Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-10
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HIS LITTLE scHooLMA'AM.

BILE to kindness and love as ordinary
people. When the little building
hearts of the classroom, who will be
mischievous despite protestations and
commands, grow warm with love to-
ward the miss whose duty 1t Is to act
as the target as well as the instruc-
tor in the teaching of the young idea
how to shoot, 1t somehow takes seed
in her own hearth the heart offer.
the ground for the rightful planting -
and the flower and the fruit is beauti-
full. The sweetness OF the blossom Is
given back ever so quietly and uncon-
sciously, but there is an invariable re-
ward for its return. There is more
love and more kindness for the branch
that bears the flowers, and soon all Is
radiant with happiness.
Miss Jennie williams. teacher in
charge of the third ward school at
Merton, knew the secret well and her
heart was a good place for the plant
ing. Though the school had hereto
fore held name which carried hest
fancy to the minds of many a school.
ma'am who had applied for the place,
Miss Williams was most successful in
her work Happy and really jolly at
all times. there was no loss Of dignity
for her
Then, when another lit of a seed
took root in her bosom, and when sew
eral lads in the village saw their
hopes-we call such things Hopes"
aways--benumbed by the arrival of
tho vrunO raftmav rnan ftn,,, thn a{t,,
no one dared to begrudge him his good
fortune. In fact, everybody wished
him well, Such is not always a result
la such affairs.
Everyone liked William Masterson,
superintendent of the southern divis-
ion of the Il, & h. To hear the words
superintendent of the division" once
inspired the villagers to conjure up
visions of merciless creature, with
several idle dollars ceaselessly jingled
in his pockets by an oppressive right
hand. That was before they knew
Billy.
Even when the Mertonites found out
that Billy was the real enough son of
the president of the road they were
merely surprised; their interest grew
to the fact that one can be the son OF
a railway president--the head of a
"heartless corporation be.
ing a monster.
Contrawise to the situation at Mer.
ton. someone In the city found out and
that started all the trouble
One evening the father and the son
stood face to face in the Masterson
house both flushed with wonderful
pride and anger
What strange things love will bring
about
Billy was very short and decisive,
"All right. sir" he said. I'm go. The
whole road can't buy my heart! Sup.
pose she is only a little schoolma'am,
as you say, she is woman dearer to
me than any of the dolls who prance
about In your drawing roomsi
After delivering this rather ultra.
democratic speech, Billy Masterson
wrote and delivered his resignation
from services on the b & b.
He was on the southern going TO.
ward Merton, the next afternoon.
Why MIR, Masterson," exclaimed
old Jim, the conductor. surprised
when Billy offered him a regular paid
ticket
ITS all right Jim" Billy answered
1--we quit the road" Then he leane
bach in his seat and wondered what
she would say.
There was q long silence in the room
when Billy finally told henry little
schoolmaam. he called her She
spoke first.
Please, Billy. so back" she plead
ed. why should you leave"
Billy drew the pretty head close e
has shoulder and held II there snugly
and ever SO long. Only a sob, ant
then another lost itself in the stiffness
all about.
You foolish dear boy" came a muf
fled voice from near the shoulder o
the man,
mo, dear. I'm not going back" h,
said.
When the pleadings of those loyeS
best fail. il is best to stop pleading
when the sweet little mouth is bidder
and the cheek is softly pressed to an
other cheek. Jennie pleaded no NOR,
not then.
A week later Billy had position OF
one of the great newspapers in tn,
city and was hustling about daily il
searcher of the evasive news item. Ant
all the time there grew in Billy's hear
something that cut and caused deel
yearning. He worked every day ex
cept Sundays. and Sundays there wa,
no train in or out OF Merton.
The little schoolma'am suffered. too
To be sure. every few days one of hel
little tots brought an envelope, the
contents OF which. according to the
various pupils, caused Jennie TO be