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

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Raymond's hand went up amid a RI
pie OF applause from the pupils, VII
seemed glad to have a voter In the.
ranks.
Unanimous p said Mr.. Bronson. 81
Is a votel Now I'd like to hear
motion to perfect q permanent or
g~anization to build a creamery. Mr.
irwin will you please act as secretary.
Jim sat down at the desk and begaI
making notes. The meeting appointed
committees, fixed upon a time for .
future meeting, threw a collection o.
half-dollars on the desk to start a pet
ty cash fund, made the usual joke
aDou putting the secretary under
bond, adjourned and dispersed.
IT'S a go this timel" said Newton
to Jim.
Il think So" said Jim, with those
men interested. Well, our study OF
creameries has given a great deal OF
language work, a good deal of arith-
metic, some geography, and finally
saved the people from a swindle.
Rather good work, Raymond"
MY mother has a delayed luncheon
ready for the party" said Jennie to
Jim. please come with us-pleasel"
But Jim demurred. Getting off at
this time of day vas really u of the
question II he was to be ready to show
the real work of the school in the
afternoon session.
This has been rather extraor-
binary" said Jim, but 1 am very glad
you were here. 1t shows the utility
Of the right sort of work In letter-writ-
ing, language, geography and arith-
metic-in learning things about farm
Ing"
ut certainly does" said Doctor
Brathwayt. 81 wouldn't have missed
1t under any consideration but I'm
certainly sorry for that creamery
shark and his accomplice-to be routed
by the Fifth Reader grade in farm
ing!"
The luncheon was rather a wonder
full sffair-and its success was unqual-
flied after everybody discovered that
the majority of those In attendance
felt much more at home when calling
1t dinner.
What dye think Of our schools7"
asked the colonel.
Well" said Professor Gray, tits
not fair to judge, Colonel, on what
must have been rather an extraor-
moment In the schools history.
take 1t that you don't put on a rep
resentation of The Knave Unmasked'
every morning."
at was more like a caucus than I've
seen it, daddy" said Jennie, "and
less like a school,"
Don't you think said Doctor
that 1t was less like a
school because 1t was more like life?
It was life. If 1 am not mistaken, his
tory Of this community was making in
that schoolroom as VI entered"
You're perfectly right, Doctor"
said the colonel. "Jim's got too big for
he district, and so we're going to en-
arge the district, and the schoolhouse.
md the teaching force, and the means
# educational grace generally. That's
IS sure as can be-after what took
this morning"
Hes rather a wonderful person.
o be found in such a position" said
Professor Gray, "or would be in any
egion l have visited"
Hes a native product" said the
but a wonder all the same.
Hes a Brown Mouse, you know"
"A-a-T Doctor Brathwayt was
'lainly astonished. And so the colonel
vas allowed to tell again the story
T the Darbishire brown mice, and why
lie called Jim Irwin one. Doctor
3rathwayt said it was an interesting
fendelian explanation of the appear
nee of such a character as Jim. "And
f you are right, Colonel, you'll lose
i'm one of these days. You can't ex-
ect to retain a Caesar, a Napoleon,
r a Lincoln in a rural school, can
ou?"
~ don't know about that" said the
1.-THE great opportunity for
UGH a Brown Mouse may be in this
cry school, right now. He'd have as
ig an army right here as Socrates
yer had. The Brown Mouse is the
My judge of his own proper place..
II think" said Mrs. Brathwayt, as
ley motored back to the school, that
our country Schoolmaster is rather
errible. The way he crushed that Mr..
'armichael was positively merciless.
lid he know how cruel he wasp
Il think not" said Jennie. 1T was
truth that crushed Mr.. Car
lichael."
But that vote of thanks" said Mrs.
rathwayt. Surely that was the bit
crest irony"
"T wonder If it was" said Jennie.
No, l am sure it wasn't. He wanted b
leave the children thinking as well S
possible of their victim, and es- n
Of Mr.. Bonner; and there was fl
ally something in Mr.. Carmichael's j
TX which could be praised. l have n