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Show of my work; completely disgraced tlinn when ne which Is at the bottom and , do by doing, lea i connecting concluded his remarks. Kven the was to him a kindly effort on up i he school with life." Mii-m,- " grunted Mr. Hofniyer, I the part of the audience fo comfort dde to see how, Batin conbeen him Ir. his allure. His only solace hnint a khl's life with nects in lift was the look Jennies eyes. settlement a find Latin can he unless old an farmer said "Young man." who wore thick glasses and looked som eres and git u job clerkin' in a like a Dutch huntniiustcr. "I wan' to store." "But if used to relate to life. said have a little talk with you." This is Mr. Hnfmyer of Pottawato- Jim. "tbe life of t lie people who made Greek and Latin a part of everybody mie county," said the dean of the elses education a wed as t heir own. "I'm glad to meet you." said Jim Latin and Greek were the only mn "1 can talk to you now. guiiges in which anythin, worth much But now" I know No. Mr. was written, you know. said Jennie. aif to take his arms Notmyer will excuse you until after Jim spread out world In whole the "science, the mardinner. We have a little party for our of velous literature tongue in the Mr Irwin, and we shall be late if ue to make a And centuries! three last dont hurry." a thouwith Latin child I ail learn tint, see can "Wliete you ufter supper?" richer all tiie literatimes than sand llnfmyer. By HERBERT QUICK E astpd.Mr of Latin. unused before ture lying was it Mr. to Kasy satisfy Hnfmyer; and Jim was carried off to a dinner him !" ri : i iTTi i : r: i ;Vrm iiiTt r :::: ; m m in ir Know any Latin? asked Sir. given by County Superintendent (Copyright by The Company) to Jim. the dean. Professor WithJim Mushed, ns one caught in conCHARIER XV Continued. ers. and one or two others and a vvliat he knows nothing about. 13 demning wonderfully select and dist InguiSned "I studied the grammar, have We haln't no company it seemed to Jim. "Sure I" said Iete. Jennie tuore sense than to let any one m. seized a moments opportunity to say, and read Caesar,' lie faltered, hut that isnt much I had no readier and 'luml). Come in, the waters tine. We You did beautifully. Jim; everybody a:n t proud had to work pretty hard, . and it says so." "Well." said Clumb. "if this feller Is You know didnt go very well. failed! said Jim. ruin' to do school work of this kind. "Ive had all the Latin they gave in failed. I couldnt remember my want In rlie district, too." the colleges of my time. su'd Mr. can't stay here feasting t "Well come to tLai one o these speech. "if I do talk dialect; and 111 t want to get out in lie snow." too is district 'the days," said Jim. with you so far as to say that "ou made lie best address of the itagree small." would have been a crim for me to it and you did neeause you Wilbur Ninythe's car stopped t the meeting; the neglect chemistry, bacteriology, your speeeh." insisted Jennie. distant rate and honked ior him e forgot physics, engineering and other sciences Hoes any body else flunk so?' signal which broke up tbe part''. "Why. Jim! Yon must icarn to be- tiiHt pertain to farmin' if thered been Uuakon Ieterson passed the word to any sudi sciences when I was genin' tile colonel and Mr. Bronson for a lieve in what you lure done. Kven schoolin'." The Con Bonner says it was the best. He my "And board meeting the next evening yet," said Jim. some people he didn't think you Imd it In ye!' want us to picnic broke up in a dispersion ot staid says guide ourselves by the Tins advice trout tier to "believe in married couples to their homes, and of courses made before these study wasn't there young folks in top buggies to dances what you have done Si iences existed." new in Jennie's iitrhude and displays of flrev. oras in the surI m n't. by liokey!" said Hofniyer. here? Wasnt Ids belief In what lie rounding villages. lie if you aint right. I "Ill t was lie doing precisely Jim walked across the fields to his tiling wl ich so said a' wouldn't before heard that had him made such a home neither old nor young, having nuisance to the i say hut so now." speech county However superintendent? neither sweetheart with whom to dance Jim Mills face lighted up at this the nor farm to demand labor in its in couldnt stop to ansvvet the quest in In si convincing evidence that he and exorable chores. Ue turned after which popped up iti his mind Sf( (Ml "What does Indessm Wit hois crawling through a wire fence and "I !icv e ;no. wont on Mr lie asked. nf looked longingly at Jennie as site was 'M i idee -mi.mi s would !" "lie Mllv yuin delighted suavely assisted Into tbe cur jy the folks Ive been .he standpatter How wonderful it "Silly! lawyer. u,ls tl, 'ni in oiii p.i'ts mostly on Knglisli uml "You saw what he did? said the he called "silly" in iluu mne I say German. What dye say to comm shouldn't have lorgoitni the colonel interrogatively as he and his ml teaehiii' out school? Weve down it if hadnt been on speed) sat Woodruff lor th.s veranda' the daughter .larnod a got affair, and I was made that evening. "Who taught him the boiled shirt and collar. am. tor w. a one to litul a teacher. of a (oinmiliee cravat." urged Jiu in supreme wisdom of holding back tils I "I see dont how" Jim stamtroops when they grew too wild for all taken aback by this new mered. "You ought to 've worn them around the house for a week helore "He may lose them, said Jennie, " breeze of recognition. eonmig "We can't pay much." said lloftm-esaid Jennie. "Why didn't you ask mv "Not so, said the colonel, "You have charge of the of the Brown Mouse type al- advice?" ways succeed when they find tuelr enwill, next time, Jennie,' said Jim. In the whole school, am! teach in Numvironment. And 1 believe Jim bus "I didnt suppose I needed a Idttmg-ri- ber Two room. Seventy-livdollar a found his. month. I oes it appeal to ye?" but I guess I did!" Well," said Jennie. "I wish his enJennie ran away then to ask Nils Appeal to him! And yet. how about vironment would find him some clothes. Hansen and Beitina to join their din- the Simmses. Colonel Woodruff, the Its a shame the way he has to go ner party. She had a sudden access Hansens and Newton Bronson, now looking. Hed be if be of friendliness for the Hansens. Nils just getting a firm start on the was dressed anyway." refusm because be was path to usefulness and real hapgoing out to "Oil. then you haven't heard tbe see the college herds fed; but at Jen- piness? How could be leave l lie llt'le news, said the colonel. "Jims going nies urgent request, reinforced b crude, puny structure on which he had to have his first suit puts and bugs, Bcttinn consented. Jen been working on which be bad been for An os. Its all fixed. nie was very happy, ml reproved her- merely practicing for n year, and Whos making It?" asked Jennie. self a beaming hostess. The dean de- move to the new field? "Gustaf Paulsen, the Dane thats voted himself to Bettina "I'm afraid I cant." said Jim Irwin, and Jim Just opened u shop in town." found .ut afterward that thL InquirA Dane?" "If you're only frail you can't," queried Jennie. "Isnt ing gentleman was getting at the menhe Bettinns uncle?" Mr. Hofniyer. "think It over. Ive tal processes of a specimen said pupil In "Ratherly," said the colonel Jocular-ly- , one of the new kind of rural schools. got your post office address on this "seeing as how Bettinas Mrs. llun-sen- s In which lie was only half Inclined to program, and well write you a formal believe. daughter." lie thanked Jim for his offer. We nmy spring them figures a Clothes are rather important, but speeeh, and said it was "most sugges- little. Think it over." the difference between n suit made by tive and "You mustnt think. said Jim. "that " and as Atkins, the tailor, and one built by the party broke up we've done all the things I mentioned Into Jims Gustaf Paulsen, the new Danish band a check for I lieslipped In my talk, or that I haven't made honorarium. It any craftsman, could not be supposed to was not until then that Jim felt mistakes or failures." . quite be crucially important, even when de- sure that he vus Your county superintendent didnt actually to be ,uld. Air. Hofniyer was signed for a very dear friend. And mentlou any failures." said Mr. waiting to give Jim was scurcely that of course not! Jim the final that he convincing proof Why, then, did the county superintenhad produced un effect with his Did you talk with her about my dent hastily run to her ooni, and speech. work?" inquired Jim, suddenly rery cry Why did she say to herself that the "Do you teach the lnd of school curious. Hansens were very good you lay out in your talk?" he asked. "Mlim." people, and anu it would be a line I tty to, said "Then I dont see why you want Jim, "and I believe I thing for Jim and ills mother and then do. Jim went on. me," cry some more? Well," said Mr. Hofniyer, "thats "Why?" asked Mr. Hofmyer. the kind of education I hlleve in. 1 "I bud not supposed," suid Jim, CHAPTER XVI kep school back In Pennsylvany fifty "that she had a very high opinion of years .go, and I made the scholurs my work." Jim Coes to Ames. measure things, and weigh things, and I didnt ask her about that," said Jim had never felt more the their studies us Mr. fu. as I could. apply I guess aha upstart Hofmyer, "though uneducated farm-han"All good touchers have than when he thinks well of it. 1 asked her what was Introduced to that audience at that," suid Jim. "Kroebel. always done Pestaloxzl you are tryin to do. and what aort of Ames by Professor Withers, nor more Colonel ell hud the Idea a fellow you are. 1 was favorably Im Parkerthey t n i t m 111 n : n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 nnn; 1 1 1 1 ; i n 1 1 ! 1 1 m ii ap-plou- Idgli-scho- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hof-mye- ien-ni- e Bolbs-Merri- ll 1 1 1 1 1 Hof-mye- 1 I seim-tliin- dag-gone- d 1 .1 I ; frock-coate- pl.-as- d - i ivvo-ruo- ar-In- g at-tac- r "(nd1-vldual- s dis-elp-ll- 1 e nlce-appeari- d made-to-measu- . "but" thought-provoking',- Hof-mye- . well-to-d- d r, pressed ; but she didnt mention any failures. "We havent succeeded In adopting a successful system of selling our I believe we can cream." said Jim. do it, but we haven't." Wal," said Mr. Hofniyer, "I dknow as Id call that a failure. The fact that youre tryin of it shows youve Well write ye, got the right idees. ami mebhe pay your way down to look us over. We re a pretty good crowd, the neighbors think." CHAPTER XVII Think of It. Ames was an inspiration. Jim Irwin received from the great agricultural college more real education In this one trip than many students get from a four years course in 'ts halls; for he had spen. ten years in getting ready for the experience. The great farm of mmlreds of acres, all under the man. agement of experts, the beautiful and classrooms die cornu. odious lulmrafores. and' especially the barns, the greenhouses, wardens, herds and cam-mis- Hocks tilled him with a sort of apostolic Joy. "Kvery school. said he to Professor Withers, ought to be doing a good deal of the work you have to do here Til admit." said the professor, "that much of our work in agriculture is pretty tlementnry. Intermediate school work," said Jim. "Its wrong te force boys and girls 'o leave i el homes and Jive In u college to get sr much of what they should have before theyre ten years old." "Theres something In .what you say." said the pr fessor, "hut some experiment station men seem to think that agriculture In the common schools vill take from the young tnen and women the felt need, nnd therefore the desire to come to the college." "If you cant give them anything work. said better than lim. "tha' will he so; but if the sciI ence am art of agriculture Is wh would make them hungry think it is. work that redly Mir the advanced home. To make the at cant he done until wait they're twenty Is children than more half what the them to deny them to and make give college ought what dont they get." iliem pu.v think you're right." said the professor. (Jive u the kind of schools I ask for." cried Jim. and Ill fill r col.ege tike tills In every congressional district m hivva. or Ill force you to tear this down s.nd build larger." More nearly happy, and rather shorter of money than be had recently been. Jim journeyed Imme among the companions from Ms own neighborhood. In a frenzy of plans for the future. Mr. Hofniyer had dropped from his mind, until Don Bonner. Ids old enemy, Irew him aside In the vestibule of the train and spoke to him1 In the mysterious manner npetiiho- ro nollfMnns. Its 1 1 high-sclm- I fr 1 - (TO BE CONTINUED.) Vinegar for Long Life. Now some Knglisli firm comes forth with the declaration that to live long you want to become a vinegar maker. In several Instances workmen engage1 In the distilling of vinegar have been in the service of the firm for from (X) to 70 years. The average age of the heads of departments Is 70. and to have three or four generations of a family at work In the vinegar distillery at the same time Is quite common. At a recent birthday dinner of the firm, the combined ages of four of the guests totaled 335 years. The oldest wus ueurly 00 and the youngest neurly 70. Wily Woman. "So jou peisuuded your husband to Join a glee club." Mrs. answered Yes, Higgins. "When he starts to sing in the house now 1 cun advise Idm not to tire his voice." Farmer a Skilled Artisan. real furmer is the highest type of skilled urtlsun. Why should he not huve a skilled laborer's wage for himself? A |