Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-03-13
g9Q IN THE . . o
SUPREME COURT

7 not have happened u Pooi 80
H J. ~, 4rst discipline had not taken
boOOs .,rIy on that morning. and II
a.. Piaes Wvlie had not been "on the
fI'ls again when school opened.
I'I NJ was the principals only ana
D0 80 son. and still in kits. Fran
lo-, Me was the mischief brewer OF
.e. yjrginia Traps room, No. Z.
Ne. -. Vas awful" groaned the princi-
. = der his breath. He spread his
~ - out on the green baize OF his
~ - and regarded them with horror,
'4VIs .tara we're blood on them. Could
y :. tbey had punished Bobbie-Bob-
30 Ue had looked so bewitchingly
5i,tv and naughty His little crisp.
r.rsrioW curls had stood up rouha
~ .snroaehful face so becominglyl
~ asnful! awful" the principal
-.rsd He was in no mood to begin
sav'g work in his supreme court
US ~ Ground floor Of the Maltbie
M school. There would be punish
=, "a do. Of course, and TO think he
IA FINISHED Bobbie - little sunny
"A
haired Bobbie!
Dl afts going TO be bad day. see It
/, France WyHe's eyesl' groaned little
Miss Trapp, inwardly. Frances from
~, hack seat gazed about with
-.rsi,5 innocent wonder. She was
,',nost as big as little Miss Trap.
Frances was con probation" She
IA bssD warned that one more mis-
5sneapor would send her 20 the su-
prsme court
arn not afraid" she thought, Sc
..-slv "she's SO littlel | could put
her in ny pocket and run away with
her"
Prt tiny. qentle-faeed Virginia
Tram came Of Puritan stock, and was
endowed with courage. She might
,rsst her small fingers neryously, but
ne would not draw back. Let Frances
WyHs beware!
50 the day began in the Maltbie high
school. with a sore-hearted, self-re-
prosehful father in the supreme court,
and IN room No. a mischief-loving
oi-l and a tiny. troubled teacher. So
he dav went forward until the Vergil
Gas, was called. Then
"Nss Wyliel"
TIE voice was ringing and firm, and
The little teacher took an impetuous
,tsp forward. She had seen the
r'aeari, "Rooms 10 Let" pinned on
Tie collar Of the lilly Slowboy Of the
class and Frances solemn face, set
among so many laughing ones, was
enough to fix the culprit.
eNiss Wylie, you will accompany me
to the principals room" the little
| teacher said, quietly. "The class may
70 10 the board and write out the scan
/ ion Of the first six lines of the lesson
4 while am absent. l am sure ] need
not ask the Young ladies to remember
that II is study hour. ] am ready, Miss
Wyl,e"
There was gentle emphasis on the
word ladies'. Miss Trap and the tail
girl crossed the open space TO the door,
side by side. Frances Wylie held her
fair head high There might have been
two pages IN her wake, holding up
trailing robes. At the door she cast a
naughty backward glance into the
room and suddenly dimpled with
laughter at the legend she read upon
the blackboard:
Our friend-has gone-un to the supreme
Aas-who enters there-leaves hope
behlndw
Frances laugh sounded softly in her
throat The little teacher was already
in The hail. waiting, and failed TO see
The words provoking her mirth.
The two walked down the long hall
silently, both remembering that this
was the frstpublic disgrace Of Frances
Nyte's school life. For one moment,
midway down the hall. the girl caught
her breath in a SOB Of pity for the in
valid mother al home-not for herself.
We're in for it, as sure as there's
aVenging Justice at the end of the
maui" breathed Frances to herself.
sle showed no signs of sorrow. Little
virginia Trap glanced up sidewise
mo The cold, impassive face and sighed
gently.
III the supreme court sat the princi-
PAL still thinking of Bobbie He was
measuring time until the noon hour,
"hen he could go home again. lie had
not been able to decide to his entire
comfort that Bobbie would be at the
halfway place to-day, as usual. and
,ae doubt was making him nervous and
distressed.
mere was a low knock at the door.
Tome inl" the principal called. He
mad left his spectacles at home in the
.l.qusitorial chamber with Bobbie. and
vac TWO figures that entered-one tall,
,le other short-were unfamiliar and
ua1y to him. He was very dependent
upon his spectacles.
uood morning." he said, absently.
The two figures edged little way
,-'o the room. For an instant there
was embarrassing silence, while the
p'lnelpal from behind his desk OBJ.
ssI'ea vaguely the tall dignity Of Fran
~ and The curly brown head of the