Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-01
Of
Honor

the kitchen. where his mother was
making a pie for dinner. and instantly
took possession.
Say. mother!" he shouted. Il
want some bread and butter and some
cookies and an apple. And. say, moth
g. when you bake the pie will you
cook one in the little pie dish so |
can have It soon's it's done? And.
say, mother, can have some Of this
gingerbread? Gee. but I'm nearly
starved"
When his wants had been partially
supplied and he was towing away
bread and butter. gingerbread. apples
and other trifies. he broke into q
mirthful chuckle
Say. mother" he ssid, IF We didn't
have the foxy time at school today.
got another guess comm. Say, gee
you'd "a died II you had been there
Honest. thought I'd bust wide open.
never thought a fellow could have
so much fun In school
You see, Fred Gunkle, he's the
smartest fellow in the room. guess,
At least. he knows his lessons best
and he never seems to study none
too. Say, and the teacher likes him
cause you can see her eyes twinkle
when he cuts up. and then she turns
her back a minute and when she turns
around again her face is just as sol
emn. and then she scolds him. but
Fred doesn't mind. He just kind oi
stays around after school and jollies
her. bet she like him best Of any
of us, but. gee. who cares? Who wants
the teacher to like you. anyway?
well, this noon Fred he come bach
early and there wasn't nobody In the
room when he come, and so he takes
some chalk that he gets on the black
board and he rubs chalk all over the
fronts of the fellows desks. so wher
they sits down they'll get chalk ON th'
front of their legs So when the,
gets up, all the fellows and the girl
and everybody. for physical culture
and begins to march around the room
every fellow had chalk on the from
of his knees! And Fred had some OF
his, too, so the teacher wouldn't know
who done II.
Gee. thought I'd die laughin' I'll
the teachers face begins to get rec
and she hollers. just as mad as sh'
can: Haiti Gee. guess we al
started And everybody was scared
Only, of course, wasn't scared, bu
Nellie-she marches right in front o
mcgee. she was scared. and so wal
the other girls.
$50 the teacher says-and by tina
time she was just as pale in her fac
she says: Children she says. I in
tend to find who is the proprietor o
this outrage.
"Then the teacher she begins ant
she says: The girls may go to thei
seats and the boys may march RICH
along In front of my desk So w
marched right along IN front of he
desk after the girls went to thei
seats and sat down. and every fellow
had to march by himself way from
the back of the room. Gee. when
come my turn my shoes sounded lik
a motorcycle or something. they mad
such a awful racket.
Every time boy came and stoo
In front of her desk she'd ask him
Did you have anything to do with thi
putting chalk on the desks? And the
when the fellow says. No. she says
DO you know who did itY And the
the fellow would say NO.. because. G
course. we didn't none of us know. b.
cause we didn't see Fred do 1t.
so ii come Fred's turn after awhil
and he was the very last fellow. An
so when Fred come along he didn
wait for the teacher to say word
him. He just started right In and b
says, Miss Smith, he says. I kno'
who done It. but I don't feel like +
better tell. so please don't ask me-
Gee. I thought me and the othe
fellows would die. we was so full {
laugh, because. of course. Fred wan
ed the teacher to think he didn't lik
to tell on some other fellow, but "
didn't dare to laugh. OF course, "
dared to. but we felt so kind of fun
ny we didn't.
Miss Smith she says, We'll, Fred
she says. II it's point of honor wit
you not to tell. of course. won
press the question or something lii
that
Then we all went back to our sea-
and she give us big long spiel aboI
how bad she felt because some or
i in the room had told a lie. becaus
you see, Fred was the only fellow tn,
didn't say be didn't do 1t. and 81
said she was glad Fred hadn't told.
cause she hated a tale bearer, an
and she hoped we'd all try to be goo
And, say. she never tumbled that FRI
was the one that did It. And. sa
she took up the whole recitation hol
preachin' at us. and so when we con
out Of school thought we'd
laughin'."
Bert's mother looked reproachfl
THAT wasn't very nice thing to dc
she said. 1T seems to me Fred ju
as much as told lie. anyway"
Bert put two cookies into his pock
and half banana into his mout
Jaw, gee" he said. with muffied d
gust, don't you ever want fellow
have a little fun? Anyway. aft
school Fred stayed and told her abo