The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18

come with STATE, pencils and legal Cap
paper. After school Emmy Lou and
Hattie and Sadie and Mamie mada rnen-
ton Of tissue paper. The drug store
man waited on Emmy Lou the next
morning Emmy Lou had q nickel sha
wanted tissue paper. The drug store
| man was curious. II seemed as Il
every little Girl who came In wanted
tissue paper. Emmy Lou and the drug
store. man were great friends.
whats 1t got to do with rudirnents of
n,imber7'' asked the drug store man.
TITS for drawing" said Emmy Lou.
cts quarterly examination.
The drug store man was Interested. He
did not quite understand the system.
Emmy Lou explained. Her chin did not
reach the counter. but she looked up
and he leaned over. The drug store
man grew serious. He was afraid this
might get Miss Jenny into trouble. He
explained to Emmy Lou that It would be
cheating to use tissue paper IL examira-
ton. and told her she must draw right off
the copy. according to the directions set
down in the book. He suggested that
she 60 and tell tho others OF the class.
For that matter II they came right over
no would take back the tissue paper and
substitute licorice sticks.
Emmy Lou hurried over to tell them.
Examinations, she explained. were DIFF
ferent. and to use tissue-paper would BIO
cheating. And what would Miss Jenny
say? Little girls hurried across the street,
and the jar OF l,cor,ce was ex .i sh ~,
them she could trust them. NC one IN her
class would cheat. Then a strange teach
er from the class above came in to ex.-
aroIr
Miss Jenny was sent away TO ex-
anime primary school in another dis
trict
was following her. They loved Miss. Jen-
ny. Her cheeks were glowing, and the
doapEa! se Mss sr sn hr aSo h s
She smiled back at them. She tu' ned
to go. But again she turned-,-Miss, Jenny
II The door Closed. Il was examination.
The page they were to draw s,,.rs had 1 tor
in a saucer And by it was coffee-pot:
And next to that was pepper-box. And
these We're to be drawn for quarterly OK
Nv When Emmy Lou had finished she felt
discouraged. In the result one might pe
pardoned for some uneerta MY as to
box b,1.A The cup and saucer seemed strange
ly like q circle in hole. There was q
yawning break in the paper from Tueh
pot should have been. There we're thumb
marks and smears whe Q nothing should
have been. Emmy Lou looked at Hat,
her book upside down, putting the holes In
the lid Of the pepper-box. Sadie was
crying. Tears were dropping right down
was as over Ss,r ' The N Books we're collected.
Just as the teacher was dismissng them
ed another. She turned to the front
pages. She passed finger over the re-
verse side Of a page. She Yves teacher
! class TO sit down She asked a little
girl named Mamie sessum to please rise.
| It was Mamie's book she held. Mamie
| rose.
The teachers tones were polite AL. II
a as s sSd the it eS wo the snp
pose!ly free-hand drawing In this book
has been done?''
1T wasn't any system" M NAT Re nas Ten
nection evidently so undesirable; 1T was
''And this confessed openly to my
posing posi the natural depravity Sfihe youth.
ful mind. appalled, at tho orasenness OF
Mamie looked uncertain; Whatever she
had done. II was we'll to have company.
p al Used ev tissue &C. Pss sa that
this thing might be fully exposed. called
the roll zach little EiT rsspondsd aon IN
aphabetcs r,,a T renderaS
-Tissue paper7" she asked each little
"a Tissue d. paper" was the burden. II not
| the form, Of every alarmed little girls
fe HGipher," said the teacher briefly as
each made confession. and called the next.
| O-Outer darkness!
The teacher at the last closed her !, book os
E tod tsem snap ape Cheat and to
| is to lie. And further. the class has tall
ed In drawing:
The st teacher s regarding them colby,
picked up the chalk. and turned to Wrlta
The beard beard i Na msn Electric praoti-
,a Ex ann mantal N Primary Afmec had
The faa- third reader class stunned. pick
f 20 " the ms Fl arthmetic They had
FOR for themselves. They were cheats and
liars and they had failed Ard the k s;a WI
cold surveillance on the part OF the teach,
kept them reminded Il that she l9 she
the eII PORTION. And. further, failure. IN
their state Of mind It was Inevitable aa ae, fSr
t teen' Surrounding 81 Sni iii man" i73,
they did better next day In geography
and reading. They passed on Friday IN
ERmt the terrible fact remained-the
| teacher had declared them cheats and
| liars II they GOULD only see Miss Jenny.
| Miss Jenny would understand. Miss Jen-
nv would make 1t all right after she re-
When the third reader class assembled
| on Monday a tall lady occupied the plat.
| FORM. she was a real teacher. But at
fhe door stood a memory of Mss Jenny:
the hair blown about her face, KISSING
The third reader class never saw MISS
Jenny again. Copyright, 19o3 by hic-
Clure, Phillips Coz