The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
How Hilda Got a School.
NNNO0IOION 1890 O0lNNNNONDoNTN 20
By Leila H1unsell.

Mr.. Kenyon had hung up MS over
coat and cap and was standing with
his back to the fire, which Hiida haa
quickened when she heard him COM
ing She knew he would be chilled'
for It was a cold February night,
Johnston told me that there wouIa
be a change for the spring term down
here in Hazel Row" he went on. Inc
board is going 20 meet next MONDAY
he said So If you want TO try asa'n
we'd better get in your appHcaUO"
within a day or two
Mrs. Kenyon heard her husband S
question, and came in from the hlt'
chen to hear what further he might
have TO say, while the two younger
children dropped their play to listen
They were all interested in Allda S
attempt to get a school.
You could board at home if you got
that, said Mrs, Kenyon. It's only
two miles"
Mr.. Kenyon laughed. Better catch
your hare before you cook 1t. Per-
haps Hilda doesn't want even to Try
again.
Papa" cried Hilda, Indignantly,
"you know | want TO try again! But
now listen, you and mama both. And
please don't think l don't appreciate
what you have done 10 help me; but
l want TO 60 all alone this time II
l am ever going to make a teacher
must learn to depend upon myself. l
can't always have you to do things for
me. And besides, / don't blame
school board for not hiring a teacher
who hasn't grit enough to apply alone.
You know l can't say anything for my
self when you are along, papa. can
talk before a stranger lots better than
| can before you"
Il don't see why you should feel
that way, interposed Mrs Kenyon.
You surely are not afraid OF your
father"
I'm not afraid Of him in one sense,
but in another sense l am. l can't
talk to the directors reIore him as
could If | were alone. l let papa ap.
ply for me last fall, ana let him go
along twice this spring, and l haven
school yet
Mrs, Kenyon starteu TO speak, but
her husband shook his head at her Il
guess we'll have to let you have your
way this time, he said. Wen see If
you succeed any better than l did,
Hilda gave him a grateful look.
But how are you going? he asked.
Couldn't | walk? It isn't far
mo. indeed. Johnston, Of course,
is less than two miles away, but Mr..
Andrews lives four or five miles north.
east, and Smith is as far in the other
direction. You'll have twelve or four
teen miles to travel by the time you
get back home. There is too much
snow for you to walk, anyway, even
If it wasn't too far. and l can't trust
you to drive the team alone as cold as
it is"
Il can ride old selim, He's safe
enough"
Yes, he's safe enough But you will
find it pretty cold, riding so far on
horseback"
You'd better let your father take
you in the buggy, said Mrs. Kenyon
You'll freeze to death on selim."
Now, mama, pleased begged Hill
da, and her mother said no more.
Hilda had many ambitions, but the
nearest and most absorbing one was
10 get a school. Beyond that lay a
college course, and beyond that-she
hardly dared to think Of all the good
things the future might hold for her
and hers II only she might 90 to col.
lege But she knew that the money
for a college course must come from
her own efforts.
She had been a very proud girl
when her first certificate came. It was
only for a year, of course. According
to the laws Of the state, one must have
taught three months to receive a Ger.
tifcate for a longer time than that.
But her grades were high enough TO
entitle her to a second class.
The county superintendent had en-
closed a kind little note with the Ger.
tificate, and had spoken personally TO
her father, commencing her work very
highly. Hilda felt that she had a
right to be proud.
But the certificate in itself was not
worth much. Its chief value lay in the
fact that It entitled her to teach If
she could get a school! She dreamed
Of it by night and talked Of it by
day.
Her fathers announcement that