The Interesting Adventures Of Doc.

  The kids at Wernle were playing softball in back of the main building. This was a normal event during the summer. The staff did their best to keep the boys and girls apart, but Doc was always looking for cracks in their armor. He spent long periods of time locked up in the quiet room because of his activities. He sometimes got caught but most times he did not. He knew the best time to talk to one of the girls was right after the softball game because the kids headed back to the main building and boys cottage like a crazy mob of wild lunatics, and the staff could not keep track of everyone. Dru had made it known that Doc belonged to her, and she had overcome all his defenses. It was the first time this had happened to him, and their was nothing he could do about it. On this summer’s day, while playing softball he was plotting a way to talk to Dru alone. Halfway through the game he walked up to Dru and whispered to her to meet him under the kitchen porch after the gam...

      People might say I was mean in my handling of a classroom bully. It probably was mean. All these years later, I still do not have one ounce of guilt. Julia Benz was a bully, and she reminded me of Brutus. Julia taunted me daily. She would throw spitballs at me while we were in class and hit me with her fist when we were in recess. This girl would throw rocks at me while I walked home from school. As a result, I had bruises all over my body. I sometimes wonder if there was more to it than just her taunting me. It would be great if I could go back in time and find out. On her way home, she would walk up the dirt road about fifty yards from my house. Being the mischievous boy that I was, I started searching for a way to make Julia pay for all that she had done to me. I thought of everything from placing thumbtacks on her seat at school to trashing her lunch box. None of that seemed nasty enough. I had this BB-gun that I used to hunt rabbits in the woods. We did n...