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"GIDDAP, PETE!"
They's a man 'at drives a team
Down by our house ev'ry day
Haulin' stones so big It seems
Like you can't guess what they weigh.
An' this man 'at drives "em, he
Hollers while he goes down street
\\ here it's rough as rough can be
lie ist hollers: "Giddap, Pete!"
"V.iddap, Pete!" 'At's all he says,
Nen he gives his whip a crack
An' th' horse name' Pete obeys.
Other horse's name is Jack.
'Cause one time he stop to rest
An' he dumb down off th' seat
An' 1 ast. He says: "Pete's best.
That one's Jack. Well, giddap. Pete!"
But til' horse name' Pete, why he
Pulls th' mostest, anyhow.
An' it's hard for me to see
Why th' man makes such a row
Uollerin' at him like that;
Jack don't hardly move his feet
An' he's lazy, too, an' fat—
But th' man yells: "Giddap, Pete!"
My pa laugh when I ast why
'At man yells at Pete, an' nen
Says: "You'll tind out by an' by
Horscs is a lot like men—
Those 'at can 's th' ones 'at's got
To pull on th' lazy chaps.
He might yell 'Jack!' but he'll not,
'Cause he knows 'at Pete gitfdaps!"
—YV. D. N , in Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Delinquent
By FRANK H. SWEET
(Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
\7 OU will remain in and study the
lesson two hours," said the
white-haired schoolmaster, grimly. "If
you do not get it in that time I shall
punish you, as I would any of the other
boys. I shall make no exception."
The "boy" was a stalwart, finely
formed man of 30, with clear eyes and
good-natured face. There was a humor
ous appreciation of the situation in his
eyes as he raised them to the old man,
who was scarcely more than half his
own weight. Hut all he said was,
"That's right, schoolmaster; you
musn't show partiality. But I've done
the best I could."
The schoolmaster regarded him for
some moments with unqualified disap
proval, then turned and walked to
ward his desk. But half way there he
paused suddenly, a cloud coming to his
face. After a little hesitation he re
turned to the man.
"I do not want to fall in my duty to
any of the boys, Calvin Hepstead," he
said, "and if I have misjudged you in
any way, in jot or tittle, I wish to rec
tify it. You have been with me three
months now, and have learned the let
ters and a few figures. But there you
suddenly stop, through obstinacy or in
difference or inability, I do not know
which, though I judge the former.
Since the Indian summer brought you
something three days ago you have
done little but look through the win
dow. I never expel any of my schol
ars; I prefer to punish. Sometimes
that measure succeeds where others
fail. Can you advance any reason
whatever, Calvin Hepstead. why you
should not be punished?"
"None whatever, Mr. Peters," the
man answered, quietly. "I've suc
ceeded in about every undertakin' I've
tried, an' some of 'em were pretty big
ones. If I don't learn the lesson I
should be punished, of course."
The schoolmaster looked at the
strong, self-contained face with some
thing very like wistfulness mingling
with the disapproval of his eyes.
"Yes, it is obstinacy," he said at last
slowly, more to himself than the other.
"Any one can learn if he tries. A fail
ure to do so should be corrected."
He went to his desk and examined
exercises for half an hour, then walked
back and forth across the small room,
finally stopping again beside Hepstead.
"I am going out to supper now, but
will be back in an hour and hear your
lefson," he said.
The man nodded without looking up
from a slate which lay on the desk
before him. He was trying to form
figures from a copy across the top of
the slate, and to combine them in a
simple sum of addition; but the great
fingers were better fitted for the stock
of a rifle or the helve of an axe or a
paddle handle than for a slate pencil,
and the brain behind the wrinkling
brows, which was keen to read the
mysteries and wiles of primitive na
ture, grew dull and vacuous before a
problem that would have been easy for
an ordinary boy of seven. Presently
the fixed stare left the slate and went
to the window and beyond to the great
forest, whose edge showed in the dis
tance, and then the eyes began to
warm and glow. When Mr. Peters'
steps were heard returning the slate
was pushed aside quietly and the man's
arms were folded across bis chest. The
schoolmaster's inquiring look was an
swered by one of absolute content.
"So you have done it,"the school
master said, with an accent of relief
in his voice. The affirmation seemed
plain in the man's eyes.
"No, sir, I ain't done it."
"What!" The relief became sur
prise, and the surprise wrath. "Not
done it, and sitting there looking
through the window. Come to my
desk, sir!"
Hepstead followed him smilingly.
The schoolmaster selected the heaviest
of his rulers.
"Hold out your hand."
Hepstead did so, and the ruler de
scended upon its palm with all the
force of the old man's arm, making a
long, livid line upon which the skin
began to rise. A half dozen more linos
rained alongside it in quick succes
sion, aud thon the ruler fell as though
the punishment were over. But Hep
stead was still smiling.
"'Hold out your other hand." ordered !
'the schoolmaster, grimly. Then, as tli
man complied and that, hand was also !
crossed with livid lines, "Now, go.
To-morrow we will commence over j
Again."
"We'll say good-by to-night, school
master," Hepstead answered. "I'm
goln' away—back into my woods."
There was no anger in the voice, no
trace of resentment —nothing, indeed,
but friendliness and exultation. The
schoolmaster stared.
"Why did you submit to this pun
ishment, then?" he demanded.
"Oh. it was comin' to me, I guess. I
didn't learn the lesson, an' I don't
want any partiality. I always give
what I owe an' take what's due me.
Y'e may tell the boys good-by to-mor
row, an' say I'd liked to have seen
more of 'cm. Generally I've been kept
in recesses an' at noon an' night, so
we ain't had much chance to git ac
quainted. Likely I shall never be out
this way any more."
"And you are going away," said the
schoolmaster, with strong condemna
tion in his voice. "I have not had
much faith in you, Calvin Hepstead,
but I thought better than this. You
came here for an education, and have
been with me only three months. I
have never had a scholar quite so weak
as you, and," throwing out his hands
with a sudden gesture of renunciation,
"I do not wish to remember that you
have been with me. My life is teach
ing. and I do not like failures. Now
you may go."
"I want a few words with ye, first,"
insisted Hepstead. "We musn't part in
misunderstand In'."
"I do not wish to hear. Go!"
He was turning away when Hepstead
caught him suddenly in his arms, as
he might a child, and then seated him
self upon a chair with the wrathful
schoolmaster struggling upon his
knees.
"Easy, easy, Mr. Peters," he said,
soothingly. "I jest want to say a few
words an' then ye can go. Mebbe ye
did git a little ahead in that, lickin' an'
this'll sort o' even up. Now ye say
I'm the weakest scholar ye're ever had,
an' I guess likely ye're right. But It's
this way. You've been brung up In
learnin', an' I've heered say your pa
an' grandpa was schoolmasters. Let
ters an' figgers are mixed up thick in
your blood. With me it's dif'runt. My
pa an' grandpa didn't know their let
ters, like me. We belonged to the
woods."
"Why didn't you stay there?"
snapped the schoolmaster, still strug
gling to release himself.
"Well, ye see I'd done some good
sized things that brought me friends
an' a pretty big pile o' money, an* I
s'pose I got to feelin' mighty friendly
toward myself. When my friends said
the only thing I needed was education,
an' kept on sayin' it, I got to thinkin*
mebb" they was right, an' come here."
"Il'm!" The schoolmaster ceased to
struggle against the impossible and sat
quietly upon the knee. "And now you
are going back to show your friends
that they were mistaken in their good
opinion."
Hepstead laughed with the gleeful
ness of a boy at the approaching holi
day.
"No," he answered. "I've jest
thought some more aa' found 't would
f>e a mistake to keep on makin' a mis
take. I'm meant for the woods. I've
done good work there, an' can do more,
an' it's a strong, hearty life. I could
study an' git an education, I know, for
I've never yet set out for a thing that
I didn't git; but't would take the best
part o' my life. I'm slow at such
things, an' would have to dig out every
letter an' flgger with a pickaxe, one
at a time. An' in the end would it be
wuth the trouble? All my int'rust is
back yonder in the woods, an' we don't
need much learnin' there Then I've
got this."
He allowed one hand to slip down
over the schoolmaster's shoulder until
it reached the other hand, which had
drawn a small package from his pocket.
This was carefully untied and opened
and then held before the schoolmas
ter's face.
"Know what 't is?" he asked.
"Why, I think—yes, it is a faded
rose bud, a wild variety that grows
among the rocks."
"That's right," with a rapturous
chuckle. "The Indian summer brought
it. There's a girl back where I come
from, the prettiest an' best one in all
the world, but she's like me in not
knowin' a letter or flgger. When I
come here she bid me Godspeed, for
even though she believed the learnin'
would draw me away from her, she
thought 't would be for my good. That
rose bud was picked at our first under
standin', an' her sendin' it means she
ain't so strong as she thought an'
can't give me up; an' I, schoolmaster,"
with a sudden boyish laugh that shook
his huge frame, "made up my mind ten
days ago that I was payin' too big a
price for the learnin'. I'm goin' back
to her, straight. That's all. Now ye
can go. I only wanted ye to under
stand the reason. Mebbe there's been
a girl somewhere an' at some time that
you used to know."
He released the prisoner and rose to
his full height, stretching himself
finally from the thralldom of the
schoolroom. The schoolmaster stood
for a moment gazing at the floor. Then
he held out his hand.
"I wish you well, Hepstead," he
said, in a low voice. "It may be you
are right."
The Ruling Powers.
Kor love men labor and are wise,
For love men have been won from ci lrae;
For love men have the wish to rise,
I'or love men have become sublime.
But who has ever Rait ed esteem
Or won a place among the great,
Or added to the world a gleam
Of loveliness because of hate?
—S i:. Klser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
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, RUSSIAN FORCES WITHDRAWN.
Tokio, Aug. 11. —The Russian fleet
emerged from Port Arthur Wednesday
\ and a severe engagement with the
Japanese fleet, lasting all day, follow.
| ed. The Japanese destroyers attacked
; the Russians at night. The results of
the engagements are unknown.
Che Foo, Aug. 11. —A Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer entered Che Foo
harbor this morning and re
ported that six Russian battleships,
four cruisers and half of the torpedo
boats escaped from Port Arthur Tues
day morning. The torpedo boat de
stroyer left Port Arthur Wednesday
night, bringing in five passengers who
stated that the Japanese fleet is pur
suing the Russians and that a battle
on the open sea is expected.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 11. —Again the
chance of a decisive battle between
Gen. Kuropatkin's forces and the Jap
anese armies seems to be disappear
ing. According to a statement issued
by the general staff last night, rains
are again falling over a wide area in
Manchuria, with the prospect of im
peding operations, but even more im
portant is the information reaching
the Associated Press from an excep
tional source that the Japanese once
more have delayed too long.
Gen. Kuropatkin has now withdrawn
the bulk of his army safely north of
Liao Yang, leaving only a strong rear
guard line southeast of Liao Yang to
contest the advance when it comes.
London, Aug. 11. —The Tien Tsin
correspondent of the Standard saya
says that 3,000 Chinese bandits at
tacked the Russian camp in the Tieh
pass on August 2. The Russians were
taken unawares and had many killed.
They also lost a quantity of ammu
nition and supplies.
JAPS CAPTURED A BOAT.
Che Foo, Aug. 12.—The Russian
cruisers Askold and Novik and one
torpedo boat destroyer entered Kiau
Chau bay Thursday night and ex
changed salutes with German vessels.
The torpedo boat destroyer Ryes
hitelni had been dismantled by the re
moval of the breeches of her guns.
A boarding party from two Japanese
torpedo destroyers boarded the dis
mantled Russian torpedo boat de
stroyer Ryeshitelni this morning at
3:30 o'clock. The Japanese discharg
ed their small arms and during the
firing a Russian was wounded in one
of his legs. Daybreak showed a third
Japanese destroyer towing the Ryes
hitelni out of the harbor and all disap
peared. The Japanese consul claims
that the Japanese ships were ignorant
of the dismantling of the Ryeshitelni.
An Associated Press representative,
however, informed the Japanese naval
officers of the fact when he visited the
two Japanese destroyers.
It is reported that the Japanese
cruiser Kasagi was sunk off Round
Island in the recent engagement.
Takushan Mountain, near Port Ar
thur, which was taken by the Japa
nese Monday night, was recaptured by
the Russians the next day.
Advices from the fortress say that
the Japanese bombarded the town,
placing their batteries in dense kaolin
fields, where they were effectually
masked. The shells dropped mainly
In the western basin, where the squad
ron was anchored. Many of the shells
fell upon the battleship Retvizan, but
no serious damage was done either to
the town or the fleet. Later the forts
got the range of the Japanese field
batteries and drove them out from
their shelter in the kaolin.
RUSSIANS SHIPS SCATTERED.
Dispatches from various points in
dicate that the attempt of the Russian
Port Arthur squadron to reach Vladi
vostok failed and that the vessels
have become widely scattered. One
torpedo boat destro>%r put into Che
Foo, where she was boarded and cap
tured by the Japanese. The battle
ship Czarevitch, the cruiser Novik and
a torpedo boat have arrived at Tsing
chou, at the entrance of Kiao Chou
bay, the German concession on the
southern shore of the Shantung penin
sula.
Another Russian cruiser and a tor
pedo boat destroyer are reported as
near Shanghai and four battleships
are off the Saddle Islands, about 20
miles southeast of that port. Che Foo '
reports say that one Russian torpedo
boat was captured off the Chinese
coast and Tokio hears that a number
of the vessels of the squadron have re
turned to Port Arthur.
The German foreign office has given
instructions that the uninjured Rus
sian warships at Tsingchou must
leave port within 24 hours.
Shanghai, Aug. 13.—The Russian
cruiser Askold arrived at Woosung
yesterday with her fifth funnel gone
close to the deck, all the funnels
riddled with shell holes, one gun on
the port side dismounted and several
large shell holes above the water line.
One lieutenant and 11 men had been
killed and 50 men wounded.
London, Aug. 13.—According to the
correspondent of the Morning Post at
Shanghai, the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Grosovoy has reached there.
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