Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-04-01

She was not worth q thought. He
gathered himself for q fresh start and
wrote rapidly.
Farmers getting ratified" whis-
pered the boy on the back seat.
Richard made another mental note
and plunged on.
Time" 1t was the voice of the as
sistant
Richard dropped his pen and gath.
cred up his scattered notes. running
his eyes hastily over them. They
were enough to funk him. He could
see that at glance. He handed them
in with sullen face.
I'm half an hour the oral examina-
ton will be held in this ROOM" an
nounced the assistant in a stereotyped
voice
The boys plunged into the open.
Richard sought out the boy of the
back seat and salved his wounded
feelings by hand-to-hand measures.
You've got muscle" he said envi.
ously.
Two upper-classmen, passing, had
stopped for moment to watch the
contest. Hell have a try for the
team" said one.
They strolled on.
ITS the shoulders that count"
"Partly-and muscle"
And grit. Did you see his face!
Looked as if he was chewing iron"
Richard and the boy shook hands
and went back to the classroom The
professor was on the platform. He
had mild brown hair and a large nose,
surmounted by spectacles. He
glared through them at the hapless
youth. He had a sensitive ear for
Creek accents and the entrance exam.
nations wore on it. The assistant had
been showing him the written work
1t was very poor. His face was pre-.
pared for the worst. The oral exam.
ination would consist of reading in
the original Greek
The boys subsidized beneath his glare
and there was ominous silence
Next" growled the professor. He
surveyed Richard-his heavy shout
ders and big hands-and groaned in
wardly. He resigned himself to his
fate.
Richard struggled to his feet. His
face was red and his throat dry. The
words came with rasping hoarseness
Then the swing of the rhythm caught
him. His voice opened and deepened
and he was off on the lines. The 81
lence of the woods was about him
and the sound of the cross-cut saw
rose upon it. He swayed to it's tune
the words rolling out-rising and fall
ing to kind of heavy chant The
little. He pushed his spectacles higI
on his forehead and rubbed his great
nose. The wrinkles smoothed from
his brow and the peace of days settled
upon his face. The boy on the bach
seat nudged his neighbor. Farmers
getting there" he whispered
'H-s-h!" growled the professor
Richard came to stop, looking VI
blinkingly. He had forgotten the class
and the professor. He and Tom hat
been swaying back and forth to tn,
sound of the cross-cut saw, chanting
the deep, monotonous sounds.
The professor beamed on him.
/ faint half-scared cheer went up from
the class. The spectacles descende,
and glared at. them. Time to chez
when you are out of the woods" h
said Next"
The next youth rose and blundere
on. The hour wore away and the elias
escaped, but bruised and sore.
The professor detained Richard b
a gesture Where did you fit?" b
asked brusquely.
"At home"
"Where?"
I'm Ashton"
Massachusetts"
Yes
There's no school there"
mo, sir; studied by myself an
with an old man."
'Umph!" The spectacles regarde
him.
And did he read Greek the wa
you dor
The boys face Redeemed. Not e,
actly. We did it that way, sawin
logs-I got into the swing of it an
: forgot"
The professor leaned forward, tai
ping the Odyssey with his spectacle
), You recited Greek in the woods?"
Yes, SIR
: The professors face grew light. Fl
chuckled And we think we ca
teach them indoorsi"
rs it all right, sir?"
'All right?" growled the professo
ITS the way they did it in Greece
1000 years ago. Go home and than
your lucky stars you had somethin
besides boards over your head Will
you learned it."
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