The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-18
"That Trip to France"
CHAPTER TIT
CHAPTER III
Unpopular Teacher is Ahead Of
Popular Rival by 206 Votes

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For over a week the contest had
been running On Thursday even
ing Dot Mcmillan read in the Eve
ing News, Attention, Boys and
Girls! Send in all your coupons
this week. On Saturday night we
will publish the number of votes
received by the various teachers
during the first two weeks of the
popularity contest. Send in all
your votes before 6 o'clock Friday
evening""
Thursday evening Dot and her
friends sourried around their neigh
borhood. They asked everyone they
saw to bring coupons to school Fri
day. Things were coming Miss
Norman's way thick and fast.
Still there was something mys-
FERROUS about those seventh grad
ers. They were collecting coupons,
no doubt of that, and yet they said
so little about it. Why?
ooh, how silly! Every coupon
will be for Miss Norman" The
chairman of the sixth grade coupon
committee passed off the thought
that anyone else would be in the
field, too.
But, when the results of the con-
test appeared Friday night, little
storms broke out in homes all over
Kokomo. Fathers chuckled, and
mothers smiled. Boys laughed. but
some girls took it seriously. Miss
Norman was not first, she was sec
ond. And, of all persons, the last
one anybody would think of Miss
Jeanette Bauer, was first.
at can't be right" exclaimed
Dot. Jean smiled sheepishly.
Sure, I've been voting for Miss
Bauer all week." joked Dad.
Right there were the figures. In
big type the headlines said. Miss
Jeanette Bauer leads in popular
ity contest, 1897 votes; Miss Nab
ell Norman second, 889 votes.
"Jean"-Dot was growing suspic-
ious-"are you girls in the seventh
grade voting for Miss Norman"
Jean blushed little.
Il wouldn't think we'd vote for
anyone else" she replied, >evasive-
ly. Dot saw through the plot at
once.
"You mean, mean things! You're
voting for Miss Bauer to go to
France so that you won't have her
for your teacher next year."
CHAPTER w
Sixth Grade JubiIant; Avalanche
of Coupons For Popular Favorite
1t was now an open fight.
The sixth graders had been sus-I
picious before, they now became
positive. The seventh graders no
longer tried to hide the name of
their favorite.
1t had settled down now to duel
between Miss Norman and Miss
Bauer. Miss Norman being IA
vorite with one side because she
was so tremendously popular and
Miss Bauer being the favorite of
the opposition because she was
even more unpopular.
Miss Norman and Miss Bauer
joked with each other about it, but
to the boys and girls it was seri-
GUS. 1t meant work. Each even
ing the Norman-ites and the Bauer
ties, like icemen and milkmen, |
went along the streets from house
to house. They were after votes,
and they went everywhere for
them.
Saturday night the results ap-
peared. Miss Norman had gained,
but Miss Bauer was still ahead. The
count stood 1914 to 4,752.
Another week passed by. The
of Miss Bauer appeared
to lose interest.
ooh, well, Miss Norman really i
ought to have it, anyway" admit
ted Jean one evening. Saturday
came and the totals for the week
Dot rushed into the kitchen wav-
ing the paper. Miss Norman was
5000 votes ahead. During the
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