She made dresses for concerts at short notice. She appeased
angry parents, and many a time prevented the fall of
correction's rod.
When Tommy Watson beguiled Ignatius McSorley, Jr., to
leave his mother's door, and go swimming in the river,
promising faithfully to "button up his back"--Ignatius
being a wise child who knew his limitations--and when
Tommy Watson forgot that promise and basely deserted
Ignatius to catch on the back of a buggy that came along
the river road, leaving his unhappy friend clad in one
small shirt, vainly imploring him to return, Ignatius
could not go home, for his mother would know that he had
again yielded to the siren's voice; so it was to the
Barner back door that he turned his guilty steps. Miss
Barner was talking to a patient in the office when she
heard a small voice at the kitchen door full of distress,
whimpering:
"Please Miss Barner, I'm in a bad way. Tommy Watson said
he'd help me and he never!"
Miss Barner went quickly, and there on the doorstep stood
a tiny cupid in tears, tightly clasping his scanty wardrobe
to his bosom.
"He said he'd help me and he never!" he repeated in a
burst of rage as she drew him in hastily.
"Never mind, honey," she said, struggling to control her
laughter. "Just wait till I catch Tommy Watson!"
Miss Barner was the assistant Band of Hope teacher. On
Monday afternoon it was part of her duty to go around
and help the busy mothers to get the children ready for
the meeting.
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