The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-14
HOW HE
GOT LIZ
By C. B. MARTIN

Ill the DOyS uSSo W AouSA q" AAO ava
a fiat. | don't think myself that 1t
was because / was so awfully STUDIO.
but I was dreadful homely. That
was what put me at a disadvantage.
My eyes and my hair were different
color, and 1 was kind O. rawboned.
All l was good for above the other
boys was that l could lick any of 'em.
But when it came to spructn' up for
a dance 1 hadn't ghost Of a show
alongside the worst lookin' Teller In
the lot.
NV ole mother tole me onct: Elijah,
Ii you want to win wOman's favor
do somepin for her. Let her see that
you think kindly Of her. Your father
wasn't a good lookin' man when
married him, jist a rawbOned farm
ers boy, and l TUX him In preference
TO the best lookin Teller in them parts
because he used to come round when
he hadn't nothin' to do and churn and
milk for me. When l saw him churn-
In or settin' on stool milkfn' to save
me work l forgot his red hair and his
freckles and his big knees and elbows
and sot my heart right on to him"
I didn't forget what mother said,
and when Liz Bunker come to take
the school and l thort she was the
purtyest thing of womankind I'd ever
seen aud wanted her mighty bad l
made up my mind I'd try to make her
fergit my ugliness somepin like father
made mother forgit his'n. But what
could I do? Liz didn't churn or milk
COWS. She taught younkers readin',
writin' and 'rithmetic. l could't spell
her at that. l couldn't go to- her
school and say, "See here, Liz, you
fist 20 out and sprawl yourself on
the grass and I'll teach 'em for you"
I couldn't say that cause didn't
know enough.
One day after school met Liz COM
In home, and she was cryin'.
"Why, Liz asked, "what y cry1n'
forT'
"Oh, don't bother me-"
81 wish you'd tell me-"
"It's them big ones. can't make
'em behave by bein' kind to 'em, and
I'm not strong enough to whip EN-"
"How old are the children that make
the disturbanceT
"Children! They amt children. Ben
Hooker's twenty and strong as an OK;
John Wilkins Is nearer twenty-One,
though he isn't quite as big as Ben.
Then there's Ollie Smith-he's eighteen
and can whip either Of the other two"
I remembered what mother'd said,
but didn't let on about it to Liz.
said to her, says I:
81 didn't know y TUX such old men
into your school. Eff had I'd "a been
a scholar myself / hain't got no edi-
cation, and 1 want some. Will y take
me into your school"
Liz said she would. Sc the next day
| went round. I set on a bench with
an arithmetic before me, and while |
was studyin' jist KEEP an eye on
them big fellers, waitin' for 'em to do
some O. their tricks Purity soon Ollie
Smith threw a spitbalI across the
school and hit Lucy Ellis in the eye. l
saw by LIS expression that she dread
ed what was comm, but l didn't say
nothin'. She reproved Ollie gentle-like,
and he sent another ball at Ben Hook
er. Ben throw'd it back. John Will
kins threw a book at Ben, and there
was a racket on sure huff.
Miss Bunker" says l, which one o.
these boys would you like to see made
to behave fust?'
"Any one on EN-" she said, her voice
trenholm
II think" I said, "you'd better give
US recess. A lesson in good behavior
might break some O. the school fur
niture.
School dismissed" said Liz.
We all went out on to the grass plot
in front Of the schoolhouse. and I told
Ollie that his lesson would come first;
that l proposed to give separate les
sons and If any one not gtttin' taught
manners interfered I'd break every
bone in his body some time, even if
didn't do it then. l think this KEEP
'em off durin' what follered. ANY
way. no one Of 'em irterfered to help
the other. l soon laid Ollie on the
grass. and pummeled him till he was
sore all over. Then ] TUX John, who
was the biggest of the three, but he
wasn't fightin' for purity schoolteach-
er as was, and at last l downed him
with blow that broke his jaw. Ben
said he didn't want no lesson. so
the instruction was over and school
TUX in again with all the scholars pres
ent except John. who couldn't recite
with broken jaw, and he was excus-
ed from school for the rest O. the day.
When school was out l walked home
with Liz. She was the most grateful
girl you ever seen. She said I needn't
come any more, cause she'd give me
private lessons, but l went the next
day to see the effect O. my instructions
In department.
1t was the quietest school you ever
seen. John Williams never come back.
and the other two q my behavior
Scholars was as quiet as mice After
school l tole 'em that If they needed
any more lessons Miss Bunker would