The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
quick. She can learn anything without

quick she can learn anything without
half trying.
We'll one day Mr.. Gillespie came to
visit the school. He lives in New York
but he comes trotting back there every
little while to visit because it's his old
home They say he's worth s., 900 000
He looks like it; q real jolly old fellow
sort Of red in the face, and with white
side whiskers.
He came TO visit the SHOOT, and Pro-
fesscr Morse. the principal, invited him
TO speak TO US. He looked us all over
real smiling and benevolent. and he told
US how he grew up in that town, and
Weant to school there, and how many
valuable lessons he'd learned, lessons
OF industry and honesty and persever-
ance. Same old thing they always say
you know. Tom Barlow said it would
have been more to the point if he'd told
Us fellows how ned made his three mil
lions.
But Mr.. Gillespie warmed up. and he
said he'd like to make d proposition, if
Professor Morse had no objections; a
small offer. He said small, but he
offered a prize of $25 to that member
of each class who should make the
highest marks in the next examina-
lions.
THAT was S1OO We all cheered. and
Professor Morse looked pleased. and
Mr.. Gillespie said he should be greatly
interested TO know to whom the sums
were awarded, and we cheered some
more.
Y said to Cis Coleman the next day:
ITS q foregone conclusion who gets the
prize in oUr class. It will be you or
Felix Hoyt.::
ct won't be. Felix Hoyt," said Cis;
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"Fll tell you why I want it,'said
she. Because. when I told papa about
1t he said he hoped I'd take the prize;
and then he thought a minute. and he
said he'd give me a nice horse and sad
die If I did. He said Mr.. Gillespie is his.
old friend and he'd like TO have him
know he'd got a daughter smart enough
TO take his prize.
so you see said Cis, 7 don't want
TO disappoint papa and disgrace him,
and I do want that horse. And 1 mean
TO have it,
Did she get it?" said the bicycle
girl eagerly.
"Don'tteIil Don't tell" said the boy
with the golf stockings.
1T looked as if she would" said |
Hugh Rogers, for she began to dig |
actually. So did the whole high school, |
about that time, and they kept it up |
right up to examination time.
well the examinations came on, and |
what do you think? Cts Coleman and |
Felix Hoyt We're tied-both got 98 for an
average; 9S,
.Of- course. we'd all known it would |
be Cts or Felix, but we hadn't thought !
of their avera ging up just the same. |
One Of the boys got the highest marks
in the first class, and girl in the third:
but the second class was in the same
fix as hours. Frank Bedell and Clara
Haight had both got %.
professor Morse thought of a plan
OF course. there'd got to be some sort
OF a new examination for the four of
them TO decide it, and the professor
suggested giving them a short one in
Latin and algebra, and having it oral.
He'd invited Mr. Gillespie down from
the city to present the prizes a week
from the next Friday afternoon, and he
was going to arrange some speeches and
music. and he asked Cis and Felix and
Frank and Clara to let him conduct the
examinations that afternoon. He SAID
it would give Mr.. Gillespie good idea
of the work those two classes had done
and interest BIN exceedingly"
..Goodnesst' said the bicycle girl
That's what we all said. Tom Barlow
called them the four lambs that were
going 10 be sacrificed on the altar. ana
he pretended to weep over them. All the
same. we'd any Of US have been glad TO
be in their shoes. We knew thai. be-
sides wanting to give Mr.. Gillespie his
1rfone's worth as somebody put it. the
professor was anxious to show off four
Of the finest scholars in school. and 1t
was a big honor, 40 matter who came
orr ahead.
81 told Cts what I'd lleard-that Felix
Hoyt was bound to get the prize. and
that some fellows said he wanted it to
help his father out with some debt and
some said he wanted it to buy mems
with. because he'd heard there was I
monez in hens.