The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-03-25

tunes and stage curtains. Another
$40 will rent piano. Most Of the
children have never even seen one.
All my spare time must 50 to getting
up the entertainment, and all my saw
ings too. Well, I'm glad. guess I
can give up so much for my country"
Not a particle of encouragement did
ohio got z<>rn ans. of t-ao paronts or.
cept Peter Bowling, one armed vet
ernn Of the civil war, and he was
much more discouraging than he
meant to be.
"Go on. l wish you luck, young
lady," he would observe. "You can
count on me for anything a one armed
man can do. But what's the use?
I've tried and tried to get some 'Meri-
can sentiment into these youngsters.
'Tain't no 60, and never will be- But
you can count on me to hooray for
you all the same. TIL be thar IL no
body else Is"
Miss Atworth's programme, besides
the decoration of the schoolhouse, COM
prised tableaux and the recitation Of
patriotic poems and addresses by her
larger pupils. but most of the children
soon received strict orders to hurry
home at 4 O'Clock to attend to the milk
ing and evening chores. They were
also kept at work till the last possible
minute in the morning. But with only
noontime and recess for practicing
their parts her enthusiasm worked
wonders.
said Miss Atworth as she took final
approving survey of the decorations
the afternoon Of the 21st. "Only it's
little too warlikc. wish I had an
old fashioned pruning hook to hang
across that sword between the win
dows."
"Mr. Schmidt has one" volunteered
Sarah Gates. "Rut he's so mad about
our wasting so much time, as he calls
1t, that it's as much as fellows head
Is worth to ask him for It. I heard
him tell pa that he was going to keep
Karl at home tomorrow night
Keep Karl at home!" cried Miss
Atworth In dismay. "He couldn't be
80 mean as THAR
Karl was the brightest pupil in hel
room. big, manly boy Of sixteen
He was kept at home every spring and
fall to help with the work. although
his father was not poor. She had TAX
en- an especial interest In him from
the first. had drilled him carefully In
his defamation and counted on him
as the star Of the entertainment.
Miss Atworth locked the door and
started rapidly homeward. What
would she do IL Karl must be left out
Of the performance A quarter Of q
mile brought her to the lane leading
| from the pike to the Schmidt place
and there she stopped with sudden re
solve.
"I'll beard that old lion in his der
and ask him for his pruning hook
That will be an excuse for going an<
will give me an opportunity to plead
Karfs cause"
It was nearly dark when Miss At
worth ran up the squire's front wall
and danced through the house into tn,
| kitchen.
"Oh, such luck!' she cried gayly. -
went to see Mr.. Schmidt, and SOM
good angel prompted me to speak t
him in German 1t was such bad Ger
man-perhaps that's what please'
him. Anyway, it thawed him righ
out. He lent me his pruning hook ant
showed me over his barn. OF cours
admired his fine cattle, and then. a
he got more and more pleased at m,
showing such an astonishing lot Q
sense. praised Karl so highly that b
made q complete surrender. He
coming tomorrow night to bring tn
whole Schmidt family, from the Oh