The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-01-12
HOW HE
GOT LIZ
By c. B. MARTIN

hat. L QOnC Cnlnk mySe!r Cnat 1c
was because I was so awfully STUPID.
but I was dreadful homely. That
was what put me at disadvantage.
Ny eyes and my hair were a different
color, and I was kind o. rawboned
All was good for above the other
boys was that could, lick any Of 'em.
But when it came to sprucin' up for
dance I hadn't n ghost Of a show
alongside the worst lookip' feller in
the lot. ..a.
My ole mother tole me onct: "Elijah,
if you want to win a woman's favor
do somepin for her Let her see that
you think kindly OF her. Your father
wasn't good lookin man when 1
married him, jist rawboned farm
cr's boy. and 1 TUX him in preference
to the best lookin' Teller in them parts
because he used to come round when
he hadn't notllin' to do and churn and
milk for me. When saw him churn-
in or settin' on Il stool milkin' to save
me work I forgot his red hair and his
frcckles and his big knees and elbows
and sot my heart right on to him"
/ didn't forget what mother said,
and when Liz Bunker come to take
the school and l thort she was tho
purtyest thing Of womankind I'd ever
seen and wanted her mighty bad
made up my mind I'd try TO make her
fergit my ugliness somepin like father
made mother forgit his'n. But what
could do? LIZ didn't churn or milk
cows. She taught younkers readfn',
writin' and 'rithmctic. l could't spell
her at that. couldn't so to- her
school and say, 'See here. Liz, you
jist so out aud sprawl yourself on
the grass and Ill teach 'em for you"
couldn't say that cause didn't
know enough.
One day after school I met Liz com.
in home. and she was cryin'.
"Why, Liz" l asked, what y cryin'
for?"
''Oh. don't bother me-"
II wish you'd tell me-"
ITS them big ones. I 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 disturbanceY'
"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" |
remembered what mother'd said, !
but didn't let on about it to Liz |
sail to her. says 1:
II didn't know y TUX such old men
into your school Ef had I'd "a been
a. scholar myself. hain't got no edi-
cation. and want some. VIII " take
me into your school?"
IAZ said she would. So the next day |
I went round. SET on q bench with |
an arithmatic before me. and while I |
was 4 studyin' fist KEEP an eye on
them big fellers, wait1n' for EN- 10 DO |
some O. their tricks. PurI soon Ollie |
Smith threw . spitbau across the |
school and hit Lucy Ellis In tho eye |
saw by Lix's expression that she dread |
ed what was comm, but didn't say |
nothin'. She reproved Ollie gentle-like,
and he sent another ball at Ben Hook |
er. Ben throw'd it back. John WI. |
kins threw book at Ben. and there |
was a racket ON sure nun.
Miss Bunker" says I. which one O |
these boys would you like to see made |
70 DehaVe fuStF
ANY one on EN-" she said. her voice |
tremblin'.
II think" said. you'd better give |
us q recess. A lesson I'm good behavior |
might Ereak some o the school fur |
nlture.
School dismissed" said Liz
We all went out on to the grass plot |
IN front of the schoOlhouse. and told |
Ollie that his lesson would come first:
that proposed to give separate les
sons and If any one not gittin' taught |
manners interfered I'd break every |
bone In his body some time. even if I |
didn't do it then. think this KEEP
'em Off durin' what foIlered. Any
way. no one Of 'em interfered to help |
the other ] 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 fghtin' for purity schooteach-
er as I was, and at last I downed him |
with blow that broke his jaw. Ben |
said he didn't want no lesson so !
the instruction was oyer and school |
TUX I'm again with all the scholars pres.
ent except John. who couldn't recits:
with a broken Jaw. and he was excus-"
ed from school for the rest o. the dag: |
When school was ont I walked home |
with LIZ. She was the most grateful |
girl you ever seen. She said needn't |
come any. more. cause she'd give me |
private lessons. but I 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. I
and the other two O. my pei,ayior |