Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-13
bout DAS MOON
lsidore Wanted to Know What
Makes the Moon Come
Up.


Il ~ atOht0 NJ hCA 40 lC blIOhtut Uul ~,
was not thinking of the moon. He Wal
thinking OF Isabelle, the beauty Of tb,
school and the head OF his class. Be
fore school opened he and Isabelle hac
been good friends, but since they hac
come to sit together In the same class
every day she had treated him with
marked indifference. Whyf Because
she had found out that she was smart
er than he was?
Monsieur's hearty voice broke into
the uncomfortable conclusion, saying
jovially:
''Ha, Isidorel What das you t'ink
bout 80 hard?"
Il was ting bout das moon," Isl.
dore told him promptly. What tbs
make her come up, haT
Madame spoke up gently: VOLTA,
Dare Why you don't ask teacher
dasT'
Isidore paused. Teacher was a
young woman with a long nose and
glasses that glittered. Truly, not a
person to be questioned lightly. And
to do 1t with Isabelle looking on dis
daining his ignorance-mais arretez.
Maybe tbs Isabelle don't know why
It's moon come up"
And II Isabelle did not know, and IL
he could find out, and then spring the
knowledge on her-But yesi 1t would
be worth working for. VOLTA. AS the
possibilities of the situation became
clear to him, Isidore realized that 1t
would be worth waylaying teacher for.
So It CHANGED that as the teacher
was walking home from school next
day she saw one of her tall boys COM
ing toward her with a determination
In his stride.
Il can ask you something, II you
please, and you won't tell anybody
what tits l ask your"
What is II you wish TO ask?"
teacher almost stammered.
What It's made das moon come
up?"
"Mooni Oh. yes, moon! What is 1t
that makes the moon come upl Oh,
yes! / understand. IL think that I
| can explain that Let's see." She
cast about for substitute for solar
system" and Isidore watched her
anxiously. Suppose teacher didn't
knowi"
Watt she said. Il have IT,"
She took her watch from her belt
and her ring from her finger.
Now you know, Isidore, the earth
is bigger than the moon"
Mails oui, know dias," Isidore
fastened to assure her.
We'll! Then we will call this
watch the earth and this ring the
moon-and here is the way the moon
goes around the earth. Comes up this
way-goes over this way-goes down
this way-goes round under this other |
side-comes up again. When you are
sitting on the earth like my thumb is |
on the watch here you would see the |
moon coming up"
"C'est bon. Just like steer come up
hill. First you see his horns, den you
see his legs-Mais, why tbs she don't |
fall down when she's straight up yon
der?"
But the teacher knew this also.
She goes too fast to fall she ex-
planned. smoothly Like when you
throw your ball over the school
house"
Just like das! Mais Out Now it's
| know. And, me, I'm glad know
das. Je vous remercie."
He was glad and grateful-and tri-
umphant 1t did not seem at all prob
bable that Isabelle possessed such
knowledge. Isidore watched the teach
er readjust her belongings with re-
spect, and when the ring slipped and
fell he stopped with eager gallantry
and returned it to her with something
warmer than respect. Teachers nose,
he thought, did not look so long, nor
her glasses so shiny. And he was
ready for Mademoiselle Isabelle. Let
her snub him some more tomorrow.
Eth bien, Isabelle did not snub him
on the morrow. She did not see him.
With her head up and her lashes
down she could not see Isidore, even
when he stood right in front OF her.
But everybody else In the school could
see him. See him, yes, and smile at
his discontinue.
MATS what tbs been do7" Isidore
pondered. "No. l amt been do noting
unless 1t is" and the thought made
him jumD-"unless tbs das teacher
tell"
Had teacher told? She boarded
with Isabelle's mamma. Had she told
Isabelle about the moon? Isidore
looked sharply at the suspected young
woman and he saw that her nose was
long-too long to be trusted-and that
there was a cold glitter about her
glasses that held no promise TO high
sense OF honor. Teacher had told!
Mats VOLTA How was he to know?
Ask Isabellel The answer jumped at
him from the pages OF the spelling
book and shook him until his breath