Show M V raw fa 0 44 illustrations by 0 11 t A sib 00 bou page TEACHERS P PCT E T 11 synopsis with him grandfather sinai ramsey Bill holland to la watch ing ln the decoration day parade in th the home town the old gentleman in a 1 9 a veteran of the civil war to impress the youngster with tile the alg of 0 the great and many years afterward the lioy boy was wag to remember hla his words with startling vivid vividness in the schoolroom a few years yeara later ter bamsey Is no not t distinguished tor rot brilliancy 11 he e blates german even more than ar arithmetic CHAPTER II 11 continued 2 sometimes tot too there were moments of f relaxation in tier lier class when she would stop stol tile the lesson and tell the children about germany what a beautiful good country it 1 was so trim and orderly with such pleasant customs and all the people sensible energetic and healthy there wits was music SIu agnan in the german class which was ap other alleviation though it was the tame old star spangled skiing led banner over oer again ramsey ramse was tired of tile the song lind and tired of my country ala of dt thee they the were bores borei betit but it was amusing to sing them in german in german they hey sounded sort 0 funny fian to he mind this bit of the lays das work ork halt an leour later there airles ills supreme trial of this particular moru morn ing arithmetic then being the order of business before the house lie was sent clone alone to the blackboard supposedly to make lucid the proper reply to a fatal conundrum in decimals and under the glare and focus of the whole room lio lie breathed breathe heavily and killed ear where jils its brain at once became sheer hash flash ile he consumed as much time us its possible in getting the terms of the problem stated in chalk then affecting to be critical of ills his own handiwork handi erased what lie had done sad and carefully wrote it again after that he erased half of it slowly retraced t bract d figures and stepped back as it to see whether perspective improved their appearance again lie lifted lift edthe the eraser ramsey I 1 bla maam ain 7 rut put down that prasert cra eraser sert P hesni Ye sni I 1 just thought sharply bidden to get forward with nl its task he explained in a feeble voice that he had first to tie a shoestring and stooped to boso doso do so but was not per witted bliss ridgely tried to stimulate him with hints und and suggestion found Ill bilm mso eo far as decimals wont went mere protoplasm and wondering liow low so co helpless a tiling thing could live summoned the hoard etue dora don yocum the stai star of the class w whereupon hereupon ram ilam sey moved toward ills hla sent stand still you stay may right where you are and try to learn something from the way dora bora does it IL the class giggled and ramsey stood but learned nothing ills conspicuousness was unendurable because all of ills his schoolmates naturally found more entertainment in watching ya telling him than in following the performance of the dora doia instructed to watch every figure elial ked up by the mathematical won de ills eyes ees grown sodden were un oble to re nue intiNe themselves from the part in her hair at the back of liar hor head where two litile hide braids began heir beir separate careers to 0 o end lu in a conlie of blue andred and red checked bits of ribbon one upon each of her 1 er thin shoulder blades ills sensations clogg clogged eti his intellect he suffered from unsought notoriety and hated dora yot um most lost or of all lie he hated tier her busy little shoulder blades it iio had to be kept lit in after and kaid when lie he was allowed to go lionie home ili he averted ills his eyes ees as lie wont went by tile lie leouie where dorn dora alved site she was out ii in tile lie yard ard voting tilting a doughnut and lii lie knew it but he find passed th 9 ago age uban it Is just its as permissible to throw it I 1 rock at a girt girl as at a boy and lils idi normal inclinations lie he walked sturdily vu on though lie Indulge il tl mo owr ur as to tc eurage tuge eT in a mur ii t arcil on with one of the ati willar i somewhere I tillO him ival kald ramsey to or blin himself self to ramsey Ila inse since it is IR to say willell was viii ell ifa I 1 bites smart dont site she weil I 1 gucas she daei but blie it i i 1 I binte aie her dont 5 you t pet what I 1 call herl her I 1 1 I ucal what I 1 call tier lier too dont dollt III II weil vel I 1 do all the i its Is anyway mi ani dirty ole teachers pet CHAPTER ill III ile liml had not forgiven tier lier four years can ater lie enterer elgh agh school in aeilt compan for home liow mann 9 ill his s way wd through und stayed with the class ile ie as tn diny that ih q e less awful lookin than title she used to be at enst lie he was ft as honest enough to make a partial retraction aben ft hen ills hlf friend and classmate pied fred mitchell Ml insisted that an amelioration of doras appearance could be actually proven well ill HI take it back I 1 dont alies eary last bit na as awful lookin ns as mie always lias has been ramsey Il amsei toward the conclusion of the argument ril ill say tills this tor for tier her sites awful lookin but she may not ile be ns as awful lookin its as site she was mas she lont dont come to school with tile the edge ut of some of tier under cloes show in below tier hr dress any more about ever aery oilier day and tier her eav inkers ers have got to stick in out some and slie site magnot pe be so skinny but shell lint to ft valt alt a i mighty long while before I 1 want to too look nt at tier her without 91 clell the implication that miss ml 5 yocum cared to have ramsey Il anisey look at tier lier either with or without gettin sick was mere rhetoric and recognized as such by the producer of it she had find never glen given the slightest evidence of tiny any desire that ills gaze gaye be bent upon tier ler chatal ruth lruth lay underneath ills his nourish flourish rested re sled upon the fact that lie could not look at tier lier without some symptoms of tile lie sort lie he had tersely sketched to ills his friend ind and yet so pungent Is the fascination ot of self in ln billeted misery aie li did look at tier her during periods of study stud often for three or four i at a stretch ins ills expression pres slon nt at such times indeed resembled that af t one who lias bas dined unwisely wisely but dora yocum was always ahas too eagerly lusy busy to notice e it lie ile was almost neeri ne verlin ln tier her eye ee but butske the wai was continually tit in ills his inore over as tile hie banner pupil site she was with hourly frequency till an exhibit before the whole class I 1 Ra dainsey insey found her worst of till all when tier her turn him camo came in on friday afternoons the site ascended a most Pot tent grave and rev tile the platform bobbed a little preparatory bow and began Ll listen sten my lily children and you ou ab shall all hear ram rain soy included paul revere and tile old north church and the whole revola flonary war in fit ills antipathy antl path since they hey somehow appeared to be the property of the teachers ret pet for dorn dora held tills this post in declamation as well as lit in everything thing else here as elsewhere the hateful childs prowess surpassed that ut of all others other and the teacher always entrusted tier her with tile the rendition of 0 the pair patriotic lotic selections 11 Ili Itu imse nisey himself was lit in the same section of decla liners and performed next it ghastly contrast ile he gave gae a selection from shakespeare assigned assIgn eil by bi tile lie teacher and lie began this continuous misfortune by stumbling violently as he ascended the platform which stimulated a general giggle already lit in being at tile the mere calling of ills nume name all of the class were bright with happy anticipation for the miserable seldom ni failed their hopes tn ili declamation lie ile faced them thein his complexion wan lils ills expression both baleful and an h harrl ari fied 1 and lie began in a loud lond hurried voice oice front from which every hint of intel was excluded most pott pot tent grave grae and rev the teacher tapped sharply on tier her desk and stopped hjul him youve youie forgotten to bow she said and dont say the word Is potent ramsey hamsey flopped his head at the rear wall nail of the room and began again MOS potent grave and rev enerd signers my very nobe and approved good masters asters in that I 1 have tan lan away this solo sole mans dutter if WIS Is mose fri true I 1 ilinoe haie marry flur dur tile the very ery arun tuy tuv my fending hath this eident extent arto 0 more rude am I 1 in speech in speech rudeau rude am ain I 1 in speech L in ln in speed spee chIn ln lie find sti 1 il I perhaps the fati fatal I tr truth it I 1 h of t 1 lini int li rase ond end s soni 0 nit sense of its applicability to the occasion tin had interfered with the mechanism which lie luid hall set lit in operation to get rid 0 of the lie reel recitation for or him film at nil all events the lie find to run ort off its job till nt once or it run tit nt pit lie iia gulped audibly hude rude rudo rude am I 1 rude rill mil I 1 in ln in ln in ii etude nia am I 1 lit in yes 8 tile lie irritated teacher said ns its fal ing volee bolc c continued busk lly ily to insist upon illion this point 1 I think you arel and tier nerves were a little littie soothed by tile eliout of laughter from tile the school lt it wits was never for teachers to be witty go ao sit down Ra nisey and do it otter after school ills ilia cars roaring the unfortunate went to ills sent seat and among all the ho hilarious faces one stood out dora yo cunis iler her laughter was precocious it was that of a confirmed superior insufferably adult she wils laugh laughing luf fit at ailin as a grown person laughs tit at a child conspicuously uni ami unmistakably there wits something indulgent lit in tier amusement ile he choked lie he care fur for george washington ot ot or the teacher or president of the lie united states state or 0 shakespeare or any of 0 ein they could all go to the dickens with alth durn dora yocum they the were nit nil a n lot ot of stuart les anyway prid lie hated the whole stew of em cm I 1 there was one however whom lie somehow manage to it liate at even though tills this one on officially seemed to be as intimately associated with alth dora doia yocum and superiority as the others were dainsey linte late abraham lincoln even eun when dorn dora was chosen to 0 deliver the gettysburg address on the twelfth of february lincoln had sold said government of the people by tile lie people for the people unit that mean government by the teacher and the teachers pet and paul revere and shakespeare find and suchlike it meant government by everybody ever body and therefore ramsey had as much to do with it ns as anybody else had beyond a doubt dora and tile the etcher thought bought lincoln belonged to them and their crowd of exclusives they seemed to than think they owned the whole united states but Ral lisey was sure tile they y were mistaken about abraham lincoln ile he felt that it was just like tills little littie yocum snippet to assum lc such a thing and it made him blin sicker than ever to look at tier then one day lie he noticed that tier lier eye ec w winkers inkers were out farther end and tardier farther lits ills discovery irritated blin tile more next thing tills this ole teachers Tenc liera pet would do shem shed get to th chinkin Inkin site she was pretty 1 it if that happened well nobody could at stand and tier lierl I 1 the long lashes made tier her eyes ees shadowy anil it was n fact that tier her shoulder blades ceased to insist upon notoriety you vou tell where they were tit ot nil all any more A contemptible tiling thing happened wesley bender was well veil known to be the most lin tildy boy lit in the alie class and had nevar shown any remorse remorse for ills hla reputation or ninde made the slightest effort either to improve of to dispute it lie ile was content it failed to lower ills his standing with ills his fellows or to impress them unfavorably in fact lie wits was treated as one who has attained a slight distinction it helped ailin to become better known and boys liked to be seen with him but one bue da lay there was a rearrangement of seating in the schoolroom wesley dender bender was given a desk next lit in front of dora unit and within a week the whole room knew that wesley wesle find begun voluntarily to wash ills neck the die back of it anyhow this was at the bottom of tile the fight between ramsey Milli olland and weg V s ley dender bender rind the die diplomatic exchanges immediately preceding costill hostilities were charmingly frnnk frank and un hypocritical although quite as mixed up and off the die iskui as if they had been prepared by professional foreign office men ramsey and fred mitchell and four other hoys hois waylaid young bender on oil the die street after school lit in tending jocosities rather than violence but the die proved sensitive you take yolar ole hands oft off ol 01 0 met inel lie he sald said fler fiercely cely as they began to push him about among them ole dirty lart wesl they them boily hoarsely sely bel lowed and squawked in their chang ing voices voice Wil washes ills his earsl ears washes ills dorn told his tunnia mama to turn the die hose on film halml I 1 wesley broke from them bliem and backed away swinging hla his strapped books in a dangerous circle you keep off I 1 lie he warned them 1 I got as mu li right to my personal per appearance is di anybody nn body I 1 this richly fed their humor ifrid they rioted round him keeping outs lill the lie swinging books at the end of the strap Peri enal appear apcel arcel kovl yow I 1 ole dirty wes hes got arx pr appearance 1 who went and bought it for you wes nobody bought it for hit him n dorn yocum took and give him blin one I 1 you leave ladles indies names alonsa cried the chivalrous wesley you ought to know better on uie ithe public street you pups I 1 jut just gamme one chance to show how that girl what the he really 11 TO BE CONTINUED |