The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-10
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There Is no definite connection to.
day between a college education and
money making. the higher education
having become only essential to the
professions. It is nothing unusual to
find a graduate" punching cattle or
stunning piano in a western dance
house or even dealing faro. As to the
girls. a college education makes them
more self reliant, more daring, and
they are beginning on leaving college
to take their chances with the men in
novel enterprises.
Everett Avery on being graduated
delivered an grafton. The senior class
from neighboring women's college
attended the exercises, and while
Avery was speaking his attention was
attracted to dark haired and eyed
girl with strongly marked face who
was listening to him. A few days
later he attended the commencement
exercises of the women's college re-
ferred to and sat looking up with in
terest at the girl who had favored him
with her attention.
Avery proved to be one Of the men
who find that higher education
doesn't always bring success. After
trying a number Of occupations and
finding that his education had inspired
him with contempt for all of them
he made up his mind that success IS
gamble and he would as lief gamble
with his pick as a prospector for mines
as in any other way. Five years after
Grating on the influences of Greek
civilization on modern university life
he was twenty feet down in a hole In
Colorado hunting for gold.
Rather, he was hunting for more
gold. He had struck vein that prom
ised something and was following 1t
up. It opened well as he went down,
but the widening seemed rather to lead
to the western side of bis claim. After
following it to his line he knocked of
and went away to put In a claim for
the adjoining property. He was too
late. The land had long ago been taken
up. After having been away from his
mine for some time he returned to 1t
to find hole on the claim he had been
after. A good deal Of dirt had been
taken out, but not enough to show that
the claim was being worked by more
than one person.
Avery went to work again. following
his lead" down, since he had reached
his limit to the west. One day he dis
tinctly heard the sound of a pick III
that direction. His neighbor had evil
IDENTIFY struck the vein he had discov-
cred. Suddenly something gave way,
and the whole west side of the mine
slid down. q mass of loose dirt. There
stood his neighbor. To Avery's aston
ishment the miner was woman,
though she wore high top boots and a
skirt to her knees. The two stood star.
ing at each other by the dim light Of
their lanterns.
"Your face is familiar to me-" was
the first remark. Avery made 1t.
II remember you perfectly" replied
the neighbor. where have we metz"
1Ou WcIc SpcuhllS VI Tic 1uuUGuCe
Of Greek civilization on
BLAST the Greeksl If they had never
existed perhaps I wouldn't be here.
might have spent the time learning
something practical. BY the way, your
own grafton impressed me. You were
dilating on the future of woman in our
government, believe"
1T doesn't look as if l am to govern
anybody down here, does it,"
mot unless you govern me. But, tell
me, how in the world did you ever hap
pen to come here?"
"After graduation I became stenog-
rapher and typewriter. Father came
out here and entered several claims.
He died, and I came out to look over
what he had. I was advised to have
this claim examined. That meant If
there was anything in 1t would be
cheated out Of it. concluded to do 1t
myself"
HIN! You've run into my claim"
"You mean you've run into mine."
Hadn't you better go back east and
follow up the points made in your
graduating speech-go into politics
and leave this thing to me to handle
for both of us?"
II like that! You might go abroad
and study up on the ancient Greeks in
fluence on modern university life. Your
college might give you professorship
on that
"Or some other subject of no prac-
tical use. Thanks, no. I'd rather dig
dirt. In that feel I'm doing some.
thing"
'I'd rather govern the country, adj
NIT, but even woman suffrage doesn't
seem to make quick Roadway, and I'm
afraid I'll be an old woman before I'll
be eligible to governing Office"
"And even then you'd he defeated by
younger one"
Fright you are"
"Weu, let's come to an understand
ing. Five years In the world have
knocked the nonsense out of both Of
US. These two mines must be united.
I'll sell to you If you want to buy"
mo funds I'll sell to you"
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