The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

garded as adding insult TO injury and
they began to plan their campaign.
Bold leaders can always get followers,
and they soon had the twenty-five
boys of the school organized in revolt.
The house was of the log variety, ald,
i'm common pa1lance, "chinked ana
dobbed." To it was one door, one
window, and a fire place eight feet
long. On the morning of December
gath these % boys, with their daring
leaders, had the house in u state OF
siege The thinking was knocked out
from a small place on either side or
the door for port holes, and the two
daring insurgents each had lance
ten feet long with metal spike on
the end. On schedule time the teach
or reported and the look Of stern re-
solve SAL on his rugged countenance.
lie was hailed at the distance OF
fifty yards and in notes as clear as
The bugle blast Of Highland Rhudericif
Dhu, informed that he must treat ana
give d week of Christmas holiday. He
rushed at the barricaded door like the
Bull of Basaan, but was received on
the points of two lances. which TOOK
direct and personal effect hh elthcr
cheek. He retreated backward and
charged again, this time on alert for
lances. and caught one in either hand.
But the sons of sireS who had fought
the willy red man and made him leave
the domain of the dark and bloody
ground" knew a thing or two, and
ha3 soaped their lances. Hence they
slipped from the iron grasp OF IN
pedagogue like two eelS. Again nc
gave back, but not to surrender. lie
cot several heavy stones and hurled
them against the door with the force
of catapult. But the door was
oaken. well barricadedI and stood the
shock Then the rugged teacher went
back the way he came, and many
raised the yell of triumph. But the
leaders declared that the old DeVll
was just beginning to fight. In the
endearing title of 'Old Devil ever
body will recognize an old acqualnt-
ance The writer began travelling at
the age of q, and is now As, and from
then till the present year of grace, has
been called the ''Old Devil by the in
subordinate, whether pupil or patron.
The big boys were correct in then
surmises. for soon their belaaguered
forces were stified with smoke. The
teacher had climbed the chimney and
covered the top of it with boards and
was sitting thereon enjoying the
scenery. But like Lucifer, the Son of
the Morning, he had a fall and great
was the fall thereof The lanceS We're
pushed up the chimney when the fire
was put out, and the boards, teacher
and all came heavily to the ground.
The teacher claimed to be badly hurt,
and lay in death-like stiffness. A four
teen year old boy was sent out TO see
Just how dead the teacher was when
he became quite an animated corpse.
He seized he boy and was whipping
him into a state of eXaSperaung raw
ness. declaring he was going to Keep
up the lick till the door was opened.
The unfortunate was brother of the
belle of the school, and she used the
strongest feminine argument. the elo-
ouence of tears. Part of the forces
were for surrender, but the leaders
"still stuck it out with stomach stout,
and guarded the door. The
| party favoring surrender opened the
| window and told the teacher to come
| in. He started to come in by that
mode of entrance, but the daring lead
ed of the war party seeing the teacher
trying to climb into the high window
made his arch conspirator help dis
pute his passage, and he went outside
with a rope famed into running
moose.
With the skill of Dick Taylor of the
Wild West Show, he dropped it over
the teachers neck. AS one FACTION