BAILEY BUGLE. BAILEY. NORTH .CAROLINA. NOVaiBSR, 19^2
Money Needed
PAGE 6
By Edwin Finch
(This is one of the
stories written by a stu
dent of the tenth grade at
the end of the unit stud
ied on Short Stories. The
editor)
It was on a crisp, cool
day, that first day of
school at Deer Mountain
High, A beautiful golden
inrnuny this was as Ark
M?iner, principal, called
school into session. '
Mr. Mainer, or Ark, as
most people called him,
had'just purchased a new
car, of the luxury type,
you might say.
"It's a humdinger", one
boy said,
"It's a honey", said an
other student.
Ark matched his car per
fectly with a low heavy
frame and straight brown
hair. He was a skillfull
driver of his shiny new
maroon’’boat* with all the
extras.
Ark needed finance for
this ’boat* that out class
ed all the ■ other cars
around there. There was
$978 in the school fund.
He needed only 'i500 more
for the car, but he "could
not take that", he argued.
That first month of
school was a busy one for
students and teachers
alike. Ark was now begin
ning his third school term
as principal,
Mr. Mainer said to Miss
Lebon, a third grade teach
er, one day, "Would you
like to go with four other,,
teachers and me to the
State Teachers Meeting?"'
"I’ll be glad to, but if
this headache keeps up, I
won’t be able," ,,, .
Miss Lebon decided to go
and on Friday they were
off to learn better meth
ods of school teaching. It
was then the teachers no
ticed how quiet and unlike
himself the principal was.
For the few days before
the meeting Ark had been
thinking of how to finish
the i>tyi.enis on his new
Chrysler. The school funds
kept popping ift his' mind
as a source of funds. This
was what he needed; and
more, but his conscience
kept pounding away like
hamers in a blacksujith
shop, repeating, "No I No I
No I That would be dis
honest* No'. I should say
not,"
Ark,thinking it would un
load part of his burden,
told a close friend, the
secretary, of his troubles,
"I’m in a terrible fix",
he said, "I need S500 for
the car, but it seems im
possible to save much over
^J200, I certainly need
#300 more. Now, if I could
(See MOi’IEY—Page 10)
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