The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-08-24
Her
Post Graduate
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took the child to the city e-d after
many years returned her as shining
example of scientific education.
Along with the assimilation of sci.
entifc education Betty had lost her
freckles and her pigtails. The former
had been replaced by a peaches-and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 mise more
scholars for the same schools.
Mrs. Carberry- Cranston was a fad
dist whose peculiar bent was the ad-
vocacy of the higher education for
what she was pleased l., term the
lower classes. II was her theory
that as the Indian bureau educated
few bucks and squaws as examples to
the rest of their tribe, SO 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
I enough to lend one OF his numerous
progeny to the experiment in consid
GRAFTON of the payment OF all her ex-
penses. and SO Betty had been taken
ionable young person.
Martin Stats scowled rs he first
caught sight of her In the olden days
they had planned to be married when
they should be grown up. Martin had
plodded along in his quiet way, re-
garding himself as still engaged to
the girl whom he fondly remembered
When he saw the change that the
cities had wrought he groaned to him
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. 81 guess you re-
member that you was engaged to me
before you went away to be polished
off"
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 tomboy at heart /
and even now she longed for one of
those long, delightful rambles through
field and wood that she and Martin
used to take together
Il can't 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 l might be of use
In the community 1t would be unfair
to my benefactress to settle down to
married life and sink my individuality
beneath yours
What's the use of knowing how far
the moon and sun are from us and
who lives in Africa, if you have to live
an old maids" scoffed Martin There's
Ruth and Theresa and Minnie. They i
Ill married, and married well, because
hey learned how to be good house r
keepers. Your mas a famous cook
md she taught the other girls. It's
'etter to know how to make good
'read than to know the sort of stuff
our head has been filled with"
That's where you mistake" cried
Betty, quickly. even in the kitchen
ducation makes me better fitted to |
meet the problems of life know, for a
Instance, the chemistry of breadmak- n
ng, the relative nutritive value of
he various meats and vegetables. The
CfpnNn IF oh 70 to a. l
lost interesting studies Mrs. Car Z
erry-Cranston has particularly i'm a
ressed upon me the Importance of b
to others these impor- T
ant facts r
What Martin said about Mrs. Car /,
and her ideas does not
squire repetition here ;,
But If Betty found learning a salts
lctory substitute for love she did not =
low it in her manner. People re- IL
lrded her with the awe that her cru j
ton deserved, but she was conscious Il
lat beneath the awe was a good-na- .,
red contempt for some of her the :,
lies. Martin she saw not at all -
ter that first meeting.
Then came a summons to her moth =
from one of the married daughters
I'd BETTY was left to keep house for
week. Her father was away on a
isiness trip and she was left alone
the big house. Her science of
usekeeping did not materially aid
r in her cooking. There was small er
mfort of knowing the chemistry Of III
when the product was NJ
dden and UNBEATABLE and her knowl- 90
Sc Of food values did not aid her -
transform the most nutritious food ~
o the most appetizing. Before the az
d of the week she was hungry, dys- WI
ptic and utterly worn out IL
Martin found her weeping In the %
chen and took her in his great. he
ong arms to comfort her m;
Mother thought perhaps you'd like cls
come over to supper for company's an
re" he said when at last the tears -
subsidized. she didn't know it -.
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