
woman. and she wears cotton In her
cars and goes sloppln' around In n cal
leo Mother Hubbard an her stochin'
feet about half the time. When you go
to see her you'll smell onIons--she's a
great hand for onions. There's n mean
sixteen-ycar-old Kid down at the depot
rustlln' baggage. Hes got Along, thin
neck and q akin colored like weak cot
fee, and he wears a limp wool hat and
there's a big plug OF tobacco sticking
out OF the rear pocket OF his overalls.
he calls Mlrandys Nav. Fay He!de-