Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-11

origin. denoting lack OF self-cohuol
and scholastic weakness.
eft is absurd" said l, Ito think OF
certifying her. While she has GER
tain measure Of intelligence
"A certain measure" shouted Ches-
ter If you weren't naturai-Dorn
saphead. I'd! Come up to Aunt
Judith's!"
went with him, firm in that soma /
selfcontrol which gives hXity OF cH'i
acter to my nature. | saw IN It's true
Ugbt the amiable weakness of my reIa- +
tives which made them slaves 10 'niS
Girl I felt as stern and austere as d
public officer should, and looked IT,
believe. for mother was quite III
/ futter as she asked me to read clP-
ming from an eastern Tennessee pape'
describing the departure from that re-
gion Of the Frayns.
From this learned that Miss Frayn
and the colonel had been the last oI
the Frayns. the family having peen
avtarmfnated in the Frayn-Harrou
fond The colonel had been an engf
neer In Lees army. He had given
nublic notice on leaving that at noon
he would nail TO the front door or the
court- house. with the revolver OIL
Boone Harrod, the last enemy snoI
by the colonel, his version OF Ihe
origin of the feud. He had carried out
this parting piece Of bravado with NO
J disturbance except an exchange Vi
shots as the train moved away from
: the station. was Mortified. was
/. nerson in this barbarous state OF cul-
, ture asking me, Oscar Boggs' melioel
of the National Subcommittee on
: Tone-Deafness-!
n "Okky." said my mother, from De
n hind this is Miss Frayn!
I I looked at her. and was suddenly
i IMPRESSED with the non-eXlstence
Il the material universe, except as cen
q tered in and consisting Of eyes OF
e ruddv brown like those Of fine horses
u rufous hair surrounding the small hea
- like n nimbus, and a fused mass
IL impressions made up OF the aDstra'
n concepts of trimness, fire. elegance a,'
% unconuuerability. | have reported III
u matter to the society for psychlcal r
re search. but have received no ans"'
90 as vet. II was clearly abnormal.
She placed her arm about my mot
ie ers waist and looked most respectll
- ly at me.
y You ah the great man, SAID sh
"of the family All have so mucn eau
to love" Here she stopped as II to
er gain self-control "Ah wish nah
&C. DaDahs." she went on, had
ny There. there" said my mother, p;
ng ting her arm. It'll be all right al
way. dear"
Ici was considering what to say. II
ny skin was clear, white, daintily trai
hu narent. and of a delicacy our weste
son girls seldom display lowing. surml
To climatic influences); she SIC
there on Aunt Judith's Persian r
ent her petite figure with its rounc
far curves, half-levitated, like Atalal
tee unon the oat-heads-and there retu
ess ed upon me the mental vertigo
rim lack of cerebral coordination, and
nal obliteration of the material unlvei
Am All so igno'ant. really?' S
and she "Ah'm fond of children; and
as must find wohk!"
the Why did | hate Dustin? Why co
ave l not command my speech
her rally at the Crisis, however anu uio
lich in this instance.
i've. "As for ignorance" said |, Sir j
Lubbock says: Studies are mes
,d not an end And Lord Bacon q
ugh. It: To spend too much time In s
t so. les is sloth.' l see that you have az
ana On these maxims. Professor Dust
,ders astigmatism and myopia rendered
paid impossible for him to see you.
al I stopped in some returning co
-ayn. sion.
that Those dreadful cube roots
Is ouadratics-" said she.
a st ~ THE personality of the teacf
: she said controls the matter.
,thes. II was not the occult influence,
mat q desire to benefit educational CO
ana lions. that led me to visit Miss Fra
,ught scbool the week Chesters insurg
and nlaced her in it. My memory Is
l ., as TO the matter, but my notes
that her weakness was in the M
het. of organization. ~,
is so "Oh," said she, when l menu
point, this, do you all prefer thing
comes regular and poky? It's so much
says pleasant fob the little things I
lgtons freel" She called most OF the
~ ",,s 81 ones Honey" and allowed much
killed tude in whispering and moving
1t the They crowded around her ike
ia Imm' TO a lump of sugar. Some OF
ut the were beginning to evince a laxi
pronunciation, sounding the per
NJ my nronoun 81" like the interjection
hester In a few days l went back-Cf
nd be sneered at me as | went by
me sit Miss Frayn of the necessity OF
n. and ing the effects of stimulants am
Ie, but cotics according to the Iowa law
bellies was greatly surprised when l t
this requirement
v and What. daily, Mr.. Supe lnten'
r of a she exclaimed
d, had Daily teaching SAID l.
n Miss requires It"
hester 1T seems so unnecessa - 0He
dgings perplexity. Inc Soune
will find out all about it in due