The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-12-12

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~ sgpsasne wseld wishasw The
shslses retnstsd Qulskly, anA vlth I
litsls sma6k - sxultstlos sd dsoanos
II his voice: "And ltaks Jssns PM.
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Asssssusli ps1ssst, ssesps Z ~
u ne old folks. fouad thsnsslvss
SAses1 u eppnslag hsses, ~ poos
ses3)sss laoglng u. With whaG esaes
thsy sould. ae sAs ~ - ths too d.
vis1sss. IT, 9qalss opsssd hh spsl-
ling>soek aad bsUna = elvs oat the
words % ths sapsains, w. STOOD sp
snA spslls1 aga1sse sesA seAse. II
was not long unsu LArkin spelled
*rsa1ly" With enc {, and bod 70 III
dsvn O. eon9ssiso, Whils . msfnuS
of snGlsasst1so ssa shsough ths yaaks
- - upposlng tbs0os. His Sws sids
bit shsir slps To- slsndsf 1s1rs oi
the yoang teashse took The plaps Of
The iAllsn lss1ss, ast sAs sxeiesaasnt
0Ade1ho hosss sssy qntsGa Ralph
drsa1e1 tlse ~ Of in1Ueoss hs wonid
suffer II b. sh0ulA - easily spslled
Down. And q IL 0enent Of rising
he saOln Dsdagkon eoeees The 0gure
d 8 wsll-drsGssd yosng man sitsing
Ia ths shsdoW. ls 0a1s him tssmbls.
why sAosh his svii geniss hsuns
hi03 Dat ~ stss0g elgost - tur0-
- ~ aetsstioa sway from Or. 6mall,
aud liaasasd csfsfully y H. words
which ths Squire did hot pton0ascs
very dislinctiy, spsllisg thsm witt
extreme dsliberation. This gave him
an air u hsoltaGlon whish disappoint-
q thoss on his own sids. Thsy want
I'd him 70 apsll with . dashIng assur-
amos. But be did not begin . word
until DO had mentally felt bis way
through Il. Aftsr ten uinutss spsl-
hing hard woods Jssans Buohanen, the
captain - ~ oshse siAs. spelled
'.atrociousp' with "a iustsad of ! Q,
and sabsidsd. his Ase choics. Jesms
PhiliipA esmlng ~ against the tsach-
Or. This beought The sxciteasat to
fevsr-hsat. For though Ralph was
ohossn nrst. II W. entirely on trust,
and most of ths eonpasy wsrs disap-
pointed, The champion who now
stood up against the school-mastss was
. fsmous spellsr.
Jim Phillips was tall, lank. stoop
shouldersd fellow, vho had never dis-
tinguishsd himself In any other
pursuit than spslIing. Except In this
one art Of spelling hs VS. Of no &C
count. He cosid net catsh veil o. bat
we'll In ball. He could not throw
we'll enough 10 nasks hls mark 10 tha,
famous Western game Of bull.pen.
He did mot sseessd we'll in any atudy
bst that u Wsbstsrs slsGDsntary.
hut Ia that ne was-to uss the usual
Flat Creek l0cution-ia that he VS.
- hoss." This genius 1os speliing II
10 some psoplS . sixth sense, mAstsr
Of intuition. Homo spsllsrs )are bofD
asd not meAe, and thssr facalty ~
olads enc of the alaehesnaeieal pcodi-
giss that crop out every nov md then
70 bewilder the world. Bud Neans.
Sosssesing thst Ralph would b pittsd
against Jim Phillips, bed warned his
friend that Jim eoold ''spsll like than
der and lightning." and that II took
. powerful smart spellsr" TO best him,
sof hs knew - heap ofspslting-book. "
To have ''spsllsd down the master" 10
next TO having whipped the biggest
bully In Hooppols County, and Jim
had ''spslled down" the lest three
masters. He divided the hsro-wor-
ship Of the district with Bud Means.
For haian boar the squire gave on,
hard words. What . blessed thing
our crooked orthogssphy isl without
Il there could b no spslliug- schools.
A. Ralph discovered hh opponents
mestie he Became moro and moro eau
tious. He was nov satisfied that Jim
would eventually beat him. The fsl-
low, evidently knew more about the
spslling-book than old Noah Webster
himself. A he stood there With his
dull faes and long sharp nose, bis
hands bshind his hack, and his voice
spelling infallibly. Il seemed 70 Hart
ssok that his superiority must lis In
his noss. RaIph's cautiousnsss an
swersd . double purposs; suablsd him
to tread surely, and Il was 0istaksn
by jim for weakness. Phillips was
confident that he should carry or the
scalp Of the fourth sch ool-master BE-
fore the evening was over. He spelled
eagerly, confidently. brilliantly.
6soop. shouldsrsd - he was, hs began
to straightsa up. II the minds Of Ill
the company the odds wsrs In his
favor. He saw this and became ambi.
tious to Distinguish himself By spell
ing without giving the matter any
thought.
Ralph always believed that hs woulj
have been speedily defeated by Phil
lips had Il not bsen Tor two thoughts
which braesd him. The sinister shad.
ow Of young DR.. small sitting IN the
dark corner by the watsr bucket nsrv-
Cd him. A victory over Philllps was
. defeat to one who wished only III to
the young sehool.uasssr. The other
though that kept his pluck aiive was
the rscollsctlon Of Bull. He ap-
proachsd the VOID - Bull approached
the raccooo. He 1id not take hold
until he was surs of his game. when
he took hold II was with . quiet a.
surance Of succsss. ~ Ralph spelled
In this doggsd way for half an hour
hkn haeAAae wAevla AhA anmlen. 0f,salA