The Washington herald., 1914-12-08

that We must send her on to boardin
school and learn her lots more. She
must have a heap OF good clothes and
other things, and 1t as been a tight
squeeze TO keep her goin'. She's learned
music with the rest of 1t. and now we
must have a pianer for her to play on.
1t stands there in the parlor. and how
many bushels Of wheat il is goin' IN
take to pay for It, and what real good
will It ever be TO anybody? AS a farmers
daughter. Jessie ought to marry a farmer.
She will have work TO do as a farmers
wife. There will be precious little time
to thump on the pianer. There will be
precious little use for this education that
has cost us SO much money. Them are
the things that l have been thlnkin' Of,
and l tell you. ma. We have made a big
mistake"
Has any one been talkin' to you.
pa
We'll. the tin peddler and the chick
en- buyer have had something to say"
Then let US start right there. Are
ieither one OF them educated men,"
NO"
That's just why the one is a peddIer
and the other a chicken buyer. Miss
Walters. the school teacher. is getting
$50 n month and free board, amt she -
Yes" 4
And what is Hoyts gal. Thompson's
gal, Ridgeway's gal getting? They are
hired gals at $12 a month. Why? Be
cause they are not educated! Hasn't 1t
occurred to you that Jessie might be-
come n school teacher, and if she does
and goes to some village she can earn
her $50 a month";"
"Mebbe she can" grudgingly admit
ted the husband.
And why do farmers daughters
generally marry farmers sons? It's
because they haven't a chance to marry
in another class. The farmer amt
lookin' for an educated wife. An edu-
Gated man aint lookin' for an ignorant
one Neither a farmers son nor
daughter has much OF a chance to pick
and choose"
But II Jessie stays home is some
city man corain' along here and fall in
love with herr"
PA. how came you to fall in love
with me?"
why, you had climbed a tree to es-
cape a bull, and came along and drove
him away"
And can't something just as queer
happen to our Jessie? Tin peddlers
and chicken buyers are not the only
men movin about the country"
There was a silence lasting three or
four minutes.
I'VE owed 1t to Jessie. Pave owed
Il to her. Neither of US had the chance
to get an education, and we have had
to suffer for 1t. We don't know much
more about the world than two wooden
posts. We've had to work hard and
scrimp and save to give Jessie show.
bur it will come out all right. and you
take my word for it. Don't ever let
her know that you sorter begrudged
her an education"
The morrow came and Jessie came with
il. She vas glad to be home, and her
i,arents were glad to have her. She went
about singing. and il was soon shown
that couCetion had not spoiled her tcr
hoUsework. She was also busy with the
r"ses and vines and seeds and currant
bushes. There was much to be done 70
make the old farmhouse look as If a new
family had moved in, and she did it
People drove slowly past that they
might see the improvements, and the
mother said ~ the fatse-:
"It comes Of education, Pa Weeds
and bur, ekE looked Ill r'ght to US,
but see what change Jessie has nader
But what about her getting married."
he grumbled.
AS II in answer, three or four young
men from the village drove out on fic-
titiDus errandg that thsy miSn: gei
sight Il and a few words with the COL
leGe GIRL" as they called her.
And three or four sons of farmers
came to see about hogs or sheep and