Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-17
Point of
Honor

Bert burst into the house with
u whoop Of delight He dashed out int,
/. the kitchen. where his mother wa,
making a pie for dinner. and instantly
took possession.
Say, motherl" he shouted. q
J want some bread and butter and some
cookies and an apple. And, say, moth
+ er, when you bake the pie will you
, cook one I'm the little pie dish so |
can have II 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. ginger bread, apples
and other trihes. he broke into
mirthful chuckle.
Say, mother" he said, 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 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 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 of
stays around after school and jollies
her. bet she like him best of any
or us, but, gee, who cares? Who wants
the teacher to like you, anyway?
Wen, this noon Fred he come back
early and there wasn't nobody in the
room when he come, and so he takes
some chalk that he gets off the black /
board and he rubs chalk all over the
fronts Of the fellows desks, so when
hey sits down they'll get chalk on the
rOnt OF their legs. So when they
sets up, all the fellows and the girls
md everybody, for physical culture,
nd begins to march around the room, ;
very fellow had chalk on the front
4 his kneesl And Fred had some on
is, too, so the teacher wouldn't know
Tho done it,
Gee, | thought I'd die aughin' till
he teachers face begins to get red
nd she hollers, just as mad as she
an. Haiti Gee, guess we all
.arted. And everybody was scared. (
My. of course, J wasn't scared. but .
ellie-she marches right in front of
e-gee, she was scared, and so was
lie other girls
80 the teacher says-and bv that
me- she was just as pale in her face
she says: Children. she says, I in
nd to find who is the proprietor OF
is outrage
Then the teacher she begins and
Q says: The girls may go to their
ats and the boys may march right
ing in front of my desk. So we -,
lrched right along in front of her IA
SIX after the girls went to their
ITS and sat down. and every fellow
q to march by himself way from att
back of the room. Gee, when ii fail
ne my turn my shoes sounded like pla
Motorcycle or something. they made par
h a awful racket. r
Every time a boy came and stood tha
front of her desk she'd ask him: to
| you have anything to do with this who
ting chalk on the desks? And then fail
an the fellow says. No. she saws. Jud
you know who did it?' And then dau
fellow would say No. because, Of dem
rise, we didn't none of us know. be- ing
So we didn't see Fred do it. proI
50 it come Freds turn after awhile HON
be was the very last fellow. And plan
when Fred come along he didn't 81
for the teacher to say a word to lawy
He just started right In and he go t
Miss Smith, he says, I know may
done it. but don't feel like I'd So
sr tell. so please don't ask me-. temp
zee, | thought me and the other 81
VS. would die. we was so full of he r,
b, because. of course, Fred want moth
lie teacher to think he didn't like HIS
Ill on some other fellow, but we az"
{ dare to laugh or course. we In
l to- but we felt so kind of fun. the |
e didn't. was
sill
ISIS Smith she saws. Well Fred tired
avs. II it's a point of honor with Il
not to tell, of course, | won't meni,
the question or something like "Ye
know