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For three summers, he has worked like
a dog in the corn field, the harvest field
and the hay fields and his father never
likes to see him leave for the university
for since he -was told he could go to
school winters if he worked well summers,
Tom has "been worth more than two
ordinary hired men.
For three falls, Tom has watched with
growing anxiety for the little tailor-made
girl to come marching up the concrete
walk; and not yet has she disappointed
him or failed to patter, patter, patter
across the library floor with her eyes open
wide, and the half- womanly, half-childish
dignity showing in her face.
In chapel he has watched her bow her
head slowly for prayer, though many
times she has been in the center of a
giggling row; and now he feels a reve
rence for prayer which he never under
stood before.
Last month he heard that her
father had been "pushed to the wall;"
and he imagines that her eyes are a shade
more serious than ever and that she has
worn this year's gown longer than usual.
fie does not know much about thread
bare gowns, though, for he is not a
connoisseur of clothes; but he has felt a
great pity for her, surging almost into
words.
Sometimes, he wonders if he will ever
be able to call her a friend of his; and
sometimes even contemplates trying to
gain an introduction; but he sees the
;jerky swing of his arm and the big
knuckles of his muscular hand and calls
himself a fool. Aurl yethe wonders if
he will evorhoar her puller, patter, pat
ter and see her earnest eyes again after
next June when he graduates. A.
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Governor's Discovery
Governor is playing in the snow. It
is the first snow he has ever played in,
and he hardly knows what to make of it.
He paws it, he smells it, he looks at it
curiously, he licks it, ugh J it's cold.
What a funny kind of grass it is anyway.
Will it do to roll in, to frisk about in!
Governor will see. Yes, it's all right,
but it's wet, and gets his fine wool all in
strings so that he looks like any ordinary
pup instead of a petted creature of liigl)
degree.
Governor has a way of jumping ahont
two feet in the air wlnm he harks, as if
there were a spring arrangement inside
which ran both parts of the machine at
once. He wonders if it will work in that
kind of grass. Yes, famously! And he
and the little black dog down on the
walk can chase each other aud jump and
bounce like rubber balls aud go whizz!
over the ground. What a lot of fun !
Don't you wish you were a bow-wow
for about an hour after the snow falls
P. B.
The Graham Taylor house has been
quarantined on account of scarlet fever
in the neighborhood.
Prof. Lucky attended the national as
sociation of principals of schools which
convened in Indianapolis, Indiana, last
week. He delivered a lecture before the
association.
Prof. H. W. Caldwell will read a paper
lit the meeting of the teacher's association
of southwestern Iowa, to be held at
Council Bluffs April 2. The subject of
the paper is the "Source Method of
Teaching History."
The P. B. D. C. will discuss the ques
tion Saturday evening, "Resolved, that
cities should own and control street
railways." The leaders of the debate are:
Affirmative, Messrs Stewart and Ayr;
negative, Lee and Green.