The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

young man to be the critic teacner.
This critic teacher was the dread
embassy of the training school under
whose kindly guidance still continued
such young and tender teachers as
Miss Lucy. And it was often found
that after visit from this critic
teacher these same young and tender
teachers must perforce HE themselves
back to the school, there to study
year longer.
lie sits in your room," teacher
friend had shudderingly told Miss
Lucy, land you don't know what you ,
are saying and everything you take
hold of drops, and all the time he just
sits there and writes down all your
mistakes and you stay at home for
week after because you are sick"
How silly" exclaimed the superior !
Miss Lucy. II never get nervous. II |
he comes in my room ! shall merely
greet him with my ordinary manner /
and go on with my usual work"
From this calm announcement we
can easily imagine Miss Lucy advanc-
ing to meet the critic teacher with an
inehable condeScenSion. Instead of
which she stood still and opened her
mouth several times vainly Then she
gur2led. The critic teacher, who in
reality was only painfully shy, wom-
an-fearing young man, also gurgled.
He then extended cold and clammy
| hand, which was met by one equally
cold and clammy At this point loud
! whisper was heard from Sophie Bauer
| schmidt, who suspected Miss Lucy of
matrimonial designs upon every man
from the janitor down. ITS Miss
Luzy's beau" she explained loudly
Miss Lucy glared wildly at her and
the critic teacher. sinking weakly into
a chair, opened his notebook. Miss
Lucy turned TO hsr class and for
moment smiled vaguely and appeal
| ingly at them with a dreadful shadow
of her entertainment" smile. Then.
suppressing tendency to swallow all
the time, she began to direct the read
ing lesson in a voice that reminded
her of Frederick William reciting a
memory gem. AS for the critic teach
er, still appalled, by the announcement
that he was Miss Lucy's beau. he sat
wret chedly on the ridge of Miss Lu-
cy's chair and wrote swiftly and con
stantly in his book
At last Frederick Williams turn
came to read. See kitty chump." said
he. 1t was the first sentence in the
primer and the only one he had ever
mastered. He rendered it upon all
occasions end Il was always accepted
by Miss Lucy with an indulgent smile.
However, this time she shook her
, head. NO dear" she said sweetly;
try again"
See kitty chump" said Frederick
complaccntly.
Then Miss Lucy came toward him
and bending over him pointed to the
first word.
1t was at this moment that the still.
ness of the room was suddenly dis
PEELED by loud smack. This smack
sudden, loud and sharp-was followed
by GREATNESS gasp from the class
j Then sound of lamentation fell upor
| the air.
| Anna" said Miss Lucy. instnc
! lively. come here. And you, Sophie
| also"
| Anna came sullenly. Sophie tear
fully nursing very red cheek. Mis-
Lucy, standing between them, glance,
at the critic teacher He had stopped
\ writing and. pen held in hand wa
evidently critically waiting the out
) come of this breach of discipline"
Anna" began Miss Lucy, "wh.
did you strike Sophie?"
Il never done i'd" declared Anna.
Sophie" said Miss Lucy, why di
Anna strike you?"
n Sophie who was rather enjoyin
h herself, shifted violently "She too
10 my cent" she said, land I got it bac
D. and then she hit me in the jaw ant
ID Miss Tuzy. ! got the toothache," fir
,r ished this victim of Annals rapacity.
you're a liar" said Anna angrily
G. land you waid dill ] ged you oudsid
ID und I'll knock your block Off" Ther
" with a sullen sob. lid was my cen
Of anyhow. Id wasn'd even spid."
k. At this point Sophie. who loved a
Of audience, broke in And she sal
Sc ! you put your hair up in curlpapeI
TX at night and she said your petticoi
so wasn't even silk and she said yo
he didn't have no holes in your stoc
IN ings."
SIS At these revelations Miss IuC
We gaspcd and sitting down hystoricall
Id upon desk looked at the crit
teacher Outraged and Mortified /
ct the idea that he, a young man of o
er emplary habits. should be thus draw
ne into discussion concerning fcminr
On hosiery, the critic teacher had rise
1g pale and with wild look in his eye
err For a moment he and Miss Lucy, bot
ID. stricken gurgIelcss. looked at caC
* other. Then Selling his hat. he turns
RS and FASTENED without tine portals
d the dcpraycd and immoral Class
az AZ the door shut upon his scandaizt
or back, Miss IuCy, glancing toward h.
in desk caught sight of a red copybOt
50 lying there open. All the beautif
ly moral precepts that were the delig
lis Of Glass quite forgot she cutch'
N. the ropybuOk and feverishly turns
n its pages They were, all blank
pr. what an awful old fake" she Q
ng claimed worse than ! am" al
NJ then, to Bum O'Reilly. James. n
ir- and take this to the gentleman tn
,al was here Just now
So Later. when the dismissal hcll RAJ