The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-20

W6EO tuEee meus duO OAS0 49,
his back to them wal talking. Evil
IDENTIFY, from his conversation, be was
% county superintendent Of education
from somewhere In the state. he talk
cd IN rather a loud voice. and every
word OF what he said was audible.
what / am afraid Of said he, '1s
that Joe Weston, the state champion
OF last year. will enter" The men
ton Of Joe's name made his party
prick up their ears.
IF Joe Weston amt In it ! think
my boy will win the prize, and ! am
dreadfully anxious for him to. I never
did have my heart 50 set on anything
he continued.
ANY special reasonY' said one OF
the men at his table, helping himself
to a stalk Of celery and munching idly
away on It.
Eyes, there u.s. asserted the school
teacher earnestly. "The most urgent
reasons. You see, this boy l am In
terested in is only fifteen years old.
He's the eldest Of four children, all
three considerably younger than he IS.
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toWn On thls llttie patcn or ground
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Knows h"w :, got t--.ca.l that first
year. ,. i :,ood hearted man gave
them Il GOVT. and the ladies gave q
few chickens. They sold milk and
eggs, and that helped"
81 don't reckon anybody could get
closer to bedrock poverty than that
said the first listener, with a shudder.
"Thev could mott" asserted tho school
teacher seThe this how Henry he's
bean like . father to those children
He works from daylight IN dark. He
mt in a sort Of parden the next wear.
that helned give a living and he ned.
died some vegetables from it and
worked at odd Jobs. He's kent ON haul
ing out there on that land and
got it pretty rich. There are seven
acres in the place."
"Why, that's 1iner" said one Of the
men.
"The garden was better next wear.
and the COW had a calf. and hat nrom.
Uses IN he q good cow Thev,va GOT
more chickens and maize nlantv tn cot
and he sells more. and those children
are able to 90 TO school in winter now
thanks to Henry And this vaar ho
snuoazad in throa months bimso1fL
first schooling ha over had"
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how hos hodp,
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