The Dermott news., 1919-03-20
I'm not afraid of him"

so different and s0 sweet to remem- Der in the lonely days that followed Fast flows the river to the sea when youth k sailing on it. They had showed me out of the quiet cove into the swift current-those dear kindly, 1 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 was 1 observed with satisfaction that the village boys did not make fun of me when l passed them as they did when wore the petticoat trousers. | Mir. 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 ughtness of money and the banking | laws and I remember remark of my uncle, for there was that in his tone which could never forget:
 "We poor people are trusting you l to look out for us-we poor people are trusting you to see that We get treated fair. We're havin' hard time"
 My uncle told him about the note and the visit of Mir GrimShaw and of his threats and upbraidusS.
 Did he say that in Bart's hearins?a asked the Senator.
 "AyeS right out plain.'
 "Too bad! I'm going to tell you T ft1yyr know about you k your conduct toe ward this boy. 1 like it. Thc next hest thing is he faet that you signed the note l. WAS bad business but it was good Christian conduct to help your friend. Don't regret t. You were poor and ef aH age when tae boys pfaakS We're troublesome to both of yea hut yaH taok him iu. lti .rHH vaa thc interest and tHF t8 get another holder for the wartsa@e oH one condition Yeu must tef me at= tend fa Darts seLeoiiuG. l want ta he bass about that We haye=a lrFat schoalmaster in canton and HhsH taet Is utile older want I@ fo 70 there te school. I'll fry to fHd lm a place where he can work Tor his board
 ''Wcu miss Bart but we'll tc uck.ed to dfath--tlere's no two ways about that said Cueie Peabody.
 The Senator tested ny arithmetic and grammar aud 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 feld aS l dla. After every row of corn learned a rule of syHtaN ar arithmetic or a fact in geography while rested. and my thought and memory took hold of fl aS l piled the hoe 1 don't want you to stop the reading but from now on you must spend half of every evening hl your lessons.
 AS was going to bed the Senator called me to him and said:
 T shall be gone when you are up in the morning. Ii may hc long time before I see you; l shall leave something for you in sealed enyel- ope with your name on 1t. You are not Ia open the envelope until you go away to school. I know how you will feel that first day. When night falls you will think of your aunt and uncle and he 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 l shall write. They will be 1 think, the most impressive words you ever read. You Will think them over but you will not understand them for q long time. Ask every wise man you meet to explain them to you, for all your happiness will depend upon yeur un- derstanalnG of those few words in the envelope"
 In the morning Aunt peel put it in my hands.
 "I wonder what in the world he wrote there-ayes!" said she. I've must keep it careful-ayes I'll put 1t in my trunk m give it to ye when ye 20 to Canton to sct.ool."
 Has Mir. Wright goueEa l asked ruther sadly.
 Ayes Land O mercy! He went away long before daylight with lot O jerked meat in pack basket ayes Yer uncle Is goln' down to the village to see bout the mortgage this afternoon, ayes !"
 T. was Saturday and I spent it's hours cording wood in the shed, paus- ing now and then for look into my grammar.
 What day 1t was !-the first of many like It. never think of those days without saying to myself: What Gods blessing a man like Silas Wright can be in the community in which his heart and soul are as an open book ,'
 As the evening came on l took a 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. l said i tharn over oS I hurripd down into the