American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-07

hail hPVh -
| her warm lips upon my own-that was
| so different and SO sweet to remem
Der In the lonely days that followed
| Fast flows the river to the sea when
| youth Is sailing on it. They had
| showed me out of the quiet cove into
| the swift current-those dear, kindly,
| thoughtless people. Sally ran away
into the house as their laughter con-
| tinued and my uncle and l walked
down the street. How happy L wasl
l observed with satisfaction that
the village boys did not make fun
of me when / passed them as they did
when / woIe the petticoat trousers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright came along with
the crowd, by and by, and colonel
Medad Moody. We had supper with
the Senator on the seat with us. He
and my uncle began to talk about the
tightness of money and the banking
laws and l remember a remark of
my uncle, for there was that in his
tone which / could never forget:
"We poor people are trusting you
to look out for us-we poor people
are trusting you to see that we get
treated fair. We're havin' a hard
time"
MY uncle told him about the note
and the visit Of Mr.. Grimshaw and of
his threats and upbraidings.
"Did he say that in Bart's hearing?"
asked the Senator.
"Ayes ri hit out plain"
af1z.u I1po natnn fn foil Won
frankly, Baynes, that the best thing
l know about you is your conduct to-
ward this boy. 1 like It. The next
best thing is the fact that you signed
the note. It was bad business but
it was good Christian conduct to help
your friend. Don't regret it. You
were poor and of an age when the
boys pranks were troublesome to both
Of you, but you took him in. I'll
lend you the interest and try to get
] another holder for the mortgage on
one condition. You must let me at
tend to Bart's schooling. 1 want to
be boss about that. We have a great
schoolmaster In Canton and when Bart
Is a little older l want him to go
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a place where he can work for his
|, board"
"WeTl miss Bart but we'll be tlckled
to death-there's no two ways about
that" said Uncle Peabody.
The Senator tested my arithmetic
and grammar and geography as we
rode along in the darkness and said
by and by:
. you'll have to work hard, Bart.
: You'll have to take your book into
|, the field as / did. After every row
of corn / learned a rule Of syntax or
, arithmetic or a fact in geography while
1 rested, and my thought and memory
! took hold of 1t as / piled the hoe. ]
don't want you to stop the reading,
but from now on you must spend half
. of every evening on your lessons"
. AS l was going to bed the Senator
called me to him and said:
81 shall be gone when you are VI
in the morning. 1t may be a lons
: time before / see you; I shall leave
something for you in a sealed envel
ope with your name on it. You are
= | uOL W ODth lhC thNNlOPS III JON
go away to school. 1 know how you
, will feel that first day. When night
falls you will think of your aunt ant
y uncle and be very lonely. When yor
go to your room for the night / wan
you to sit down all by yourself ant
: open the envelope and read what
shall write. They will be, / think, thu
y most impressive words O ever read
: You will think them owe but you
VIII not understand them for a Ions
. time. Ask every wise man you NEE
TO explain them to you, for all you
happiness will depend upon your I'm
derstanding of those few words in tn,
U envelope"
In the morning Aunt Deel put /
u in my hands.
81 wonder what in the world h,
wrote there-ayesw said she. "W,
must keep 1t careful-ayes I'm pu
u 1t in my trunk an give it to We whel
We go to Canton to school,"
"Has Mr.. Wright gomez" I aske,
u rather sadly.
!, "Ayesl Land o. mercyl He wen
away long before daylight with a 10
o. jerked meat in q pack basket
ayesl Yer uncle is goin' down to tn
village to see bout the mortgage th
+. afternoon, ayesw
\ 1t was a Saturday and I spent 1t
! hours cordlng wood in the shed, paus
4 ing now and then for a look int
my grammar.
What a day 1t was!-the first o
many like it. 1 never think of thos
days without saying to myself: "Wha
a Gods blessing a man like Sila
Wright can be I'm the community i
which his heart aud soul are as a
Y open bookl'
' AS the evening came on I took
Z long look at my cords. The shed wa
\ nearly half full of them. Four rule
: of %syntax, also, had been CAREFUL
ptorad au-oy IN NV brain Sof