Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-31

WSEW victim of the ingratitude of
s9MH> republics, as expressed In |
~ a direct primary in Stevens
County, Iowa. ] am on my
way to the great new West, where
/ shall seek to serve newer COM
munities where perfidy may not
be SO ingrained in the nature
of the body polite. And l shall
shun relations other than professional
ones. with persons Of youth, beauty,
charm, and feminine gender. For by
these l am a sufferer. l have with me
my notes, and to you Is given the first
hearing Of my side of case which
may become historic.
1.-THE contest is unequal" says
Epictetus, between a charming young
girl and a beginner In philosophy"
Let this be remembered when / am
blamed for the havoc wrought upon
my political educational career in
Stevens County, Iowa, by Miss Ro-
berta Lee Frayn of Tennessee. Not
that l am a beginner in philosophy
The man who, at my age, has been
elected county superintendent of
schools is no mere tyro in the field
wherein Epietetus SO distinguished
himself But neither does the WORD
charming" adequately describe Miss
Frayn unless one trace back the word
charm" to its more diabolically sig
nificant root expect to write this,
my apologize, and leave the verdict to
posterity.
No citizen Of Stevens County is like
ly to be ignorant of the manner In
which Miss Frayn was deposited In
my mothers farmyard by the wreck
ing of a railway train, or how her
grandfather. Colonel Kenton Yell
Frayn, died there in her arms and
left the young girl penniless. Judge
worthington, hereafter to be men
toned, was on the train and doubtless
assisted in extricating Miss Frayn
and her grandfather from the wreck
age. but | feel that my own efforts
were more effective than was reported.
We left the young woman in the care
of my mother, and l took the judge
with me in my buggy.
He was much distraught as we rode
along. / tried to say something IN
the way of furthering my candidacy
for the office l now hold; but he re
pulsed me.
For Gods sake, Oscar" remember
him to have said, don't try to cleo
tioneer me until / can get out of m,
mind the image of that poor youna
girl and her dying grandfather"
1 do not care to criticize the 1udici
airy. but will say that Judge Worthing
tons early promotion to the bench AMI
mis- undeniable comellness of person
have In a measure induced in him
certain arrogance.
was triumphantly elected. l wen
TO Boston and won recognition SO ia
as to be placed on the subcommitte
for the investigation OF Tone-Deafnes
in the rural schools, in the superir
tendent's section of the Nationa
Teachers Association
Feeling the growing breadth an
fulness of life returned and al
sumed my ONCE. Then 1t was that tn
Frayn episode may be said to hav
begun, In letter from my brothe
Chester, which have here. and whic
runs, using an undignifed diminutive
..Dear DC:
I'VE would like to see you Mother an
all are well. and glad you pulled through
even If you did run behind the ticket 3
Am feeding three loads OF steers, an
they are making a fine gain. Middl
kaufr's look rough. and all the feeder
think hess lose money on them. he pa
four cents for them. rms - ABOUT
the news. Can't you appoint me yo'
deputy down here to examine Miss Fray
whose grandfather got killed in th
wreck7 She wants to teach. She Is
southerner. but an awful nice lazy, az
Just as smart as one of US. She breads
20 to Pacific City to be examined, as 81
won't let ma get her hardly any clothe
She is very sensitive about money ma
tiers, and had to lie to her about Z
funds to bury her grandfather with, al
tried TO slip In $3.50 more, but she caug
me at It and cried. / win be strict al
make her write out the examinat
properly; send along the question
and the appointment.
yours truly, Chef
''P. s-Judge worthingtOn's office is
near yours. you might leave the appoir
ment and the questions In three.
Judge will bring them down. He com
down quite often now, because re ga
that the Boggses and the Worthingto
moved into Iowa in the same wag
train In early day. and he thinks
strange that that accident that Kill
Colonel Fayn should have brought I
families together again. He thinks II
Miss Frayn will make a frst-rate teach
so you need not be backward about
appointment and the questions"
Not abating one 1ot or title OF !
of1cial strictness, I informed Chest
that Miss Frayn must appear and
examined as did others in the same
ynation. Chester is an Ames man, a
a fine judger and feeder of cattle,
not fitted for responsibility in bell
letters.
Professor Dustin, an elderly a
myopic educator and the author Of
monograph on the CRUDE method.
charge of the examination when M
Frayn appeared. l found Ches
smoking a vile pipe in my lodgil
when | came home.
Say, &C." said he, this foure!
old trilobite won't do. You've got
get in here and do business yourse
Conjecturing that he meant Prof
sor Dustin, inferred that Miss Fray
papers had been rejected. A glai
justified the professor. She had gi'
Richmond as the capital Of the Uni
States. A question in physiology c
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