The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-15

Iowa. ! have held high and honorable
office. and | have been treated as wes
Coriolanus OF old. | am the victim OF
the ingratitude Of republics. AS eX-
pressed in "A direct primary in Ste
yens county. Iowa. I am ON my way
20 the great new West. where | shall
seek TO serve communities
Where peridy may not b" 80 in
grained IN the nature Of the body
polite. And I shall shuu relations
other than professional ones. with
persons OF youth. beauty. charm and
feminine gender. For by these ! am
a sufferer. have with me my noteS.
and 10 q IS given tho first hearing
of my SIDE OF "A case which may be
come historic.
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 Rob
erta Lee Frayn. q; Tennessee. Not
that | am a beginner I'm philosophy.
The man who. at my age. has been
elected county superintendent OF
schools f. no more tyro In the field
wherein EpiCt-tus 80 distinguished
himself. But neither does the word
charming" adequately describe Miss
Frayn. unless M trace back the word
charm TO its moro diaholically sig
nifcant root. | expect To write this,
nv apologize, and leave the verdict 70
posterity.
No citizen Of Stevens county Is
likely 10 he 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 Yen
Frayn. died there in her arms and
left the young Eirl pcnnlless. Judge
Worthlngton. hereafter to be men.
toned. vas on the train and doubtless
assisted in ~extricating Miss FrayH
and her grandfather from the wrrrA
age. but Z feel that my own effort
were moro effective than WIS report.
ed. We LEFT m" Young woman In tt'
care OF my mother. and 1 took the
judge with me In my buggy.
He was much d,strauThe a. We ro''
along. I tried TO sly something IN
the way Of flrthering NY candldacy
for the Office ! o hold; but ne r..
pulsed me.
For Gods sake. Oscar" remem-
Der him 20 have said, don't Try "a
electiorcer me until / can get out OF
my mind the ima- OF ttat poor Young
girl and her diving grandf2th--,"
do not care 10 critIc,sn the judici-
Any. but will say that judge WORKING.
tons early promotion To the bench
and his ~urdeniable comclluess ~ per
son have In a measure induced in him
a certain arrogance
vas triumphautly elected. ] went
20 Boston n won ~recpFEition 50 :ci
as 10 be placed on the rub-C1wW'tt,s
for tho Investigation q ToCr D"af
ness In tho rural school t. tl" ga.
-perintendcut's section OF tho \arc.a.
Teacher Association.
Feeling the growing breadth an.
t~ullness Of lfc. ! returned AMI ~
sumad ny cEea Tn0- IL was that
the Frayn er;-olo nay be- said 10 have
begun IN o letter from nv hr0thc'
Chester. vhi.h + have here. ard Whict
\ runs. using an unidentified diminut.vc.
Dear DC:
I'VE would Ike 20 500 Won No'ho'
ana all are wel'. and eIad yug p.i.
THROUGH. even 6: you dad rIu b'hir.
the ticket 20 Am fo"Ii-r 'H-" lo.1.
of steers. and they ara making g. g.,
gain Middichauf loOk rough. au'
all m" feeders think hrn l.-o money
on them. itc pail four c.0's f0r .l.-a
This &. about an tho vows. Caaf ST..
appoint mo your dr..iy down % ~.
10 examine Miss Tr1sr. who. grand
father got killed iu fhrt NT,ck' SIN
wants 90 teach 81" is 2 SlI'H.-u.r
but an awfu' nice lady. o. t-' q.