The Dolores star., 1916-05-05
CHATTER l.

Dry Q Farm on Sipi,s.
Some men who 60 Into teaching. and
81 course all men who become great
teachers. do have q genuine love for
their work. But am afraid was one
OF those unfortunates who take up
teaching as q stop-gap. . means Of live
uhood while awaiting wider opportu-
nities." ! had been accredited with
oliiiant promise In my Undergrad
uA'e cay, ana tne college mao takeh
me INTO ne hngiisn department upon
ausuon
wen. tnat was seven years ago. l
was sun correcting daily themes.
1t was warm night In early April.
I had a touch Of spring fever. and
wrote vicious. sarcastic comments on
me poor undergraduate pages OF unex-
pressiveness before me. as through my
open windows drffted up from the
yard snatch OF song from some re-
turning theater party. closed my
Eyes In memory-memory OF my grand
atners farm down In Essex county.
rne sweet call OF the village churcn
Dell came back to me, the drone OF the
preacher, the smell OF hlacs outside.
me stamp OF an impatient morse In the
horse sheds where IMMINENT for man
ana beast was advertised on nm
9osters!
why don't 30 back to It. and give
up this gr1ndT thought. Then, being
an English instructor. ! added learned
y. "and be disciple OF Rousseau"
II was q warm April night, and I
was foolish with spring fever. I be-
gan to play with the idea. I got up
and opened my tin box, to investigate
he visible paper tokens Of my little
fortune. There was. in all, about
$4,000. the result Of my legacy from
ny parents and my slender savings
from my slender salary, for had
oever had any extravagances except
books and golf balls. had heard OF
farms being bought for $500. That
would still leave me more than $1,000
Q year. Twelve hundred dollars q
year would hardly be enough to run
even q 1880 farm on. not for a year
or two, because I should have to hire
help. I must find something practical
to do to support myself. What2 What
could do, except put sarcastic COM
ments on the daily themes Of helpless
undergraduates went to bed with q
very poor opinion Of English instruc-
tors. ..r.
I But God. an the hymn remarks,
works In a mysterious way his won
ders To perform. Waking with nv
flicker Of resoIution nuite zone ont
met NV ch,es an ths En,Iish densrt-
ment ybo on,te aoored me- Nv asr,np
me !, co,sd ana tha aS+rs ttm.
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~ u, 80 -. 10y sa'ary. Dut 70 man
~ . n an rhshsn instructor
~ ~ Amer'can coilege tor seven years
~ 'oOkea sood enough. inen came In
"e naster Vacauon. r,,
PROFESSOR Farnsworth Of the eco
nomlcs department mad invited me on
. motor trip for the holidays. CThe
professor married 4 rich widowJ
AZ the Cheshire cat said to Alice"
ne explained, 1T doesn't matter which
way you 70, II you don't much care
where you are going to; and we don't,
DO Wer'
YES. SAID. II want to look At
farms.
But he only laughed, too. ANY
nov. we won't look at 4 single under
graduate" he said'
In tne course OF our motor flight
nom tne Eternal Undergraduate, We