Show i I i i I CUPIDS i I tl I I 1 t 4 1 r EEf IEL nervous I t I 4 questioned question cd Jool Joel I ors 1315 ns Ug a n turn tu rn of oC tho thoI road brought the dis district 4 I tr t school In sight Not vt Jt very err said Bald Susie Conover frank frankly t I ly h though I confess that tho the thought of at S Tommy Holding Bolding B 0 1 ell n I rather alarms mo me moOne meOne moOne One boy bor that thal In Ina Ina J a school can cnn upset the discipline of or I 1 the tho entire body bod and I have hac heard J 1 nothing but Tommy Tomm fielding Belding since slues 1 I arrived Hes Hos n limb o 0 satin agreed rot Hol Holers j ers i l as going to t taro have havea taroa a man teather this year u but you beg bep I god sed b so hard for far the tho place c that well you cant say I tell you before qa you took the tho job joh he IC us its lie h 1 I I i cramped the tIto wheels to lo let lCt the thc girl r i i H I climb out of at f the hO buggy huggy b have h ye I I to t do tho the best you OU can cnn null and remember i theres theros a n 1 stale law bW against whipping I In the schools I Tho The school committeeman touched 1 I his with he the whip and tile tHo t speedy mare vanished In rt a cloud of dt 1 dust while Miss Wont Went w In with witha I a n show of ot sternness to ring the Ibe lb bell u belli j i that should sh Uld call tho the first session s b of ut tho the j fall term I t Carberry school had gained an nn un unenviable Unenviable 1 enviable reputation among pedagogues I s Following the tho exposure df Of n a nI aI I scandal In a largo city school an nn alert al lt I I had pulsed a law against punishment nl of any sort sorL In the public schools with the exceptions of the Im Imposition imposition I position of oC extra tasks and find keeping Ie r I rt f I I II I I I I I I SCHOOL L i TEACHER FI roACH ACH ER En I Unruly pupils In their l seals after hie regular dismissal time tibie It awns was argued that thai punishment would be adminis administered at nt homo home when needful but bul lh lj had hall argued without Mm tiro i Holding Loft a d widow with an nn only onh son she Aho had made an Idol of ot the boy bor She had ha declared that ho lIe should never be bo hu h u by b being punished and tnt con II with moral suasion tin flit insufficient means menns of at eon evoil scolding stopped ii tilt tile first NIL sign eign of t and To my could cry or with a promptness and anI abil ahll ability ity It ty born of or long lung practice I r could not bear to see tears in Ine eyes e eo so like Ilko his fathers explained tho the doting mother and ns as Peters put It Tommy worked his eyes oyes O CB for all nil they ther were wore worth Extra lessons and staying In after had no terrors tor for Tommy Ho to o 0 learn his hie lessons and oM few f w kept him In mote morl moi oil oti co ce coAs ces As s u a result Tommys Influence was nil III for rOl evil and the Carberry school had front o to five a term terl Joel Ja l Peters who wh Was chair chilli mun lilun Of the llio school had hud groan gron w lir of ot looking foi Wl now new In Ill ii and had started to town for fOl forthe the tho of t engaging lento gomo quick tomp r d man Hum aa as teacher vho who might forget stale slate sla to laws la WI In J n Ills his II Is passion had nud spank thinking afterward Susie Conover Mitt hid pleaded ll do sO o fluid haid fOI for a ut chance that lie had his hope of t temporarily t and had Md her h r the th position p With the assurance that she count could not nol last il h 1 out It rt was ins ns a very clY teacher b l Who Wh stood on all tile lie platform Watching life tile 1110 in but bile slid h did not lI l bo I My her nervousness 10 to t Uto close claM and nUd to o titer her surprise she sh soon SOOIl had things In ardor By BS D 4 i 0 oclo lc tho the was Organized organised for or tho the term vac waiting to drive her hor homo home and ho he regarded her curiously I us she he came eume smilingly down the path Got Gol through without being I killed he demanded with a chuckle as ho he helped holl d her hel Into tho the bilgy bugy bugyI I think that Tommy has beon been sadly slandered declared Susie with warmth He was the best boy or of the tho entire school letter bettor knock wood woodi advised Peters sagely namely M bbc he ho was good boon g today Jut but the tho there and nn Its Ilg naturally bound to como come I The ominous owl Warning dashed d ah cl clI Susies 6 confidence but bill the tho days sassed passed I and Tommy Totally continued to lo bo he a vent able nulo model of ot a pupil hi tIL tittles tithes were unruly but Tommy actually Boomed arrayed d upon tho the side sl e of f right light mid lie Ire gazed ed lit in hurt surprise at nt those who attempted to disorganize the Ut f Even Mrs II rs nettling J ng Was ns pleased lo to 0 take Itol Ice and cited the tho th new now teacher a 01 proof of at hoe her lH tilH that lint Tommy needed only a kind Word W rd to t make him The fht Other othor nodded ed Wondered won eroll what 0 spell ell Ol lied hUll the boy ho That Ihal there Wan tuns 11 U cloUse was eras not to be denied Tho other othor declared this Ills to be bo a 11 Oat t oL anti and Without Ul Tommy to lo lead thorn thom n l ll was waG excellent It ft Was not nol the fall term terni 9 to t a Move diode e that th l the tho th change The I 1 h he mothers all 11 liked hiked 1 her n oven ovon Mrs Belding approvingly when she flashed past Ital hi In 11 John s buggy bugg after school I hooi hours In Instead Instead stead slen of ot behind Joel Peters mare marc Thearlo was Mrs Holdings brother lother and she mentally assured herself that anyone onO who could effect so great a change In Tommy s reputation was W S worthy oven evert n of her bi brother other Then Th ll Tommy foil fell from Croni grace e Some Som impish tl henk throw the school Irlo disorder and a titter litter went about the tho when hen Tommy was told that ho hb must hI list remain rel In iii titter after school Hot hail i us s Tho rho rh last lime tune Had been hean kept k In Iii he lie had spilled the looter hotter part purt of or a II I 1 pint of o Ink oveY the tho loaders dress clI Tile Tho Immediate result had h d been be n that thatah I sho shit ah hind had hurried lt to lo got get the he stains tilt out while they hey were ere fresh and aud Tommy Tom roil I I lily my hind holl gone gOll home too loo Now ho lie look looked looked ed longingly at tit I the he dress dresH wonder wondered ed cd wh ho he h repeat i the llio dill eollo Bodo But It was w a n very l lt lad who ho remained l In lit his seat scat s L when HIP liw hud had lied filed out tit and Inti to l hoe lI l Susie found tou 1111 that ho lie Wits drying Gently she sought soli ht lo to r With him hill but he lie would d not i t He lie coUld only ohly sll I and had s gul o iy ly I at nt l the door dial and presently pre Iri John entered to ascertain lt n the lh of ot the Iho teachers teach rs lateness lat I lie He the tho th Situation nt at a With WIh d VII U Ii WOld he laid 1 I I I Tommy over oer his and lud Used a ruler I until tho the boy promised pr to be b good E o t I 1 was tired of at being known as the undo of tin the worst boy bo In the tho school ho he calmly explained to lo tho the astonished teacher leacher Tommy Tomm takes advantage of or the law lawIn lawIn lawIn In regard to punishment In tho schools school and the knowledge that his mother molher will not make good this fault I told lold him this tall fall that the tile first time Um he was a n bad boy ho lie would get the spanking beon been coining coming to him ever sluice since he was old enough nough to be spanked d I kept my word as I 1 Ishall Ishall shall keep it again if It It IB is II necessary That aint all you jou Oll said walled diet Iho of ended Tommy Im to tell tellI tIm tho teat lest You Veil said wain If 1 drove Miss 88 Susie out of town before you OU had hall a 1 chance chanco tt W marry her hor you yam 01 was wae t 1 tan tho the Hide Mille offen me tiie t what wl t at you OIl said ald agreed I saw you yell nt III site Ilu Mint brat n l day be he explained and I J loved you rou then thon ll Do lie you 1 think that thuit you II could email lining the tho th aunt of or the worst r boy III Ih town lon lonI I I 1 think slip paid softly that I alii nih willing to lo bo be the Iho wife wl ol ul the nicest Plait man In hI town lawn Going to lo got married vied demanded Tommy T lie Ilo lead hail forgotten the boyS presence And If I Ilm am nn he J Gee OC I murmured Ill ni got get e oil alt 0 tile tho |