The Glenwood post., 1923-11-08


that gameness which goes with SUI
preme confidence In the thing dealt
with.
"Fll 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 an honorarium is. Was
he obliged to pay an honorariam for
the chance to speak before the college
gathering? Well he'd save money and
/ pay it.
"l-Fll try to take care of the hon
orarium," said he. "Tll come"
The professor laughed. 1t was the
first joke the gangling innovator had
perpetrated.
at won't bother you TO take care of
it," said he, "but if you're not too ex-
travagant it will pay your expenses
and give you few dollars over"
Jim breathed more freely. An hon
orarium was paid to the person receiv-
ing the honsr, then. What a reliefl
"All right" he exclaimed. "Ill be
glad to come"
Lets consider that settled" said
the professor. "And now l must he
going back to the opera-house My
talk on soil sickness comes next. !
| 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 college
professor, trained to think on the very
matters Jim had been so long mulling
over in isolation and blindness!
+ Calista Simms thought she saw
something shining and saint-like about
the comely face of her teacher as he
came to her at her post in the room
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 exaltatiOn 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 some
! 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 If they could
hatr h. -.
that evening when Jim Irwin first
called at their cabin they could per-
haps have understood the sense of
well-being and happiness in Calista'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
tas joy at the knowledge that Newton
| Bronsons eyes were on her from his
station by the big pillar
Hello, Callstal" said jim. "How
are you enjoying it?"
"Oh i' said Calista, and drew long,
long breath. "Ah'm enjoying myself
right much, Mr.. Jim
ANY of the home folks coming in
to see?"
Eyes, seh,' answered Calista "All
the school board have stopped by this
morning."
Jim looked about him. There they
were now, over in 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 1t only grin of exultatlon over
his defeat Of them at the hearing he
fore Jennie Woodruff. When Jim had
drawn 50 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 dark
corner across the room.
They resumed their talk.
"And as | was sayin'," went on
Bonner, ~ 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
lers would like to have some one else,
l won't run, and II the right feller is
named, I'll line up what friends got
for him."
you got no friend can git as many
votes as you cam" said Peterson. Il
tank you better run"
what say, EZ?" asked Bonner.
suits me all right" said Bronson
II guess we three have had our fight
out and understand each other"
IL don't like the way Colonel Wood
ruff acts" said Bonner. HE rounded
up that gang of kids that shot us all
to pieces at that hearing didn't he?"
81 tank not" replied Peterson 81
tank he was yust interested in how
Yennie managed It,"
"Well," said Bonner, "he seems to
take lot of interest in this exhibition
here. ! think we'd better watch the
colonel. That decision Of Jennle's was
crooked"
yell" said Haakon Peterson, talk