The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-25
Her
POST Grad
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Carbon Hill was proud Of Betty Ions
dale. Oldtimers could remember
when she vas . frecklerfaced. pig
tailed tomboy. running shout with the
rest Of the LonsdaIe brood. but that
was before Mrs. Carberry-Cranston
took the child to the city and after
many years returned her q . shining
example Of scientific education
Along with the assimilation Of SCI
entidc education Betty had lost her
freckies and her pigtailsl The former
had been replaced by = peaches-and-
cream complexion: the latter by an
elaborate couture that was the envy
Of the more simple women folk who
had absorbed the simple rudiments In
the district school and then had mar
ried and settled down to raise more
scholars for the same schools-
Mrs. Carberry-Cnnston was q fad
vocacy Of the higher education for
what she wa pleased to term the
lower classes." II Was her theory
that ~ the Indian bureau educated q
few bucks and squaws a. examples to
the rest Of their tribe. D might the
woman's rights millennium be brought
about through the liberal education of
young women from the smaller towns
Cyrus Lonsdale had been willing
enough to lend one Of his numerous
progeny to the experiment In consid-
GRAFTON Of the payment OF all her ex-
penses. and 90 Betty had been taken
away . hoyden and returned . fash
ionable young person.
Martin Stats scowled ~ he first
caught sight Of her. In the olden days
they had planned to be married when
they should be grown mp. Martin had
plodded along In his quiet way. re-
garding himself ~ still engaged to
the girl whom he fondly remembered.
When he saw the change that the
cities had wrought he grcaned to him
J self In despair. and yet. with his in
herent persistence. he preached the
subject at the earliest opportunity.
| Il s'pose I'll have to be getting the
ring now he said. Il guess you re
member that you was engaged to me
before you went away to be polished
| on"
Have you not forgotten that boy
and girl romance!" she asked with an
elaborate assumption Of superiority
that. to the man at least. masked the
yearning that lay beneath, for despite
her education and her superficial pol
| ish. Betty was still q tomboy at heart
! and even now she longed for n Of
those Ions. delightful rambles through
field and wood that she and Martin
used to take together.
Il cant forget" said Martin, sim
ply. Il was hoping that you remem
bered. too"
Il do remember" conceded Betty.
but ! also remember my mission.
You must realize that this education
was given me that I might be of use
In the community. 1t would be unfair
to my b~enefactress to settle down to
married life and sink my individuality
beneath yours
What's the Q OF knowing how far
the moon and n are from us and
who lives In Africa. II you have to live
m old maidf" scoffed Martin. There's
Ruth and Theresa and Minnie. They
all married. and married well. because
they learned how to be good house
keepers. Your mas q famous cook
and she taught the other girls. It's
better to know how to make good
bread than to know the sort OF stun
your head has been filled with"
That's where you mistake" cried
Betty. quickly. Even In the kitchen
education makes me better fitted to
meet the problems OF life. / know, for
instance. the chemistry Of breadmak-
ing. the relative nutritive value OF
the various meats and vegetables. The
science OF housekeeping 10 a Of the
most interesting studies. Mrs. Car
berry-C1nstOn has particularly Inn
pressed upon me the Importance OF
communicating to others these impor-
tant factA.
What Martin said about Mrs. Car
befry-Cnnston and her ideas does not
require repetition here.
But II Betty found learning Z satis-
factory substitute for love she did not
show Il In her manner. People re
gArded her with the awe that her cru
difion deserved. but she wa conscious
that beneath the ave was 4 good-na-
tured contempt for some Of her the
Dries Martin she saw not ct al
after that frst meeting.