The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-06

Robert tainted when the silence be-
came unbearabIe. See here, I'll bet
you haven't got an onion in your row
as big as that"
Maybe not" Ruth retorted. but
/ soon will have II you don't do
better job of wedding"
When they neared the end OF the
field Robert stood up and looked
beaten. He took of his hat and be-
gan to mop his heated forehead.
"Whew! Who knew this was here"
and he viewed the weedy rows.
That's what fellow always gets
when he tries to cheat somebody
else" remarked Ruth with the su-
perior air Of one who has been justi-
fed In right doing. IF you'd been
willing to share the long row at the
other end / might have shared the
hard one at this end with you, but
as it Is, I guess I'll just go In and
see IL the ice cream isn't through
freezing"
"Oh, don't go and leave me, sis"
he begged. Anyhow, stay and keep
me company. l say I'll give you half
on each row If you'll help me out"
But Ruth shook her head grand
ly. mo, I've worked enough for
one day; besides, I'd hate to get
more than my share OF the money.
You'd be sorry when it came pay
day"
mo l wouldn't. Honest Injun!"
Robert protested. II was just fool
ing at the other end, Ruth
But I'm not fooling at this end"
Ruth declared firmly. Just then the
children's father came through the
field sizing up the rows with an ex-
perienced eye.
who did the three long rows at
the farther end?" he asked quizzi-
cally. "Uh! huh! l see! Working
by three, are you? Drew a lemon
at this end, didn't you, SOM" Rob-
ert looked ashamed. "See here,
have an idea" Father Reynolds put
fully. This onion path will have to
be gone over at least twice more.
Now I suggest that you each keep
on as you have begun; Ruth take the
first three rows and so on, through
the field. At the end of the season
when the onions are pulled I'll give a
prize of $500 to the one of you who
can get the best and most onions out
of any single row you have weeded."
/ But how about those extra long
rows, father? That wouldn't be ex-
actly fair, would it?"
''Well, If Ruth did the extra work,
it seems that she ought to have the
advantage of it. He looked at the
children shrewdly.
/ mo, it wouldn't be fair" Ruth de-
cided literally. "Of course the long
rows would be bound to yield the
most. I'd want Robert to have an
equal chance. Well just cut off the
ends of the long rows when it comes
time to harvest the CROP
"All right" father agreed, proud
that his little daughter saw things SO
justly.
When it came to the second weed
, ing Robert saw where Ruth's thor
ough work gave her the advantage
of him. The weeds that had not
been thoroughly pulled but had been
broken off at the surface, lost nc
time in springing up again, and In q
few days were almost as riotous az
ever. Their strong roots doubled
themselves in vigor, and when i,
came to second pulling Robert
found 1t almost impossible to gel
. them out of the ground, and besides
they had starved and crowded the
onions that he saw with alarm tina,
they were only half the size of those
in Ruth's rows. In trying to gel
. out the weeds he loosened many Of
the small onions, too, and was oblig
ed to set them back, though he fell
sure they would wither and die.
. He worked diligently to retriev.
= his mistake, but in spite of the fac
that the grateful onions did Their
best to show that they appreciated
> his efforts, those in the we'll weedet
: rows had so much the start of then
that they could not catch up, though
they swelled their silver skins II
the very utmost.
. "It isn't the way things look OF
the top so much as the way the.
feel down under, that counts" Faith
er Reynolds explained, as he CAV
Ruth her merited five dollars. Good
conscientious work will always tell
L even If it doesn't show from the sur
:. face. It isn't the fact of things look
ing right, but of their being right
that gives US an easy conscience an,
makes as know that things are goin,
to work out right in the end. N,
matter how much we think view
fooled folks, it always turned GU
that we've fooled ourselves tn
worst"
'' And Robert hung his head for b
; could not help admitting that a
least it had worked out that way il
his case.-Exchange.
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