. ; TUE PROGRESSIVE FARMER '
1190.(18)
Th& Hoosier Schoolmaster
By EDWARD EGGLESTON
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; will caJl for no appPJ
ogies 5 h :1 T&auks-, J
giving Day. if doiie (
with a Keen JCutter
Xarving Set;:
..There's a temper in the forged
; i steel blades of Keen Kvtter - ,
J; Carvers tHat makes them , take v
':-;y and hold a keen and lasting edge. ; ' :'
1 You'll lose all nervousness over
v carving before your guests the :
'very moment . you get a '
Keen Kutter in your hand.
And that holds good for every
". meal for years and years to come.
Keen kuTTEit Carving Sets
are inexpensive and guaranteed
satisfaction oryour money back.
and, with , his eyes ' fixed upon the
date rm the teacher's -desk, he sidled
HAT a quare boy Shockyjs T round upon the "broad1 loose, baard
remarked Retsy. Short; with . mispiacea,oy ms own mu
a tAcrvU H inst likes to instant' the other, end of the board
a giggle. r HeJUSt UKeS lO .. ..WiMAI. f 4h'crhnnU
- - - - . I OlC U U ' AAA LAI AAA iUUV
wander .rouna aione. . . i see : nun r0 -,most striking Shocky in-the
commnv out of the sugar j camp just f 'while Henry Banta went down
; S j . 1 jV - r : , into the ice-cola: water aeneatn tne
hourtl-And Betsy Kifreled'again for .yv-'v-....... ,
etsy.ShortCTild:;sjggle iravslr
prov3cation than any ther girl on v-v TOy,;Henryl 'icnedRalph, .jump-
' v"-S I " 1 ;V:kk- prise: "iiow did hishappeni'rnd
tAVhen 'f l1 llped the dripping felfeut and
qaiet.vflogged tread that he was cuiti- .ZA-u:m k '-' "i
:?ating,5ked;into the school-room, seated him Jy the fire.x . -v , ;1
hP tnntffreat care not to seem to see ' oeiicy ouuu giggicu , , :
the trap ; set - for him ;" but he care- . , Shock was so tickled that he qould
iessiy,, stepped 'over, the -board "that
had been so nicely adjusted. The boys
who were Hank s confidants; in the
plot wef e very busy over their slates,'
and took pains not to show their dis
appointment. y'? " '-"-y.,J :i; r.: '"
.The morning session wore on with-
out inciaent. Kaipn several, umcs
caught two - people looking at him.
One was Miraridy. ; ; Her weak" and
watery eyes stole loving glances over
the top of her spelling-book, which
she would not study. Her looks jnade
Ralph's spirit sink to forty below
zero, and congeal.;; ' . - "
But otti one of, the backless little
.benches that sat iri the middle of the
school-room was little Shocky, who
also "cast many love .glances at the
hardly keep' his seat.
The boys who- were in the plot
lookedvery serious indeed.
Ralph made some remark by way
of improving the occasion. He. spoke
stronglyjof the utter meanness or the.
one who could play , so heartless - a.-
trick on a schoolmate. He said that
it was as much thieving to get your
fun at the expense 6f another as to
steal his monev And while he talk
ed, all eeswere turned On Hankall
except the. eyes ' of Mirandy Means.
They lodteed isimperingly at Ralph-"
All the rest5 looked at Hank. The hre
had made his face very red.M Shocky
noticed" that.' Betsey Short noticed
it, and giggled. The master .wound
up witn an appropriate quotation
j C r '"i J satisfaction or jour tnoneyoaci. : I
itfnnif rim
young master ; glances as grateful to from Scripture. He said that the
his heart as Mirandy's ogling he person who displaced. that board had
was temptea to can it ognng wab . better, not be encouraged by the-.suc-hateful.'
, : " cess he said success with, a curious
1 "Look at Shocky," giggled Betsey emphasis of ; the present experiment
Short, behind her slate. ,4He looks as to attempt another trick of the kind,
if he was a-coin' to eat the master up, For it was set down in the Bible that
body and soul." I if a man dug a pit for the feet of an
And cn tliP fnrpnnnn wnrP nn as us- ytner ne wouia De very likely to tall
ual, and those'who laid the trap had himself.; Whh made all the pu-
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downy covering of ashe; and the'
great half-burnt' back-log lay there
smouiqenng iiKe a giant asieep m a.
snow-drift. 'Shocky longed to wake
him up. ' : ;; ;:
As for Henry Banta, he .was too
much bothered to get the: answer to
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forgotten it, themselves. The morn- P"s i00K,3 solemn except ; letsey
ing session was drawing tov a : close, hort, j who gigged. And Shocky
The fire in the gf eat old fire-place, wanted to. And Mirandy Cast an ex-
had burnt low. The flames, which ""is ai ,aiP; , n ine
eppmpd n fn h nno-pU VukV- teacher was not love-sick, he certain-
disappeared, and now the bright coals, ly wag sick of Mirandy's love. -
which had played- the part of men When school was "let out,1" Ralph
and women and houses in Shocky's gave Hank every Caution that he could
fancy, had taken on a white and about' taking cold,, and. even lent him
nis overcoat, verv much against
Hank's will. For Hank had obstin
ately refused to go home before'the
school was dismissed. ;
Then the master walked out in a
qiiiet.and: subdued way to spend the
noon recess in the .woods, while
a sum he was doing, to remember ;bhocky watched his retreating foot-
-i 'a. i- : j. t .. r . . 1. - i - ... lit. 1 : i . .
anyimne auoui nis iraD.': in iaci, nc - sicys yvriu loving admiration. Ann
had quite forgotten that half an hour .the pupils not in the secret canvassed
ago in the all-absorbing' employment the question of who moved the board.
of drawing ugly pictures on his slate Bill Means ssaid he'd bet Hank did it,
and coaxing -JBetseyhort to -giggle w bhort off in 'an un-
Dy snowing- tnerasryiy across tne - cuniroiiaDie giggle. Ana bhocky. lis-
scnooiroom. : unce .or Atwice .aipn . icneu innoceniiy.
naa Deen atiractea.to. oecsey s exxra- v-..ut 'that night Bud said slvlv
ordinary .fits of giggHng,aniiad come;Thunder. and lightning 1 what a malt-
so;nearvta evening trianK:,inai ine, ager .yoh air, Mr. Hartsookl" To
uoy. xnougiu it uest not iu runaiiymi- which Kalph returned no reply ex-
ancrnsK.oi ine'eca;swucn?s,.ii ?ect a Iriendly smile., Muscle paid
or five feet Jong, laid up behmd.the tribute to brains that time. ..
-masterful sight-of the school as a V -r... painlt i, rt
prophylactic. t;Hence h s application tJ - . -f"-cut"
fusnow to his rsum'' in longoivision, sCh00l J came the spelling
ahd? hence his puzzled look, for, idler ' '
hat he was, his "sums" did not solve CHAPTER IV-v '
themselves easily. As usual in such
cases, .he came up in front of the . opening Down the Master
master s desk to have the difficulty
t : A . TT . "1 J a -
explained, ne nao 10 wan a minute
until Ralph got through with shoWing
Betsey Shortj who had been seized
with a: studying fit, arnd who could
hardly give any attention to the
T 'LOW," said Mrs. Means, as she
A stuffed the tobacco into her, cob
?e after supper on that eventful
ednesday evenine: "I Mow thvMl
app int the; Squire to gin out . ; the
rovo
prd for
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teacher s -explanations, she did want: vrus to-nignt. lhey mos always
to:giggle.so.muchl Not'at any thing ; d9 y,u seerkase he's the peartest ole
in particular, biit just at things in man ln this . deestrick; and I 'low
creneral. . ' , v .- some of the. voune fellers wm?M tiav
' Lew Facterv PrtcM. Freight PrspaM. Write toy
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f Tks Bran Ftaca 1 Wirt Cs, DeplUl - datsUnd,' Ohla
tS J v;tWhile:Ralph was "doing". Betsey's ! ?j? ?Lni ef would keep
?srt'WfrUeni,,'t, upto nim And he uses sech remirW-
611-I AftiZu "TTVT? "i;' able smart words He VaT.
flashed upon him, but the punishment. aws don't I remember v
seemed severe one. He gave it up- ?7e"e was Parr ?r Job's tyrjcey
once or twice, but he remembered ul- J a- f wn,en nc. come .to
how turbulent the Flat Creek ele- ese cfe dm's, that air Squire
ments were; and had he not only re Si iX &'-v'fl "hool-master.
solved to be as unrelentine as a bull- sa ,d ,pai1 stid of bucket, and
(T!atcli Fisll, EMSaSS
HUIVU U LJ3Uf numbers, with the new
ig as a bull-
ing again the oft-remembere
dog? He fortified himself by recall-, "i!??"?11,. C0Vi . 9ao that
bered remark Vl iSJA ftl;garwhat
Poldlnjr. GalvanlJiea Cteel Wire Trap. Catches
them like nj-tra catches flies. Hojn all
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t bait ever discovered for attracting all klnda
siua.'aiarwMases,a Mwu,hiu$
of Bud, "Ef Bull wunst takes holt. EATt br low and by right smart.
and yarth can't make him let. i "1 A'c:: .1,7"
- Bemember that if what you want to buy
ta endvertlaed ine Prorreaslve Farmer,
sow can often fet It by pnttlnc'a little no'Use
Jm ear rarTnera BxchaJife.. -
heaven
ft A
go. v Ana so
Hank and. the
Jesson.
"Just step round behind me, Henrv.
and you can sec how I. do this,", said
Kalph. . . ...
our wavs now. an' he'
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' jcsi as civuizea as the rt of .v
wholehool one W6;41 er been 7
. .,, ... . Cee'TTH didn't stay poar long. Not
...... he. He lest married a ritrVif nVVi mVi i
iuna Dentna me. Henrv. tt-i u-i a j al i " 6.4'
v hci. ahu mc oia woman grin
ned at Ralph, and then at Mirandy,
and .then at the rest, untU Ralph
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