The Wolf Point herald., 1923-09-13

'elt some sense OF duty as to exhibit
! ng an interest In public affairs
Il guess I'll have to 60, mother" h
.eplied regretfully. II want to see Nj
Woodruff about borrowing his Bal
,ock milk tester, and I'll go that way
guess I'll go on to the meeting"
He kissed his mother when he wen
"a habit from which he never deyi
ited, and another Of those persona
oeculiarities which had marked him a
different from the other boys of tn,
leighborhood. His mother urged hi
,vercoat upon him in vain-for Jim.
,vercoat was distinctly a bad one
while his best suit, now worn every
lay as concession to his scholastic
position. still looked passably vel
lfter several weeks of schoolroom
Iuty. 1t seemed more logical to as
Jume that the weather was milder
han it really was, on that sharp Octo
Ter evening and appear at his best
/ lbeit rather aware of the cold. Jen.
/ lie was at home, and he was likely
% see and be seen Of her.
''You can borrow that tester" said
the coaond, -and the cows that 20
with 1t, If you can use 'em. They
ain't earning their keep here. But
how does the milk tester At into the
curriculum of the school? A decorR-
tionT'
I'VE want to make a few tests of
the cows in the neighborhood," an
swered jim "Just another Of my fool
notions"
All right" said the colonel "Take
1t along. Going to the speakin'r'
Certainly, he's going" said Jennie,
entering. srhis is my meeting. Jim"
Surely, I'm going" assented Jim.
"And I think I'll run along"
II wish we had room for you in the
car" said the colonel. "But I'm going
around by Bronson's to pick UP the
speaker and I'll have chuck-up
load"
mot so much OF load as you
think" said Jennie. I'm going with
Jim. The walk will do me good.n
ANY candidate warns to her voting
population just before election but
Jennie had a special kindness for Jim.
He was no longer farm hand The
fact that he was coming to be center
OF disturbance In the district, and that
she quite failed to understand how his
eccentric behavior could be harmo-
nized with those principles of teach
ing which she had imbibed at the state
mn oil Cah yx
nearer to equality with her. A public
nuisance is really more respectable
than nonentity.
She gave Jim a thrill as she passed
through the gate that he opened for
her. White moonlight on her white
furs suggested purity, exaltation, the
essence of womanhood-things far
finer in the woman Of twenty-seyen
than the glamour thrown over him by
the school girl of sixteen.
Jim gave her no thrill; for he
looked gaunt and angular In hiH
skinny, ready-made suit, too short In
legs and sleeves, and too thin for the
season. Yet, as they walked along,
Jim grew upon her. He strode on with
immense strides, made slow to accom-
modate her shorter steps, and embar-
RAISING her by his entire absence of
effort to keep step. For all that, he
lifted his face to the stars, and he
pointed out the great open spaces in
the Milky Way, wondering at their
and at the fact that no
telescope can find stars in them.
They stopped and looked. Jim laid
his hard hands on the shoulders of her
white fur collarette.
whats the use of political meet
Ings," said Jim, when you and l can
stand here and think our way out,
even beyond the limits of our uni
verse?'
"A wonderful Journey" said she, not
quite understanding his mood, "but
while we roam beyond the Milky Way, ,
we aren't getting any votes for me for
county superintendent"
Jim said nothing. He was quite
-e-established on the earth.
Don't you want me to be elected,
Jim?"
Jim seemed to ponder this for some
-ime-a period of taking the matter
lnder advisement which caused Jennie
% drop his arm and busy herself with :
Ter skirts.
YES" said Jim, at last; "of course
do.''
Nothing more was said until they
cached the schoolhouse door.
"Well," said Jennie rather indig-
lantly, "I'm glad there are plenty Of
-oters who are more enthusiastic
bout me than you seem to bel"
More interesting to a keen observer
han the speeches were the unusual
hings in the room itself. On the
with problems in arith-
netic, were calculations as to the feed
ng value of various rations for live
took, records of laying hens and COM
,utation as to the excess of value In /
ggs produced over the cost of feed I
Pinned to the wall were market re-
orts on all sorts Of farm products, !
nd especially numerous were the sta /