Douglas Island news., 1920-01-09
CbG Stroller

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 There's wbero Che old fo.u atay
 Ordinarily Che Stroller docs not
 link of Che suwauco river once in
 nix wonths -wbcn One weather iu Naska is ou its good behavior But whom old Bory awakous and mani. Rests hls d.spolasurc in Che form of , Talm wind. or when a foot of pure white snow turns to slush as it has Iono several times during Che pres mt winter. is whom Ono Stroller bursts into song with tbo opening words of uhs article Thot .s when lIs "hcart is turning ovcr' Co Che .ountry through which Che suwouec
 .ycr purls la way to Che Gulf Of. Mexico. which it enters about twcn- ,-aye miles from Che city Of Cedar Keys. after running nearly BOO m'cs from is source. Che QkIdnokce
 uamp in southwestern Georgia.
 The Stroller win never forget Che. suwauoo r.yor as ho once kopt five months term of school on its lcft limit just thirty miles from where it
 mnuo ts dark and maiarIoua wa- tors into thc salt-ndon watcrs of The Gull The Stroller uses Che cN- precision "topt sohoo" Instead oi "aueht school" There gre more
 .hooi keepers than school teachers Amy person with a fair education can kccp" school but to 'teach school Is am entirely different propo-
 uou Experience and observation have convinced tbc Stroller that
 school keepers aro much moro com mon chan school teachers
 While Che Stroller may mot look
 t now. he had gone to Florida for Che benefit Of thc only Imr hc had Icu Hc wore look of resignation and chest protector and was SO wan chat strange women would st beside him ou trains and hold hIs hands One ol these mo.hcr'v crca- uros touched him for what loose change he carrIcd and tho result has been chat he has hceu somewhat par- uculor cycr since about allowing
 tuure women to hold his hands TO mako matters more do.olu for him whom hc landed m Jacksonville ! r,orda and wandered a.m'essly down Bay stroel am undertaken. ncc suddenly hr.rhtencd and Che. words Of thc song. "I Ann Wa.tnr My uoruur tor Thee rolled mo'od.- . ousy from his uns
 Thrcc wcoss h.or Che sroIlor had . opened a school Way down upon Inc suvauoo Bter" Hc iuet opened . It m Che ordinary vav Some thnr arc opened with prayers and other v.th corssrrcvs but Che stroller uaol neither
 That school district was tho male rra ceutcr Of Florida and that .s| avIur pov-ml lot Everybody In . that school district had aruc and .t| was mot musla. for tho school chIl-| drou Co stake tbc.r lunches and shake for them Whom district dada felt chWs coming on they vou'd . repair to some nearby "moon- .bucry" and shake for Che drinks . Au old-umcr "a typical "Crackor"
 remarked to Che Stroller onco. "I reckon ] aut missed hu.u' a chin every other day lo ioteea yeors
 Tho strouer's school was uu-.
 graded In act it was the most m- graded school he ever saw. It was nothing to switch from explaining The urioac.o. of cube root Co "ls It| u Oxe" Also it vas not unusual tor the cause or education to be de- Ioycd for Che prosaic task Of loborng over some young American who had showed Lima bean up hs uosc
 Tn order chat thc minds Of his pu- pills might be lmbuci with high and noble thoughts Che Stroller etched on Che walls with chalk such mottoo. as Success Is sure Unless Energy Faus" "Do Ohcr Before They Dol You. "Nyer Lead Prom a Sneak "Love One Another Bu. Use DIsoro- uon." also "pcar' soap' and other muobIme suggestions
 TO Che Stroller a stranger in al strange land. that would have been a ] very mouotonous winter had it not been for his second reader class which was composed of five boys Every time he would feel homcs.ck or blue he would line chat QuIn.o.to' mp and dress them down with Ions and uhe willows which grow proc mscly on Che bonk Of tho river Even Co th.s day he cannot pass cluster or willow sprouts without experience ing am itching sensation In Che palm or hIs right hand.
 On thc whole. Che school would have been fairly successful had mot Che Stroller remarked to one of his|