Judge — December 7, 1918 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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The New _ Interna- tional Pupil By Cursterton Toop RMANY had been conquered and the new school marm entered the recitation room in the schoolhouse near Ber- lin and looked over the long line of pupils. She was quite handsome; a charming, re- fined, scholarly person. “Tam glad to greet you “Well, teacher, if we can lick you, that proves we're better’n you are. Then we'll cut you to pieces, and do— oh, anything we please. Come on, boys!” At this point all the pupils, buckling on some sol- diers’ helmets that they had been thoughtful enough to provide themselves with for the purpose, were about to attack her, when the door suddenly opened and the new local sheriff, appointed a she said. “I shall try my best to help you along the path of the hig zenship. The morning hour will now begin.” A pupil stepped forward. { “Before you teach me d anything you’ve got to show ton | that you can lick me,” he bag said, doubling up his fists. “What do you mean? I have no quarrel with you.” That’s the only way you can keep peace among us —is to be licking some of us all the time. “But,” gently replied the school marm, “that is not my way. My mission is to have peace, so that we may employ other and more natural methods to make our- selves better. I show you a better way than the one you suggest.” “T don’t suggest it. I insist upon it prove you can lick us first.” “But I do not know how to fight. You have been practising at it, evidently. I suspect you might ‘lick’ me, as you say. What then—what will happen?” Drown by LC Ed You gotter Drucn by A. Macuerent by the leagueof nations, and armed tothe teeth, appeared upon the scene. At this all the pupils immediately sank upon their knees and began to beg for mercy. “You see, my dear chil- dren,” said the sheriff, “as long as you believe that might is right, why you must now do as I say—although you probably realize that my business is not to make trouble but only to maintain order. I shall take away your helmets and your slingshots and your clubs, and I advise you after this to walk a pretty straight line.” Then he turned to the school marm. “Think vou can do anything with ’em?” he asked. “Think you can show ’em that the only real liberty they can ever have is to restrain themselves from trying to knock other people out all the time? She smiled brightly and hopefully. “We must try,” she said, “even if it takes a long, long time.” ter) —Now that I'm r t pearl necklace or Private Muiuican’s Xatas comicbooks.com