The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04

pitably open gate, then emitted a cheer
91J' whistle.
Come .n, win come in" the call
came simultaneously from a half
5ozen tIroats.
.-"l didn' t know whether to stop here
er go-on TO Barstow's. but knew you
wOald be somewhere exchanging vacas
-.tIon. experiences" he remarked, ad-
l9Hcipg among the group and gIancing
, shout for desirable spot TO deposit
has feet 10 Of lanky boyhood.
Here. Will take this" and Joe Bar
clay jerked pillow from under Lou
.BarStow's curly head VIII caught
the cushion and gave it toss. then
sl5lsnted himself comfortably.
Ihanky. kindly. Lawrence" he re-
marked to the defrauded one with ex-
IRENE politeness. Hello BelIi Howdy
Edith, Lucille. why don't you rub your
WINS head?" He contemplated the
leunging group approvingly. seems
Eooo 20 see VOL all again" he contin-
ued. though it strikes me the air is
trile foggy. What ails it?"
."reachers" Belle Fairchild answered
oiainally. VIII jumped and turned
about hastily. "Eh, where?"
listen. Will" Lucille imperiously mo-
toned the others 10 silence, Miss Han
ford has given up the school and Miss
Sedgwick is to have it,"
VIII looked blankly sympathetic.
Terrible he murmured. "terribler'
T know YOU don't have to go to our
3 school, and never di6." Lucille said ar
SNmentatiyely. but, just the same you
know how we all adore Miss Hanford:
. and now 10 put up with Miss Sedg-
: vvickr'
- Awful" VIII soothingly agreed.
Ana what is to become OF Miss Han
tord. the beloVed?"
shes going 10 be married" This
statement came from several disgusted
voices.
- see" Wills interest was pro
sound. And that-that vile Miss Sedg-
= wick did it all"
Well. no" but before any one had
gathered up his reasoning powers suffi-
Ctently 10 explain Miss Hanford's cui-
s.. pability VIII had fallen over on his
cushion ia a ft Of irrepressible laugh
az'n he blest if I see the joke" Joe
Barclay protested, grinning in spite of
himself
VIII sat up and wiped his eyes. "A
sudden fit Of homesickness overwhelmed
--lile. be explained Your mournful
. TTeGfca ment brought me back TO an ex-
perience Of my own that occurred the
year 7 left. Massachusetts"
That's last year" remarked Edith
TEL US about il. Will"
..Yes." agreed Joe, IF it's so ex-
tremely funny let's hear about it by
All means"
WIFI laughed again. then looked
sQberly over the circle Of interested
Young faces.
Il believe L WILL" he said, although
there is only one person besides me
who knows the whole story. ! think
Il may he q good thing for you people
70 hear how easily a prejudice can be
conceived and cured" He thumped the
pillow with a jCvial wink at Lou. and
settled himself thereon. Wills voice
was mellow and clear and he was an
. easy story teller.
."As 7 say. il happened the year I left
home he began. THE school I attended
there was a small one. never over
z5:sor 50 pupils. There was generally
quite q class Of large boys and perhaps
thst. was the reason that we, as a rule
eLad man teacher.
Mr.. Hurd had the school for several
years. He was a Jolly chap; a good
teacher. and we were all devoted to
him. SO when he resigned at the
Christmas vacation we felt quite i'll
used.
AT this time there was a class Of
boys. myself being one, that was to
graduate the following June. Mr..
Hurd had taken lots Of interest in US.
and somehow we got il into our heads
tfat no one else could put US through
hat* him. We tried hard to persuade
h5m5 TO stay. but it was no use. I sup
pose liking him as well as we did, no
less person than Teddy r. would have
pacified us anyway. so you may imag-
ine> our disgust when we heard we
were 10 have girl teacher. Not an
experienced woman, mind you. but a
dinky cub Of girl just out Of normal
school
=: we got together and after talking
it over decided that such a proceeding
was an insult TO our manhood and il
was our duty to put stop 10 it.
-. Father was on the school board at
The time, so we thought first Of all had
berter enter our protest with him. a.
possibly consideration Of his sons fuz
tIre might cause him to use his infiu-
nnce "a gainst this objectionable person.
Imagine. If you can, how I felt when
cad Just went into hOwls of laughter
and told me that he and he alone had
1oisted this silly girl upon the school"
Here Lucille entered protest. Per
haps she wasn't silly viii waved
: p eT away. "Of course she was, just as
much as Miss Sedgwck is obnoxious;
now wait tia / get there.
Tt seems VIII took up his nara
tise. that Miss Carroll was the daugh-
ter of ar old college chum Of dads and
5rad written to him for assistance in
getting a school. and even though the
rest Of the board preferred a man, he
persisted till be got his way. And you
just wait till you see her he said. pat
ting me as though ] was 4 year old.
you boys will be falling over each
other 10 get the inside track
Il felt about as small as year
old. too. when I had to go to those
boys and tell them fathers share in
getting that girl, and how he treated
our protest.
Now, 7 told them. we've given the
school board to understand how we
feel and they choose to disregard us.
] propose we attend to this matter in
our own way
~ II grew lot after I made that
speech" VIII sighed refiectively.
GO on" cried Lucille what did you
do2@
Wei" continued VIII. IF we had
done all the things we planned that
day the new teacher would have cleared
out a nervous wreck, inside Of a week.