Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-02-14
"y'm not afraid of him. /"

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-
tlnued and my uncle and I walked
down the street. How happy / was
observed with satisfaction that
the village boys did not make fun
OF me when passed them as they did
when vote 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 I remember a remark Of
my uncle, for there was that in his
tone which could never forget:
1--WE poor people are trusting you
to look ont for us-we poor people
are trusting you to see that we get
treated fair. We're haviD' a hard
| time"
My uncle told him about the note
and the visit Of Mr.. Grlmshaw and Of
his threats and upbraidings.
"Did he say that in Bart's hearingT'
asked the Senator.
ayes fright out plain"
"Too bad! I'm going to tell you
frankly, Baynes, that the best thing
know about you Is your conduct to-
ward this boy. 1 like 1t. The next
best thing Is the fact that you signed
the note. It was bad business but
1t was good Christian conduct to help
your friend. Don't regret IL. 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. i want to
be boss about that. We have a great
schoolmaster In Canton and when Bart
Is little older 1 want him to go
there to school. I'll try to find him
a place where he can work for his
board"
"We1l miss Bart but wen be tickled
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 rule Of syntax or
arithmetic or fact In geography while
I rested. and my thought and memory
took hold Of 1t as piled the hce. !
don't want you to stop the reading,
but from now on you must spend half
Of every evening on your lessons"
As was going to bed the Senator
called me to him and said:
II shall be gone when you are up
In the morning. It may be long
time before I see you; shall leave
something for you In a sealed envel-
ope with your name on 1t. You are
|
go away to school. know how you
will feel that first day. When night
falls yIu will think of your aunt and
uncle and be very lonely. When you
go to your room for the night l want
You to sit down all by yourself and
open the envelope and read what
shall write. They will be. think, the
most impressive words you ever read
You will think them over but you
will not understand them for a long
time. Ask every wise man you meet
to explain them to you. for all your
happiness will depend upon your un'
Outstanding Of those few words In the
envelope"
In the morning Aunt Deel put II
In my hands.
II wonder what In the world he
wrote there-ayes said she. "We
must keep 1t careful-ayes IN put
1t in my trunk an give it to ye when
ye go to Canton to school,"
HAS Mr.. Wright goneT I asked
rather sadly.
ayes! Land o. mercy! He went
away long before daylight witt lot
o. jerked meat In pack basket
ayes! Yer uncle is goin' down to the
village to see bout the mortgage this
afternoon, ayesW
1t was Saturday and spent It's
hours cOrding wood In the shed, paus
ing now and then for a look into
my grammar.
What a day 1t was the first OF
many like 1t. never think of those
days without saying to myself: "What
IA Gods blessing n man like Sllas
Wright can be In the community In
which his heart aud soul are as ar
open boOkl"
AS the evening came on I took q
long look at my cords. The shed was
nearly half full of them. Four rules
of syntax, also. had been carefully
stored away in my brain. 1 sale
them over as l hurried down into the
pasture with old Shep and brought In
the cows. l got through milking just
as Uncle Peabody came. l saw with
| JOY that his face was cheerful.
"Yip!" he shouted as he stopped his
| foam ot the harm door whare Ami