The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-28

q where ti".S "':> >'''!IN''i-"'
~e~ room Only" i month be
fore. showed many vac3n-
c:es. There WAS even face missing
from tie group clustered about the
earnest little teacher with the pretty
gray eyes. whose class was the most
popular in the school. The earnest
l;ttle teacher quickly singled out one
. o. the pi@tai!el German maidens from
the admiring dozen before her.
How is this. Lizzie: Elsie is not
Lere to-day
My sister could not come. teacher.
Che naf no penny" responded the
p.:!c faced Lizzie with Teutonic cam
cor.
VIII. my Gear. that is no reason.
1.e want Elsie much more than the
penny
''But. teacher. she Eaf her arm
twisted an she did cry. My brother,
Eakia. he did twist her arm and take
he: penny" and then encouraged by
the shocked look on her teachers face.
Lizzie beca me- ,oIv:cious. THAT Yakie
was so bad. He would take my penny
OF me, TOO, but did run. An he takes
money from little Yonnie's bank an
even ten cents what my sister did earn.
An he loafs hy saloons. an efery night
my mudder Goes cry cause he was so
sassy"
when Sunday school was dismissed
the earnest little teacher laid detain-
Ing hand on the arm of the supcrin-
{ tendent.
Something must be DONE she be-
gan, about jake Boldtar."
Z "Jakie Boldter:" repeated the super
intendent. ''Nct one Of our 'bolters.' is
y hep
But the teachers expression was
more serious than ever. NO" she con-
= tinued. ''he is just the brother Of two
sof my little girls-a rough. bullying
boy of sixteen. who won't work and is
/ trying to earn the name Of toughest
boy in the neighborhood. If he only
had a father! But the mother is a
widow and a weak. helpless sort Of
person, though very industrious and
deserving. And they are poor. I have
been to see them and talked with the
hoy. 1 don't think he is vicious. but he
goes in bad company, and his great
ambition is to be a fighter. Bat I
3 can't have him abusing those little
I girls. Something must be done" And
after pause for breath, she told him
about the twisted arm. .. &c..
The superintendent was IN energetic
young man with keen blue eyes and a
square, determined face. Tie Boldter
ease appealed to him. He gave 4
s glance of assurance into the anxious
gray eyes.
"Give me the address, be said. I'D
like to meet Jacob"
The superintendent was q man Of
action and few minutes later was as
cending the stairs to the Boidter apart
ment in a nearby tenement. But he
was disappointed in his expectation Of
seeing the recreant youth. for jake
was ION the street." as the overworked
( mother explained. There We're four
sothers at home. however, ready to con-
firm the little teachers report. and the
young man went straight to the point.
urging the woman to let outsiders take
hand in the reformation of her boy.
q If she would enter complaint. he
would see that the lad got nothing
worse than a taste Of the Juvenile
court and term Of probation that
might be of lasting benefit to him.
4, But the poor woman was ignorant
: and suspicious. Her jake might be
Z sent away from her to some reforma-
! tory or perhaps locked up in the work
house. She needed his help. No, he
wasn't much help, but some day he
would "get chob dot he likes. He
vas q good boy nit dose machines, but
de foreman vas pooty cross nit jake.
sHe did always baf words NIT dose fore
asmans und den he quits work already.
i4.But jake vas not so bad as some boys
-oh, no.
q. A towheaded urchin in the back
: ground. taking courage from his moth
{ .er's defense Of the black sheep, spoke
up with evident pride: "Our jake
can fight. He's awful strong. He's
going to. be prize fighter
And one Of the maidens, anxious to
add her mite to the family honors,
piped in: Yes, jake can do up peo-
+ Piles. He said if dose Sunday-school
people come here he would t'row dem
out yet"
The mother scowled, but quite un-
daunted the little Lizzie put in her
tribute to the absent hero. "Yakie
: was so strong my mother dassen't whip
: him no more He likes not that Sun
: day-school. He says he will break up
the show"
r. The superintendent face frightened
''The show?" he exclaimed. The en-
tertainment at the mission next Thurs.
. day evening""
''Nefer mind,' interrupted the moth.
er, "dot Jake will do nodings. He joost
talks. He iss afraidt from dose police