Sharp County record., 1910-04-01
PAYING THE
FIDDLER

At the door of her schOolroom Miss
/ Heath, the teacher was met by a
braathless little girl
George did i,," she cried He just
grabbed it and chased around the
room with it and
or did not" shouted George "It
wasn't me any moreu anybody else.
Anyhow, it was broke. And II jim
mia hadn't chased me
"8e quiet, George said the be-
wtIdared teacher What's broken.
Margaret
Why tae-rho--vou know the
.It was broke all the time inter
urrod George
George, leave the room. Now Mar.
-1ra.. what t8 .t2'
Margaret pointed, unable to speak,
TO the bracket which contained the
statue of the Flying Mercury
What's the matter with it?' asked
the teacher, whose rapid glance failed
90 discover anything amiss
Robert Jumped nimbly on the steam
pipes and with q swift movement de-.
raDitatod the statue holding the head
dramatically toward the teacher
That's what's the matter said he.
Them kids needn't say they didn't do
st because everybody IN the room saw
them.
Many heads nodded vigorous af.
0rmatiyo
Well, hey needn't blame it all on
me, If did take it down. for Ernie
and Jim did Just as much yelled
George from the door
'9hc teacher waved him maiestical-
ly back AS his tcarstaincd face was
withdrawn from sight he shook a
threatening fist at Robert, who still
held the head I'm his hand,
we won't take up amy more time
now" said The teacher, but of course
the fiddler must be paid. / suppose
in this case that the dddlcr win have
TO be paid by your fathers, think
boy is pretty mean that has all the
fun and leaves the bin for the fiddler
to be paid by somebody else, The
Mercury must be replaced by Mon.
day Any boy who had anything
whatever TO do with breaking this one
must be honorable enough to pay his
share toward getting another"
would you call laughing at them
when they we're chasing around hay-
ing anything to do with iJ?" asked
Robert, intense anxiety In his coun.
tcnance
Decide among yourselves at re.
cess replied the teacher Talk II
over as gentlemen should"
During recess another teacher said
TO Miss Heath; You'd better 20 and
look after your boys or first thing YOU
know youll have a perfectly good boy
charged mp to your account ! couldn't
decide whether II was riot or a
carnival, but George, as usual was
IT,"
Miss Heath, however, found that the
trouble had blown over for the time
being, An noon am indignant Wic
stopped 20 talk 90 her
"Thoy say me and Ernie aud jim
are the most 70 blame because we ran
around the room" complained George
"hul we wouldn't have run around s,
long If they hadn't iolliod ms and then
wouldn't hayo bumped against lhJ
desk and fallen down and don't yor
think they ought TO help pay the Nd
dler2'
And. Miss Heath don't You thml
that when lt was George that tool
Norkory down bo ought 10 pay tn,
mosJ2' asked Ernie
"l have nothing 10 say" roplot
Miss Heath, ~ told you to docd,
like gontlomon Woro you three
boys most to blame
"rhoy say We were said George
what do You thnE2" insisted Mis-
Heath,
'Won guess we were. said jim
~ didn't care go much anyway Nv,
got ten cents and Il won't cos
moron go,'
"lt cost three dollars" said Nls
/ Heath, lmpressiyoly
Three dollars shrioked George
"Tor an old statoo with no clothes ol
him and one leg broke or VIII,
didn't You make the hid that broke
There heroH said Mlaa HoatI
with dignity "Got % new one choar
/ or II you can, but that's what ! Duil
for the one You broke
Later IN The day she found thts not
ON her desk
Dear NIaB Health iG we rot
stature we win break off hIs leg Jus
. Hike lbo othor We won't give goou
one for % old ono5 it uu.t Ialr BJ
aroctully yours GEORGE
The teacher wrote .n reply
'My Dear George There wua 0no
% man named shylock who wanted
. UBuBd of Nrah fr1Hf mann fhn hy1pI Y