The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-25


sB 1she trustee MAS showing Miss vaylaf,,dll
tne district school house q Ayoifi.
# hope ssoil vii Ike tina place, Aiisss
so,ie improvements fiave been ddetd. ''13
8 .lndeed, i do said 11lla yvayland. tho 1
HI new teacher. ,s1t,s far better II han s1hy
@,ast school house, and i shalt try to IkeeI,
s3it so.'s' s. s8is a 81
s.The children are mostly from good
homes, continued Mr.. 1rowie, ,"but
sthere,e one that Il think you ought 70
Know about before you begin. IS He's VIE
Ml,nm Cole,nat,'s son Mann Coleman; X ono
LOT thc older boys. mn while he's not to
etly out.an'-dtit Wicked, of all the miss
Mclieyuus, troublesome chaps ! evera lll y,
hes the l1calcn'est. The last teacher We We
Msai;td.-a ncc, quiet young lilhil as ever f1 s.
saw--left ut tho end of the flrst TERM.
&Ihat boy dust naturally made his life q
5S BURDEN, III & t X y S \! . s9
g,nrhank YOU FOR telling Inc, MI. I - OWE.
SFhItorewaricti5is 'forearmed. YOU ktl ow.S
iS Gym. Two a notion, that if tho RICH
81 ono gets hold OF Mann Coleman, he'd
~ make a scholar to be proud OF, and ltve ~
sore Of IL sense that YOU could DO ~ \.
lcnst Il an not afraid TO try MISS MISS
ella hopefully Responded e. !, u a
fB School onencd bright with day Of SCI
steinbers sunshine, and as Miss Ella
fsslanccd ut her pupils from face 70 .tfl;c'
m dbe brightness seemed reflected. h t.s
#children, she decided, were OF 3linusuaiiiiyy
8ithrlrty, law-abidngs parents,
sBss.,rits was true. The district wa va = one
sof productive farms, and the seed Of i y
iit new$frec library hau talicn ul,olt so S'a
IL mental ground. III \. ,9 VI
#S EVERYTHING went off so well With Inc
88morninr classes glhat Miss Ella doubted
R.shliere had been any need of a warming
SF . eneral II or Individually but toward y rhe
us close Of the afternoon session, she heard
l35 a55:fnint giggle md saw Mann Coleman
sE1ntent mon something behind his desk
SSt1id. III a lifted a very red ice a. her
l8 glance. and another snothcred g iggle ran
"a around the class. 3 Il i35 s IS &. Ia .5sS
s35$i As sho stood at the bncSboard! ;lsieefW
So minutes later a stcalthv tread crossed
Gthe room ana she turned o$sce Mann
sin-toeing softly back to his seat. She
III made no comment upon this ou " COL COL
s$ Guided 10 walt and watch
is4$ AZ the hours for closing came, slle
n smoke 4 few cheerful words about the
lSS term which they had iust&entercd,a and.
i5G hoped that tic children would DO ohedlelit,
loyal pupils aud work ers with lersf pr
gS8tI1e honor ana good name OF the school
!suntil3it ended Then she turned to ring
$3iscliool out. 5 Y sf $.. 3a Ms m
sl rho bell was a pretty, nickel-pluted nfs
Al fair, presented 8by Mr. iowle and sho
55s rang III the usual way. 33sl KS ..5,
sss8Therc was no i ~ sound, She tried again
$sw It'll the same sui men b she sa hl
$switli great good hulnoE $$ s.iEB n
.i: .I was about to dismiss school, hut
NJ some ono has broken our bell. and a shall
Epe Obliged to keep on. trhe5 dictionary
s5 class ca,i learn two columns with the defi-
millions IS tho geography class 1nny study
map questions for Tomorrow. Any schol-
W ar9swho Wishes examples explained, .ta;l
shall he glad to assist. BIZ 5(
@s;3.A sturdy, round faced boy,swho had ~
ready shown iii several little ways I hat
5Slle meant to champion he new tencller,
F1,cld I'm his hand.
35El2B.fI E have ali 4 example here" no said.
(which u should be glad & for you to gcx *
plain.'''sy a. Il, .
q IIc stepped to i9the blackboard as@ske
&$ smoke ana pretty soon llc and Al ISIS l1ia
wore deep III his problem
S The children, In sullen silence. tried to
study; but they were tired and hungry
and evidently felt keen sense Of IN
N Justice In paying penalties for some.
zone else's misconduct. Angry looks be-.
2ganSto be cast upon the real $culprt. Who
FLUSHED and worried, as he could not have
been at any open reproof, fidgeted oyer
" his book and wondered what lie would
better do. Nd II b: a3 VT I'm Is
# 10 mako 1t worse. 1larweS8 Strong, he
bully of the school, II there was one, held
toward lin a slate on which was boldly
" written: ,li IN i 81 tss
s'..'Y on get us out Of this or I'll maui
u you black and bue!' 81 y VA
S5 Mann Coleman arose awkwardly and aD-
preached the teacher, a derisivc smoker
ran around tho room as he asked: Il
8S y. Please Miss Maryland, may ] try to
fix that bell 2 ~
Miss Ella cheerfully consented, Ger
tainly, Mann; shall be glad to have you
# do so-and SO. d cAb tlesa:will your SCROLL
mates. = - s6s5 Is
$ The &luclsless boy worked OH the hell for
B more than ten minutes. Every time they
& heard its faint tinkle as lie tried 1t, the
t55 cliiltlrcn ducked their heads and gigglcl.
sis'vNitli&a ice crimson with embarrassment
Il he said at slnst:5
is55 N. gliess It'll ring all right now 4;
VS. THANK YOU, replied Miss Nyayland, ans
promptly 5"rang school out
1.-The misclllevous ring leaders, hold was
q broken; there was not q straight face rs
re- tile scholars filed orderly nut Mann
Coleman had counted upon tho admira-
#j ton usually accorded TO his unruly
pranks, and IL lie had succeeded in YeX-
2s5 ing the new teacher into q show often
VIZ per, he would no doubt have gained II.
&l but for I he first time in his school career
5f no was held UP to ridlcule and scorn. and
Ss no grew bitter under 1t. Above all, the
v pretty little girl whose satchel he car
III ried to and from school last year, and
NJ who accepted his offerings Of fruit How
asS crs, and painted pencils, Joined n,err!s
a5s In the laughter against him.
This Was more than Mann could bea,
patiently For several days he wen
81 gloomly about. trying to think OF some
way TO "even things up" and next morn
q 4ng when Eta Kahn, the object of III,
admiration, swept away his bunch q
@ chrysanthemnms with3a scornful toss o
Ell her long black curls, Manns wratl
&s5SQuickcned his imagination,
Friday morning when school opened
there was a cartoon on the blackboard
9ial which, roughly drawn as 1t was. the
Is school children recognized at once.
Illc picture represented a goat and q
deep. The goat had a girls face. Will