South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-22
STATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED c. KELLY.
1T FIRED @ KHLx.


occasion several times 20 reprimand
one Of his girl pupils. And mere
reprimand did not do much good.
She was a pretty little rascal and so
full Of life that she was constantly
getting into pranks that upset the
calm studios decorum West wished
20 maintain. One day West told her
that IL she did any more whispering
he would feel Obliged to give her
whipping She merely giggled mer-
rily ar that threat, and within five
minutes was whispering once more
10 a girl across the aisle.
West babe her step up in front. He
had told her he would whip her. and
he felt obliged 10 make good IL is
not altogether chivalrous for strong
man TO inflict corporal punishment on
a young girl. especially when she
happens to be both plump and pref
". but discipline is discipline. and
West had started out to be a martinez.
Still he hesitated when IL came right
10 the point Of taking a switch. and
infiicting pain in the same ruthless
way that he did on unruly boys. As
a compromise measure he picked up
a ruler and smacked the mischievous
young creature several only moder
ately severe blows on the palms of
the hands.
She was a game little scamp and
did not cry as most girls would have
done. Instead. she stamped a pretty
little foot. and scornfully declared:
III get even with you for that.
After she had resumed her seat.
West wondered if he had really hurt
her when he smacked her little
hands. IL did seem like shame to
cause suffering 10 one so thoroughly
| attractive. He had never noticed be-
fore how really pretty she was The
next day, and the next, while ap-
parently glazing at the school 10 pre-
serve order, West was in reality star
ing at just one pupil and wondering
how he had ever overlooked the fact
that she was about the prettiest young
person he knew.
Time went on and West quit teach
ing school, but he kept up an ac-
I quaintance with a few Of his pupils.
particularly with the young girl whom
he had smacked on the hands with
ruler Gradually he made a wonder
ful discovery with regard to her. viz:
that he oftener he called on her the
more he would see her. So he called
frequently.
Several times during this period she
! laughingly recalled the schoolday in
cident and repeated her threat that
she would get even with him some
day.
After a lapse or some years they
were married. Just after the officiat-
ing clergyman had finished his part
OF the entertainment, Mrs West look
ed up at her new husband with a
funny twinkle and said:
Il told You I'd get even with you"
Representative Walter NJ. Chandler
OF New York. mailed certain letter
few years ago to a friend in Ger
| many. The friend had changed his
address and the letter was sent back
to Chandler by the German postoffice
authorities. 1t was delayed in reach
ing him, however. because the steam
er that carried the mail met with
mishap and went to the bottom Of the
Atlantic. In the course of time divers
went and ransacked the ship for
treasure and the mai was brought
back to the surface. The writing on
| Chambers letter was still legible and
ii was remailed to him with a fresh
stamp. He felt that the letter that
had been TO the bottom Of the ocean
and then recovered, ought TO be given
! every reasonable chance to reach its
! original destination. and so he mailed
! IL once again to his friend in Ger
| many. along with an added paragraph
/ of explanation.
The friend must have been an ex-
| ceptionally polite person. because he
wrote back as follows:
You will pardon my long delay in
! answering your letter. for. it, as YOU
/ say, IL remained at the bottom of the
ocean several months before reaching
me, / really could not have replied
any sooner"
Whenever Oscar Underwood goes
y l. fw1rW I'll. i
or anywhere else. he finds himself the
victim of reception committee
which desires to show him what costly
/ autos they are able TO provide for
visiting statesmen and how rapidly
such autos can go from one place TO
another The reception committee
lmparts this notion of hospitality to
the chauffeur and the chauffeur does
all in his power 10 make Oscars life
miserable. For Underwood does not
like to ride fast in an auto. The one
thing he is timid about is moving too
rapidly with strange chauffeurs. He
never shows any timidity-he is too
! calm for that-but all the time he is
riding he sits and wonder what kind
or shape he will be in when the cor
oner or the ambulance comes to pick
him up from the side OF the road.
During his last campaign. Under
I wood asked TO be permitted to ride
! in the front seat with the Chauffeur
on a trip between towns. The
chauffeur at once proceeded to send
the outfit along at the rate of 40
miles an hour. Underwood. feeling
extremely i'll at ease but never show
ing it. turned TO the chauffeur after
they had gone a mile or two. and
/ asked in his calm smiling way:
Can this make of machine go slow
as we'll as fast?''
1 Certainly" replied the operator
Then suggested Oscar. still per
I fectly calm, let's try going slow"
F. Copyright. 1914. by Fred c. Kelly.
All right reserved.)
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