The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-11-09
PUMPKINS Us.
SQUASHES
BY Nj. QUAD
Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
By Nj. QUAD

early in his career. He had just pur-
chased coy house. and the next
thing needed was wife.
Sarah Jane Scott, twenty years old.
was very nice girl-very nice. She
was good at needlework, Homework
and other kinds of work which would
have made her a treasure of wife.
She and Ebenezer met one day, and
they looked good to each other. From
thence sprang a courtship, and there
was no one who interfered or objected.
Ebenezer could support wife, and
Sarah Jane could be OF great help to a
husband
There was only one trait In the char
acter in either one that could be criti-
cised, and that was developed to each
other just at the wrong time, Ebene
ger had come counting. and his mind
was about made up to ask Sarah Jane
for her hand when the conversation
happened to touch on astronomy.
Isn't it singular how the sun moves |
around the earth from east to westf"
queried Ebenezer just as he was ready |
to go home.
But the sun does not move around
the EARTH mildly protested Sarah
Jane. The earth moves around the
sun, and it moves from east to west
because nature arranged 1t to, just as
1t did for tree to stand on Its roots
did you ever watch the sun mover
asked Ebenezer. with very sober
face.
NNA
the earth move. The sun stands as
still as a great rock, while our earth
moves along Why, Eben, don't you
remember the proof given In geogra-
ply of the earth's moving round the
SUM-"
"Well. well. Sarah. you are a queer
girl The sun certainly moves, and II
you have never seen 1t move there is
something very wrong with your eyes.
1t moves from east to west. but don't
see why it can't just as well move
from north to south"
Sarah Jane looked at Ebenezer for
a long minute to see If he was joking
She found him very earnest in this
belief. and it gave her an unpleasant
shock. She had never found him an
ignorant man in any particular, and
this was ignorance of the grossest
kind.
"Eben," she quietly said, you are
not wanting me to understand that
the sun moves along like a man walk
ing? You cannot believe this against
the known facts. 1t has been hun
dreds of years since 1t was known
~ ,&l fh<,
people may think so, but that
doesn't make 1t So" answered Eben
ezer as the light of defiance shone IL
his eyes. II say the sun moves.
5 have seen 1t move. | saw 1t moving
I along not five hours ago. My eyes ar,
good eyes. What my eyes see | an
3 not going back on. Are you going tt
n believe that the sun stands still jus
8 because a lot of nearsighted men CLAIM
@ it does SOP
"Oh, well. we won't discuss the mat
8 ter any further" said Sarah Jane, re
e alizing that it might lead to unfortu
e nate results.
e But we Will" exclaimed Ebeneze
' as he set his jaw. You believe on
way and l another. Let us decide VIII
is right"
But how are we going to decide ?
n she protested in tones which betraye
IS vexation.
,r "Why. you are going to believe as
Is believe"
"a but | can't. You won't find one
ID a million people who believe with yo
,s You can keep on believing so If yo
IN will. but | can never agree with yo
o However. it is a matter that We nee
. not get angry about. We have alwa,
"a got plenty of sunshine whether tt
: sun stands still or moves along, al
no we probably always shall. We a
h having pleasant weather. aren't weT
Sarah Jane Scott" said EbeneZ
as he laid his hand on the knob of t
door to go out. "when you have cor
"A to believe as | believe Just send l
~ little note to that effect. will your
70 And Ebenezer. the very good you
=, man. but the very obstinate you
man. walked out into the darkness.
=, never received the note referred
and the reader will not wonder WI
he He expected 1t for month and VIII
1t never appeared he was more tn
II ever determined In his belief that
10 sun moved right along and left eve
thing behind 1t. AS for Sarah ia
Scott. she was astonished. anger
and Inundated. and you can't exp
ON that the girl with such feelings is
He ing to give up her point of view.
Ter 1t wasn't necessary that either {
,as should leave the town. Eben lived
Ike one end OF 1t and Sarah Jane the 9th
and they seldom met. When they
there was a cold nod exchanged. s
eral years passed away, and one
up Sarah was married to a man nan
lis Peters. Before consenting to be
wife she questioned him about the s
He readily answered that the ca
moved around the sun. and the W
ad later they were married
I'm When the news of her MARI
stall reached the ears of EbeneZer he
II. n ont he