The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-07
CHAPTER XIII

CASH HI OH HIS ACCLuuc cHSdBC- ments.
 CHAPTER XIII
 MIR. A. J. JOSLIN had been a WI country school teacher, a coun- try banker, country editor. He now owned an excellent printing plant in Des Moines, and he was publishing a bi-monthly magazine called Rural Adult Education.
 MT. Joslin had twice heard the inspirational service furnished by Dean Planish, and during Janu- ary, 1927, he wrote begging the Dean for a few articles. He would pay 2 cents word. The sugges- ton came just when the Dean and Peony were looking over the Christmas bills. It was Peony who had had the courage to add them up, and she was grunting, believe 1t or not -- guess 1t S witchcraft we seem to be $700 in debt
 They looked at MT. Joslins let ter, they looked at each other, and Peony took him by the lapel, led him to the corner of the living room which they called his study, pointed to his portable typewriter, and went out to mix him drink - and to telephone to the furniture dealer that he could send up that leather floor cushion after all.
 Within three hours, the Dean had written an article on the con- solidated country high school as means of preparation for col- lege. MT. Joslin accepted it and sent a check for $5260; the Dean made the check over to Peony; and she went out and bought an imitation French imitation porce- lain mantel clock. Two weeks later. he wrote some spirited ad- vice to college girls about teach ing district school; he received $6344, and Peony paid dry cleaning bill and bought a lovely thing in the way of picture map of Iowa.
 The Dean was cheered thus into doing a rather larger essay on the important books of the day (for his material he had to read clear through the advertisements in New York Sunday Herald Times) and on the use of college libraries by rural communities. This check, for $93 388, Peony banked, un- footed. They both felt wonderful over the way in which they were tackling their debts, and in this mood the Dean dashed of a fam tasy on farm boys earning their way through college.
 This check was for only $25 94, Peony took it and went out and ordered new motor car, a Buick and paid down part of the price, and this time, when she added up their debts, they came to $l,687.79.
 T just don't know how it hap pened!" she walled.
 I'm afraid you'll have to stop buying things - for a little while, mean" fretted the Dean.
 "Oh, lover, don't be cross and beat mel"
 No, won't do that. But we | SCbAA 6Ob LO ANobl dAli OAA DClNEDs
 Gideon! Why don't you write an article for Rural Adult about how folks can economize on the farm2'
 I've never hardly been on a farm But I'll write it."
 "Oh, goody! That solves every thing! And it was my idea, wasn't itl"
 REFORE the end of March, when D the faculty appointments for the next school year in Kinnikinick were made definite, MT, A. J. Joslin wrote to the Dean that he was dis charging the editor of Rural Adult, who was very poor public speaker, and would the Dean like to give up his present job and take the editor ship2 The emolument Ca word used among the loftier teachers and the more amateur editors, and meaning wages" just as the wages of lec- turers are called the "honorariumD would be $4,200 a year
 As dean, he had been receiving $3,800 a year and, despite $500 check - and an irritated letter from his father-in-law, he now seemed to be $l,20O in debt He fiuttered home to Peony; they talked for half an hour; the Dean accepted the editorship by long distance telephone; then cere- moniously called upon President Bull, to ask whether he ought to accept the editorship.
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