The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-04

bed" he protested, "t would get wet.
ell wet. I could rot sleen.'
The teacher suggested the advisa-
bility Of taking out tie bed just for
this once.
Isitor shook his head. my mamma
would never let ne move my bed-she
never takes it out There it must
stay. But next summer" he added,
doubtfu!ly. maybe l get Il BATH"
The teachers note Gid some little
good. but ISilor still led the march
he still wore tie l;iurels lie had wrest-
ell so completely from Abe AbTamson.
The third year of the Fourteenth
Ward School was co-educational III its
character, and to this fact is due the
reclamation and redemption of lsidore
SalinSky. II Isi0o-e SaliESky was the
dirtieSt little boy in the class. it is
quite as certain that the little girl in
the third seat was the incest and clean.
est. Her name was Sadie Mergentha!.
er. She had light hair. She sat upon
the aisle that separated the little girls
from the little boys. The nearest boy
to her was Isidor SalinSky. And as
Isaac of old had looked upon Rebekah,
and found her pleasing in his sight.
and as Jacob had looked upon Rachel.
so did Isidore Salinsky look wistfully
upon Sadie Mergenthaler. But unfor'
tunately for Isidore, it was a far cry
to the converse of the proposition. And
yet Isidore was not bad SOFT of a
fellow. The girls who sat over in the
corner, and who could not detect the
actual cause of the added duskiness
upon the face of Isidore, these girls
glanced coyly at him. But not so Sa-
die. She held aloof.
"Ain't you going to like me?' he in
quired. after he had been there some
three days.
: She did not deign to answer, and this
cooled his ardor for while, but as
time passed he grew bolder.
One memorable day he thrust forth
his good right hand, and thrust it di-
rectly upon the hand of Sadie Mergen-
thaler as it lay upon her desk. She
gave a little scream and drew back,
and jumped up from her desk. rubbing
and rubbing her hand as she did so.
whats the matter, Sadie?" inquired
the teacher.
Sadie Mergenthaler made face.
"He touched me with his dirty, dirty
hand,'' she replied, pointing at Isl
dore Salinsky, that dirty, dirty boy"
Isidore looked at her blankly. Then
he looked at his hand, and then lie
looked at hers. Hers was as pink and
clean as any hand could be. And his
we'll. And then be understood. He saw
at once that he wasn't in her class.
He didn't belong, that's all.
The next morning very young man,
apparently a stranger, entered the
room, and stepped up to the teacher.
Teacher" he said, touching her upon
the arm.
The teacher turned to look, and gave
gasp of surprise and JOY. For it was
Isidore Salinsky with clean bill Of
health. Els beautiful pink skin shone
resplendent. He seemed clean from
head to foot.
Teacher" he con6ded to her. II had
a bath-a real one in the tub, With
real soap, good laundry soap that You
buy. And every morning I shall wash
now" He started away, and came
back. every morning he added, in
a half whisper, Il shall wash down to
the cold shoulder. told mamma So
Little Abe Abramson is again cham
pion. The cleanest, incest little girl
in the calss is still Sadie Mergenthaler.
The cleanest, incest little boy is-1st'
dore Salinsky. And so they think
themselves Home Compan'
ion ..~7h.sa* :.