Newport daily independent., 1905-11-06
SPONTANEOUS COMPLIMENT.
It Was None the Less Genutne DeeaHss
 It Had Cost the Gaver ss ssee WhipVtnH.

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 A ifst,e group of ladies seated on 1 1hotel piazza were talking about com oliments they had received. when ose, very pretty young woman, who ss teacher in private school in this city. | told her story.
 "Three years ago. she said, "i taught my first school, fn one of the mountain districts of West Virginia. where I had gone so visit somc friends who were interested in the timber business had only gone to visit, but had just graduated from normal school. and when an opportunity wa offered for me to teach, and there was real need of some one who knew some thing of modern methods, l agreed to try it for one terns l got along very we'll all things considered, and liked it well enough, except that I found It absolutely necessary to punish some ot the scholars with the rod Out of this fact grew my compliment, which, am sure,- was the sincerest one 1 ever re- l ceived. Among my scholars was oix boy of 1T, a lazy, numbering, good-na- tured lad, who whispered so much in school and paid so little attention t" being kept in that at last told him 1 If he whispered again l would whtF him. He promised me that he would not offend again, and for three whole days he kept his promise. On ths morning of the third day l appeared lat school in a new gown, which was | the most becoming one. think, ever | had, and when the scholars saw ma they seemed to be as pleased with my appearance as I was, and all the girls came to tell me what pretty dress | had and how nice I looked. The boys were more shy, and whatever they thought they kept to themselves. The big boy wasn't there when schoot opened. but before the fve-minute ai- lowance was up he came numbering in. and, hanging up his hat. rolled over into his seat and picked up book. didn't notice him at first, but later saw that my new gown had attracted him, and that he was admiring 1t. fos he was unskilled In the conventionat- ties, and made no effort to conceal his feelings. Once or twice I caught his long, and at last it began to annoy me. At the same time he seemed to me mak- ing . tremendous effort of some kind l that I did not understand, and finally, right while was looking at him, he reached over to the boy in the seat be- hind him and whispered something. "I was an open violation of the rule, and, besides, was fragrant disregard of his word, and called him up at once.
 "'Henry,' I said, with all the severity I could muster, weren't you whisper ing just then?
 "'Yes'm,' he confessed, with his head l down. s>as s
 .You know it is against the rtlfeP'' | "'Yes'm.'
 "'And you know that you promised me that you would not whisper againr "'Yes'm.'
 "'Well. said, getting better hold on my hickory switch, I shall keep my word better than you have yours, and as told you would whip you for whis- pering I am going to do it. Havo you anything to say why you should not be punished|
 "'No'm'
 "HaNpg gone through all the aorrhs of the law proceeded to carry out thS sentence, and I succeeded SO well thde when I finished Henry was blubbering. "'Are you sorry now for what you did?' I asked, when it was over- "'No'm,' he answered, greatly to my surprise.
 ".You're net?' exclaimed, taking up the switch again, but Henry never ftinched.
 "'No'm; I couldn't help 1t, ma'am.' "'Couldn't help it? Of course yoA could help it. You're not child and ought to set better example. Tho children might say that. but you can
 not offer as an excuse that you could
 not help it..
 Well, I couldu't, ma'am, he said, looking down at a knot-hole In the floor
 that he was trying to stick the toe of his shoe into, you was lookin' SO durn purity that I had to say so to somebody CT I'd busted wide open, shore. There was no question as to Henry'a
 sincerity, but 1t was so embarrassing
 that really felv like giving him an-
 other whipping. g."-WashtngtOn Star.
 SUMMER AIDS TO BEAUTY.