| Show coNrcoocp sun DIDNT DO IT Tluo lltlli tllrl IIh tuiiii minI sits os rUllniil ill IIn lullljr JlnlM Homcthlng dreadful had happened at tho Queentvlllo district school sly 1hlladelphln Time May Orecric the leslIe of the village had amugiiled her Sunday uth out of thi bureau and unbeknownst to her mother had vorn It to school Her triumph bw err was thortllved 8ho had hung the aath most carefull on a hook In the cloakroom while she ran out at recnt for a good romp On her return she wat dltma > ed to find that It had been cut In two piece Kvcry scholar sums carefully questioned but no one of course know an thing about II The teacher accordingly announced l that when tho afternoon sessIon should open she would lay all leitant aside and hold a court of Investigation She herself would be the Judge May Greene should bo the plaintiff and every scholar In turn ihould como up Into a witness box rigged up for the occasion and tell exactly what he knew about the mat ter She olio said that If anyone would confess hit wrongdoing before tho opening of court he would be pardoned and all proceedings stopped Tao guilty bays discarded beaux of the gay coiuette were now pale with dlsaiiy They had t01 < untruths when privately I questioned l and now they feared they would not be able to brave thorn out before the awful court ordeal especially es-pecially 1 tlnco It had begun lo be whispered whis-pered around that they knnn more of the mailer than had at first appesred They therefore hit upon the following xpedlent The > o ngei child In the school little Annie Cork was the pot of the count If the now could be Induced In-duced to confew to the cutting of the ash suursly l too would be pardoaed on account of her popultrtt Brie was therefore betel by the guilt youngster young-ster Mho by dint of dire threats and largo bribe and by urging confrolon upon her at n duly finally temred herb her-b IIJ red content to confess When tho afternoon bell rang the wholart came In promptly looking askance at the awful evIlness box and at the mutilated muti-lated floor flotllng out from the teaoh era desk The Judge mess about 10 open court whin In came the criminal triumphantly leading ihn innocent child between them They informed Ills jmifte mat Annie cork had come to confetti and onicloutl plm ng her on the wllnoM stand they withdrew to their Matt The chIlls ltelpi t > u attitude atti-tude Mat too much for inn tenderhearted tender-hearted Jud J I t > who look her by the hand and said I gently Well dear have you really come to confess I I Yelh the faltered oppressed by I Iho earnest tlllneat In the room but gaining courage from the Judge a kindly kind-ly I manner Ytth teacher I th coma to confetti rib come to confetti that 1 I didnt do II I |
