The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-01
chapter xxv.-continued.

at school, said aDout 10 q
..,uh.t was t
it," -
~sho so,d the superintendent, was
4ba renly of Lima. pleased with nei
salf and with that big word, that
she would have to have more lnones
next year, for she heard Una. ntnsl
tHamilton, Frances Black W iina..n
HIN and Jimmy Garner were all com
eng to school, and she salo we VIZ
~ rnost notorious bad children III
town"
.cba ia the spitefullest woman they
IS" Jimmy's black eyes snappIo,
ssshe bout the meddlesomest sea'neA
"who told you bout it, Lima!
questioned the other little girl.
"rhe Superintendent told his "lie
,nd Won know how some ladies' are
thev inst can't keep a secret. NOW II
Ia lust like burying 1t to tell liotne-
ANYTHING; she never tells any oouy
hut father, and grandmother, any
grandfather. and Uncle Ed, anu DIV
Their Johnson. and she makes then
nromise never to breathe II TO NV
ing soul. But the super ntenaenl
wife is different: she tells ever tnlhs
che hears. and now everybody knows
what that teacher said ABOUT U.s.
Everybody says she IS the CRANK
sest teacher they is" cried JIMMY
..she won't let you bring nothing 10
school 'cepting your books; you can !
ovan take your slingshot, nor your
air-gun, nor
Nor your dolls" chimed IN iran
ces. land she won't let you pat your
eve nor say word, nor cross your
legs. nor blow your nose
"What do she think We s goln, 10
her OF school fer II we can't nave
fun7" asked Billy. 'Tabernicle sno
had FIN when he went to school. ne
nut pin in the teachers chair an she
sat down on it plumb up to the head
an he tie the strings together Wna'
two niger gals had they nali
wropped with, an he squoze up
little boys legs In front OF MIN VIII
a rooster foot tell he squalled GU
loud an he th'owed spitballs, an hs
make him some watermelon teeth, an
Ne paint chicken light red an tuck
to the teacher fer dodo. an ne pu
cotton IN his pants fore he got ilckeo
an he draWed the teacher On 3 slate
That Y what you 60 to school Ter 4
to have fun, an / sho' Is go1n 9
have fun when I goes, an amt goln
to take no bulldozin' offer he1
neither"
81 bet we can squelch her, crle
Frances, vindictively.
Eyes, we II show her thing 0
two"-for once Jimmy agreed VII
her, "she bout the butt-in-est OLD VIZ
man they Is, and she's going to m
out we bout the squelchingest KID
ever she tackle"
ALFRED Gage went to school to ne
last year." said Frances, land ne ca
read and write"
eyes," Joined In Jimmy, land [
bout the proudest boy they Is; a
time got to write his name all oV'
everything"
S~N~~~~
ION Sunday went on the little g1
when they hand roun' the little G
yellups and telled all the folks VIII
was willing to give five dollars mo
on the pastors sally just to write
name: SO Alfred he SO frtsky eau
he know how to write; so he TOOK
one of the little envellups and wort
.Alfred Gage on it; so when his pa
find out bout it he say that kid
to work and pay that five doll;
hi'self cause he done sign his ma
to It,"
Sand if he amt bout the sick
kid they is,'' declared Jimmy;
betcher he won't get fresh no m
soon. He telled me the other day
amt had drink of soda water
summer. cause every nickel he
got to go to Mr.. Pastors sarry;
says he plumb tired supporting /
Their Johnson and all his family;
ne say, every time he go up town
sees johnny Johnson a-setting o.
stool in Baltzer's drug store Jus
swinging milk-shakes, he says
going to knock him off some
cause it's his nickels that kid :
spending"
There was a short silence, brc
by Billy, who remarked, apropo'
nothing:
81 sho' is glad I don't halter [
oman when l puts on long pa
mems is heap mo- account
81 wouldn't be woman FOR I
ing at ALL Jimmy fully agreed
him: they have the pokiest
they is
I'm glad am going to be "
lady when I grow up Lima deci'
II would MT be gentleman for
thing. I'm going to wear pl
clothes and be beautiful and .
belle like mother was, and have
of lovers kneei at my feet on
knee and play the guitar with
other