The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-16

onel not voted the result would have been
a tie.
The colonel and Mr.. Lorraine walked
home together.
"Mr. Lorraine" said the colonel after a
few steps. 40 YOU remember in the play
OF the Merchant of Venice, that when
BdSsdniO, already in AntOnio'S debt, came
TO borrow more money he excused it by
saying that in his boyhood, when he lost
an arrow he risked another shot in the
same way and by watching its fall he often
found BOTH"
Yes"
"Wel, Mr.. Lorraine, | am Bdssanio and
you are Ant0nio, | am in your debt. VIII
you shoot one more arrow"
And l remember" said Mr.. Lorraine,
"that AHtOniO came near losing pound of
his flesh for going on that security"
"AIr. Lorraine, | owe Won $1,000. / have
nearly fifteen hundred thousand pounds
of cheese and butter on hand. Ii | am
obliged 10 sell now, il Will break the mar
ket and ruin me. My only salvation Is to
hold every pound OF It and keep up tho
price. Two thousand cash will tide me
over" s:ss-e
~ am sorry, colonel" said his COM
panion grayely. but cannot let you have
II. You must get il elsewhere
When the colonel told his wife of the
serious position he was in that night, he
regretted that he had gone near that school
meeting. for he had no idea but that Mr..
Lorraine had denied him on account OF
that deciding vote. for il was generally
understood that Mr. Lorraine kept always a
large sum OF money in the bank. His wife
thought of those unfortunate murdered
chickens, and in her own mind laid it to
that, but prudenty did not say anything
about them 10 her husband.
Perhaps both were partly right, perhaps
both were wrong. for 1t may be that Mr..
Lorraine did not have the cash TO spare.
That Is point that the reader will have
to decide for himself, for the writer of this
history never cared TO press MIR. Lorraine
with the question.
Squire Warren walked home with
Stubby, and thanked him for Laura, and
praised his valor, and delighted the bow
by telling him of the gun he had ordered
for him. Then he spoke of the school
meeting. Ira" he said, you are too
young TO fully understand the Importance
OF it now. Mr.. Lorraine. when he argued
against a free higher education, and re-
ferring to the schools OF hundred years
ago, did not take into account the vast
difference between tho needs
OF our country then and now.
Civilization has made great strides
since then. WHY, George Washington
was no better speler than you are 20
The squire didn't mean TO state an IN
truth, but he really couldn't have been
acquainted with Ira's peculiar spelling or
he would have made different cOmpari-
SON. His papers and letters prove il.
But in regard TO free schools Ira, you will
see when you grow older that n govern
ment like ours must have an educated. in
telligent people to support II, or il will fall
to pieces. Ignorant or lliterate men with
their power to vote and make and
unmake laws would be so bam-
boozled and led astray by demagogues
and political tricksteIs that il would result
in anarchv-that ia, no law at all-every
man for himself. Therefore it is right to
tax property for that purpose, for what
| good would our property be if government
were destroyed? So every dollar spent by
owners OF property in the education of
the people is so many dollars spent in
| preserving the value OF their property.
wish that the women taxpayers could see
il in that light. As it is, they think they
are being defrauded. am sorry it was SO
| close a vote. / wish the OLD shell would
| idil lus biiCu VIC Ca pCi4oC VI tllc ACh Oslc
wouldn't be felt so much To stop this
bitter feeling | would willingly give Sl0C
out OF my own pocket if it would burn
up"
An hour or two later Squire Warren and
Ira Davies were both awakened out OF a
sound sleep by cries of fire and the rehec
ton OF red flames on the walls OF theil
| rooms. Each sprang to his window anC
discovered that the old school house was
burning; and the last words of the squire
when he parted from ira came to then
both: II would willingly give hundred
dollars out OF my own pocket if it would
burn up"
And the same question arose in the
minds of the man and boy, did that fire
catch from the old stove or was il incen
| diary ?"