La Junta tribune., 1905-02-25

RAN + ALL isoperimetrc triAh-
gies having the same base.
the isosceles triangle Is the
maximum. Pshaw! Did ever any
one hear such nonsense! What good
is it all. anyway. The cat Of Bu-
hastes' is ever 50 much more inter
esting, and not half 20 hard on ones
brains; 50 I'll take The Cat and
leave these isoperimetric triangles
whatever. they are-tO Professor
Mills and the rest Of the class"
Kathie Williams dropped her ge-
ometry upon the porch floor. and.
drawing her storybook from be
meath her hammock pillow. proceed
ed to enjoy herself in her favorite
fashion. She had gotten deep
enough into her story TO forget all
about the poor geometry lesson
upon the floor. when the rattle Of
wheels and the sound Of merry
voices caused her to raise her eyes
from her book. Instantly The Cat
Of Bubastes" followed the geometry
to the floor. a. Kathie -spran9 from
the hammock. for before the gate
stood q tallyho drawn by four
spirited horses and filed with a
crowd Of Kathie's favorite school
mates. Cassie Brown. her 'chum.
was fastening up the walk. and at
at sight Of Kathie cried:
Get your jacket and hat. Pro
fessor Mills 10 going to take our
geometry class to the end Of the
world as q reward Of de-merit. :"
Kathie gave = gasp Of surprise.
Where in the worla'-she be
gan, but Cassie interrupted her:
Where in the world is the end of
the world? Why. at the end. of
course. Now run along. like the
good little girl you are. and get
your jacket md hat"
A chorus Of calls from the merry
crowd in the tallyhO gave emphasis
to Cassie's words SO in q very few
minutes Kathie joined the gay party
and they were whirliRg away.
Acroo town to the street that led
to the bridge over the arroyo. out
through the west part of the town.
they went.
..Where in the world"-began be- (,
wildered Kathie. and second time
C>-;~ s~x>~-sct~N.
There you 70 again! Girls.
Kathie wants to know where IN the
world il the END Of the world"
"A circle has no end" vOlun-
teered one.
1T il the point Of contact BE-
tween a circle and = tangent" said
smother.
1T is where you think you are
when Professor Mills says you failed
70 pass in Book Four" suggested .
} third.
Professor Mills. where are we
going anyway" called a chorus Of
voices.
The professor looked back from
his seat beside the driver. and
laughed.
'You will see when we get there.
he nid. whereat they al laughed
merrily and began to chatter Of
other themes.
At the railroad west Of town the
driver turned his horses and took
the road that followed the path
Of the shining rails to the south
west.
mo wonder he says we are going
Ito the end Of the world" said Cas-
ne. I'VE drove out this roed last
summer for miles. and it leads to
nowhese. There are no houses. and
the faftAsr you 20 the more desc
late il i. When you pes around
the hill and get out Of sight Of town
there i nothing but the prairie.
covered with nge-brssh and Russian
thistles, and no living thing but
peairie-dogs and owls. And it seems
to 10 On forever"
Rewards Of DE-nExlr don't usu-
ally take people into pseesnnt
paaces," suggested one Of the girls
II begin to feel the weight of my
shorteumings alrendy," nid Kathie
With msck sosemnity. NY geom-
etry = lyine On the floor under Tie
!. CIT of Bubastes' tn minute"
IF ssmehody would write geom-
EA- - = senrv Kafhie would have