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sschoola, q Or can take my p!acc again In tho

sscGos 1r .1sa, ssn take my p3aco again In tho
anss ~ yG1 H. k 5se yS' % S1na }ssass ali the
4 don't 600 Why couldn't. Bomo hoar
hayo lonbtod TINT lady could, but II tlloy
Eaow lid teX wan!a Know T could 10 ali tl!nt il
necessary. Most Of tho Bclools aro tn citioa or
town. acccaalbln BY railroads. The o.hor schools
should visit ny often as necessary by private
conveyance. Such conveyance I could and
should keep, md could 20 ut any and all t,mca
TINT gentlomnn would 80. As to tho oxamina-
Attor twolvo years experience as toaollcr, in
al departments and branches, havint, Ind
good education to aot ont with, I should 10
Anrry II couldn't correctly decide on grades OF
ordor OF applicant for certificate. I could also
Keep nccountB with tie school fund, aud pass on
a.l n shG other questions, giving rocopts, drifts,
haa ,uolnR anyshing elso noceasary, Including
s, Hosoa nond o. required. As to regularity aud
ssolvenoy Of ot!icors' bonls; apportlonmont Of
imas 3ona 70 ;oae' aoT'nApa roporu % State suporl-
vatno vHt ioamGg aG faas md collecting ntores
think TOW who know how t hnvo Managed nv
own 1, bu1iess sas n' discharged by dacn toac
would bo at fault. Should ualea Of iallls lItISa.
tton or other unforeseen business arao. nin,,,d
haVo the Sumo right to employ altorneyn md
f,nv In
caseH.' 40 As'
+" - What y arc tho omolumonts Of tho Office ?"
1t used to pay about $4,000, thourh ths
Supervisors now regulate tic humber of days
visiting, aud tic law Hchanged in othor respects,
80 tint it may not be 10 much"
"What aro your rosourceH, md how banDencd
you to reside 10 persBton1y III sprincfetdf fH
My father waa Mothodiat preachor. Fla
.rave1eu from plnce to place ~ t1lo conference,
died at Jachsonvilfe fifteen years ngo. nftnr Inv
inG purchased tract of lind northeast Of Sprinr
ned ihet!d' noar tho new waterworks and t waa
come eaz fe9us9s o sprineeld t5 Ill., Rs taty should
be a handsome thing. for u.s. but !
city, ant, ! havo property hero now. My nlothor
to1 a aretor arc II Kansas City at present. and
brother, WHO is 9 very fine tolograpLor and las
good place nbroad. Ibocu,no attachod to the
families and Children Of Springfield, and 80 have
labored a5 on With them, teaching tho full tormo
as i Springfield il truly my homo. t have lived
in pr. Jayne'a family evor since my mother
diAlike change"
"What ago arc you, Miss Lewis 2"
am over 10 years Of age"
7" Why want tho letter addrossod to you By
s1o Mstta ha%o 4oys yos, afo always known bythat Of
"Bettio is my pot na1ne. My real nane il
md the School Board often laughlngly inrist on
makthE my papora as 'Bettio LOWS. but l tell
them TINT isn't mJ name. lilo nanle my father
aiid mother gave MO tn tho true name I shall
evor sign." ~&1''
-, There ie ono question. Minis Dettie, should
Tue !, to asis. II you wonld take no ofronso. Why
is It you hayo mover marcled7"
~ nm not offended at tho question, as 1t has
pcen asxod before. hnvo go long been uccus.
toned t. TO make my own living mud hop othors,
that mover folt that the tinao llad como for M
to 10y down thgresponsiblity Of life and transfer
!. to anotho, have been addroaaed ofcourso, by
haye married, except that iu no caao lins nv
loyo for any gentleman appealed to my hcari
with with such intensity as to influence mo to
e'vo up stu1y, my classep, mother, sister, and
with my suisor. may nlarry got. arn not Old.
ain no "strong-mi,ldcd woman," either In tic
popular eopao Of tho torn, nor am I what thoy
eaii ~ "womans right's" advocate. Tho most
around hcmc my highest admirations Of 90
olety nro mot In the idoa Of Christian homo
would not wish to bo excluded from TINT Imp
pier class that oarly seok and find ouch homo
iu Slf1oront place, and will not quarrel NTH
~ sincerely hopo, Miss Bottio, you may b
enccoasful in NIL your aims, especially your pres
ent candidacy. Good day, ma'am."
"ThRak you; good afternoon"
=, AT the depot We mot m acquaintance who
thought he would like us to Join him in glasa
OF Rhine- vino. Wo stopped ncross to the hotoI,
and while there gentleman remarked that San
tentiont Of Schools. ''Yos' sail several, aand
VIC arc going to elect herl" "That's SO /" re-
joined half-dozon othora. Dliaa Lewis is .
church 1nomber, and the moral clnsses are oil
for her, and il aho Cats MI TINT tlout drink aud
all that do, sle'll surely DO eloctetl.
leading physician from town In tho south
part Of tho county, spontin5 OF tho cneo, gayo it
as his opinion that Miss Lowis would recoiye
parties.
Tho whole country IL looking with interest on
this pionoer instance Of American Office holding
for ladio9, and too much local prominence can
hardly 10 given to it.