The Yale expositor., 1913-10-09


YE%,W victim of the ingratitude Of
~4G3N~ 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 perfdy 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 | am a sufferer. / 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
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 | am a beginner In philosophy.
The man who, at my age, has been
elected county superintendent or
schools is no mere tyro in the field
wherein Epictetus 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. l 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 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 tTayn
and her grandfather from the wreck
age. but feel that my own efforts
we're 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. l tried to say something IN
the way of furthering my candidacy
for the office 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 my
mind the image of that poor young
girl and her dying grandfather"
do not care to criticize the judici
airy, but will say that Judge Worthing
tons early promotion to the bench and
his undeniable comeliness OF person
have in a measure induced in him
certain arrogance.
I was triumphantly elected. went
to Boston and won recognition so fal
as to be placed on the subcommittee
for the investigation OF Tone-Deafness
in the rural schools, In the superin
tendent's section OF the Nationa
Teachers Association.
Feeling the growing breadth anC
fitness of life / returned and as
sumed my office. Then 1t was that the
Frayn episode may be said to have
begun, in a letter from my brother
Chester, which have here. and which
runs, using an undignified diminutive
Dear DC:
I'VE would like to see you. Mother anC
all are we'll, and glad you pulled through
even II you did run behind the ticket 30
Am feeding three loads of steers, ant
they arc making fine gain. Middle
kaun's look rough, and all the feeder
think hess lose money on them. He pal,
four cents for them. This IS ABOUT al
the news Can't you appoint me you
deputy down here to examine Miss Frayn
whose grandfather got killed in tina
wreck? She wants to teach She Is
southerner, but an awful nice lady. an
Just as smart as one OF US. She breads L
go to Pacific City to be examined, as sh
won't let ma get her hardly any clothes
She is very sensitive about money mat
ters, and I had to lie to her about tn
funds to bury her grandfather with, an
tried to slip in $3.50 more. but she caugh
me at It and cried. / will be strict an
make her write out the examinado
properly; so send along the questions
and the appointment.
yours truly, Chef.
"P. s.-Judge worthington's office is 8
near yours. you might leave the appoint
ment and the questions In three. tn
Judge will bring them down. He come
down quite often now, because he say
that the BOgRSes ana the WoTtnlnBtoH
moved into Iowa in the same WACO
train In an early day. and he thinks
strange that that accident that kille
Colonel Fayn should have brought n
families together again. He thinks thu
Mics Frayn will make a first-rate teache
80 you need not be backward about n
appointment and the questions"
Not abating one jot or title OF m
Official strictness, informed ChestC
that Miss Frayn must appear and
examined as did others in the same 81
uation. Chester is an Ames man, an
a fine judger and feeder of cattle, b'
not fitted for responsibility In belle
letters.
Professor Dustin, an elderly III
myopic educator and the author OF
monograph on the CRUDE method, ht
charge of the examination when Mi
Frayn appeared. l found Chest
smoking a vie pipe in my lodginI
when came home.
"say. oc," said he. this four-ey'
old trilobite won't do. You've got
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