The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-01

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this country. II am about to close
my speech" said the colonel. land
the small service | have been able to
give to this nation. l went through
the war, neighbors-and am proud of
it but I've done more good in the
peaceful service of the last three
years than | did i'll four of fighting
and campaigning. That's the way /
feel about what we've lone in Con-
solidated District Number One" (Vo-
ciferous and lo~ng-continued applause.)
ooh, Colonel!" The voice of Angie
Ialcott rose from away back near the
kitchen. "Can Jennie keep on bein'
county superintendent, now she's mar
ried?'
A great guffaw of laughter reduced
poor Angie to tears; and Jennie had
to go over and comfort her. 1t was
all right for her to ask that and they
ought not to laugh at Angie, SO there
Now, you're all right, and let's talk
about the new schoolhouse, and so
forth. Jennie brought the smiles
back to Angles face, just in time to
hear Jim tell the people amid louder
cheers that he had been asked to go
into the rural school extension work
in two states, and had been offered
a fine salary in either place, but that
he wasn't even considering these Of
fers. And about that time, the chill
dren began to get sleepy and cross
and naughty, and the women set In
motion agencies which moved the
crowd homeward.
Before a bright wood fre-which
they really didn't need, but how else
was Jim's mother to show off the little
freplace?1sat Jim and Jennie. They
had been together for a week now
this being their homecoming-and had
only begun to get really happy.
Jim sat looking into the fire, OBJ
livious of 1t. When Jennie spoke. her
voice seemed to emanate from Jim's
shirt front.
did you hear" said she, what
Angie Talcott asked?'
MINI said Jim.
well" said Jennie, "now that I'm
married can | go on being county su-
perintendent?"
There was a long silence.
Would you like tor asked Jim.
Kind Of" said Jennie IF I knew
enough about things to do anything
worth while; but I'm afraid that by !
rising to my full height I shall always
Just fail to be able to see over any
You've done more for the schools
the county," said Jim. ''in the last
year than any other county superin- F
.endent has ever done"
"And we shall need the money so
ike-so like the dickens" was Jennie't
ejoinde..
"Oh, rot so Ivy laughed Jim,
except for the first year. I'll have
his little farm paying as much as
ome quarter sections when we get
quared about. Why, we can make a N
living on this school farm, Jennie-or Il
not fit to be the head of the a.
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Jennie took down her hair, and
Wound 1t around Jim's neck.
ut will settle itself one of these al
avs anyhow" said he at last. There's II
nough to do for both of us right A
W
'But tl.ty won't pay me- she pro- lie
asted. "
"They don't pay the ministers
said Jim, land yet, the min
'ters with the right sort of wives are
ways the best paid. / guess you'll ey
e in the bill, Jennie" 81
Jim walked to the open window and tv
,oked out over the still landscape. ar
in the little meadow grew the ey
roaming trees, their round crowns yo
sing as from a sea not quite to the
vel of the bungalow. their thrifty =
.aves ~glistening in the moonlight.
cross the pretty bridge lay the silent
tile campus with it's Twentieth cen
Try temple facing its chief priest. It
all good, without and within.
went across the hall to bid his
other good night. She chung to him
,nvulsively, and they had their own
We minutes which arranged matters
II these two silent natures on the
ew basis forever. Jennie was in white
sfore the mantel when he returned,
Milling at the inscription thereon:
LET Us Cease Thinking Sc Much |
Agricultural Education, and Devote
urselves to Educational Agriculture.
!, Mil the Nation Be Made Stronp.n
why didn't you put it in Latin7"
e inquired. 1T would have had so
uch more distinction
II wanted it to have meaning in
said Jim. And besides. nobody
no was at hand was quite sure how to
the Latin phrase. Are your
Jennie leaned forward with her ell
WIS on her knees, and studied it.
Il believe / could said she, with
t any pony. But after all, l like 1t
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