The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-10-18

TN A PART of the country where
the teacher is still credited with
vast mental range and encyclopedia
acknowledgement is not regarded as
harmless drudge-there lived and
conducted classes" long, raw-boned
mountaineer named Hill. He was a
man of amazing industry and pos
.sessed of diplomas of learning, but he
retained in rich luxuriance the I'M
pruned coloquial speech of his native
mountains-a speech which took gro
tesque liberties with grammar and
idiom.
Now this Hill was, among other
things, a great hand for the gals"
as he elegantly phrased it, and in
their company he took satisfaction
which overfowed in grins and cackles
and uncouth compliments. Even here,
however, he had, like Washington IT.
wings immortal Ichabod Crane
whom, in general, he rather closely
resembled-an eye upon the practical
side of things. In short, he was apt
to look with special favor upon young
women who were blessed with rich
fathers.
Now, in the same region in which
this schoolmaster held sway lived a
gentleman who undertook to supply
the community with the local news in
weekly installments, and, to that
end, maintained plant consisting OF
"a hand press of respectable age and
an Office force of one compositor.
Naturally Mr.. Harris, the editor,
was man in high consideration; no
political or social function was COM
plete without him. Naturally, also,
Mr.. Hill, the schoolmaster, was a
person of equal, if not superior con-
.sideration, and likewise in much de-
mand for all manner of festivities.
Both gentlemen went at least as
.cheerfully as they were bid-and
neither ever missed one of these de-
lightful dances which were a feature
of Wauhatchie society. Both the
editor and the schoolmaster danced
vilely-and each regarded his own ca
pers with much complacency. These
facts are interesting but not essen
tial; the point is that both the editor
and the schoolmaster, by chance,
fixed their affections upon the same
lady-a local heiress. At first good
friends, they presently began to look
at each other out of the corners OF
their eyes and then settled down to
"A deadly rivalry marked by an un.
compromising attitude OF mutual
.scorn-a scorn which neither took
the pains to hide.
The lady in the case was not wiser
or more beautiful than the general
run of girls, but she had the astute.
ness which belongs to her sex, and
ahc held the balance so true between
the two rivals that neither could
claim any long-continued advantages.
1t so happened that the learned Mr.
Hill had as assistant harmless
drudge who, as is the way OF some
foolish schoolmasters, set his boys
to write compositions, many and
long, and Mr.. Harris, as befitted
public-spirited editor, offered prize
for the best composition on matter
of public interest" written by
pupil of the school in which thu
whole town of Wauhatchie tool
pride. But, because he hated MIR
Hill, Mr.. Harris stipulated that thu
editor was to be the sole arbiter O.
merit. These compositions on mat
-ters of public interest" were dul,
written, doubtless with much pain
full thought>and more chewing of thu
tops of innocent penholders on thu
part of the youthful authors. tn,
results Of their labors were handle,
to the editor, and the editor awarded
his prize-a years subscription t.
The Wauhatchie News. Further, h
published the prize essay in his col
umns. This juvenile scrawl was no
remarkable in any special way, blu
it was outspoken about matter o
local politics which was at that tim
making bad blood. What was worse
the youngster who wrote it--a pug
( macious youth--had ventured to as
sumo position which did not at al
agree with the stand which tn
schoolmaster had judged 1t wis'
TO take on the same subject. Read