The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-14
(By Laurence Alfred Clay.)

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Burton IA NJ hs6 heen the terror
81 thres taech.-~ n - over~rovn
beliirerrnt and She1inate. ana he at
when MI. Frencer Fei1ev applied
for the schooi the bluff old trustee
MIR, whom ~ fs1isAa = ,,.,,e3 heerfflv
ana said:
.But rm most 20 wears old"
but don't helieye YOU can lift q
|xood-sixed purnnktnf.s
.F5ss fhet arvtt,rv n do nth
Fteachin~ chiidrer =.
ut has q mean to do with Farmer
Burton.s .on Fsnh As has made three
teachers five IN The school ana thew
were men ton f,.t - fried sen ont
doors and chucied sem head firet into
snowbankaL Whv, Won wouldn't be
more'n 8 feather r. HIM.
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GOOD mornine ROB Robert. and well
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ten6 ri. ,.,rt.s wss N NOPE" so1 -
eeru t";s winser.
BOD nked; that smile ana nand.
snake ne nkea ner Mor0s. 0ouot
S Scn 49,. nis ~, m'no Wnetner or nos s me
Ia, Lau Da eyao tnak ne W. oao te-
low. and he asked: Haven't they
to,o you ABOUT my breaking up the
scnoUS
ON, yes. but maybe 1t wasn't alto
setner your fault You didn't think
the school was being conducted Just
Inats 1t. They said must re-
membcr how many oceans there were.
and because I couldn't one Of the
teachers was Goin' to lick me"
That was wrofg."
If dad told me there were 1.733
got the number should I be Kicked for
lit"
'Of course NOT. I am going to tell
you that there are four great oceans.
Robert, and you needn't remember
them five minutes. Only this IL the
point: Suppose YOU were at q huslx-
say there were only three great oceans
and they were Lake Erie, Lake Huron
and Lake Michigan. Would you feel
bit proud II you could stand up and
say:
Ladies and gentlemen, the person
10 wrong. There are four great oceans.
to wit. the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and
Antarctic.
I You bet your boots shouldr' heart
lily replied Bob: and he repeated over
the names until they were firmly fixed
~.
The big boy" in a school either
makes trouble Or falls In love with
the teacher. One, course IL about as
bad as the ottieE.. Bob Burton started
In as q model. 1t1i61af. but within q
fortnight was in love with MiSs
Frances. He way 50 shy shout 1t, how
ever, that she alone was sure Of the
fact: s
In most country schools, whether
taught by men or women, the teacher
is supposed to get to the schoolhouse
first in the morning and build the fire
and sweep out. Miss Frances was
ready to take this duty upon herself
but upon her first appearance she found
Bob ahead OF her half an hour.
but it was for me to do she said
to the boy.
You are q lady, was his reply.
In about a Fortnight Bob.s mother
said to her.: "
I'VE can't Just make Bob out"
Nor"
HE studies his lessons nights"
II thought so"
cit takes him ten minutes to comb
his hair"
II have noticed that It il very slick"
And he has sent away for some
salve or something to rake q mus
tache grow"
THE poor boyp.
Bob was in love with her. and the
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