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"That ain't the way a teacher had ought to talk before a scholar to its parent!" indignantly retorted Mr. Getz. I can tell you right now, I ain't votin' fur you at next election! And the way I wote is the way two other members always wotes still and so you'll lose your job at William Penn! That's what you get fur tryin' to interfere between a parent and a scholar! I hope it'll learn you!"
"Why, to be sure, don't I! None of yous has got such a daughter where lived out." "Except yourself, Jake!" The eyes of the Board were fixed upon Mr. Getz in excited expectation. But he was still heavily uncomprehending. Then the president, rising, made his formal announcement, impressively and with dignity.
She moved away to the stove, and Margaret resumed her assault upon the stubborn ignorance of the father. "Think, Mr. Getz, what a difference all this would make in Tillie's life," she urged. "And you'd be learnin' her all them years to up and sass her pop when she was growed and earnin' her own livin'!" he objected. "I certainly would not."
"You better go in and get your hot supper, Tillie," he said, not ungently. Before this forbearance of her father, Tillie had a feeling of shame in the doctor's subterfuges, as she bade her loyal friend good night and turned to go indoors. "You'll be over to Board meetin' to-night, ain't?" the doctor said to Mr. Getz as he picked up the reins. "To be sure!
Will you do it with this here? he demanded, grasping the whip more tightly and lifting it to strike but before it could descend, Fairchilds wrenched it out of his hand. "Yes," he responded, "if you dare to touch that child again, you shameless dog!" Tillie, with anguished eyes, stood motionless as marble, while Absalom, with clenched fists, awaited his opportunity. "If I dare!" roared Getz.
Come, let me read this nice book you've brought me," she urged, much as she might have tried to divert one of her little sisters or brothers. "I'd ruther just set. I ain't much fur readin'. Jake Getz he says he's goin' to chase you to bed at ten and ten comes wonderful soon Sundays. Leave us just set." Tillie well understood that this was to endure Absalom's clownish wooing.
Won't you do that, Mr. Getz!" she urged him. "She could go to the preparatory school, and if we stay at Millersville, Dr. Lansing and I would try to have her go through the Normal School and graduate. Will you consent to it, Mr. Getz?" "And who'd be payin' fur all this here?" Mr. Getz ironically inquired.
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Absalom laughed aloud in his delight at this chance to avenge his own defeat at the hands of the teacher, and with clumsy speed the two men set about binding the feet of the half-senseless Fairchilds with Absalom's suspenders. Tillie felt herself spellbound, powerless to move or to cry out. "Now!" cried Getz to Absalom, "git back, and I'll give it to him!"
"That girl of yourn ain't strong enough to stand your rough handlin', and you'll find it out some day to your regret! You'd better go round back and let off your feelin's choppin' wood fur missus, stead of hittin' that little girl, you big dopple!" Mr. Getz stalked on without deigning to reply, thrusting Tillie ahead of him. The doctor jumped into his buggy and drove off.
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