The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-29

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The siani bog afsssr eish saftfisahs
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be swanF sIeana sad locked over 90
schaol. ''she 10 q nhe LADY, be said u
an alnaasi shrsslsning tsns. ''sn ~
sailslsr,'
The lady heamed en The sieai boy,
"a charming eomplim.ni, she saii
Thea she leaked hsrk al The isaehrI
Won I you iel nae have my ~as hsi'
TOT lasl a little ehilrf III fiemiss
not 10 be naughty learned q hs
good Elshi hefe IN this feeh, VIII y
Interfere Too much With the studies u
1 tell the scholars a little siofsf
"a story, q story" cried The essri
listeners,
The teacher looked Al hef eaiohs
"in twenty minutes 10 have recess,
sh. smllinsly said, "Mill iwcnly min
ui@s be- ehoughf"
"Oh, yes, cried the lady, 81 - sur
4 will be- aaiie enough. y she suddenly
laughed. s'ieu don I remember me
do Npn
"Ao, replied the little teacher, u
yon we're my pupal II Was long hh's
ago,
Twenty YEAR, aso, dear teacher,
said the lady softly, And nov TOT my
little story,
she stepped 10 the tfoni,
\ hand Neni up,
PLEASE, lady. - u really an True
story
aaA Ia al Al
brightly. 'sli ~ really true lou
wonldn I like o. have Il untrue, would
youf''
The thin faced eifl looked doubtful
Those other kinds are also pretty
| ine, she said
{" but this IL a true one aud ] hul~
you III in. ~. said the lady silll sm'l
| ing. "li II y story about this very room
and about your teacher here, When
was girl like YOU gifls aud sat ~ that
ehair-of one much like Ill am
afraid ] was n lazy gtfl al times and
the times were many, ! was laHt
about my studies and lazy about being
punetunl and lazy about my music.
The stout boy nodded understanding
".
1--WE have de same kind now, he
oracularly remarked
~ am afraid 81, laughed the lady
"Thc teacher did her best 10 Keep me-
up in my studies, but she could not
praise me because ] did nothing 10 De
serve her praise. would have hk'd
little praise now aud then, but ! was
too lazy to earn II.
The eager eyes Of the thin.iaeed girl
twinkled responsively,
i" Eldora Brown Is like A. too, she
said. II Is wonder son'tin's t"''
The little teacher held up her hand.
- IN afraid II was wonder thht
passed. - said the lady. NO doubt
was saved by my tcacher-as several
Of YOU are sure 10 ho. But now ] am
coming To something that happened
something that made a very great, dii
ference 20 me. II was Just little
song-a song that we sang in those days
in the old room here. ! sang u with
the class one day and afterward the
teacher-this teacher, yours aud mine
said To me, Margaret, want you "a
stay n little while after SCHOOL, have
something to say 20 YOU. So ! stayed
and when we were quite alone she said
Now sing the sailor song for me.
WASH Z afraid of her. not bit. 30
sang the song the very best ! could.
sang the little song twenty years ago
now m going to sing II again. she
went to the piano and let her fingers
ripple along the KEYS. Then she sang
the simple song. She sang IL in n low
voice that was full of bubbling tender
ness, glad voice that shook WIN ueei
lonoinp then thrilled with mild exulta
ton. And the room was very stlil
when she let the last trembling throh
.T.ook M teacher whispered the
Thin. faced girl. ''She is making a
crv >,
The lady faced them again
uAnd when | had finished the little
sono - she went ON with the story
sstba teacher said. margaret, you have
hoont;fnI voice and Won might be n
Ono s;noer If YOU would only try.
Tho, was the first time the teacher had
nra;sed me I liked il very much. i
viii nraetice. | said. Il will try TO be
6no singer-and Won will tell me
wban I do well. So She kissed me and
sent me home and | told my mother
that / wanted TO be a fine singer. And
my mother was glad. She taught me
III she could and hired master for
me- and oftentimes | would stay after
snbool and sing for our teacher here
and when she praised me, as she often
ahu 7 ~me as S Sap bannv So / persevered
ana ana tr TaS I bald na appS ali the time
ana e,i' beined me- with her kindly
teachet !, H She turned suddenly. Do you
r mo,an, This ~ she asked the little
,e ea"J"''
TT remember, the little teacher
softIv answered
soi NY dadw sm;l;nglv nodded.
INA "a hon nv mother took me to
Non, Vort I said ooodbv TO my teach
1.o" W ua ~ varw sorry TO po-and my
,as. wo wd were 4 will be fine sing
n la' Then came wears of hard study
En- men eahhu IL oooon~and +