Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-10-10

will find out all about it in due time:
and is it raght to experiment with the
littlest ones? I'D wheiah shall OBJ
tain the liquoh fob the demonstra-.
tions?"
I felt strangely. overcome at this
astounding speech. by an indescribable
mixture of tender solicitude for her
welfare. and horror at her fearful mis-
take; but reproyed her for testing
at the vice of drinking.
'sVice!" said she, with a bubbling
laugh. why, down home veal re-
gyahd 1t as an accomplishment! But
All reckon you ah jOkin' about teach
in 1t. Youah. jokes and use of the
lettah ali ali things All shall nevah
get used to. Aim afraid; but Ah'm
glad you don't mean that about the
drinkin'"
Despairing Of making her under
stand, I left her. again conscious of be-
ing under occult and abnormal control.
was astonished to see in the school
several large boys who must have been
greatly needed in the fields. They
looked at one another sheepishly as /
came in, but most of the time they
gazed at the teacher, rather than at
their books. Not having the gift of
prophecy, could not see in their pres
ence the cloud that would soon over
shadow my Official life. : took their
attendance as proof of the popularity
Of &h0 11h II ID SnA v,1{
piers, and sought calm of spirit.
Learning from Epictetus that the
earthen pitcher and the rock do not
agree, and from Lubbock that love at
first sight is thought by great minds
actually to occur, / re-eXamined my
| abnormal psychic symptoms in Miss
Frayn's presence, and prudently re-
Trained from seeking her society. Poise
alone makes possible consistent ca
reer, and this had in large measure
| reconquered, when, like bolt from
the blHe-or at least with much
abruptness-into my quiet office burst
a committee from the Teal Lake
Township School Board, accompanied
by a number of patrons of the Boggs
school-all old neighbors OF ours
headed by the defeated Mr.. Elizur Mid
dlekauff This could mean but one
| thing Frayn! The rebel inva-
| sion was at the door.
"Mr. MiddIekauff," said one, lis the
spokesman"
We've got a grievance" said Mr..
| Middlekauff, "a whale of grievance
in our deestrict; and we've come right
to the power-house to fix it. Z
"It shall command my most careful
consideration said /. please state
the case"
''That ere railroad wreck said Mr..
Middlekauff, who was a very fCrcible
speaker at caucuses, "let loose on our
people g. scourge in caliker more pesti-
| lential than the Huns and Vandals. We
come to you as clothed with a little
brief authority, an accessory after
the fact to this scourge business.
II FAIL" said /, ito catch your mean
ing
Il mean" said he, growing loud,
| chat peaches-an'- cream invader from
| the states lately in rebellion that
you've give stiffkit, an your brother
Chef by stratagems an spiles has got
himself elected an put into our school.
| That's what meant"
81 infer" said I, "some implied stric-
lures upon the character or school
management or educational qualifica-
lions of Miss Roberta Lee Frayn."
"W'l you infer surprisingly clus to the
TRUTH" replied Mr.. Middlekauff often
sively. Were a-complainin' of this
schoolma am with the rebil name; and
of her onrivaled facilities FIR spreadin'
treason an emotional insanity! Try
to git that through your HART"
| Like lightning a course of policy
| occurred to me.
care the defendant" said I, looking
them over, land Mr.. Boggs, the di-
| rector, among your numbers?'
"No," said Mr.. Middlekauff. "This
! is kinder informal An besides, we'd
crawl out right where we went in it
she was here. tell you she's a--a--
irresistible force"
at is elementary" said /, that no
ex parte investigation can have any
validity
Now, see here, DC Boggs!" Kissed
he, 81 don't take any high-an' mighty
stand-off from lunkhead that's stole
my melons when he was kid! You'll
hear this complaint, see?"
l did not weaken, but | allowed his
standing in the community and party
! to outweigh offensive orthoepy, rhet-
ORIG, and manners. Unofficially, i
took down the complaint, reserving
my ruling AS the horrid tale was told
grew sick at the problem before me.
| I CLEAN the details of the situation
from my notes:
Miss Frayn (all these things are set
down as asserted) had assigned Will
liam Middlekauff, whose father was
member of the G. A. R., the Confeder-
ate side of debate on the compara-
| tive greatness of Washington and Rob-
ert E. Lee, and had said: She reck-
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