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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER gninminnininHHlllllllinilvs malin treatment for smut In seed treatment blue-vltrlgrains, and the seed for potatoes. H We hadnt time for these things, X CHAPTER said he to the county superintendent, In the regular class work and its Facing Trial. time to take them up if we A distinct sensation ran through getting smut in next school- are to clean out the the Woodruff school, but the crop. master and a group of five boys and years repeated Whittiers Corn Song They unclassthree girls engaged in a very of the in concert, and school was out. like conference in the back Since that Christmas afternoon when room were all unconscious of it. lhe Jennie had undertaken to follow Mr. and Ylra Irwin geography classes had recited, Those Petersons advice and line an inward on. was work the language up, Jim had gone through too small for these studies were play- transformation. He had made up his of would marry Jennie ing a game under the leadership been promot- mind that he Jinnie Simms, who hadweed-seeHe saw her through Woodruff. moned to the position of clouds of rose and pink; but she itor. looked at him as at a foolish man The game wfts forfeits. Each child who was making trouble for her, had been encouraged to bring some expense, and chasing rainbows at her was sort of weed from the winter fields in a cold She which still deeply vexing her. preferably one the seed of mind. of but official frame clung to the dried receptacles Jim, she said, I want you to give brought anyhow, a weed. If any pupilwhich he up this sort of teaching. Cant you in a specimen the name of he see its all wrong? himself could not correctly give, was answered Jim, in much the No, If a specimen paid a forfeit. of a man who has been manner I cant brought In not found in theto school stabbed conby his sweetheart. cabinet which was coming the only sort see that its wrong. Its tain a considerable collection it was see wrong do you allotted to I can do. What placed there, and the task . in it? the best penman in the school to write Oh, I can see some very wonderful exits proper label. All this caused can t things in it, said Jennie, but it It citement, and not a little buzz but it be district. Woodruff done in the ceased when the county superintendwTon t it but in correct be theory, may ent entered the room.. in practice. work Januof first the was after For it Jennie, said he, when a thing ary, and Jennie was visiting the Woodwont work, it isnt correct in theory ruff school. is correct, and it But The group in the back of the room works.my theory went on with its conference, oblivious But the school board are against of the entrance of Superintendent it. Jennie. Their work was rather abThe school board elected me. than less nor more no being sorbing, stood by and saw the contract the compilation of the figures of a cow They signed, said Jim, and yes, Jennie, census of the district. I know I am dealing in sophistry I I Talcott, said Mary Altogether, we have in the district one hundred cows. and fifty-thre- e Darblshire8, said the colonel, the devil and all to control. were ol d fiiminimmiiMiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiHiiiiuiiuir (Copyright br The Bobbe-Merri- Company) ll ALL WRONG SYNOPSIS. Jennie "Woodruff to marry Jim Irwin. his young1 farm hand, because of financial condition and poor prosabove pects. He is intellectually his station, and has advanced ideas concerning the possibilities of school teaching and farming, by for which he is ridiculed ox. many. In short, Jim is an off He Hocks by himself and reads books and has a philosophy of his own. But there are latent even powers in him unsuspectedcomes OpportunityJim is by himself and his door. knocking at as nominated for school-teachea jok. The Joke results in his election. He visits the scholars. Jennie is nominated for county of schools. Jim superintendent meeting, conspeaks at a public demning rural school methods. Jim's Prominent women condemndemand method of teaching; they cultured His pupils defend him. Jennio invites Jim to a Christmas dinner to line him up. refuses r, I dont make it that, mond Simms. said Ray- I dont get but a hun- dred and thirty-eighThe trouble is," said Newton Bronson, that Marys counting in the friends. old Bailey herd of Shorthorns. Yes, repeated Jim. We are, arent we, Jennie? Well, theyre cows, aint they? inhimand over possessed He reached terrogated Mary. Not for this census, said Rayself of her hand. She pulled it from no attention he but paid mond. him gently, exTheyre to the little muscular protest, and Why not? asked Mary. the On amined the hand critically. the prettiest cows in the neighborback of the middle finger he pointed hood. Scotch Shorthorns, said Newton, out a scar a very tiny scar. Do you remember how you got and run with their calves. Leave them out, said Jim, and that? he asked. Because Jim clung to the hand, their tomorrow, I want each one to tell in heads were very close together as the language class, in three hundred I there are . whether lolnedJjiuiheTt uminatlou. wmh.or.. t. CHAPTER IX Continued. Yes, Just Think of It! WHATS THE USE -A That WAS GOOD DIN HER. 'WILLIE NOT SOUP SO 'WORSE Am v FRurr 65? ALL FOR mST THIMK OF IT CRAN ROAST TURKEY OR DUCKLING, Iala: - I, lillaaHr tlie Mkln you it atmclc Ike wristnodwiiere off your the stove Hook at It, said he, baring- bis long and bony wrist. Right there! And they were off on the trail that leads back to childhood. They had talked long, and intimately, when the shadows of the early evening crept Into the corners of the room. Jennie recalled the time when the tornado narrowly missed the schoolhouse, and frightened everybody In school nearly to death. Everybody but you, Jim, Jennie You looked out of the remembered. window and told the teacher that the twister was going north of us, and would kill somebody else. Did I? asked Jim. Yes," said Jennie, and when the teacher asked us to kneel and thank God, you said, Why should we thank "jtut X couldn't iret tla mact number. we could Wliy,' said Ita.vmonU, find six hundred dairy cows in this an within neighborhood, hours drive. Sir hundred i scoffed Newton. You're crazy! In an hours drive? "I mean an hour's drive each way, said .Raymond. I believe we could, said Jim. And after we find how far we will have to go to get enough cows, if, half of them patronized the creamery, well work over the savings the business would make, if we could get the prices for butter paid the Wisconsin creameries, as compared with what the centralizers pay us, on a basis of the last six months. Whos in possession of that correspondence with the Wisconsin creameries? I have it, said Raymond. Im God that somebody else is blowed hectographing a lot of arithmetic problems from it. away? Sbe was greatly shocked. How do you do, Mr. Irwin It I dont see to this day, Jim aswas the superintendent who spoke. serted, what answer there was to Jims brain whirled little prismatic my question. In the gathering darkness Jim again took Jennies hand, but this time she deprived him of it. He was trembling like a leaf. I.et It be remembered in his favor tnat this was the only girls hand lie had ever held. You cant find any more scars on It," she said soberly. Let me see bow much it has changed since I stuck the knife in It, begged Jim. Jennie held it up for inspection. Its longer, and slenderer, and whiter, and even more beautiful, said lie, than the little hand I cut; but It was then the most beautiful hand in the world to mt and still Is. I must light the lamps, said the ! county superintendent-elect- , flustered, Mamma! matches? It must Wnere be are Tim sign. Are you to be called upon to suggest that? asked Jim. A formal complaint against you for ineompency, she replied, has been lodged in my office, signed by the three directors. I shall be. obliged to take notice of It. And do you think, queried Jim, that my abandonment of the things in which I believe in the face of this attack would prove to your mind that I am competent? Or would it show me incompetent? Jennie was silent. . I guess, said Jim, that well have to stand or fall on things as they are. Jennie had drawn on her gloves, and stood ready for departure. Unless you resign before the twenty-fifth- , said she, I shall hear the petition for your removal on that date. I bid you good evening! rather Id kinder like being a confessed. all wild-eye- d reformer, Jim." the Mrs. Woodruff and Mrs. Irwin came lamplight reminded Jims mother that the cow was still to milk, and that tlie chickens might need attention. Tlie Woodruff sleigh came to the door to carry them home; but Jim desired to breast the storm. He felt that lie needed the conflict. Mrs. Irwin scolded him for his foolishness, but he strode off Into the whirling drift, throwing back a good-b- y for general consumption, and a pathetic smile to Jennie. Hes as odd as Dicks hatband, said Mrs. Woodruff, tramping off in a storm like this. Did you line him up? asked the colonel of Jennie. The young lady started and blushed. She had forgotten all about the politics of the situation. "I Im afraid I didnt, papa, she confessed. Those brown mice of Professor In, and tlie f roaw and wlk0d tto ttf of theti room and back, twice. When. decision In tier she s poke, there was tone and .Tim felt tbat It was hostile decision. As an officer, she said rather grandly, my relations with the district are with the school board on the one hand, and with your competency as a teacher on the other. Has it come to that? asked Jim. Well, I have rather expected it. His tone was weary. The Lincolnian droop in his great, sad, mournful mouth accentuated the resemblance to the Martyr President. Possibly his feelings were not entirely different from those experienced by Lincoln at some crisis of doubt, misunderstanding and depression. If you cant change your methods," said Jennie, I suggest that you re- Remember How You Got That." clouds before his vision, as he rose and shook Jennies extended hund. Let me give you a chair, said he. Oli, no, thank you ! she returned. Ill just make myself at home. I know my way about in this school-housyou know I She smiled at the children, and went about looking at-- their work which was not noticeably disturbed, by reason of the fact that visitors were much more frequent now than ever before, and were no rarity. Certainly, Jennie Woodruff was no novelty, since they had known her all their lives. Most of the embarrassment was Jims. He rose to the occasion, however, went through the routine of the closing day, and dismissed the flock, not omitting making an engagement with a group of boys for that evening to come back and work on the for- - e, (TO BE CONTINUED.) Pigeon Finds Way by Sight. British royal air force pigeon, released from a balloon a mile and a half above the ground, was .unable to see the earth below on account of a thick blanket of clouds. After flying around for a little time the bird gave up all hope of finding its way back to Its home, some 150 miles away, and settled down comfortably on the balloon, much as Noahs dove settled on the ark when It could find no place to rest on account of the waters. The pigeon, however, had better luck than Noahs dove. After a time a rift appeared in the clouds, and the bird swooped from the balloon through the gap In the vapor, and two hours later had delivered the message tied to its This Incident Indicates that a leg. A pigeon finds Its way home by sight, not by Instinct, as many have thought. MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL A Word With the Reader |