The Washington times., 1904-07-23

! embezzle the aprons and sell them for
beer
Miss Mary. with some misgivings. said
she would The committee also wished
the children Nv repeat each day an ap-
propriate Collect.
Tim afraid il would take all my
time to teach them just that one thiug.~
said Miss Mary doubtfully- Are YOU
sure .hey would understand It? some
thing simpler"
",Ten. the Apostles Greed. then:
they will surely understand that" said
Mrs. Hemlock and out swept the com
mittee
/ The aprons came in due time. were
duly put on. and soon became very
dirty Pending an appropriation for the
Nashing-which. by the way. never was
inade-they remained in a basket in
closet. FOR the prohibition had been
strict against allowing the children TO
wear them home. Meantime the learn
/ ing Of the Apostles Greed progressed
slowly. II somehow sounded queer in
/ one clause. Miss Mary listened hard.
She walked down the middle aisle and
I listened Most Of the children were
/ chanting devoUuy:
y believe in the holy goat
| DO you know what that means. Car
feidE' asked Miss Mary sitting a
/ laugh
Nome. less'n hit some'h'n' lax de
Dressed lamb"
I Glory ter de Lamb" exclaimed Ed
monia Comes.
Hush, Edmonla. No. It IS nothing
about goat You know what a ghost
is2''
The children looked blank. Finally a
small voice piped out.
rs dat what YOU calls ghos' esq
The school did eventually learn the
Apostles Greed. but the apron problem
was never solved.
We wish the children TO receive in
dustriai training. as well as mental
culture" explained Mrs. Hemlock a
little later The great mistake Of the
past has been in teaching the negro
Greek ard Latin instead Of the mechan-
zeal arts Are you giving them manual
exercises. Miss Clay2"
Sewing. said Miss Clay. meekly
And Old Mr.. Johnson teaches some OF
the boys carpenter work
THAT Is all very well. but Il is hard
y enough. Now. we wish q start n new
industry. We intend 70 have the chill
dren taught basketmak'ng. 50 that they
will know how to make articles which
VIII always be in demand"
But / don't know basketma king my
SELF said Miss Mary. aghast-
'Of course not. but we have engaged
a teacher. and bought the osiers for
the baskets, and the classes car begin
tomorrow"
Miss Mary thought resretfully OF her
neat seams and hens, her spelling class
es. and fve-minute talks on hygiene.
her prizes for politeness. What would
become Of her system If things went on
this way?
The osiers arrived So did tho teach
er. So did the mob OF outsiders. attract
ed by the report that something queer
was going to happen in the e 'PiscopaI
school" The teacher was a Frenchman.
He came from a basket-wea wing district.
and his slim deft finger had been weavs
Ing baskets since he was five years Ola
His English was limited. and the Eng.
lish he did know was not whae they
talk IN Fucker Alley.
Miss Mary had her hands full keepf-a
order. When the Frenchman explained.
the children looked bewildered. and
when he lost his temper and swore Cal
lie oaths they yelled in glee. for they
recognized cuss-words" by intuition
After school was dismissed Miss Mary
went 10 see the rector Of St. UrsuIa's.
He was a big. genial man. and he
laughed until his wife wondered who
James had UP there in the study.
I'm going 10 resign, said Miss Clay.
Ny dear girl. don't. I beg OF your
gurgled the rector. You are just the
teacher those ragamuffins need. III tell
you what I'll do. III send young Grant
down there to conduct chapel on sun
days and do little odd mission work
between times and ne shall be nomi-
nally in charge OF the thing He's
bright young chap. with horse sense.
and you'll help him. and he'll help YOU
keep those blessed women IN Order-my
soul, don't / know EN- Come down
stairs. want You to meet my wife"
And there was peace in Fucker Il
ley.