The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-22

interfered with the MAJ. occasion bad
ne had set In operatIon :. wtiea
tine tine re for him. At s get I'D
u. once or 1t wouldn't run q. ~ JOB
Eu'ped audlbly. "Rud. =" az all q
rude am l In speecb-, ue rude d
speech esa Rude am in spess speesh-li
Yes" the irritated ta sp.sea-"
Mamsey's falling voice cont,nra ss,d' Y
'iy to insist upon this no,n ,.nued hu,k
You t'e . aret" And her nerves we,. .Ai -
t t,e so .n by the shout Of 1 1'ns "
from the school--lt was n. W. 's sI!
1or teachers to be witty. "Go i, e'acult
Ramsey. and do 1t after .a w SIT dow,
wa ms - ears a's roaring, the uufo,t,,. :.
, Meht to MS seat and among all tSa
'ar'ous faces, one stood out az the b.
Gums. Her laughter was Nora 70
IT was that Of a Confirmed p.eeoclousj
sulterably adult-she was I aush, 10.
nIm as grown person lanaS "'ns At
6, en.'d: Conspicuously and upm,,. at
oly' there was something ,n unnil'lstaka.
her .muSo, hs lndulgent In
d,dn.. amusement: He choked 1'A' M u
u,ant care for George washInu,o, as
p paul Revere. or the teacher S.on' % o.
sresident Of the United Sto, -. me
shakespeare, or any Of ,em ,a'es ;, OF
vou.u all e go to the dickens with n rns.
iocum. They were all LOT W." 81 sn po N
les anyway and he hated w. 'u,art'
stew Of EN-! '"e whole
There was one, however, ...
somehow couldn't manage to h,. no
even though this one officially soa na.s
TO De as intimately assocIatos s'e.ue s
Dora Yocum and superlorItv W. ., WIN
others were. Ramsey couldr,. - .ae
Abraham Lincoln even Whom n na's
was CHOSEN to deliver the "Gettvsbu u.a
Aodress' on the twelfth Of Fehruo.us
Lincoln had said Government -, sa ~ y
people by the people, for the pe y, I1 =
ana that didn't mean government t', =.
the teacher and the Teachers Pot any =.
rau' Revere and Shakespeare and
suchlike; 1t meant goyernman, A ~
everybody, and therefore Ramsey ~. ~
as much to do with 1t as anybody el,s
hao. Beyond a doubt, Dora and N.
teacher thought Lincoln belonged ~
them and their crowd of eYclus,ro.'
they seemed to think they owned III.
whole United States; but Ramsey Va.
sure they were mistaken about Abro.
ham Lincoln.
He felt that 1t was lust like tb,s II.
tie iocum snippet to assume such
thing, and it made him sicker than
ever to look at her.
Then. one day, he noticed that no,
eye-wlnkers were stlckln' out farths,
and farther.
His discovery irritated him ths
more. Next thing this ole Teacher,
Pet would do she'd get to thIpkIn' shs
vas pretty! II that happened, we'll
nobody could stand her! The lon,
ashes made her eyes shadowy, and Il
vas a fact that her shoulder blade,
leased to insist upon notoriety. Won
tell where they were at all
my more.
A contemplate thing happened.
Wesley Bender was well known to M
he most untitdy boy in the Glass; and
lad never shown any remorse for hll
equation or made the slightest effort
ither to improve or to dispute It. He
vas content: 1t failed to lower his
tanding with his fellows or to i'm
'ress them unfavorably. In fact he
vas treated as one who has attained
slight distinction. 1t helped him to
ecome better known, and boys liked
o be seen with him. But one day.
here was Encouragement Of the
eating In the schoolroom: Wesley
sender was given a desk next in front |
Dora Yocum's; and within week |
ne whole room knew that Wesley had
egun voluntarily to wash his neck I
ne back of 1t, anyhow.
This was at the bottom Of the fight .
etween Ramsey Milholland and Yves
y Bender, and the diplomatic ef' \
hanges Immediately preceding hostlli
es were charmingly frank and un'
ypocritical, although quite as mixed
p and off-the-issua as II they mao {
cen prepared by professional foreign
flee men. Ramsey and Fred hltche' o
nd four other boys waylaid young b
ender on the street after school, 10 b
ending jocosities rather than Violens' h
Ut the victim proved sensitive. .iou
Ike your ole hands off o met 10 q
i'd fiercely. as they began to push ID
IN about among them. b
"Ole dirty Wes." they hoarsey oe' 4
wed and squawked, In thelf cnans Z
e voices. "Washes his ears! 80 q
Washes his neck :" Dora 1oeuD h
Id his mama to turn the hose 90 "A
m T. %
wesley broke from them and backed .,
way, swinging his strapped DOCKS y. :. III
dangerous circle. you keep OIL, NJ
. warned them. II got as wD. ca
yht to my 'pers'nal appearance " Ii
lybodyv" ,,a III
This richly fed their hnlnor' .. a 10
ey rioted round him. keeping ou'' ~. an
e swinging books at the emu u w. nj
rap. "Pers'nal appearance Dsr st
'ow! Ole dirty Yves, he's so' won't on ma
lal appearaA ce" 1Mn :" w" Til