The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
Darblshire's," said the colonel, were
the devil and all to control"
CHAPTER x
Facinu Trial.

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geography classes had recited. and
the language work was on. Those
too small for these studies were play
ing game under the leadership of
jimmie Simms, who had been promot-
ed to the position of weed-seed mon
itor.
The game was forfeits. Each child
had been encouraged to bring some
sort of weed from the winter fields
preferably one the seed of which still
clung to the dried receptacles-but
anyhow, n weed. If any pupil brought
In a specimen the name Of which he
himself could not correctly give, he
paid forfeit. If specimen was
brought in not found in the school
cabinet-which was coming to con-
tain a considerable collection-it was
placed there, and the task allotted to
the best penman in the school to write
its proper label. All this caused ex-
element, and not little buzz-but 1t
ceased when the county superintend-
ent entered the room.
For it was after the first of Janu-
ary, and Jennie was visiting the Wood
ruff school
The group in the back of the room
went on with its conference, oblivious
Of the entrance of Superintendent
Jennie. Their work was rather ab-
sorbing, being no more nor less than
the compilation of the figures of a COW
census of the district.
"Altogether," said Mary Talcott,
Eve have in the district one hundred
and fifty-three cows"
81 don't make 1t that" said Ray
mond Simms. 81 don't get but hun
dred and thirty-eight."
"The trouble is said Newton Bron-
son, that Mary's counting in the
Bailey herd of Shorthorns"
WELL they're cows, amt they?' in
terrogated Mary.
Not for this census" said Ray
mond.
"Why not" asked Mary They're
the prettiest cows in the neighbor-
hood"
"Scotch Shorthorns," said Newton,
'and run with their calves"
Leave them out" said Jim, land
tomorrow, l want each one to tell in
the language class. in three hundred
words or less, whether there are
enough cows in the district to justify
cooperative creamery, and give the
reason. You1l find articles in the
farm papers If you look through the
card index. Now, how about the cen
/ sus in the adjoining districts?"
within four miles on the roads lead
ing west" said a boy.
my father and ] counted up about
a hundred beyond u.s." said Mary.
But l couldn't get the exact num-
ber."
"Why," said Raymond, 1--WE could
find six hundred dairy cows in this
neighborhood, within an hours
drive"
six hundred" scoffed Newton.
You're crazy! In an hours driveY
| 81 mean an hours drive each way"
said Raymond.
81 believe we could" said jim.
And after we find how far we will
have to go to get enough cows, If half
of them patronized the creamery, We'll
work over the savings the business
would make, If we could get the prices
for butter paid the Wisconsin cooper
ative creameries, as compared with
what the centralizers pay us, on a
basis of the last six months. Who's
In possession of that correspondence
with the Wisconsin creamerles?"
II have it," said Raymond. I'm
hectographing lot of arithmetic
problems from It,"
"How do you DO, Mr.. Irwin" It
was the superintendent who spoke.
| Jim's brain whirled little prsmatic
clouds before his vision, as he rose
and shook Jennle's extended hand.
Let me give you chair" said he.
"Oh, no, thank youl" she returned.
"I'll just make myself at home. l
know my way about in this school
house, you know"
She smiled at the children, and
went about looking at their work
which was not noticeably disturbed
by reason of the fact that visitors
were much more frequent now than
ever before, and were no rarity. Ger.
tainly, Jennie Woodruff was no novel
ty, since they had known her all their
lives. Most of the embarrassment was
Jim's. He rose to the occasion. how.
ever, went through the routine of the
closing day, and dismissed the flock
not emitting making an engagement
with group of boys for that evening
to come back and work on the for
malin treatment for smut in seet
grains, and the blue-vitriol treatment
for seed potatoes.
"We hadn't time for these things,
said he to the county superintendent
''in the regular class work-and its
getting time to take them up If We
are to clean out the smut in next
years CROP
They repeated Whittiers Corn Song
in concert, and school was out.
To be continued)
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