Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27

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esk. I had guessed Il was another
pots to b carried. 90 ] put my books
IN my desk. got out Of my seat to
20 up 70 the platform. and yritsy-
IN the seat ahead Of me-held up his
keribbls-pad 20 could see It. He had
Sritten on H. $50 ~ ~
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. AZ I went Sy him I kicked him o.
3hs shin. mot because Of the rhyme.
for he hadn't sense enough 10 get up
4hything like that himself. but Just
because no called me ''teacher's pet"
Any fellow sets mad II he 10 called
'teacher's Pet" even II he 10 . teaehs
pre- pet A follow can't help his
feacher liking him IL she wants 20,
but he don't like to Do called that.
r. fellow - pretty bright and learns
PIE lesson: without killing himself
Sssr 81 then: :n (. es Sopt sst licked every
teacher lets him carry her notes. but
pot. at him they mean he's trying 70
Re her pet and that makes him sore:
r.. sou A help 4 4 Me- A., Allen liked
never wanted to be . pet.
70 carry. and ! felt pretty good over
Il. too, because Miss Allen never said
fsss oea,ns s ssRD. snS = slS| r,S
always 9ave me dime. 90 ! went up
TO- the platform and stood while abe
$500 stH me notss and then she handed
&: : SCI ~ ss..1 r. )! ri: !:
Eyes, MAN," said. =
30 went Into the hail and put on
Ey hat. = took Fritsy.s hat ana paf-
fsd ,I y aow rns snd threw 4 Into
Eith him. 60 he would have = hard
Miss Aliens eyes were reddish when
che handed me the note. but ] didn't
think much about that then. About
OF reddish eyes. unless they are tarJ
fars. and Miss Allen wasn't one. She
was the incest teacher ever had. The
nrse week ! was In her room was
Ike Al the rest Of the fsllows-J
fellow never thinks his new teacher 10
~ good - his old one. unless the old
one was . tartar. But tho second
week I made UP my mind I'd mArrf
Mss Allen when I grew up. ! felt dnl
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my hand to, show me the right way 70
hold my pen in .penmanship GLASS. =
guess that was the. way.l got. to DO
her pet. I wanted her to think was
good enough to marry = g: nd,
She WA about the youngest teacher
She didn't look much. older than some
OF the big girls in tho eighth grade,
but I gtiess she was. She had, to 60
through high school and through nor
nal ma before s che could teach. SCI ggs ,.:
sas had. IN awful sprstty face See .:'s 80,
u. 46sss / wcuid have kept on think.
ting rd marry her, II the new girl
hadn't come from perlinEport the
third week OF school Her, name -
merging Ser yet-nct 70, her Or any
hody-but I've carried her books three
Or four times and ' Init her In the
back Of the head with soft snowfall
and I guess she likes me. too. She
threw 8 SNOWFALL back ct me when
face for her with snow, she Just said.
s0h, 0sorgel You mean thinG" ~
41 she might be willing to marry me
dome time II ! got nerve enough to
ssk her when we're Grown up: won n
S ess n0T aon 1s tSnkf I'll S:rvs -.
I didn't carry any notes for her until .
after the third week Of school, The
0ret time carried one 1t was thin
pne. and had never been on the &c.
walked up and down two or three times
looking at the doors in the hall. They
were all lawyers and dentists and things
NM that. and ! couldn't find any Sullivan
nAme among them, and I began to feel
funny and ~ II had no business there
And had Just started downstairs again.
Tapia OPEN one q tho DOOR and sss
{ne why I was thsr~, when Mr.. subway
When no saw me. .,,.. ;.''S'
Looking. for me. .boy?' he asked. q.
"I'm looking for Mr.. Sullivan" I
elm your mani" hs said. and ! hand
|maybe there's an answer" =.
:! SO / went, up with him. He had an
Nfflce around, the turn Of the hall
41dn't know was there. and no put q
key in the lock and unlocked tho door.
thought It wouldrbe fine to be q law.
Yer and have an ofiics ofSmy own that
! could lock and unlock like that I
think 20 yet. I'm going to be 4 lawyer
] 70 through high school. -
So ! went In: and he made me sit in
D chair while he sat at his table and
blit the note open with q paper slsnife
he had on the table. He smiled when
he read the note. and grabbed up his
ben and began to write an answer right
tway. Then he read It over, and
tslope and sealed It, and wrote Miss
ALIENS name on the outside.
''What's your name, boy?" he asked.
George" said.
''Ail right, George" no said. my
game is Carol. Carol Sullivan. How