Show STUDENT PARABLE OF THE ROUND-U- P j W Harm leaned on the Yard fence watching his friend bob-sleig- h his team to the hitch His stroked iron gray beard in a meditative ()1i£t liis bony fingers manner “W'licrt asked PAGE THREE LIFE ins mil il late at niKlt asked anxiously to divert the along ether chanilllt l peeve to lis JYiend nels “How did it turn out?” that there was nothing coiutecl- td with a farm about which the “Pretty well My farm grain professors could teach him He averaged a little less than forty was extremely anxious to avoid live bushels What did per acre imitating his friend in the slight- you is go?” est detail tor be wished to prove “Mine wasn’t very good averbeond question that the farmer is the best authority on farm- aged about twenty-siand a half What did you get for your new ing after all Meanwhile his triend across variety ?” the way labored just as hard “A dollar and iifteen cents a but in all of his he hundred st night thiough” processes endeavored to follow advice the “Is that so? got only a dolspecialists had given at the Far- lar fivefor mine wonder how mers Institutes He made a earctul study ot seeds that would that was?" Cal smiled Even in the produce the best “I was raising and sidling tilling of the soil he tlnun di earns you were speaking st of a minute ago” s1ni(tj0MS led looked grim for a rnomenl Many tines as Jed watched his and then the light of a smile be1‘iieml perform tasks that seemto play around tin corners ed to him imneeessaiy lie would gan (if his mouth smile to himself and must? aloud “I reckon you’ve got me I've “Them professors’ dreams seem been a watehin you ever since to he pretty well mixed with and them Round-up- s started other people’s sweat my friend could see you was boatin’ me We’ll see whether it pays or not way as a farmer hut I too I’ll bet my Held of good every to hated give in I hated to ad- old Winter Fife will hold its in it that them professors could Avitli own your tell me anthing about a farm Turkey Red anytime” all reckon they could hut On a clear crisp January right” once more leaned Jed “The Round-umorning begins this I’m just upon his friend’s yard fence as morning you know — lie watched Cal hitch his tine ready to start better come and team of lYirheron mares to his go along” It has been three years sleigh “I believe I will” Jed answersince their first conversation eon ed as lie climbed over tin fence and Jed “I need some d‘ them dreams’’ corning the Round-uhad come over to prove to his he addml whimsicall v as he seated himself beside his friend friend the error of his ways of mares a fine As they drove otV again the “That's pair Cal” he began as his practiced sun appeared above the snow albt clowned peaks eye ran over the a wmth “Beautiful morning” Cal exum “I guess they re claimed “Look at those moungood hit of money” “Yes a good hit” Cal lepliod tains now! Wlien T leave Cache “Twelve hundred dollars Valley for long I sure do miss “Von got them over at llio ’em They're numbered among Round-uthree years ago didn't the home folks” it Ted glanced up to where von ?’’ was seemed pure molten gold “Yes” “One of them dreamsI guess” being poured over the massive ironieallv range the yellow glistening substance running down the ridges “Yes” out and into the hollows made the “I reckon you've found that them dreamer’s dreams are mountains look like some giganain t tic gilded moulding of the old only dreams alter all i Masters and this time he saw the you : “What do you mean” Cal shimmering glow that hung over smiled to himself for lie knew the violet summits for bis eyes bills and well enough what bis friend was lal been lifted to the his soul was filled with dreams hinting at “I suppose you’ve found out of the future’s well filledR years M Oie desire 1 in oi'ilcr conversation sur-eec-d We Carry a Complete Line of BUILDERS HARDWARE CUTTLERY GRANITE AND ALUMINUM WARES See our Wonderful Chi-Nam- el Varnishes LaFOUNT x “I’m goin’ to the Roumlup” the other answered as he hitched tug “Coin’?” his one remaining hardware Co i T I liuni’l f w hitv-skii- md im vs- string ot hot i sors will wind otl a air about how 1o raise wheat and hay and hogs and a whole lot of other junk when not one out of every ten of them has ever seen Hook farmin' ain’t my a farm style Th professors are a hunch of dreamers the whole outfit” Cal flicked his off horse carelessly with the tassel of his whip as liis eyes narrowed into two meditative slits I’m wonderin’ if that “Xo ain’t just what we hired them fur Dreamers — yes they’re dreamers all right they’d ought to he dreamers You and I can do the actual work we want them to plan and experiment ami then to suggest to us how we may improve” “They’re willin’ enough to let us do the work all right hid I can’t see how these Round-ups will do much good Wlint are their dreams to us “0 they’ie no less we make icalities ” “Can’t he lame-fi- t good at all his head with conviction it can't lie done ideas ain’t practical” sir-e- e shook “No Their 1 Wilkinson & Son’s Opposite Postoffice STUDENTS HEADQUARTERS HAT SHOP Rats Cleaned Trimmed and ReFrench Dry Cleaning a blocked For Ladies and Gents Specialty All Work Guaranteed S A HIVLEY Proprietor No G3 E 1st North p WE FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLETE p LUNDSTROM Furniture And Carpet Co 1 SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO STUDENTS p “Veu wait and see” Cal called as he drove out of the yard “A new agricultural era is raThe wooden-headepidly approaching farmer will soon have to M'lit the business and hire out in order to make a living” “He’s got it bad” Jed muttered as be watched his neighbor drive away “Cal’s usually sensible hut lie’s got ’em this time awful bad Them professors will make a dreamer out of him next but he’d better go a little slow or lie’ll wake up some tine morning and discover that you can’t eat dreams” As lie turned toward borne the sun burst over the frostbound snowy peaks to the east of him nml though the glory of the morning made him blink be failed to see the alien'd lists that enfolded the amber summits Ids eyes were upon the liitv trail at bis feet During the years that followed Hie two friends labored in Jhcir Helds that lay side by side u the fertile valley Jed worked and toiled from early morn- d Tee-king- ’s J ery and Supplies at well-buil- un- their dreams our done” Jed new-fangle- d ft Buy Your Books Station- dollar mares an most useful in farm papers or at fairs ain’t you?” “Xot exactly” CM replied I bad an oiler of three hundred dollars a bead for their coming day before yethat t welvc-lmndre- sterday” Jed made no leply but Call at Bell Brothers Markets No 111-11- X Main 5 8:1 Street and West Center CONKLIN AND GUARANTEE IS THE FOUNTAIN PEN WE SELL COME IN AND LET US DEMONSTRATE shuffled uncomfortably from one foot to the other as lie cut a splinter out of the top pole of the fence ami began sharpening it indusbegintriously His proofs were weak ning to seem a little of “Say Cal you tried some be that new wheat didn’t you” as a full Stomach Nothing so good to All the stomach as a beef stake II d two-year-ol- f Nothing so good to Study on DRUG CO CO-O- F THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone 21 14 West Center Street Phone 21 |