Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-30
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prDach of oStentation. ln those days there were no schools i'll that portion of tle Wind river country where tHe YeiIetts grazed their tlocks and herds. Parents anxious to obtain "edEcatlOn- al 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 eouivocal nature of the blessing thus conferred to visit friends in the neigh boring towns while they "got their ed ucation,'' 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 neighbory precedent except sturdy Sarah Yellett.
 Old Sally. in her eagerness to con- vey that she was in no degree i'm pressed with the pedagogical fmporta- tion. like many another belligerent. lost the first round of the battle through an excess of personal feeling. but. though down. Sally was by no means out and after brief session with the snuff brush she returned to the field prepared to maintain that the Yellett children. for all their pamperfng in the matter of having a 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 lookn' over her p'ints I've ben takin' her in durin' supper. an she'll never be able to thrash lem past Clem. She mought be able to thrash Clem if she got plumb mad. These yere slim wim- min is tarrible wiry an active at such times. but she'll never be able to thrash vitrio!ic drop in her neighboras cup of happiness. old Sally struck gait on her chair which was the equivalent of gallop.
 "I 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. If other folks would only take out their public spirit ed reformin' tendencies on their own families there'd be 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 fine thrasher in the bar ga;n?' She swung the chair about With pivotal motion, as if she were addressing an assemblage instead of single listener and then, bethinkng herself of clinching illustration, she called aloud to her daughter to bear witness 'Eudory, Eu-do-ry! You do-ry.'
 Yes, ma'am," drawled the daugh- ter, coming most unwillingly from the open faced room opposite, where she had been melting all four of the suitors to battle.
 What was it they called that teach CT down to Caspar that larruped the hide otf'n the boys?"
 "A fine dis-a- ply marian, maw.'
 "Yes. that's it-a dis-a-ply-narian. What kin lett.e green gourd like her know bout dis-apply-n'
 Your remarks shore remind me of a sayin that the discomfort of havin' to swallow other folks dust causes heap of anxiety over their reckless driyin'.'"
 Mary Carmichael in one of the inner rooms. was writing home letter, which was chiefly remarkable for what it failed to relate. It gave long ac- tic over the future of the country, but the adventures of the trip. with her incidental acquaintance with the Daxes and Chugg were not recorded. Flu dora announced the arrival of Mrs Yellett, and Mary. at the news. dropped the contents of her portfolio and start. ed up with much the feeling ma rooned sailor might have on hearing sail has been sig'"ed. At this par ticular stage of her career Miss Car F. .clael had not developed the philos opsy that later in life was destined to ecome her most valuable asset. Her sense Of hanor no longer responded |. the vag.,;'ies of pioneer life. T,!t fomedy element was coming q little t,,o t,4ck and fat She was gc7; T :, bit l.aartsick for a glimpse of her { ,fn knd I word with some one whn s,sA,le her language. And here. ut last ' s.:, the Wol..aii WIG had written S,,V. 5 charming letter. w,:a had so graciou iy intitnated that there w2s "oonl f. t-er at the hoarth&tane. Mary was. in deed. eager D make the acquaintance of Mrs. 3eilett.
 To the end of her life she never for got that first meeting-the perfect COL 7ence With which she followed E,i- | "a to the open room. the ensuing blank amaZeMent the utter inability to reconcile the Mrs. Iellett of the let, tor with the Mrs. Yellett of fact. Tn
 anp on the table. burning feebiy seemed to burst into a thousand shoet- ing stars as the girl struggled Wit. Ter tears. Home was so far and Ai"s Yellett was so different from what she had expected. And yet. as she felt her fingers crush in the grip o' that hard but not unkindly haad. the"c was in the woman'S rugged pe.&ona.-