The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-01
WHY TOOTS WAS SPANKED.
Her Fathers Bride Proved Him Foe to
Education.
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Davy was shaving in his bedroom when
he heard his wife's voice and his little
daughter engaged in earnest converse in
the parlor. He realized that some
Welghty matter was being discussed. and
soon he heard the little one sobbing
This made him nervous, and he cut a
cash in his chin.
Then the little one. known to her init
mates as Toots, came into the room
where DaVy was wipirg the blood from
ms lace and wondering If he should try
TO finish shaving or go to a barber shop.
DaVy
Davy was popular with his offspring,
and she dried away her tears as she in
olgnantly told him her troubles.
When I get a good card at school my
mamma gives me two cents she con-
nded. and today I did not get a card,
and mamma viii not give me the pennies
good. and it was not me that giggled.
1t was Sadie Lewis.
L told the teacher and told mamma.
put she would not give me the two
cents, cause 1 did not have the good
card that the mean old teacher WOuldn' I
give me-"
Two cents for a good card. eh?' said
Davy. "WelI. never mind. Here is a
dime. Every time you do not get a good
card viii give you 10 cents. You just
come and tell me about 1t. You better
not say anything to mamma, because she
Inisht not understand, and we may want
10 surprise her"
post the dime in her bank Davy con
Soied nlmsen by remaFkiug: i can
nave the child crying about the house
ana making me nervous when l shave.
L might cut my throat some day.
For four days Teots did not bring home
good card, and on each day she glee-
IuIly told her father, and as gleefully
banked the dime that he gave her.
Then the teacher remarked to the little
girl on the last day of the school week:
can't give you a good card today.
You nave not had one ali week. You
have not been a good girl. You laughed
and played today, and you did not have
your lessons
Il don't care" said Toots II don't
want your old cards. anyway Nv man.
ma only gives me cents when I get a
good card and my papa gives me 10 cents
What's that?' asked the amazed
teacher
IootS repeated her story and was taken
before the principal She was a little
that she did not understand, but she be-
heVed that what her father did, esDe-
claIly IN the way of giving her money
for her bank. was all right, and she told
the principal about her fathers Iiberality
! and of her mothers parsimony And she
wound up with the declaration that she
d1T 10, not care for good cards any more.
The principal asked Toots a lot of ques-
tons about her father his age, his Occu-
| patton and his disposition. Then she let
roots go and sat down to write TO Davy.
! Ihat letter was wonder" said Davy
| when he was telling the story. u gath
| cred from reading it that the principal
/ oy the way l judge that she is a re-
/ narkably pretty young woman. to Judge
/ from her writing-is in doubt whether
am Filipino, an Eskimo or an Austria
1 nan bushmdn. Maybe she thinks I an
| plain fool. Anyway. she roasted me a.
plenty, and she limited that If 1 was de-
! termined to remain a foe TO education
and intended to continue to undo the
| work done by our board of education she
| would be gratified If 1 would keep my
I child out of school
| Really. she seemed to think I was
J about to overturn civilization and start
| chaos in New York. And the worst Of il
| was that poor Toots was spanked by hel
! mother for falling TO get the cards, thS
| two cents reward offer has been with
| drawn, and my wife shares the views OF
/ the school principal regarding me-"