THE TWENTY-THIRD FAILURE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 14

THE TWENTY-THIRD FAILURE.

SpJifi^tt:'^;fiTe:o'oloclc?iii ! ;the afternoon; and ||ggr*lmost'dark; l ;'Lizzie .,Biwer;(;aged"nine: ffif-j; |tlie,Jattendanoe. 'register of (her.school; hail ; vpiji; (just been; let ;ou'tofJthatiinsdfationldn to (i:j£j JtteJ-Haidniereuuthi Broadway; -.and: .was: fefci (inV tho: :jg|;,ji -direction -oKffannqveryCottage^mows.; •',. ( ■■'. hoi left,*gs|-| sphool; : a? tossing;.her "fold {■(;■!£'::!■ (P^h;t™ SjiijrijW ': scholastic (stormflood. j: ;,.;;:>' •'. 'a tur-\;(;';;-:ia'■■•,vrceckage:;:;The (school, c^^tni^>ewi\:ira%'' r^avisg;; i S«i';Voi.;StS'StepHen'sEon-pr6Tided: girls'school: y^V?fTaa^!ni'!MHy*;and. ; iU.nip6tentlyi:.-;pr6testinßi. Kj|;BriMis3 : -Smith,>'the', class teacher; .was; white ( .oflizke'Brewer.-.She.was t>M At l*'i -last.'and. worst /of .Jtwanty-threej"fail-. jg of .children; whojhad 'just' I SfSft'/i'been'y-eiamined.; VHer^''paper;. ;;'Bhowed'. dictation-errors,-.■ no"'(sums | Wki .((righVandVa composition 'consisting:of the; the onionrr IM'iv'W'as -nnyons-for:tee;iri;.stu.'';;.T(hen the inspector'lost^his'itbmperVVVV l ;,; ■>: ;;-'.; : .-:-; sf "There -- ; cannot; have; .been' •" any/,:- proper, K.&jij'i.teachingin'^this;class,'Miss'Smith.-.; Look Svte'-at this paper,":and:he struck Lizzie Brew-. g^verfsVprbductioh'withVapulpy; hand. l ' .'-"It iSJiS is'jaVdisgraceto; anyiclass".';; Twenty-three. -.V.'',■''■':•'-■. K^>■^.V'Of■!'cbufso > *^ i .'lamely;. SpfTvwith : her. thoughts ! and; ayes-still; fixed on. in(a' |iiyy;Bpecial vsch'ooLvand■; are v; ; very;: 5S > '^';j6<lr,".'ii-:.'-TO : 'v^i';i|.''' , -;V:?^^ ?*S'i'^P't.';:The,' ; children- are ;;sent; : iiere-;.to( iS-S-te'(taught,;.and'- 1 these .Vpoori resultj.are ??-£?&'T &T serious 'for(;youV-'Miss- Smith—let ; me' ijffSgirepeat, ;Tery : ;serious, indeed: vMuch :more serious .(than;,you,' think;; and;';of :■' coarse; as; you J are only; on probation, ..well;.'.;:.'" jjVf^Ho.ißhrugged-vMs V shoulders," 'and (i.was li&& about'to timxat^y^JAr^ixpa'liome-©fS-.thHg'ini the-'situation;rcshinded:';him of^ Estill' a" v||(« teacher, Vfof^ |gvSjjifmeaht:e;.:::,TTCnr^^ p% f :i must; try tojget abetter'results: next itime.";. |;KsK^:l^ i >Smrth'j ; :was / 'Jleft.'i.alom ; in Viher: £.§Slempt7;V^ '(feS'mpantV^ iiisjiranks:^ '$?.'/*u overflowing.;;?; There ((jvas;;. no' I -room^for, os o If'who ; touldjinbtiJgeti.smart'iiesn'lfe K;jft.f:whateveri the'!.material; ■ :tjiey( iisnpijlad«tb "^rfcv).At;;the':'en4.bfv:lier:-year's:; f. : jf" ! >'told ! ; : :;;i;"ji::that;sbß.:co^d' ! be. y^;vaffaildre;::'laboriou:sly(%:(4rai^^ $£e;;;; workmen Vth'e(fam.UyV'(s^^ viSS'-'iyars;^ fryr?r: : .-;sMeahwhile failure^'j S-hff/'-'bad. picked'up a'.'co Jj-ivJthan;herself,:rand (was -intelligently ;pilbtcharge ;.UirbughClie ; : crowi~, '~-.':' SM'KSOppositeVthe Spost '• .'office:oa"; bucket;,-qf on :-the( the : -and',bent':

I% i down to spread their small red palms, r to the gloir - , v \ . t "Don't «you go orf with that 'era coal r ibucket of ourn, yon young una," comes in burly voice from the workmeirs shanty ion the 'right "Looks as if they'd like Jto eat en, live coal an' all, don't thoy, yjßiU?" laaghs a workman to hia mate, ,v >aow lighting the swinging lamps "Got r '.any odd blocks to srare, Bill? They'll i: * .make a bit of a blaze for 'em''at 'omo, , „ - at the small cost of nuthia' per 'ead. k i" lire ye are, Silly" * * Down amies the foil length and * of Lizaa's apron, that reached to * <Jier feet, but had been coiled round her waist m v a clumsy roll In go the cast'''off wooden paying blocks—one, two, three, ■- r .four—till the»apron is foil, and th,en the , •children/ hurry on, round the corner, to } Hannover Cottage , * * Lizzie's face lights up as they draw "near her homo. There jis intelligence > u i enough in it now to please any inspector r i[' Surely at "this moment the could mul- ' tiply by tens of thousands and spell— f'J spell anything in the world from' pilchpine block to kitchen blaze. under the low archway beside her mother's uoor Bhe_paußea and-looks round, then opens _' the aprxm'and fall to t& pound. ' * F "-- • i -/"Ere, Polly, yon look after them *"■ 'arf a tack/and if anyone-wants r" i to nab 'em you say they're Mrs. Brewer's and the copperTl,be after them" ' N Ji" jAs she opens the house door an angry *\Taioe is heard in the passage "It ain't use your cumin 'ome if it's tea t ,; yor after. Not a penny in the 'onse and 1 never a stick to make a bit of fire with, > « and yor father out of wort "Whafs all jer fina sohoofin'. gmn' to do for yer, 'I'd like to know. When I was your ( r age I was out to work, not crammin' me n J ead full of stuff* what ain't no good. fio you just git out and don't come worJ titii' for what I ain't got to gir" yer." _ . , AfMast Lizzie is given a chance to fall *• r in '"Ere, motheT, you ]ist see what me , and Polly's brought along." She drags )>bt mother out under'the archway where i is standing sentinel beside the treasured pile. ' - "Why, Lor' bless us, ohild, where did / jer get 'emf J Now, thafs what I call sense I always did say you were'good , for sumthin'. Come on, and lefs, take, 'em in and make a bit of firo 'fore yer ,\ 'father comes in." - And for once Lizzie is not the twentythird failure, but ranks with the god ""*_.' „who_gave fire to men. - —T La Chard, in the "Westminster . >■ [