The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-10-12

It was the day before ST. Valentines
day. and /; seemed as If demon OF
mischief had taken possession OF ev'
erv scholar In the pinev!ile public
school. Miss Tayio", the teacher. S:Gh
ed as she raped o.: E2:' d. fer "rter.
Never had the children been so unruiT
before. Instead OF attending TO their
lessons the boys and girls were whis-
pering.
When Miss Taylor rapped they be-
came Quiet and went on with their les
sons. In few minutes the noise start
ed again. Miss Taylor looked ur quick
IL and saw one Of the larger boys try
Ing to hide a picture.
well, ADAM" she called, bring me
that picture" When the boy handed
Miss Taylor the picture all Of the schol-
ars laughed There on piece Of coarse
paper was a picture Of an old lady.
Underneath the picture were some rude
verses about cranky old maids and
cats.
"weIl, what were you going TO do
with this picture? Where did you get
itT' asked the teacher.
"Some Of Us boys bought 1t to send
to Miss Jackson tomorrow. You know
she Is a cranky old maid She Is al.
ways scolding Us boys for tormenting
her old black cat We never hurt the
old thing. We only have some fun
with it." replied the boy.
'Go to your seat Will will keep
this ugly picture. ! am very sorry to
find that any Of my scholars would
play such q mean trick on an old per
son. I will tell you the story Of Miss
Jackson's nfe-why she Is living alone"
said Miss Taylor.
when Miss Jackson was a young
woman her mother died, leaving q
large family Of children As Miss
jackson was the oldest the burdens
of the family fell upon her shoulders.
She worked and shaved for those chill
dren from morning untn night When
they became men and women they
married and left home, but Of course
no one wanted Miss Jackson They
:; said she was old and cranky. They
: forgot that she had spent her life
working for them With a few hun
-dred dollars that she had received
from her fathers estate Miss Jackson
bought the little cottage next to the
school, where she now lives Children
after bearing this story. ! think you
WIN not play any more mean tricks ON
Miss Jackson"
The scholars were ashamed Of them
selves, for they remembered the comic
valentines they had sent ON former
Valentine days
II think that II we each contribute 8
cents we would have enough money to
buy q pretty bunch Of flowers for Miss
jackson. How many are In favor OF
sending her flowers for valenttner
asked Miss Taylor. Every hand was
raised
The next morning Miss Jackson sat
In her lonely kitchen knitting. The
cat was asleep under the stove. Miss
jackson was thinking about her past
life and the ungratefulness Of her
brothers and sisters when she heard
knock at the door. She looked out OF
the window and saw some OF the
school children standing by her gate.
"Its another valentine from those chill
dren. only get comic ones" mutter-
ed Miss Jackson as she opened the
door
Imagine her surprise when she found
q large pasteboard box on the door
step. Miss Jackson opened the box
carefully, for she was afraid there
was some trick about It There was q
bunch Of beautiful roses with q card
attached which read, "Fos Miss Jack
son. from the teachers and scholars OF