The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-04

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town, for the purpose Of talking owe
with him the needs Of the rura
schools.
you've got to come down to oul
farmers week x year, and tell u,
about these things" said he to Jim
Cant your
Jim's brain reeled. He go to a gath.
ering of real educators and tell his
crude notions bow could he get ths
money for his expenses? But he hao
that gameness which goes with su
preme confidence in the thing dealt
with.
I'm come" said he.
"Thank you," said the Ames man.
''There's a small honorarium attached
you know"
Jim was staggered. He tried to re-
member what IN h~onorarium is. Was
he obliged to pay an honorarium for
the chance to speak before the college
gathering7 Well, he'd save money and
pay 1t.
"T-Tll try to take care of the hon
orarium," said he. "I1l come"
The professor laughed. 1t was the
first joke the gangling i~nnovator had
perpetrated.
at won't bother you to take care Of
it." said he, but If you're not too ex-
travagant 1t will pay your expenses
and give you a few dollars over"
Jim breathed more freely. An hon.
orarium was paid to the person receiv-
ing the honor, then. What a relief
"An right" he exclaimed. "Tn be
glad to comet"
Let's consider hat settled" said
the professor. "And now / must be
going back to the opera-house. Ny
talk on soil sickness comes next. i
tell you, the winter wheat crop has
been"
But Jim was not able to think much
of the winter wheat problem as they
went back to the auditorium. He was
worth the appreciation of a college
professor, trained to think on the very
matters Jim had been 80 long mulling
over In isolation and blindnessl
Calista Simms thought she saw
something shining and saint-like about
the comedy face Of her teacher as he
came to her at her post In the
In which the school exhibit was held.
Calista was In charge of the little chill
dren whose work was to be demon
strated that day, and was In a state
of e~xaltation to which her starved be-
ing had hitherto been a stranger. Per
haps there was something similar In
her condition of fervent happiness to
that Of Jim. She, too, was doing 10
thing outside the sordid life of the
Simms cabin. She yearned over the
children in her care, and would have
been glad to die for them-and besides
was not Newton Bronson in charge of
the corn exhibit, and a member of the
corn-judging team?
To the eyes Of the town girls who
passed about among the exhibits, she
was poorly dressed; but II they could
have seen the clothes she had worn on
that evening when Jim Irwin nrst
at their cabin they could per
haps have understood the sense of
and happiness in Oalista's
soul at the feeling of her dress, and
the 'boughten' cloak she wore-and
any of them, even without knowledge
Of this, might have understood Calls
ta's Joy at the knowledge that Newton
B~ronson's eyes were on her from his
%o+{c1 ~, @hn hfr nf1Ior
Hello, Calista |" said Jim. How
are you enjoying it?"
"Oh !" said Calista, and drew a long,
ong breath. "Ah'm enjoying myself
light much, MI. jim"
ANY Of the home folks coming in
to seer"
Eyes, seh," answered Calista. "All
he school board have stopped by this
morning."
Jim looked about him. There they
we're now, owe in a corner, with their
heads together. He went toward them,
his face still beaming with that radi-
ance which had shone so plainly to
the eyes of Calista Simms, but they
saw In it only a grin of exultation over
his defeat of them at the hearing be
fore Jennie Woodruff. When Jim had
drawn so close as almost to call for
the extended hand, he felt the repul-
sion of their attitudes and sheered off
On some pretended errand to a dark
corner across the 0
They resumed their talk.
"And as | was sayin'," went or
Bonner, II want to get this guy, Jim
irwin. An bein' the cause of his git
tin the school, I'd like to be on the
BOARD to kick him off but if you fell
Iers would like to have some one else,
won't run, and If the right Teller is
I'll line up what friends l got
Tor him."
you got no friend can git as many
votes as you cam" said Peterson. II
tank you better run"
"What say, Ezf' asked Bonner.
"Suits me all right" said Bronson.
Il guess we three have had our fight
and understand each other"
az don't like the way Colonel Wood