The Washington herald., 1913-03-02

am the victim OF the in
oi republics, as expressed in
eet primary in Stevens County, Iowa
I am on my way to the great new West,
where 1 shall seek to serve newer COM
munitiess where perfidy may not be SO
ingrained in the nature of the body
politic. And shall shun relations other
than professional ones. with persons oil
youth, beauty, charm. and feminine gen
der. For by these I am a sufferer. l
have with me my notes. and to you is
given the first hearing OF my side OF a
case which may become historic
'"The contest is unequal" says Epic
tetus, between a charming young girl
and a beginner in philosophy" Let this
be remembered when L am blamed Tor
the havoc wrought upon my political edu-
cationel career in Stevens County. Iowa,
by Miss Roberta Lee Frayn. of Ten
nessee. 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 neld
wherein Epictetus so distinguished him-
self. But neither does the word charm
ing adequately describe Miss FraSn.
unless one trace back the word charm
to its more diabolically significant root
l expect to write this, my apolosia, ana
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 moth
er's farmyard by the wrecking OF
railway train, or how her grandfather,
Col. Kenton Yell Frayn, died there In
her arms and left the young girl penni-
less Judge Worthington. hereafter TO
be mentioned. was on the train ana
doubtless assisted in extricating Miss
nd hnr nhfafhpr from the
wreckage, but feel that my own efforts
were more effective than was reported.
We left the young woman In the care
of nv mother and / took the judge with
me in my buggy.
He was much distrauEht as We rode
along I tried to say something in the
way of furthering my candidacy for the
office l now hold; but he repulsed me.
For Gods sake. Oscar" ! remember
him to have said. don't try to cleo
tIoneer me until I can get out of my
mind the image Of that poor young girl
and her dying grandfather.
l do not care to criticize the judiciary.
hut will say that Judge Worthington s
early promotion TO the bench and ms
undeniable come1iness OF person have in
a measure induced in him certain ar
rogancc.
I was triumphantly elected went
as to be placed on the subcommittee
for the Investigation OF tone-deafness in
the rural schools. in the superinten-
dents section of the National Teachers
Association.
Feeling the growing breadth and full
ness of life l returned and assumed my
office. Then il was that the Frayn
episode may he said TO have begun. in
a letter from my brother Chester. which
Oh a
undignifled diminutive:
Dear Oc:
We would like to see you. Mother
and all are well. and glad You pulled
through. even if you did run behind the
ticket so. Am feeding three loads OF
steers, and they are making a hne gam.
AIiddlekrauff's look rough, and all the
feeders think he'll lose money on them.
He paid four cents for them. This Is
about all the news. Can't you appoint
me your deputy down here to examine
Miss F'rayn, whose grandfather got kill
ed in that wreck? She wants 10 teach.
She is a Southerner. but an awful nice
LADY, and lust as smart one OF us.
She breads TO go to Pacific City to be
examined, as she won't let ma get her
hardly any clothes. She is very sensitive
about money matters, and l had TO lie
to her about the funds to bury her grand
father with. and tried to slip in s-5o
more, but she caught me at it and cried
] will be strict and make her write out
the examination properly; so send along
the questions. and the appointment
Yours truly. CHET.
"P. S.-Judge Worthington's Office is so
near yours. you might leave the appoint
ment and the questions in there. The
Judge will bring them down He comes
down quite often now, because he SAYS
that the Boggses and the Worthingtons
moved into Iowa in the same wagon
train in an early day. and he thinks It
strange that that accident that killed
Col. Frayn should have brought the
families together again. He thinks that
Miss Frayn will make a first-rate teach
er. so you need not be backward about
the appointment and the questions.
Not abating one jOt or title of my
official strictness. l informed Chester that
Miss FTayn must appear and be eX-
amined as did others in the same sit
uation. Chester is an Ames man, and
fine iudger and feeder of cattle, but not
fitted for responsibility in bellies letters.
Prof Dustin. an elderly and my
opic educator and the author of mono
graph on the CRUDE method. had charge
Of the examination when Miss Frayn
appeared. l found Chester smoking
vile pipe in my lodgings when l came
home.
Say. Oc." said he. this four-eyed old
triIobite won't do. You've got to get
in here and do business yourself"
Conjecturing that he meant Prof.
Dustin, l inferred that Miss Frayn's pa
pers had been rejected. A glance justi-
fed the professor. She had given Rich
mond as the capital of the United States
4 question in physiology called for a
description of the iris. and Miss Fray.
had answered that, further than that,