La Junta tribune., 1908-02-15

ALL then 6vs ~ six xaus, ana ovse.
""n girls "rnshed- the master. He
f'o"e As Joke. aud II vas the xiris
VINO were bcred in the snowdrifta.
MI Crane said that he would disulss
school any day for fifteen minutes TO
enable the pupils TO indulge In athletic
exercises. Miss Jennie was Indignant
when one OF the bedragyiesi girls came
along aud stated the result OF the rush.
She went Ia her father about II. aud
AFTER thinking II over he answered.:
"Mehle II wasn't the most digni.
hedesi thing that ever happened. but
! cant see where it's going to do any
hurt. II the gals begun II. then Il
wasn't his fault"
lhat night the schoohnasfer dropped
IL al ltoblnson's To see about having
some clothes pegs put up. Miss Jennie
was ready for him. There were three
or four Others present. and at u proper
moment she asked him TO demonstrate
certain example In mathematics.
Excuse me-" he smiIingiy. replied.
but you pronounce the word as de
mon-strate.' II is demonstrate"
Il beg your pardon
And l beg yours"
A pocket dictionary settled the dis
pute In the teachers favor. and then
and there the husky son of 4 farmer.
who was present. whispered TO the
chngriued girl that he'd lick the leach
er before Saturday came again. and
she didn't say word against It,
Two or three days later II became
known all over the neighhorhood that
1t was MIR. Cranes last week. He was
la be licked ont Of the neighborhood
II he heard. he went his way the same
as before. Friday afternoon was the
time appointed. and VIII Hayes was
the champion selected. When school
was called again after dinner there
were several visitors. and ON thu
fences outside sat dozen farmers
Instead of calling up the class In geog
ruphy. the teacher took from his desk
a pair Of boxing gloves and said:
There are several young men here
who would probably like 10 learn the
art OF boxing The man who is man
stands up sauarely instead OF roughing
It. VIII. wouldn't you Ike to step out
VIII said lie would. That's what he
was aching 10 do. Ten minutes later
he was aching 10 get the gloves on
He had been jolted and Jared and
knocked head over heels until he
thought his head was as big as n bar
rel II had all been done In good
natured way. but beneath 1t he read
the lesson. aud that night he said to
one OF his cronies:
Say. II that felier should turn him
self loose once we'd be little lambs
'Iongside OF him. One OF his swats
would knock barn on its underpin
nings."
That put lu'etus on any further
thoughts OF insnrrection, and Miss
Jenny said to herself that she hated
the Young man from the depths Of her
heart He called aud 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.
and the boys refused TO tackle him.
while her father said that things were
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 and the family daughter might have
been missed Just mt dusk one evening.
Later on the family daughter might
have been asked the cause OF her rest
lessness She was up and down all
her hood and cloak and went out into
the night II was she with long pole
who pulled the teacher out OF the air
hole into which he had skated and
was In danger of drowning. II was she
who wrapped her cloak around his
shivering form rs men carried him TO
her fathers house. 1t was she who
acted as nurse for the next three days.
and II 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 1t 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--telI
you-so that could
And he demonstrated what he
meant. and she accepted the pronuncia-
tIon OF the word without appealing to
the dictionary.