Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-10-10


Albert Boyer, and thrown his mother
into nervous prostration.
This epidemic OF 'worthlessness and
sentimentality" was spreading outside
the district, as evidenced by an ex-
cerpt found in the dogs possession
from the upper rear elevation of the
Sunday trousers Of Boliver Fromme,
living in District No. 4. Progress in
the studies of the boys confined to
amatory poetry and pugilism, both un-
related to their life work. Iowa, My
Iowa, Major Byers' stirring lyric, had
been supplanted by Maryland, My
Maryland. in school singing. Chester
Boggs, the director, refused to re-
ceiVe complaints, and was condemned
as equally affected with the dis
ease, and most probably he was
a 'Mooner" himself. There was GER
tificate of Doctor Dilworthy of Teal
Lake as to the existence of many
cases of extreme mental exaltation
accompanied by explosive and fulmi-
nant cerebral disturbances traceable
to mediate or immediate association
with one Roberta Lee Frayn, an indi-
vidual seemingly possessed Of an
abnormal power in the way of causing
obsessions, fixed ideas, aberrant
cranio-spinal functionings, and cranial
tempests, in those Of her associates re-
sembling her in the matter of age, and
differing from her in social habits,
hereditary constitution, and sex"
I sank back in my chair Mortified,
with sinking in the region of the
epigastrfc plexus.
I'VE kind O. thought, Oc,' said Mr..
Middlekauff. that tibet would hold
yeh f'r while"
/ saw the muddled political relations
with which this inbroglio teemed. and
chung to delay as my sole hope.
Il am inexpressibly shocked, said
I, land as soon as we can meet with
the defendant and the director
What" shrieked Mr.. Middlekauff.
Her PRESENT. AFTER what them pa
pers says? And everybody follerin'
her, if she jest smiles, like a caff after
salt! Why, dad ding me. if I'd trust
myself FIR moren smile or two. She'll
bamboozle the hull thing if she's there.
l blieve you've got it, you conceited
young sprout! No, sir; decide this
thing now!"
Il regret the necessity" said l. "of
asking time to get the opinion OF the
county attorney, and toto
mot by a dunn sight" roared Mr..
Middlekauff. well see what the
court has to say on this. An when
you're up FIR election ag'in, come
round, an we'll consider it FIR a while
an then you won't know you're rum
mini"
was torn by conflicting emotions
when they went away. / knew that
Middlekauff was man of influence.
I was not averse to seeing Chester re-
buked for his fatuous behavior and
for tempting me to deviation from
strict duty. l felt that in taking my
stand with the ''Mooners'' might be
siding with the heaviest body of voters
after ALL By these whiting winds of
the mind was batfled, finding no rest
in my works on didactics and peda-
gogics, wondering what Middlekauff
would do-until all doubts were set
tied by the filing Of the case of The
School Board of Teal Lake versus
Frayn; and in few days it came on
for trial before Judge Worthington.
Chester telephoned, asking to see
me. He came in looking thinner than
had ever seen him.
'Do you know" said he, shat this
case old Middlekauff's got plugged up
comes off this morning?"
Having been summonsed by writ Of
subpoena" said severely, II am
aware that your wilfulness in placing
an untried importation in charge of
our school, regardless Of her unfitness,
or of my political well-being, is this
morning bearing its legitimate fruit in
the hearing which comes on-not off!
And I hope your lack Of consideration
for the school system. so largely
wrapped up in my career, will"
That Chester was temporarily insane
is clear. He flew at me, seized my
trachea in his iron hands, compressed
it so as greatly to impede respiration,
and knocked my head against the wall,
using incoherently certain technical
terms he had learned at Ames.
"Shut up!" he cried. "You duplex
-polyphase-au - back-action
--compound-wou Ass!
Shut up!"
An anatomical chart on the wall pre-
served my head, and I retained my
self-possession. When he let me down
took my station on the other side of
a table and looked him in the eye,
strongly willing that he quiet down.
Forgive me, Co." said he humbly.
Il promised myself eight years ago not
to lick you any more! Pardon me"
forgaye him, and we have ever
since remained reconciled. He ex-
planned that he wanted to consult as
to methods of concealing from Miss
FTayn the nature of the suit.
Am I to understand said l, that
she does not know that the relief
sought is her expulsion from the