The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-05

kao should COME down by the irst train
after lunch, and chat my sister and should
motor round by the station, pick him up
there and take him on whit othe school
laSplaincdall this to Rao before | leit town,
ard particularly impressed upon him the
aesirsality d limiting his appafatus as
much as possible, as the motorcar accom-
no1aten was necesar'l restricted.
Most oi the guests had lreadyassemhled,
end wcrc gone down Is the cricket ground
aut Res Yves anMously avsitng our azrN5l,
sad darted out to greet us.
You had bette come over 10 the cricket
at orce, he SAID Mrs. Searson is down
there. TIE Doctor is engaged at present
There's an awiul row on The whole Of the
IsftA Eornl summoned to his study and
jol long iaw ho must be giving them they
hos bsen shut up with lim Tor nearly an
hour
lest as he spoke, DR. Searson himself
came hurr,5ng from the house He is q
buslling, ac.sc h-tle man very popular
with the boys, and an excellent school
master, Bit one ot the most excitable and
impulsive individuals know Tle was
flushed and agitated, and could hardly
pause to greet us before he began to give
expression to HIS disturbed state Of mind.
Dear me- Dear me he exclaimed.
The most unpleasant thing that has
happened during the whole of my twenty
fve years here! Apd to occur to-day, of alI
days In the year, when ! was most anxious
that everything should pass off quietly and
pleasantly X i really most provoking
Aly sister inquired sympathetically the
cause Of ils annoyance.
Why to ten You the truth, replied Dr.
Searson, il is a most unpleasant business;
case 81 theft common and paltry theft
And by one of our own bigger boys, too.
Unfortunately, it il not the FIRST time that it
has occurred Twice lately boys in the
Filth Form have complained that money
and articles nave disappeared from their
pockets; hut on each of the former occasions
the evidence was 50 confused and uncertain
that | concluded the youngsters had been
mistaken or had themselves lost what was
missing. This time, however, there is no
room ior doubt
Tie whole of the Fifth went down to
Shepherds Bend to bathc this morning.
under The charge 81 a junior master The
boys leave their clothes, while bathing, in
the dressing-shed which We have erected
there for their use.
But on returning from the river, young
Stewart at once complained that some
one had been interfering with his clothes
To-day is his birthday and he had re-
ceiyed several presents from home gold
mounted fountain pen valuable sports
man pocket-kniie, and E3 in cash
There is no doubt that these things were
left iii his pockets, lor only two minutes
before undressing he had shown the knife
and pen to the master and nad asked him Ii
he could give him change 10 one Of the
soTcreigns Ii Il equally clear that during
the bathing no stranger ent red The shed;
for Roberts, the master in question, was
standing outside near the door the whole
time that The boys were in the water But
no sooner were the lads back in the shed
than young Stewart discovered that money,
pen, an 'tniic were gone manilestly stolen
byone ~ The boys ~ The party
And shas did AR Roberts do? asked
Cecilia.
Dol cried Dr. Searson Indignantly.
why, he bungledth matter right away BY
proposing 70 search the whole company at
once proposal hotly resented by every
one And then when he got back here he
lei the boys loose while hc came to report tJ
me giving the culprit just the opportunity
he required to hide his spoils II Is really
astounding how incredibly stupid some
people can be And now, Of course,
tine investigation is quite hopeless, have
been lectuing the whole form for the last
halt-hour without the slightest result
Every boy stoutly denies having touched
the things most Of them with great indig-
nation, and all ol them with protestations of
innocence which suggest that the thiel, who
ever he may he, is no novice at this work of
deception
"Oi course, Il is almost nconccivahle
that in a crowded she'd any one boy could
have done this unnoticed by all Ills fellows,
but even that consideration Is no real help,
for as You are probably aware the schoolboy
code Of honor does not allow anyone to tell
tales So that have been reduced to the
necessity Of punishing the whole class by
detention and excluding them entirely
from to-day proceedings unless the culprt
confesses"
i do not know anything Of school dis
cipline, said Chanlers III his quiet. leisurely
fashion, but thought did know some
thing 81 Tie English sense of justice. And
i cannpt be just tc punish tht many ehea
only one is to blame especially when il is
SO easy to discover the real offender"