Arizona republican., 1922-01-08
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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY STORY
A COMPLETE NOVELETTE,

| success of her method with her tract
able son. Miss Cranby's pessimisn
concerning small boys was the growth
of years of experience with many, and
\ no two alike. Her thin lips broke into
smile. Il dare say that we shall get
on very well, Mrs. Peters. John Wes-
ley, take the third seat from the front
on the right" she admonished.
| The head OF John Wesley Peters III
spun like a top in the days that fol-
| lowed, what with rules at home and
\ at school. His teaching had been
| primitive and he found himself in q
modern schoolroom full OF strange
charts and appliances intended tc
simplify learning and to charm the
student, but unalterably confusing te
| him.
His morning nap had always beer
interrupted by Cit up" which he
understood perfectly, but he had tc
struggle with the command to "arise
Immediately upon the stroke of G." Ir
truth, about half of his orders were
Greek and his work in carrying them
out was after the blind. fashion of the
| dog which is striving after the mean
ing OF its trainer. On the whole, he
got on fairly wei, by trying hard, and
by ingenious guesses.
To Mrs. Peters he was an example
of what training will do; to Miss
CRANKY he was a volcano, sleeping
but not dead, and she watched for this
eruption which she felt sure would
come. Left to himself he would not
have fallen. The same might be said
of Adam. John Wesley's Eve came tC
| him in the form of Alice Rebecca
who, by virtue of having the bluest
eyes, the largest hairbows-also blue
the prettiest clothes, and the richest
| father of any. girl in the room, wal
queen of the May every school day
and on Saturdays, Sundays, and holi.
days as well.
Partly because of the everlasting
and not wholly feminine desire to ex.
tend her sway, partly because sh,
I was tender hearted, she helped JohI
| Wesley to translate Miss Cranky. /
began when they were directed to Civ,
"A Concise and Clear Account of tn,
! Discovery of America" Through tn,
fog which hid the world from hin
Alice Rebecca loomed, her blue eye.
two heaven sent beacons. "Tha
means to tell it short and easy, So,
any one could understand it," sh,
whispered under cover of her geog
raphy.
For several days Alice Rebeccs
translated and it began to look Il
John Wesley as though some day h,
would understand what Miss CRANKY
meant when she spoke, and his ten.
sion relaxed a trifle.
Then the eternal triangle. which
has all ages for its own, was formed
by Milton Ray, who had been the
favorite at Alice Rebecca's court anC
who did not intend to be superseded
Milton was willy beyond his years anC
hid his resentment, while with artles.
friendliness he sought John Wesley:
confidence. Then he struck.
Now in Miss Cranby's room there
was one forbidden sin. Each year i
was committed in some form or Other
and each year by drastic methods i
was stamped out-that was, changing
| Cranky to cranberry. Any one car
realize the temptation offered youth
This yearly riot had been quelled be.
fore John Wesley arrived.
Il notice that you always say Mis-.
Cranky, John Wesley" remarked Mil.
ton Ray one evening as he walked
| chummily beside the boy. "Don't yoI
know tnat her names Cranberry
"N-no," stammered John Wesley
abashed. Il thought every one sait
Cranky.