Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-08

JONl non Ilacet WFUte tue Teu- headed girl In the back seat of the wide. oblong school-room. Harrison Jenkins. the presiding genius of the place, stood scowllng behind his desk. struggling with the class in Latin. These young boys and girls, who look ed 9ityingly up to hls dark face. were struggling with the verb sum-"
 The lesson had been poorly prepared and the Issue of thundcrbolts was soon expected to shower from this pedagog ical Olympus At last 1t came.
 Mir Jenkins brought his fist down upon the plain deal board with q thump that awose everF languid mind in the room. ''ls this what you come to school for?'' he began. us If address iug jury. "Is this the way you use one of the most precious gifts that God has given to you? Here you are, whole class of bright boys and girls. with brains enough to do anything you desire In this great world. throwing away the greatest opportunity of your lives. If tLis was an institution for weak minded children l would have some compassion for you. But your faces are all bright and your eyes are clear and yet yuu will come 10 me with such lesson as this,' Mr. Jcn- kins punctuated every sentence with that echolng thump on the desk which carried conviction and modification to the minds of each boy and girl before him.
 It was then that the rcd-headed girl on the back seat wrote "Ioyi non placet" f'It Is not pleasing to Jupiter.
 Geraldine Cotiin was MT. Jenkins pride. He had no fayOrites; at least, such never appealed h the little com monwealth which he held in the hol- low of his hand. But in Geraldine he was intensely interested, and he often found h her his greatest irritation. While Air. Jenkins held the whole of his fifty odd young spirits In the hoi- low Of his hand. the red-headed girl was the one person he was not quite sure of. Geraldine had given him the name of jupiter and IL iitfrd so well that it was at once adopted by a! his subjects.
 "Nhen he pounds his desk and that great shaggy head shakes so, and his blue eyes flash. all l can think of Is Jupiter sending thunderbolts to earth and ID this remark Geraldine had chrstened him. Many times he had thought he had heard the name of Jupi- ter Jenkins. but he had never been able to capture one of these erring mortals Of course. he knew he was called Jupi- ter-he had been told so by admiring parents, who knew he would be pleas ed. and he was.
 But it was with the red-headed girl that this story Is chiefly concerned She was the only human problem that Jupiter Jenkins could not solve Ger aldine Coffin had been an inmate of the schoolrooln only few days when MT. Jenkins discovered that she possessed an unusual mind. He laid his plans to make the most he could of her. He was accustomed to use the parable of the talents in the schoolroom. and to say that to whom much was given much would be required. The getting oi itHSphs' was ttiA 'ai7S Ahd'itl Np NFGl- aldine Coffin. She not only learned them. but the truths and principles were digested and sank into her mind. clearly understood and stored away, until the day which would call them into use.
 Jupiter Jenkins was accustomed to say that hardly more than one child in twenty really digested knowledge.
 He had come to complain to Geral- dimes mother that her daughter some times failed in her lessons. and that 1t was inexcusable in one who had such a mind "I have come to tell you this, Mrs. Coffin. when I would not take the trouble to inform another mother, for this reason and 1t alone: Geraldine has an unusual mind, and she can make anything she pleases of herself. If she knows you and l are one in this mat ter, she will not care to trouble us by neglecting to get her lessons
 Geraldine's mother was as much fiat tered as any other woman would be, and, of course, Jupiter Jenkins was up- held. Thus he dealt with Geraldine. conscious of his power. He endeavored