Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-01
CHAPTER V. (Continued.)
'PETEY DINK

Nh Miss Allen was a young woman of
with clear kind eyes and
f q strong sweet mouth She had about
her that charm of manner which can
only be described as winsome woman
Illness Prudence gazed at her with
open and honest admiration. Such a
young woman to be the principal of
IN high school in city the size of
Mount Mark! She must be tremen.
|sdously clever. But Prudence did not
Essigh. We can't all be clever, you
know. There must be some OF US to
admire the rest of us!
The two walked along together,
chatting socially on subjects that
meant nothing to either OF them. Pres
Gently Miss Allen stopped, and with
B araceful wave Of her hand, said light
Siy: ~. l.
\ ..This IA where am rooming. Are
you IN i very great hurry this after
I noon? I should like to talk to YOU
about the twins. Will you come mr.
"A The spirits of Prudence fell earth
ward With a clatter! The twins! What
sIeyer had they been doing now?
ghe followed Miss Allen into the
house and up the stairs with the 10Y
quite uuenched in her heart. She ala
\ not notice the dainty room into which
4 she was conducted. She ignored the
offered chair, and with dismal face
turned toward Miss Allen.
ss "Oh. please. What have they been
doing? Is It very awful?'
Miss Allen laughed gaily on sit
down and don't look SO distressed. It's
nothing at all. They haven't been 40
4 ing anything. just want to discuss
them on general principles, you know.
ITS my duty to confer with the par
sents and guardians of my scholars"
Immensely relieved, Prudence sank
down In the chair and rocked comfort
{ ably to and fro few times General
sprincdples-ah, blessed words!
II suppose you know that Carol Is
{ r,iitA tie idol Of the high school al
ready. She is the adored one Of the
place. You see, she is not mixed up
IN any scholastic rivalry. Lark is one
ssof the very best in her class and there
III intense rivalry between few OF the
freshmen, But Carol is out Of all that
and every one Is free to worship at her
shrine. She makes no pretensions to
stand hrst."
Il rs she very stupid?" Prudence was
i disappointed. She did 80 want both OF
her twins to shine.
stupid! Not a bit of it.. She is a
VERY rood scholar much better than
the average. Our first pupils, lnclud-
ing Lark. average around ninety-six
and seven. Then there are others
ranging between ninety and ninety
-FOUR. Carol is one Of them. The fairly
rood ones are over eighty-dve and the
/ fairly bad ones are over seventy-five,
and the hopeless ones are below that
4 This is rough way of showing how
they stand Lark Is very fine schol.
az, really the best In the class. She
not only makes good grades, she
grasps the underlying significance Of
4 her studies. Very few freshmen, even
among the best, do that. She Is quite
Exceptional. We hope to make some
thing very big and fne of Larkie."
Prudence's eyes shone with mother
~ pride. She nodded, striving to make
her voice natural and matter of fact
as she answered, Eyes, she is bright"
"She certainly Is! Carol Is quite
different, but she is so sweet spirited
and vivacious and-unsnobbish, If you
know what that means-that every
one in high school, and even the gram
mar grade children. idolize her. She
IS very witty, but her wit is always in
nocent and kind. She never hurts
Anyone's feelings. And she is never
impertinent The professors are as
crazy about her as the scholars-for-
give the slang. Did the twins ever
tell you what happened the first day
OF SCHOOL,"
Motel me-" Prudence was clear
II very anxious.
II shall never forget it, The fresh
men were sent into the recitation
room to confer with Professor Duke
about text books, etc. Carol was one
~ the first In the line as they came
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