Arizona republican., 1922-01-08
fco,vr;oh4. 1922. ey w. werner)

| (Copyrisht, 1922, by w. Werner)
ANY child would show more interest
in choosing from shelf of glass eyed
dolls than Mrs. Peters did as she
| glanced over the pale array OF or
phans presented for her inspection.
81 do not care to study their physi-
| ognomy or know anything about their
| temperaments," she informed the ma
| tron, decisively. II can take any boy
here and mold his character to my
desire, for / believe IN early training
If it is firm. / merely wish to be
sure of one with a good physique, as
intend him for a strenuous career"
1t would be useless to describe Mrs.
Peters, for no one would believe that
the twentieth century could produce
such a woman. The Victorian
novelists first pictured her. Not one
of the urch3ns before her but had Sc
cretly prayed for a mother and a real
home, yet now that they were facing
this prospect not one but averted his
eyes.
81 am ready to sign adoption
papers, went on the applicant, "and
have brought proofs and references
to show my ability to give the child a
good home and proper care. Which is
your most perfect child, physically?"
The matron scanned the group be-
| fore her. bud Hanson, come for
ward, please" she ordered.
Bud Hanson was stocky six year
old with freckles across his pug nose,
and wide blue eyes.
"Bud has been here since he was a
baby, and except for the measles and
whooping cough has never been sick.
| He is good, obedient boy"
Mrs. Peters raised deprecating
hand. "Never mind that. My adopted
son will be good and obedient,'' she
said. II will take the child, but shall
never call him by that outlandish
name. Next Sunday he shall be
christened John Wesley Peters, But
even before that time he shall be
made acquainted with the career of
the brilliant man whose name he is to
bear and with the life which / have
arranged for him"
1t was we'll that Bud was sturdy.
and of stout heart, else what he
found out in the days prior TO that
Sunday would. have overwhelmed him.
His new mother. the relict Of Pro-
fessor John Wesley Peters, polaeon-
tologist, had raised an anaemic son,
John Wesley Peters H., to take up his
fathers interrupted work. John Wes-
ley Peters II. was making ready to
begin his research in the fossiliferious
strata when bronchial trouble cut off
his projected career.
Therefore, as a sacred duty, the be-
reaved mother picked out this orphan
and brought him home to pursue the
foreordained work Of the last John
Wesley Peters II.
But, of sturdy Scandinavian an
cestry, had been the victim Of a sys-
tenn in the home, but it was spread
out over many. Now he found him
self the sole victim of system which
was much more intricate and rigid.
NOW remember, John Wesley" his
mother by law admonished, for do
not wish to repeat, when the alarm
rings. arise Immediately, turn back
the bed covers and draw the waite in
your tub. Take your cold plunge, rub
off briskly, and go through your arm
and chest exercises by your open win
dow for five minutes. Then dress and
be downstairs by $50. Bible study
and prayer will be followed by break
fast at ~
BY the time this strenuous begin
ming was ironed into the boys mind.
following a probationary week, full of
dos and don'ts came the introduction
to the American public school system.
Miss CRANKY. this is my foster son.
John Wesley" announced Mrs. Peters.
He is to follow in the footsteps of
my brilliant husband and son. You
will find him obedient and amenable
| to discipline"
Miss Cranky surveyed the round
eyed youth before her and perceived
that under circumstances the face
might twinkle with mischief Mrs.
Peters's faith in her systerl of mould
iprr The M Ia youth vya~ roofad IN tIa