The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-06-08
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his lips and picked W his hag.
Eldrs1. On her Ainiautivo poech
gigglsd. She couldn't help II In spite
Of her reminiscences.
She vas pretty. twenty-five. saa
drawing teacher In eaough big brick
city schools to scare her to death
Gary was homely. thirty and superin.
tsndent Of those same Achoois. More
over. Il was the superintendent, not
the schools. that scared EidroA. Not
his usliness dear 0s. 70!
But hs ridiculed art and laughed q
Eldrsd's pictures on the bisckboafds
which sti6 little fingers tried 70 hard
to reproduce.
Thsn. the last day In June. when the
thermometer was ninety.1vs near the
water cooler and his desk Was stacked
head high with, papers to - disposed
of that day aud the two telephones
we're ringing nendishly every other
minute and his neuralgia started to
dig out bis right eye and everything
went wrong and everybody wss . tor
turs. then Eldrsd Rsanors had
breeasd In and asked about some cray.
ON supplies for the coming year
Saints could have endured lsss-aAd
Gary went to church only every other
Sunday. He told her several things
he thought Of. Her art was silly--hsr
work useless. her aim purpossless and
her ambition not worthy Of her. He
spoke Of dicky birds. frog ponds. and
finally. in q hne frenzy Of rage. he
had mentioned something about the
damned weeds she made the kids
draw.
Eldred drew . sharp breath. What
could be more foolish" she asked her.
self. than for . full-grown man to
chase . little ball around for miles
every day! And yet he says that my
work 10 silly" Her eyes flashed.
Through . tiny isinglass window she
could sss her enemy in the distance
tryias to dig his bali ost Of sand
ditch. The next shot lsAdsd him In
the water noat around the green.
"oh. how very. very funny" she
cried. "rvs heard him talk golf in the
most awesome terms. II some of those
people in town could only see him
now" She stopped, struck with q
sudden idea.
Billy Hawkins. cartoonist for tn:
Daily News. had made this remark be
fore he went away on his vacation:
I'm OF for two weeks. II you see any
thing good, send 1t in, particularly ii
you can get anything on anyone.
Somebody prominent, you know"
Eldred put the tea things away and
got out her sketch book
A week later Gary Osworth opened
his mail on the porch Of the club,
house before going out to play. On
the front page of the Daily News h.,
spied six sketches. and this legend in
large type. Our Superintendent a,
Golf"
There he was. ridiculous in all sorts
Of contortions.
The line below the cartoon read
thus: "Mr. Osworth dislikes anything
that is frivolous and useless and that
does not strengthen the mind"
He threw the paper down savagely
Then he went out to his game and
vented his wroth on the turf, the air
and the ball when he could hit it.
And the ball. going wild upon one
occasion, swerved to the left. out
through the leaves OF an oak tree and
hit young lady who had stepped out
Of her cottage to gather Eoldenrod
Gary Osworth didn't see the ball nj,
Eldred. but he went in search Of it and
found her lying unconscious on the
ground. her arm still around 4 huge
mass OF yellow Eoldenrod. The ball
that had done the damage was lying
near. His heart stood still.
He carried her inside. laid her upon
q couch and hunted for water. Bu,
she started to breathe, which was ali
that was necessary to start his own
heart to pumping again. He turned
and his eye caught the open page of a