Show fair fait exchange for foy sylvia Rant randall riall i i 11 i 1 11 iii i iii i i i i iii i i i i i i i i iiii i i ii i i i iii ii the weekly short story by HELEN R BARTON S YLI aa 1 g gired iced with stormy ea ee es u at the tiny slip of paper tin ilia she had taken talen from the enel envelope olpe such a small slip of paper it contained enough to merit the stormy expression and also the lie fu rious rebellion in ahlas heart for with the brutal ability of most printed slips this particular one informed the r of no 4 dis brict school that school must te ile kept with full attendance attend atten dince inre aji all da on may stay 7 and may 7 wag was the day the greatest of nt all aviator avin tors was to spoilt at a banquet and ancl open air celebration at VII inn ape grounds free tickets hid bid been issued all the but due to prolonged loss of lime time 0 kalns inz to a stubborn epidemic of measles I 1 he the principal felt it wise for all the members of no 4 to keep full fill attendance ind gaird away at makeup make male up I 1 bif if education muttered the lovely miss randall andall It then im going to grow me a pigtail aig tall and learn to write laundry in clinebel Cli As if any more book learning could make male up for the few pearly tord of wisdom colonel will and as the children were enjoy ing their mid morning recess out of doors sylvia bowed her lovely head on her folded arms and frank ly wept teaching was such a thank less job at best hest au all kicks and few kisses but bit to have to sacrifice this opportunity of a lifetime to see and hear the greatest historical character of our era was asking a good daal deal too much of the teach ing profession I 1 1 I 1 beg your pardon interrupted a fine one masculine baritone but Is this no 4 di school ir sylvia lifted tear drenched eyes to the concerned con cernei worried gaze of a too thin too tall young man of serious expression and the reddest hair bar none that the he had ever eer seen een 1 acs I es this Is la no 4 11 W by I 1 stirn sylvia acutely conscious of her shiny nose red eyes and tear streaked face 11 hy nh fth cr er you see I 1 in the new princia il of this tills district I 1 aks summoned hastily this morn ing due to the illness 0 of f mr nir lar reu rell 11 inere ere so far fat behind in our schedule that ue ie mily haie to keep leep a few weeks longer nt at the end of the begin sylvia flushing under the tall young man mans 9 earnest scrutiny ill chy by I 1 think you re don donn win ders you youve re had no end of 0 hard harj luck according recording to these the report reports do you mind if it I 1 stay stav and see how the kids get along I 1 won t disturb you 1 I am delighted to have anyone so interested tn in the school do please stay and make male yourself corn com fordable for table urged sylvia and as the afternoon progressed sed she forgot quite the unhappy cause of her aoe earlier in the day in fact she was so interested in the busl less of having no 4 school shino in the eyes of the new principal dial that II 11 Is I 1 doubtful if she would have even up the name lad it been spoken to her from time to time gene hen derson the new principal woul I 1 make A low voiced remark or corn com and it am iced svlvia thit a mere man should have such a clear knowledge of school teaching and child PsYcho psychology loby as this strange quiet man had its elsy to see smiled smile the tall young man after school had been dismissed that the calill iren love you miss randall 11 ll one simply could not achieve such wonders unless the children neri nert enthusiastic and made every ef f fort tort to paw do you think that Is a it sign of affection fil A desire to t please PI e asked riall iri i in a fumed idea olce dut but certain certainly lyl I 1 an tin elemental step in 1 I e always try to neise those whom we loc loiel answered goc eing nith ap proal the ere icv line of Sl ilas neck when it merged nith lie the dark huff fluff of her blue black hair and sylila sylla was atran erangey tr angey ply silent as she balked bowly along beside the cew rew principal as they m I 1 11 I 1 their way to tier boarding house houe hou e after school closed she was think tn ing a thy shy sort tort of pinic that her first instinct had I 1 aen to please this tall serious ferlow new and certainly she hid outdone he self all diy daiy trying to make male her school seem its best be 7 ti tre we going to go to the pic nic rite for colonel stromberg alasi randall mas the question asked her 23 times the following day and each time las heart went a hit bit lower as she explained the raison iby they must stay and vork tork her lunch of ess egg salad and sand n niches cookies coolies and milk went down slowly as she thought about all the various angles of teaching especially the business of enforce ins ing cormanis cor mands issued by others and she was ragain rebellious as the drone of a bl bi motor came wafting over the still air it was she decided the squid of that were to be the feature of the day 87 sylvia avla looked out and gaw saw not an tin airplane but a huge van like re truck bearing down upon the no 4 school sylvia caught her breath ns as she noted doted the flaming thatch of hair of the grinning ariter it wa was gene genel I 1 hop in kids ere going to the picnic before the ice fee cream gets eaten 1 and liia sma knew at last why the she had tried to please binno doubt of it I 1 M 0 by mcclure ew brad eat service t |