The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-30

across lunpish inequalities of prairie
oyergrowu with cactus stumps and
clumps OF sagebrush. From the buck
board stepped a figure whose agility
was compatible with her driving.
No sketchy outline can do Justice 10
Mrs Iellett or her costume. Like the
bee. The ant and Other wonders OF the
economy Of nature. she was not to be
disposed Of with n glance And yet
there was no attempt at subtlety on
her part. On the contrary, no one could
have an appearance of greater candor
tlian the lady whose children Mary
Csrmichael had come west to teach.
Her costume was u thing apart, sug.
costing neither sex, epoch nor personal
vanity, but what II lacked of these
more usual sar'torinl characteristics IL
more than made up in passionate in
dividualism--an excessively short skirt.
so Innocent of fit or hang I'm Its
wavering. lndeterminate outline as to
suggest the possible workmanship Of
teeth rather than of scissors. and rid
ing boots coming well to the knee, dis.
playing well shaped, ample foot,
perched aloft on the usual high heel
that COW punchers affect az the ex.
preston of their chiefest vanity. But
Mrs. Iellett was not wholly mannish
In her tastes. and to Offset the boots
she wore II bodice of the type that a
generation ago used TO be known rs n
basque"
Such n garb was not, after all. in
congru0us with this original ladys
weather beaten face Her skin was
tanned TO n fine russell, showing tiny.
radiating lines about the eyes when
they twinklcd with laughter. which
, was often No individual feature was
especially striking, but the general I'm
preston Of her countenance was of ami
nation and activity, mingled with
genialty and with native shrewdness.
"HOwdy. Aiiz Yellett," called out old
Sally, hltchIng her rocker forward In
an excitement she could III conceal
"You uns gov'ment come, an she
amt much bigger'n lettle green
gourd. Don't seem to have drawed all
the growth comm to her yit."
In roundup up the p'ints of my
gov'ment. Mis- Rodney, you don't want
to forget that green gourds and green
grapes Is mighty apt to belong to the
sour family, when they hangs beyant
your REACH
"Ai-yi!' grlmaced old Sally. IT'S
torable far to send east for green
fruit. We can take our own pep mint"
The prospective advent of govern
ess In the Yellett family-moreove
one from that mysterious center of
culture. the eastAhad not only rent the
neighborhood with bitter factions, but
had submitted the Yelletts to the re-
proach Of ostentatlon. In those days
there We're no schools In that portion
Of the Wind river country where the
Yelletts grazcd their fiocks and herds.
Parents anxious to obtain Education
nj advantages"--that was the term, ir-
respective of the age of the student
or the school he attended-sent them
often with parental blindness as to the
cquivocal nature of the blessing thus
conferred to visit friends in the neigh
boring towns while they got their ed.
ucati0n." or they went uneducated,
or they picked up such crumbs of
knowledge as fell from the scant pa
rental board, but never. up to- the
present moment. had any one flown
into the face of nelghborly precedent
except sturdy Sarah Yeliett.
Old Sally, in her eagerness to con.
vey that she was I'm no degree i'm
pressed with the pedagogical importa-
tion, like many another belligerent. lost
the first round of the battle through
an excess OF personal feeling. hut,
though down. Sally was by no means
out, and after brief session with the
snuff brush she returned to the field
prepared 10 maintain that the Yellett
children, for all their pampering In
the matter of having governess i'm.
ported for their benefit were no better
Off than her own brood who had taken
the learning the gods provided.
TOO bad, Mig Yellett, that you uns
had to hire that gov'ment without
lookln' over her p'ints. I've ben takln'
her in durln' supper, an she'll never
be able to thrash 'em past Glen. She
Wrought be able TO thrash Glenn II she
got plumb mad. These we're slim vim
min is tarrible wiry an active at such
times. but she'll never be able to thrash
beyant her." And, having injected the
vitriolic drop In her neighbours cup of
happiness, old Sally struck a gait OH
her chair which was the equivalent OF
Il gailop.
II reckon l can thrash my own chill |
dren when it's needed without gettin' |
In help from the east. or hereabouts |
either. for that matter IL other folks |
would only take out their public spirit |
ed reformln' tendencies on their own |
families thered be a heap less lynchin'
likely TO happen round the country In
the course Of the next ten years"
Old Sally let the home thrust pass
who ever hearn tell of a good teacher
that wasn't a fine thrasher In the bar.
gainr She swung the chair about
with pivotal motion, as II she We're
an assemblage instead OF
a single listener, and then, bethinking