The Dolores star., 1909-12-24
;hink of something you do on Thanks.

herself from further discussion BY
sulkily putting her head down On her
desk.
Just at this moment an inspiration
seized Bum O'Reilly. His quick Irish
tact had told him that there was some
especial answer desired by Miss Lucy.
He remembered that she had always
shown an interest in the numerous ad-
ditions to his family.
I'VE got a baby last Thanksgivun."
he volunteered. obligingly. but we
amt goin' to git none this year"
At this point Miss Lucy. without
even daring to look at the committee,
hastily interrupted:
Yes, yes. James," she said: but
what Is 1t you and all Of us do every
day, but more than ever on Thanks.
giving day?"
You should clean your teeth and
wash yourself all over" said Josef
Bureschy. whose weak mind was wan
dering back to the Cleanliness Talk
Of the day before.
At last. We give thanks" said the
correct Marie Schaefer. the only mem.
ber OF Glass A who ever knew any
thing.
Thus having laboriously extracted
the desired answer, Miss Lucy took
fresh heart. and her smile grew q lit
tie less glazed. her sprightliness lit
tie less painful.
Yes. we give thanks" she said.
Now. who can tell why we give
thanks? Who can think OF something
nice that he is thankful for?"
At these pleasant words OF some
thing nice Frederick Williams face
frightened.
We'll. Frederick" smiled Miss Lucy.
hopefully. what are you thankful
foro"
The gizzard." said Frederick VIII
liam.
II was then that Miss Lucy gave up
the fight. She was about to sink
wearily into her chair and defeatedly
order a writing lesson. when the visit
Ing teacher. who had been viewing
her struggles with the cold tolerance
OF the superior pedagogue. came for
ward.
Let me speak to the little ones"
she said. condescendingly.
Miss Lucy assented. and, thus
shelved. she sat down meekly at one
side. As she did so she looked at the
supervisor. and she was surprised to
see the solemn opening and closing of
one OF his eyes In such manner that,
II he had not been supervisor. Miss
Lucy would have said that he had
winked at her.
The visiting teacher Stood up before
Glass A. The visiting teacher was
the pure type of feminine pedagogue-
bespectacled. scant OF hair. soSr-vis-
aged. In reproof Of the frivolous fiuf.
finess Of Miss Lucy's lingeries. she
wore one OF those antique creations
that can only be designated as q
basque. dusty. black. and scant With
cool turning round Of the decree of
fashion that only priestess OF Schol.
astic Sociology would dare, this waist
buttoned tightly down the front, and
came down In point In the bsck So
unique was the effect that Miss Lucy
wondered vaguely If this costume was
the required uniform OF Scholastic So
GEOLOGY. Her ingenious mind had al
ready hit upon plan whereby she
could conform to this regulation by
putting her own waists on backward.
when she became aware that the visit
ing teacher was speaking.
II Miss Lucy's manner had been of
gentle spr:ghtliness. the visiting
teachers was openly hilarious. Lift
them up!" was her creed. usually ex-
pressed with much uplifting Of arms.
Garry them along with you on the
wave of vitality. That is The spirit Of
scholastic art"
On this occasion the spirit OF scho-
lastic art was put forth more vigor-
ously than ever in a final attempt to
lift the dead weight Of Class AS so
neglected little moral tones.
Little boys and girls she began.
with coquettish waving Of arms that
Bum. who was the star twirler of his
nine. would have described as a crack
motion. open your little eyes. open
your little ears. open your little
hearts, and listen and look Just as
hard!" AS she spoke. she convenient.
ly illustrated her remarks upon the
nearest child. who happened to be
Frederick William: and 1t was q pain
ful shock to this most dignified Of Miss
Lucys scholars to have his eyebrows
pulled up. his ears tweaked. to be
gently poked in the stomach. and, as a
climax. tc receive rap on the head
at the hand OF the playful visiting
teacher. At this treatment his eyes
filled with tears. and he looked be.
seechingly at Miss Lucy. Miss Lucy's
attention. however. was engaged else
where, for from the beginning of the
visiting teachers address she had
been aware Of a loudly whispered con-
versation carried on across the aisle
between Sophie Bauerschmidt and
Anna Karenina-a conversation that
ignoring her warning frowns, finally