Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17

eHtlnB ginger snap. ACROSS the
aisle Marie Schaefer OF goodness
and neatness rivaling Frederick Will
nam's own was eating a bun. Anna
Rarenina sat beside her. Anna did
not have any lunch, and she was
wishing 1t was an apple as then she
would get the core. She had not had
any dinner either. for when she had
gotten home that dinner time II was
to find the door locked and her mother
out for the day. She had spent the
time till the afternoon session in fol.
lowing the dog-catchers wagon. She
had also gotten in three fights. and
therefore she may be excused IL she
sat very close to Marie and looked
hungrily and rudely down into her
mouth as she ate.
Miss Lucy was writing at her desk
and Bum OReilly was rubbing of the
board. Bum O'Reilly, being the big
gest boy in the class. often did
things" for Miss Lucy. There was al
ways a glamor about doing things"
for Miss Lucy that doing things" for
ones mother somehow lacked, and
Frederick William thought regretful-
ly of the only thing he had ever done
for her. II was one noon when she
bad asked him to get her a basin of
water. Although trembling with ex-
element. he had carried 1t safely up
T., her desk. where he had turned II
over into her lap.
Frederick William liked recreation
period a great deal better than recess,
which came in the morning and dur
ing which you were pitched violently
into the yard, where you stood timidly
squeezed up against the fence and
shivered while the other boys ran
around and "hollered" If you got a
foot away from the fence. you were at
once knocked down and stepped on
aud your nose was made to bleed.
Then the bell rang. and you were
thrown violently into the hall again
unless you did not have a partner, in
which case you were pulled out"
The horrible possibilities of getting
pulled out" caused Frederick Will
liam and Josef to stand together
hand in hand during the whole of
recess. But recreation period. which
came in the afternoon, was quite diff
ferent, for then you sat with dignity
IN your seat and ate your lunch while
the other children looked at you en-
viously.
That afternoon Frederick William
bad come to school with a great re-
solve and two ginger snaps. He was
going to give one OF the ginger snaps
ID Miss Lucy. He knew just how he
would do this, for 1t was only yester-
day that Bum O'Reilly had brought a
whole three-cent cream puff and, in
the opeDness of his Irish heart, had
given 1t all to Miss Lucy-all. that is,
except the sugar. which he had licked
or the top. Frederick William
thought with pleasure of how he
would bestow his ginger snap. He
would walk boldly up to the desk
without even raising his hand for
permission. True, there was an ex
plicit rule concerning the reckless
one who was guilty of this act but
when you had something for Miss
Lucy that was the exception. One
then walked grandly from his seat
and she only smiled sweetly and
said: THANK you, dear" Later she
might even let you rub the board of.
Frederick William thought of all
this as he ate his ginger snap. He
ate 1t slowly, leaning over the desk
40 that the crumbs would not be lost
Then he reached into the bag and
drew out Miss Lucy's ginger snap. He
looked at the cake. 1t was so nice
and round and smooth on the edges
He remembered that his had had 6
Tiny piece Clipped out of IT, An in
sistent element of equity in his ma
n,re demanded that he should take q
b.te off OF Miss Lucy's cake just the
size of what had been broken from
his. He did so. Then he took an
other little bite right beside the frs
one. Then. TO make it look even al
around he thought he would bite once
more around the edge in circle. Blu
M lost track OF where he had started
nom. and Il was not until the gingel
vuap was reduced TO a damp, stick!
object about the size OF quarter tina
hs stopped suddenly. for II had oc
cnrred TO him that If he ate 1t all h'
Iost all chance of rubbing of III,
boards. So. after a fearful struggle
with his frugal little German soul, h
dropped the remains of the cake int
the bag and went up to Miss Lucy
desk. She looked up with displease'
frown. which. when she saw the bag
delightfully changed into nice smile
"Thank you, Frederick" she SAT-
sweetly. Frederick William laid tn
Rag on her desk and returned to hi
seat. glowing with the satisfied bless
aaness of the cheerful giver.
A few minutes later Miss Luc,
stood up and called for order. Chi
Sren," she said, you know II is FIR
tav afternoon, and think. since yol