Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-09-26
THEY MINDED" THE TEACHER
Hideous Revenge for Jollyiug by s
Kansas City Schoolma 'om-

Kansas City Journal Il have found
out one thing" remarked man eSHe
day recently, land that is il does rat
pay 10 get faeetious at the expUnsa al
some one else, and especially a sS12-
an. Now, | am 4 middle-aged geude-
man with reasonable amouue az dig
nifty and self-respect, believe. LNt cgr
dignity received a rude shock lor Mag
ago al on account of my desire tn be
funny.
Some time ago | went out 20 Gar
field park as the escort of a ch1rEUar
girl who occupies an important aLIoa
in the city schools, While she is VERY
sincere in her work she does not specs .
al of her time thinking of the wvifTrv.
ct the pupils with whom she is brJug ht
in contact, and on this OCCASION she
won't TO the park for an outing au0 WIS
not pining at all for sight of tglc
children However, we had scurCciy
got well into the park before we cAElS
across a group of little girls, runEtaE
in age from 6 to 10 wears, I suppose-
They were having a happy time or u
romping and shouting. AS soon AS VIC
came upon them they recognized the
young woman with me, but with the
shyness OF youth We're rather inclined
to ignore us. Here is where bright
idea came into my head. and calling tn
the children, asked them il they did
not know teacher and had net u we'd
come for her They indicated that thcy
did know teacher and We're glad 10
see her Several times that aftern06n
we came across this romping grssap.
and on each occasion | INDUCED ia
some facetious remark about 'chtideeu
and teacher.
Finally we started home. ard IN
oruer to get to the car line from wheTv
we were II was necessary to cross
long stretch OF lawn which lies high
and dry along Raymond street Ia tire
midst of this lawn we again ran acrDEs
the school children, who were prcpxsS-
ed to recognize teacher again. Fat
teacher was too smart for both chill
dren and escort Calling the chtIdr,a
about her she said To them in firm.
schoolroom tones. My dears. want
You to all form In twos and follow THIS
gentleman wherever he goes. pointing
to me. Keep close TO him aud Il sae
should start to run You must run afcer
him. Mind teacher now, and be sure
you don't lose him
"At the moment the real situation
did not dawn upon me. Later IL dad.
wuen | found procession of n dozen
or more youngsters with tightly cf9sp-
ei hands following closely behind me.
keeping step with me. and prepared to
stick to me as long as teacher would
have II SO. Az soon as the parade
across the lawn began my charming
ant, mi al OF lt IA svtse I'm
my punishment | tried To treat TIE
matter us n joke for tho first few mia
utes but IL finally grew decidedly &C.
rious and at length IL became Is M-g-
edy so far as my dignity was cuucefn
ed. After travelling all over the. lawn
almost in vain attempt to shake fs,e
little imps--as they appeared To nae--
finally stopped and faced my torwen-
tors. They also stopped and the ex-
preston on my face evidently gave
them the keenest pleasure. FOR they
fell on the grass at my feet and rtrup-
ed like so many young dogs in AN &c
stasy OF delight About this time fhe
author Of the Joke, feeling tiuas my
punishment was complete. appeared
and smlingly asked If | was enioyiag
the afternoon What really satd site
did not hear and II was not meant Tor
her ears. Now, children said sue nj
length, IL you'll all come forwUc The
little ladies and shake hands with tf1iH
gentleman. you may go home. The
youngsters Immediately Strengthened
up and proceeded to obey, They CREASED
forward one by one and there vsas no
way out OF II but to shake haEEfs NTH
each of those children. which did ISth
a, L.