Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-11-06

ana then five or sisa gaunt and over
grown girls rushed the master. HI
took 1t as a joke. and il was the girls
who were buried in the snowdrifts
MI. Crane said that he would dismiss
school any day for fifteen minutes to
enable the puri lis to indulge in athletic
exercises. Miss Jennie was Indignant
when one Of the bedragg.ed girls came
along and stated the result Of the rush.
She Went to her father about it. and
after thinking it over he answered.
"Mebhe It wasn't the most digni
hedest thing that ever happened. but
cart see where it's going to do any
hurt If the gals begin it. then 1t
wasn't his fault"
THAT night the schoolinaster dropped
In at Robinson's to see about having
some clothes pegs put up. Miss Jennie
was ready for him, There were three
on four others present. and ut Il proper
moment she asked him to demonstrate
certain example in mathematics
Excuse me-" he smilingly replied
but you pronounce the word as de
mon-strate 1t is demonstrate"
II beg your pardon
And leg yours"
y pocket dictionary settled the dis
pute in the teachers favor. and then
and there the husky son of farmer
who. was present, whispered to the
chagiined girl that he'd lick the teach
er before Saturday came again. and
she didn't say IA word against it.
Two or three days later 1t became
known all over the neighborhood that
1t was Mr.. Cranes last week. He was
to be licked out Of the neighborhood
If he heard. he went his way the same
as before. Friday afternoon was the
time appointed. and Will Hayes was
the champion selected. When school
was called again after dinner there
were several visitors. and on the
fences outside sat dozen farmers.
Instead of calling UP the class in geog-
raphy. the teacher took from his desk
a pair of boxing gloves and said:
"There are several young men here
who would probably like to learn the
art Of boxing The man who is man
stands up squarely instead of roughing
it. VIII, wouldn't you like to step out
doors and put these on with mew
Will said he would. That's what he
was aching to do. Ten minutes later
he was aching to get the gloves off.
He had been jolted and Jared and
knocked head over heels until he
thought his head was as big as bar
rel. 1t had all been done in a good
natured way, but beneath it he read
the lesson. and that night he said to
one of his cronies:
"Say, if that Teller should turn him
self loose once we'd be little lambs
'longside of him. One of his swats
would knock barn Off it's underpin-
nings."
That put a quietus on any further
thoughts of insurrection, and Miss
Jenny said to herself that she hated
the young man from the depths of her
heart. He called and corrected her
grammar and her hate was intensified.
He called and found fault because her
verses made sorrow" rhyme with
tailor" and she stamped her foot.
The girls wouldn't try another rush.
Tic DoSo lSiuSSd " tdNhiS INN.
while her father said that things We're
going better than ever before. In this
emergency she turned to herself. There
was a small lake on which the teacher
used to skate for an hour in the even
ing Sometimes he had company and
sometimes he was alone. The family
ak aud the family daughter might have
been missed just at dusk one evening
Later ON the family daughter might
have been asked the cause of her rest
lessness. She was up and down all
over the house. and she finally put on
her hood and cloak and went out into
the night 1t was she with Il long pole
who pulled the teacher out of the air
hole into which he had skated and
was in danger of drowning. 1t was she
who wrapped her cloak around his
shivering form as men carried him to
her fathers house. 1t was she who
acted as nurse for the next three days.
and it was she who hid her face in her
hands and said:
I'm an awful wicked girl cut that
air hole in the lake. hoping you would
skate into it and be drowned"
But | wasn't. you see." replied
Crane.
100000, and I'm SO glad.'
"And so am l. wanted something
to happen so that could tell you-tell
you-so that | could
And he demonstrated what he
meant. and she accepted the pronuncia-
tion of the word without appealing to
the dictionary.