The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-02
MARY MADE GOOD
BY LoUloE OLIVER.

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Mary Hilldule he'd not been unanl
mously elected Ia the district school
philip Fleming hnd cast d dissennni
vote when The board met In his llwnl
room In May Of The previous year fo
election.
"She looked all right ia me-" sai,
! Jonnthan Mills u thought she wal
klada periy.'
Me, too" agreed Mr.. Dixie, expec
ioraling emphaticaily into the cuspidol
! Philip always unearthed from some
I where on these occasions
The opinion went around the table
mul it came to Philip again. presiding
at the head. "N0u dont seem TO I'M
dersand that It takes more than a
I pretty face TO cope with the difficulties
Of n place llbo this"
"Woll' said Jonathan In his delb-
crate fashion 'women seem to be dom
most everything nowadays that men
so- Besides we've had 'em here be-
fore. Five years ago we had wom-
am
'Gut this Is different" protested
Philip. "She's a city girl, born and
bred, and so were her forcfathers. You
don't know the Kind as well as I do.
They are regular hothouse products
die in The first roush weather. BE-
Sides shc--sls looks SO Inadequate.
Imagine her sanding up and debating
70 those blg boys from the mines. Why
thty nearly got away from Strnppet
last year II he couldn't stand it, and
had to quit what 90 you think about
har?n
well" snat Mr. Dixie, I'm for CIV
IN her n chunst. if she don't make
good It Amt our rault And she insist
ed so kinda promised"
IAN right Have il your way" said
Philip. "But IL she gets pneumonia
lramplng around IN two feet Of snow,
don't ask me to sing at her funeral"
Mary came in September, and Philip
waited dcvelopments or course, things
were IN her favor then, for the country
was still bcautlful and the roads spIen-
did.
Mary had heard Of Philips disap-
nroval. In fact, he had not promised,
as had the others when she was cleo
so she was hardly sur
nrlsed. But It hurt her TO think that a
fellow citizen had refused to indorse
her,
One day he stopped at the school.
He had left the Office early and de-
cided to have a look for himself.
Behold, peace and order prevailed,
and as it was Friday afternoon, Miss
was reading. And what do
you think 1t was "PoIlyanna - Read
ing the story of Il little girl to those
w, huIlylng mlner boys And they
liked It, evidently, and resented the
Of a visitor.
Philip stayed awhile, as interested |
Is the pupils, but finally he left re-
feeling diat his visit had
made no impression.
The days shortened and cooled.
Winter came about Thanksgiving, with |
/ heavy storm Of snow. The road be-
ween the station and the school was
Snee-deep, and in other places condi-
ions We're worse.
''Now," thought Philip, looking out
# his dining room window, "well see
f the little teacher can look at the
right side of this blizzard. l doubt If
he train got out at all today BY
ovel There She isl Sure enough,
Tary. in high rubber boots, was tramp
ng through the erifts and enjoying
ITS novelty now" he declared
nally, the expression dying "Wait
ntil we've had two or three months
f 1t. It's bound to get her in the
nd"
But there were more storms-and
forse. And they didn't "get" Mary.
One morning Philip heard voices IN
he kitchen. but, thinking it was the
who came to help his
he paid no attention.
ater Mrs. Clark came in.
"She can't get that wheelbarrow
own the road herself. I'm sure she
ln't.n
"What do you mean?"
ats the teacher. Somebody broke
and carried away all the coal from
lie schoolhouse last night and she
Tvs the place is like ice. SO she bor-
,wed our wheelbarrow and some coal,
al there sha GOES
Philip caught up with Mary, Of
,urse, and did the rest. But he felt
lat he wasn't needed. To his:
You're not strong enough for this
nd of work. little girl!" Mary
ughed and doubled up her arm. "Oh,
m Ike iron all over. Gymnasium
ork, YOU know"
There's another teacher in Lime
eek now.
opyright 1917 by the Mcclure Nowspa-
per Syndioatel