Show THE H STRIKE T FE AT TS SKELTON K FL 0 t SCHOOL OV by JULIA r F DEANE 1 copyright by joseph joeph B D bo bow lea ever since magdele luc mcclare Clure hud had entered ns as a bashful primary the skelton li hid id been ruled by E F lady principal alle she nho held hed tit in her hand a scepter she 8 no skillfully con caled it with ie arts find and bharms that not one of tier her little subjects di earned tie he was anything but a free and independent i publican it had happened that the comei a that be had decreed that this dearly beloved fielder of the scepter should be dig placed by a co common ninion man anad who hid bid yet to learn that the art of concealing his big sceptic wits was of mole moie value with ahse mail subjects than many high sound ins titles now miss mullins was round and rosy of face with ten tendil diffly lly curls curla that knew not the curling iron miss kisr mullins also had an popular way may of makem one ao w happy that one forgot cue ovies B skill in making spit balla when the news was all s spread abroad aliTo ail that miss mullins had been displaced by a common nia man 11 every attlen and citi eness reich of the beams of tier her merry ees felt it a personal grievance evance and there was waa drafted am imposing document to bo be submitted to the print apal chient ening dire but I 1 definite things 1 rahe he of leadership maa weigh ing upon Ma haggles Mag gies ggles youthful shout ders tor for it was maggie who had laboriously drafted the document of pio test with frequent trips rips to dictionary and it was maggie who bo had insisted on an organization organisation of the grimed ones and had them solemnly to do great deeds out of loyalty to miss mullins consequently its as a matter of course it was maggie who had bad been elected as the leader of the new union one morning when princia il hefter mounted the steps to the school building a crowd of defiant fated faced youngsters met him they stood at the en trance of yard and doors self belt constituted pickets labeled in gaudy letters school boys and girls union we demand he return of the most mont popular miss mullins in the skelton school 11 As the principal put his foot on an the top step and adjusted his glasses to ea coanda CON COAK ARDS Da hla his somewhat nearsighted near sighted eyes a stalwart tail led cheek checked cheeked d ni maiden alden with a diminutive scotch scot th ladlie clinging to her skit skills ts called all ready kids giving the signal with a dramatic wave of her arm As with ono one voice the crowd responded awn with all tyrants bioni caesar to hefter we demand our rights give ghe us 11 liandi or give us death the with miranda mullins clu quelled cited the tha leders leaders voice she a s all ri bulit flit tamo came the answer in high keyed chorus and the matter with mister alister ferdinand clefter Het lor again inquired their leader in hysterical accents lies iles all wrong was the answer thrown back front from the chil childish digh throats la a growl of disapproval when tho the bell rang ten minutes later the crowd cro acl outside dissolved into who took possession of each weak minded pupil that evl evi an ed a desire to enter the class loami i oem arguments both and phi aicala were resorted to and so thor hughly was the work done that when the bell leased ceased ringing less than 25 pupils were al their desks while out side a victorious jubilant mob of one hundred were singing songs of trl in serried ranks they formed mig gle mcclure at their head over tier hor shoulder tto flo sted the fiery symbol of au an archy made from a piece e of her ta fa flannel shirt adorned with let cering wonderful wonder Yond erful lul to behold olt flon maggie s own white apron and spell apell ing tho the magle woid liberty LA berty 11 mag gle was accompanied by a body guird guard in the person of her small email brother Hoder lck dhu whose short tat fat ings unfitted for the military stride con doubled under him as ho he vain ly endeavored to keep step to the I 1 night left liblit lett left 11 arid and without tho thi life died out of their song and turn ing her head to discover the cause maggie saw a squad of einen summoned by the pat al advancing toward them as s n on bent loosening lier her hold upon little rodericks hand ond and wheeling around that she might face aco her ful followers lowers sue called ca lloil I 1 4 1 f r k J cowards will ye dissert desert your cause because of a few blue boats ro member the brave brava bra va deeds of your tw fors fathers and stand fast forward ward march now double quick to yonder shelters we will to to meet et the enemy an I 1 she aha tragically toward a large barn at the rear of the schoolhouse school house under the stimulus of the words worda ot their leader the ford forca a rallied sur suf to rench the root of widow flaherity Fla heity 4 barn widow ria ila heity belly who mho ined in the he upper tipper story ot the bain wits waa it n debont admirer of the demartel de miss quill ng and magga knew would be it a valuable alu able addition to her tomes forces when the policemen enlen mido their way to the temporary fortress with many sly jokes and laughs at tile the easy task before them thein they met with locke lockiel I 1 doors below ant nit t it a vigorous response from the upper window and don t ie fare dare set act a foot on me ina premises not it a one of 0 o A and it iny illy voke voice can cant t make it plain to ye ive that will talk a BJ noll ell under it an I 1 ulie elie held to their view a kittle of boiling hot matar butir ahe or of the widow prove I 1 unanswerable and the policemen do de parted the victory was won mon bit nils alis tui tot the way ot of hie it ae leidorf ailers la in the corner of mi lid a bain its aa tho the november Itte darl darc ned into au tile tha victo doua leader of tile the hund hundich her face bulled in iier her apron deping with a woe oe not to be comforted c un foiled what caled she me that to night her nime would be upon the tongue of every boy and girl in the ward that even now the newsboys in fit the streets mero crying hei bel ai the chief attraction of the evening paper these as nothing for awful abu the idol of her heart beart m easiest as lost in that real fal Inon moment lent when the ibe adamco of tile thu en an emi bennied led lo 10 en eu danei her cause causa bhe had ill the hand baud of the tha lit in tant roderick and tit in till thi contusion confusion which followed he had bad away it glew still daiker something must bo be done for bodei Rod cilik it k dh chii a f feared eared the dark shadows ol oi tin night and it was drawing near to tint thit delici delicious hour when he be was wont went to lay his lit tie head upon maggi baggies a devoted shoulder an ant stint stait on his bis journey to slum berland As she hurried the dp de Bertel school schoolhouse hoime she ehe bethought heraelto that she bad for forgotten lotten to search bearch tint thit building was waa nat a light at the end of tile the hall probably the Jan janitor itoi still at work through the glass door maggie peeped she bhe drew back lu ja dismay she had quite forgotten tint thit tills this was the loftice of the despised principal how the hot blood did pump itself up from her vallant valiant heart na as she beheld the hated sitting in his big chair reading lamp bj his side bide what W wj 10 that maggie s apart slopped primping plim ping tor for very astonishment for snuggled close la in tile the tyrants arms us co comfortably in fort ably its as he ever eer lay in U maggie agle a own waa man the recreant rec reint roderick look ing up tip into the tyrants lace with the same fascinating good night baby ways that kingto loved and the tha tyrant the hated tyrant hagoes eyes almost swallowed up hei ftfe f they grew B s large from lo looking oldrig this same tyrant was waa smiling down into the th baby eyes as ho softly crooned a lullaby th tha i oleo deaso I 1 singing and the worried i ale look that maggie hid had noticed upon the race face ut of the princ principal that mo rooming ining returned the intuition ot her sex stimulated stimuli ted by a somewhat troubled conscience told maggle maggie that the won led look was as one tor for which she wits was responsible As it fearful that she might be ltd to chango I 1 lo 10 r mind she bolted into the loom planted her self in front of ci the astonished pat pal and explained somewhat inco berent herent ly oh sir it was me tb thit it did it all I 1 etli red em up I 1 did novel nave a one of eni em dared do it without they slid s si and when the cops came they it ee ryon of ent cm backed out but I 1 called ern em cowards coards and it was then I 1 lost tile tho baby slid and I 1 wished I 1 d never been born before I 1 evet ever heard of a sti ike or IL a union bir and then you found him and cuddled hint him up tip for the night just as lie ho likes to bo be cuddled and lin I 1 m so BO sorry I 1 made all the tha trouble and you don t need to worry any moie about the old tor for ill declare tirs it all off tomorrow to morrow morning and the ida that daren dare to stay away I 1 H I 1 11 and although magales fervent voice and earnet earnest eyen spoke volumes volume the words were interrupted by a strange choking in her throat if tho the reporters bould have looked into the skelton school just tilen then they would have found abundant material miter lal for a scoop for or the erstwhile leader of the strike as the pent up emotions of the tha diy daiy found vent in a veil table niagara of tears felt beisele drawn close to tho the tyrants tyrant a side hei bat lie he ld id resti resting tig aln his immaculate cont coat sleeve as be tenderly wiped away the tha tears when interviewed interview d the next day as aa to the settlement of ohp novel strike the principal only smiled a quiet smile and said yes yen the strike la Is settled bottled and I 1 an no urtha r trouble and the medium you lisk ask well and the principal thoughtfully stroked Us his lon ion call tell fell the public thit th lt it was kas accomplished through the tile me daum or ol a boat I 1 of arbitration a 1 very arnall board in the aagre bato not oter oner CO 60 pounds when biessel for details by the curious newspaper men he pleaded business busi neso engagements |