Sharp County record., 1909-08-06
Wmdy's S Ascension
His Pride Was Broken
Uuceremoniously

Bnceremonlousy
Windy" Hobbs was person OF dis
| tincti0n in the third grade Of the VII
! lage public school, In the first place as
one Of the largest bays in his class and
( naturally endowed with much self as
serttveness, he assumed superiority
| that commanded a certain amount OF
respect. Furthermore he had won fame
and the title Of Windy" through
boastful clustering manner Of speech,
noticeably vaporous even to his unso-
/ phisticated fellows
But the cornerstone of his pedestal
of renown rested upon the fact that he
carried in proper place-the left hand
vest pocket-a real watch, anchored to
his apparel by a Donderous chain. This
was the only sure-enough watch in the
third grade, and was looked upon with
profound admiration bordering on awe,
by the rank and file of that depart-
ment of learning. The timepiece was
OF white metal, weighed something
less than half a pound, and ran with
a noise resembling that Of a wheezy
traction engine in the nnt-tooremote
distance.
Windy Hobbs appreciation of his
own eminence among his fellows be-
g,.r,, sv, tvoa,, AZ tfr,,.ac thot I,0 7aglagh.
ed to shake off the mantle OF arro-
gance when entering the school room,
and at times manifested a disposition to
be insubordinate to rules--a tendency
that occastoaally resulted in trouble
with the teacher This teacher
named Jenkins, like many other school
teachers--.was a ponderous individual
with a violent disposition.
In fair weather and when the rou-
tine of study and recreation pro-
ceeded satisfactorily, Mr. Jenkins sat
in chair tilted against the wall in
the rear Of the room near an open
window But when there was misbe-
havior among the pupils, woe to the
evil doers. Mr. Jenkins corrected the
unruly by means of large wooden pad
dies whitfield out with jack knife
during the intervals of leisure be-
tween classes.
my pa says" declared Windy
Hobbs one morning before school had
taken up" that old Jenkins had bet.
ter not whip me with them paddles
any more or he'll fix him.
AZ If to test pas ability az a
tlxer, the fates decreed that Windy
should have cause for complaint that
very day. Made bold by his sire's
threats of vengeance, the wearer OF
the white metal watch manifested
such a bold and s6rly temper " class
that, Just before the school vas dis.
missed for the noon hour he caMe to
Close qUartegs with Mr. Jenkins The
paddle was brought into active and
vigorous service, and its vicious
"spats" punctuated the yels OF Windy
And in the scutile the crystal OF the
only real watch was shattered into
fragments!
The news OF this dire catastrophe
was communicated to the fellers' by
the fearful and wrathful Windy after
school was dismissed He took up HIS
post in the playground under the WIN
dows Of The third grade room, and set
about explaining In detAn the fate
that awaited "Old Jenkins"
II didn't boiler cause the paddle
hurt. declared the victim of chastise-
ment, but when / heard my watch
bust II made-me 10 mad Just hellered
II "a had n rock I'd busted him In
the head with t.
A sympathetic crowd of us lostled
about Windy, elbowing one another
tor chance to inspect the damaged
tlmepiece
'Iust walt till my pa hears about
thls" he continued "Tll bet YOU
be comes down here 70 this school and
whales the stunn out OF old Jenkins
drat him Hen show him how 10
beat me round with clubs and bust
solid silver Beyenlewood stem
wind
And lust then occurred the aacen-
sion Of Windy In me very midst NJ
hia threats with the clatter of heels,
he Disappeared 'rrom our midst Ha
aid not 80 through or around the sur,
grounding crowd Ua went mi There
| Windy had been an Instant later he
was not Ills aatoniahed auditors
looked about IN An directions. but
failed no discover any sign OF him.
For "a few seconds the mystery was
thlck and dark Rut only tnr q Few
aeconda suddenly there brolte unon
Jhe tortured air 8taecato Of paddle
strokes and seriea Of hovls and
wallis such as the pupils of the third
grade never before had heard Tho
whereabouts Of Windy wla settled
The mystery Of Windy'a acral flght
waa eaaily solved In voiclng hls som.
plants agalnst "Old Jenkins and vow.
Ing vengeance ho had ndacreetly
taken hia stand beneath tho open