Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-30
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teacher, but there's too many big words

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teacher, but there's too many big words
in it,"
He found that his disguise was civ
ing him an assurance which he had
never before felt in the presence Of q
girl. To be walking and talking with
two young ladies without his custom
airy sense of constralnt was indeed a
novel experience-and withal a highly
agreeable one.
"Teacher?" questioned Georgiana
'"The district school teacher? But it
Is vacation now"
"She boarded at our place and let
'em there over the summer" said Pc
ter, developing talent for fiction
which, If properly utilized, he felt
might make his fame.
"How much of it have you read!'
asked Georgiana, looking at him
kindly.
Och, 1 went to sleep the first couple
pages already"
"That may be because Of your head
| ache" she said encouragingly. She
longed to discover diamond In the
rough in Peter.
81 will lend you this" said Daisy
patronizingly, holding up the book she
carried. MY uncle thought it would
i be good mental discipline for me to
read it, but-well haven't finished It,
but no matter Keep 1t as long as you
like, Peter, l won't be selfish"
Peter received the book and read the
title laboriously, like small boy spell
ing out his words, Some Facts About
the Great Back Boned Family" what
fur a family's that?" he asked.
Don't ask me. Read it yourself"
He handed it back to her. Gimme
an interestin' story and I'll read It,"
peter" Daisy gtavely admonished
prove your mind?"
81 know enough to get along. What's
the use of bothern' your mind with
more'n that?'
| Daisy sighed with undisguised sym
pathy.
81 can understand, Peter" said Geor-
| giana thoughtfully, your preference
for fiction rather than for statistical,
scientific work like that. No doubt
you feel without fully compromising
| it the more inward Significance Of fam
cies that emboly spiritual truths than
4 of isolated hard facts about the Back
Boned family which lead nowhere"
Snow" unused Kinross. that wouldn't
/ be so bad If she weren't talking to a
\ farmland. If only she didn't give
herself over so entirely to her little
pose of being superior" he thought
ruefully, "she might be very attrac-
tive-she's SO tremendously good look-
ing. wonder what she would be like
If she dropped it."
Pete" said Daisy, lone of these
days I want you to hire Abes horse
and buggy from him and take me for
drive and show me the country, will
you? OF course I'll pay the price.
Abe's so tight across the chest he'd
never give it to us for nothing"
"Oh, Daisy" gently protested Geor-
giana, what an expression! Instead
Of trying to give these people higher
standards you would debase their
taste with your low-yes, low-slang."
Economical" Daisy corrected her
self. "Abe's 80 economical, / mean.
VIII you take me driving, Pete?" she
asked ingratiatingly.
i Instead Of looking gratified, as she
expected him to do, Peter appeared
rather daunted at the prospect
ooh, Pete" Daisy reassured him,
'.you needn't mind me. Now, II 1t
were Miss Ellery that asked You you
might be scared white!"
you see," Pete explained APOLOGIZE
cally, "us we're SO common out here
towards what yous are-no wonder
/ If body felt funny talSin' one Of yous
buggy ridin'. Us we don't know moth
) in but to sleep and feed our faces"
"1f you will make yourself worthy
of better things, Peter. they will come
to you" said Georgiana earnestly.
"All the good things Of the universe
come to him who is ready for them"
Good things? What. now, would
you call good things?" he asked curl
ously.
Love, for instance" said Georgiana,