The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-01-17
Judith of the Plains.
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wagons with n gait In which grace was
entirely subservient to speed: then.
with one capacious wrench Of the arms,
she loosened the spring scnt from the
wagon and bore II TO the governess
with an artless air Of triumph. II was
difficult. under these circumstances. to
explain to Mrs. Ycllett that without
that symbol Of scholastic authority. a
desk, the wagon seat was useless; new
ertheless Mary set forth with all her
, elo1uence the mission Of desk. Mrs.
Yellett was genuinely depressed. Had
she imported the magician without his
wand-Aladdln without his lamp? She
proposed n bewlldering choice an In
vertcd washtub, two buckets sustain
Ing the relatio of caryatidcs to a
board, the sheet iron cooking stove. In
mn excess OF sollcitude She even sug-
gested robbng paw Of his soap box.
Mary chose the washtub on condition
that Mrs. Yellett consented TO sacrifice
the handles in the cause of lower edu-
cation. She felt that an inverted tub
that was likely to seesaw during class
hours would tend rather to develop a
sense of humor In her pupils than to
contribute to her pedagogical dignity.
The camp, as may already have been
Inferred, enjoyed a matriarcal form
Of government. Its feminine dictator
was no exception to the race OF auto
Gratis In that she was not an absolute
stranger to the rosy byways OF self
tnI ,,ln
quality In her pleasuring perhaps not
Inconsistent In one whose daily tasks
Included sheep herding and ditch dig
cling, varied by irrigating and shearing
In their proper seasons. Under the cir
cumstances Il was not surprising that
her washtub bore about the same re-
lationship to her real duties as does
the crochet needle or embroidery hoop
to the lives of less arduously engn ged
women. II was at once her fad and
her relaxation, the dainty feminine &C.
complishment with which she wbiled
away the hours after a busy day spent
with pick and shovel or all this Mary
was ignorant when she proposed that
Mrs. Yellett saw of the tub handles
u,
Mrs. Yellett procured saw, yet the
hand that held II fingered In its descent
ON the handles. She contemplated the
tub as affectionately az Hamlet re-
garding the skull of "Alas. poor Yor.
lckw
This" she observed. sis the only
thing about camp that reminds me I'm
n woman. I'd plumb forget II many
time IL II warn't for this little tub.
The identity of woman Is mighty apt
to get mislaid when dooty compels her
to assOome the pants cast aside by the
nacheral head OF the house In sickness
or death. It's ben six years now since
paws done thing but set round and
wait for meals" Mrs. Yellett sighed
laboriously. Not that I'm holdin' It
agin him none. When man sees
eighty it's time he bedded himself
down comfortable and waited for the
nacheral course of events to weed him
out. But when the boys get old enough
to tend to hertin', irrigatIn and the
work that God Almighty provided that
man might get the chance to sweat
hisself for bread, accordin to the
Scriptures, | aim to indulge myself
by dom wash Of clothes every day,
even II | have to take clean clothes
and do 'em over again"
The poor 'gov'ment's" tender heart
could not resist this presentation of
the case.
We won't touch the handles. Mrs.
IN la nj 81
told me you had u personal sentiment
for the tub There are some things
should feel the same way about-my
hoe and rake. for Instance, that care
for my garden with at home. And that
suggests to me why not dig two little
trenches for the handles and plant the
tub? Then shall have an even firmer
foundation on which TO arrange the
the-the educational miscellany"
The suggestion of this harmless ex-
pedient was gratefully received, and
the desk duly implanted. whereupon
Mary pathetlcally sought to embellIsh
her "class room" from such scanty ma
terlals AZ happened TO be at hand A
hemstltched bureau scarf that she had
tu'htu III utT truHk III unuucStlOnlng
faith in the bureau that was to be
part OF the ranch equipment took the
raw edge" as It were. OFF the desk.
bunch of prairie flowers, flaming
cactus blossoms In scarlet and yellow.
oN eyed daisies. white clematis from
the creek, seemed none the less decora-
tive for the tin cup that held them.
The books. pencils and paper arrang
cd in decorous little piles, Miss Carml.
chael announced to her patronesS that
school was ready to open. Mrs. Yellctt,
who had never heard that IA soft voice
is an excellent thing in woman" and
whose chest notes were not unlike
those of n Durham In sustained volume
of sound. made the valley of the Wind
river echo with the summons Of the
pupils to school.
Az the pupils trOoped obediently TO
school Mary noted that they carried no
flowers TO their dear teacher, but that
Ben, the oldest pupil, twenty -one years
old, six feet four Inches In height AMI