Douglas Island news., 1917-03-09

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Po 70 9eeHNNNe" eseNN~"NN" wv had showed Lima bean up his nose. Thus would Che cause of education bc both advanced and delayed within practically thc same time.
 In order that Che minds of his pupils might be tmbucd with noble thoughts Che Stroller etched with chalk ou Che walls such homely but useful notices os "m Onions there is Strength" Mover lead from 8 sneak" "Usc Pclrs Soap "Loyc one another "Put a Squirt of Lemon u it' and other suggestions which may prove useful Co people as they to.c their burdens along lilc's rugged pathway
 To ,Hc Stroller who was stranger .uo strange land. it would have been a loue and monotououa winter had It not been ior his second reader class consisting of five boys Every time hc was o,crtabcn by am attack of tbc blues he would line up and dress down that quIntcttc and thc effects war. worry soothing Co thc Stroller but disturbing Co lhc boys
 On che whole. tue Sroucr.s school would have been a success had he not one day mumaJeI Co one of his largest girl pupils chat she was sui- 0aeuuy advanced to begin algebra.
 as.r" she exclaimed lu accents wild. "I am not chat kind of a girl"
 That might pulaIanuas father and two b.e brothers called on the sroI- Ter and demanded am explanation. Tho old man said mo Yankee una.ar. could tcu uIa daughter she was old enough Co bray and escape m- s.lthcd. Ue made good H.a threat.
 and whom chat trio had finished wfh che Stroller upward ol au aero ol virgin 1I had beou baptized with hI, bright rcd b.o0I for by that tme Hc had picked up and was taking uu flesh. Three days later he was found wandering around Iu a swamp and ever and anon muuor.ue che scuse.c question "WhDre ana al.
 Five years later DuI..anua. aay- ing obtained Che suoIlora address by seeing his uame .aud Che amount ul Che Iuel .u u newspaper wrote blm and apolosIzod for tho physical inconvenience as we'll as tHe mental perturbation Co which she had sub- Ie..cd him. She found out Hor mise take after sine answered am adyor- usem.nf m newspaper aeut go ecaH for a dictionary and looked wp .hc word "AIegbra."
 Ten years later uulcIauua again wrote She said. "Ne and Bul have done split up He took Che four old- .st kids and wont to his folks at Coon UufL Ieayu' me and Che five youngest here at possom Trol" m a footuotc her letter sa.I: "Fcr seventeen year there 1.u't hIu day that somebody u our tambly aiut had a ohul"
 Tb. Stroller said there was mo TO- maucc in tcacH.ug a school wav down upon tbc suvauee river and there wasn't -at tac time But there is romance now in Che fact chat hc did teach such school and that is why lbc strains Of Che old song waited to bis ear few nights ago revived rceollc,tious of Che past and. but for che "oycsU' acts ol uulc.- luuas father and brothers thoy would be pleasant roeolloetIous While Time has mo''ovcd and made almost sacred many ol Che memories connected with .Hat school che pa.s- ue of years win never mellow thc ro.ou..Hons of that croutm night or of how for months thereafter he edged carefully onto d chair every time ho sat down. Egcn a, tha late date Che Stroller frequently starts from bis s.oou and .mae.ugs Dulci-
 uras father has him by Che neck only t0 wake up and lind his Jap servant at his bedside w..h a morn .uEs mornings