The diamond drill., 1919-02-01

"lm Not Afraid Of Him."
OF me when passed them as they did
when 1 wore the pettlcoat trousers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright came along with
the crowd, by and by, and Colonel
Medaf 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 1 remember remark of
my uncle, for there was that In his
tone which l could never forget:
"We poor people are trusting you
TO look out for us--we poor people
are trusting you 10 see that we get
treated fair. We're havin' hard
time"
My uncle told him about the note
and the visit OF Mr.. Grimshaw and OF
his threats and upbraidings.
''Dld he say that in Bart's hearlngT'
asked the Senator.
"Ayes right out plain"
"Too badl I'm going to ten you
frankly, Baynes, that the best thing
| know about you is your conduct to-
ward this boy. / like II. The next
best thing is the fact that you signed
the note. II was bad business but
IL was good Christian conduct 10 help
your friend. Don't regret IL. You
were poor and OF an age when the
boys pranks were troublesome 10 both
Of you, but you took him in. I'll
lend you the interest and try TO get
one condition. You must let me at
tend 10 Bart's schooling. l want 10
be boss about that. We have great
schoolmaster in Canton and when Bart
is little older l want him 10 go
there to school. I'll try 10 find him
board"
"We1l miss Bart but Wen be tickled
10 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 10 work hard, Bart.
You'll have 10 take your book into
the field as / did. After every row
Of corn l learned a rule OF syntax or
arithmetic or a fact In geography while
l rested, and my thought and memory
took hold of IL as / piled the hoe. ]
don't want you 10 stop the reading,
but from now on you must spend half
Of every evening on your lessons"
AS was going 10 bed the Senator
called me to him and said:
81 shall be gone w6eH you are Up
in the morning. II may be long
time before l see you; shall leave
something for you in sealed enyel-
ope with your name on IL. You are
not TO open the envelope until you
go away TO school. / know how you
will feel ,hat first day. When night
falls yen will think OF your aunt and
uncle and be very lonely. When you
20 to your room for the night ! want
you 10 sit down all by yourself and
open the envelope and read what l
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
10 explain them 10 you, for all your
happiness will depend upon your un-
derstandIng 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 II careful--ayes I'm put
II in my trunk an give II 10 ye when
ye 90 10 Canton 20 school"
"Has Mr. Wright goneT ] asked
rather sadly.
ayes Land o. mercy He went
away long before daylight with lot
o. jerked meat IN pack basket
ayes Yer uncle Is goin' down 10 the
village 10 see bout the mortgage this
afternoon, ayesl'
II was a Saturday and spent Its
hours cordlng wood In the shed. paus-
ing now and then Tor look into
my grammar.
What day IL was l-the first Of
many like II. never think OF those
days without saying 70 myself: what
Gods blessing man like Siias
Wright can be I'm the community In
which his heart and soul are as an
open book !"
As the evening came on took n
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. / said
them over as hurried down into the
pasture with old shep and brought I'm
the cows. got through milking Just
as Uncle Peabody came. saw with