Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-14
THE TEACHER BRIDE.
One of the Lessons h Was Giving
to Her C~harges-Has a Nor
flying Conclusion.

A pretty teacher in one of the pub
lie schools of the city recently took
the time-honored "class of one" In
that knowledge beside which all other
is mere driveling foolishness and van
ity and vexation of spirit, says the
Brooklyn Citizen. More recently still
they were married, Inc the young
woman went back to her th~ird-grade
pupils, for it had been agreed between
the two that she was not to give up
her work.
There was a great futter in the
school on her return. She had not
taken "the girls" into her confidence
before she left for that never-to-be-
forgotten two weeks trip, and the
'sgirls'' revenged themselves with real
hard slaps and pinches n called her
| a mean thing and all sorts of invec-
tives before they kissed and forgave
her. Then the second bell sounded
and the young matron went to her
own room.
There is no doubt that the children
were glad to see her, and she, not be-
ing at all the conventional school
ma'am, had an almost irresistible i'm
pulse to line them up and hug them
one by one. A large percentage OF
the boys were mere noisy, mischiev-
Gus, stupid little animals, n some
of the girls were too provoking for
anything, but there was nothing but
affection for them all in the little
school teachers heart. She regarded
them from a new point of view en-
tirely. Something had opened her
eyes, or had blinded them with a
kindly mist, OF both.
But the point of the matter was
that the children had not been In
formed of their teachers change o.
condition. and the difficulty was to in
form them of it. Thinking of this
made the little school teacher answer
questions at random and wander il
her explanations, and she blushed t.
find the infants looking at her ii
wide-eyed wonder as she came will
a start from the composition of tn
third or fourth little speech whicl
was to enlighten them.
AT last the opportunity came. On
of the children addressed her a
: "Miss Smith,"
ssNot Miss Smith, Johnnie" sh
COTTecISu. MIS- 11C Wy hohAS i
Mrs. Jones now, because I'm maj
RED" She blushed very much as sh
4 said this, but she felt that now wa
the time to go through with it, 81
9 turning from the wriggling and en-
b-arrassed Johnnie. she addressed til
, room: "You must not call me Mis-
Smith any more, but you must sa
e Mrs. JONES' Now, all who understan
+ that will raise their hands,
Now. what is my name, Lottief
[. continued the little teacher, singlin
V out a girl.
"Mith Tmith."
. ooh, dear!" sighed the lit
. teacher.
Walking over to the blackboard 81
% wrote sMrs. Jones' in fair our
o script thereon. Nov, all of you te
S. me what that is" she said, and II
chorus came: ''Mrs. Jones."
o. THAT is BETTER" said the lit
e teacher, smiling at them. "A gre
=, deal BETTER" she added, and she wro
~ again: "Mrs. JONES'" and again b
= low that: "Mrs. Jones'"
I'd She made a motion as If to wi
IS out what she had written, b
Is checked herself and stood with h
lie back to the door. looking with a ra
smile at the board. And while S
was standing there the door open
and the principal, who was a horI
man. entered quietly and stood loo
iup at her,