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


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/ Gheeky ~ up, an1 1anoSd vlsA
p,easura. sss' j
M - ssassuting lssa 1tsn -
sousous eyss q Nirssdy Destroyed
the lsse sperk oY Rslph'A pJeosurO q
his trjsnph. ed ssss thet awfal b.
lev-esr, 1bslins 1hssaeh haa.
"Hs's powvrfsl sssars,is' sAs mes-
tsr. y aid old Jsek 10 II. PETE yosss.
.He'll nj tthe whale III and tpek d
,su aanss 49, shrsaeh. I ksew'A hs
- supaet Thasss slss ssasos / tuck
hin. !" pfcoesdvd NJ. ilsoss. +
.Yaas. bse hs don't liok snoush.
| Noe useh.n aaewvesA Pela~ Joae6.
.sNo ltekau,. no lssutn'. says /.
Itwes nv not . hssd. Ths e&ssse
spellsss On tlas eppo6ias I'D, vsue
down suickly suAss ~ hArA Uefsi.
| Uhlsls ene s,eolso auve 60 The m6e-
tsr ned moved dows al ~ : ~, bic
opponsnts bad given up ths 6attls,
and I'll he'd Lost their kson iatsfsst u
I contest to which there could bs hut
enc coaclusion, for there wsrs only
The poor spsllsts len. But Ralph
Hsrtsook ran agsinss stump whore
he waa least expecting Il. It was the
Souirs,s custom, vhen one OF the
smaller seholars or poorer spslless rose
70 spsll against the nap1sretssivsout
eight OF Ten sasy wosds tnas they
might havs sons hrsathlsg sss,l BE-
fore being Slaughtered. snd thsn TO
Give : poser Of I've which coon settled
them. He ~ them rus . sllttls.s - .
ct dols . dooansd nsoase. Thew was
nov but one pesDon lSft ~ t0s opposite
side, and = shs soss u her bIse calico
dress, Ralph recogpised Hannah, the
bound girl q old Jack Nsans'. She
had not attended school Ii the district.
and bad never spellsd In spsllfny-
schvol before and was chossn last = On
unesrtaiu quantity. The Squire b.
gan With sasy words Of two ayliablss,
from thst pags Of Webster. 70 we'll
known to ail who ever thumbcd Il, .
Baker" from the word that stands
at the top Of the pags. 6hs spslled
thess words in IN absent aud unintsr-
estsd manner. Az every body knew
that sl.s would have to 70 down ~
eoon = thls preliminary skirmishlsg
vas over, evsrybody began 70 sss rssdy
70 70 home, and already there was the
buss Of preparation. Young men we're
timidly asking girls II "they could ses
them safe home, !" which II the approv-
cd formula, and wers trembling In
mortal fear Of 1.-THE mitten." Presently
the Squire, thiuking Il time 70 Close
the contest. pulled his scalp forward,
adjusted his glass eye, which had been
exsminiug his nose Tong enough. and
turned over the leaves Of the book to
the great words at the place known 70
spellers o .'Incomprshs snsibility. and
beeeu 70 eive out thoss words Of eight
syllablse with the accent on the sixth. !"
Listlese scholsrs now turned round,
and csassd to whisper In order TO b In
at msstsr's nnal triumph. But -
their surpriss. '.ols Miss Nsansss'
white uisssr," = some OF them called
her, 10 aalvslea 70 her slavish li6s,
spelled These great words With - rsr-
feet eass - the master. Still. not
doubting the result. the Squire turned
from place 70 place and selected al the
hard words he could find. The school
becams psr6sctly quiet, the excitement
was too great for the ordinary busz.
Would "Asanses' Hammer" beat the
master? Bsat the mastsr that he'd
laid out Jim Phillip? Evsrybody's
sympathy was now turned to Hannah.
Ralph noticed that even Shocky had
deserted him, and that his fAcs grew
brilliant every time Hannah spslisd .
word. In fact, Ralph deserted him.
self. Az no saw the f0s, timid sAcs
Of the Cir: 40 long oppressed dush and
.hios With interest, q he looked At the
rather low but broad and intslligsnt
brow and the fresh, white complexion
and saw the rich, womanly nature
coming to the surface under the inau-
encs Of applause and sympathy. he
did not want to beat. II he had mot
felt that victory given would insult
her. he would have missed inten.ion.
ally. The bull dog. tho stern. rslsnt-
lees setting Of the will, had gone, hs
knew not WHITTIER. Aud thers bad
come In its place, % he looked In that
faos, something which he did not
understand. You did not. gentle rsad-
Or, the first time IL came TO you.
The Squire was puzxled. He had
given out all the hard words In the
book. He again pulled the top OF his
hAnA Hne-aeA Than hn Dinnd hia