The Orlando Clipper. (Orlando, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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8he nodded slowly. "I thought like
enough. But you can't do It."
"I'm going to."
Slu> looked at hlui more approving-
ly. " The I,ord helps them that helps
themselves,'' she said solemnly, "and
I and the Lord do the same."
She rose majestically and opened
the secretary doors once more. She
took down a broken-nosed teapot and
extracted a roll of bills, holding It out
to him. "There's $100," she said slow-
ly. "I shall give you that every year
till you get through. And if anything
happens to me, Eben's to give it to
you—same as if I was alive."
"Of course I—" begun Uncle Kben
from his chair.
She stopped him swiftly. "Don't say
a word."
His open mouth collapsed. lie
rubbed his fingers thoughtfully.
| She turned to the boy. "Run along \
home, Richard. Don't forget to tell j
| your mother I divided the beans with
I her—even."
SYN0PSI3.
Hiihard Derrinsf. returning from » witt-
ier in the woods to his mother's farm
liomo, is overtaken by his uncle, accom-
panied by his eccentric wife. comtnR to
pay a visit at the farm. Aunt Jerusha's
questions about Emily Dutton, supposed
to l)e Ktchard's sweetheart, bring out the
fact that she Is to marry a merchant.
Edwards. Detring's disappointment stim-
'ilates his ambition and under the advice
of Seth Kinney, a hermit of the wuods.
lie resolves to fit himself for college. Kin-
ney promises to teach him Greek. Her-
ring (ells his mother his resolve, and in
Ills grandfather's oM laboratory begins
the study of Greek. Seth Kinney hears
Richard's Greek recitation in the woods
while he and Tom Bishop ply the cross-
cut saw.
CHAPTER VI.
wouldn't have no more care an a |
child." She directed her nod towards '
the kltclien.
Uncle Eben looked up hopefully as
they returned, the key to the secre-
tary borne in Aunt Jerusha's palm.
Mounting a chair in front of the
high secretary she inserted the key
in the lock. The doors swung open.
Uncle Kben feasted his eyes. There
were packages of seeds and velvet
bonnets and a string of gold beads
nnd a high shell comb. She touched
a package of papers that lay at the
CHAPTER VII.
"Who's the farmer'.'" whispered the
boy on the back seat to his neighbor.
It was the examination in Greek.
Richard's ears reddened to the tips.
He sat two scats away. Hut the ears
accustomed to note the falling of a
leaf were keen, and the whisper was
loud. He would have it out with the j
fellow at noon. Now he merely
shrugged his shoulders a little and de-
voted himself anew to his verb.
He bad chosen it first to con-
When the snow began melting from
the partridge-berries the wood had
been cut and hauled. Only scattered
chips remained to tell the winter's
worn. And. although all the village
knew that Richard was learning
Greek, it did not know that in the
woods he had learned something hard-
er than Greek. No one but he and
Seth knew that with every blow of
the ax he had made a stroke at his
trouble—and cut it, and sawed it. and
split it, and piled it high, and sledded
it to town, and sold it at so much a
cord—till his heart was as sound as a
drum.
And when one morning he passed
Kmlly in her new spring array, trip-
ping along the country road, he could
lift his hat and smile at her proudly.
And Emily, fingering the ribbons that
fell from her throat, called hint in her
heart a fickle thing ami rejoiced anew
that she was to be Mrs. Edwards.
He was on his way to Uncle Eben's
when he met her—carrying a message
from his mother. He found the old
man in the side garden, pottering
about over the half-dried earth and
■warming his stiff back in the sun.
"Eimy beans?" said Uncle Eben
•when he heard the request. "You'll
have to go into the house anu ask her.
She hain't give me mine yet. It's
time for 'ein, too. She keeps 'em
locked up in the secritary—ch'ice as
gold." He rose stiffly from his knees
and led the way to the house.
Aunt Jerusha was buried in the
•depths of the Dutch oven, a long
feather duster in her hand, with which
she whisked its sides. She emerged,
shining and surprised.
"Well, I declare, Richard; is that
you!" She readjusted her spectacles
*nd looked at him kindly. Her skirt
was pinned safely up out of harm's
way and her sleeves were rolled above
the elbow. A sunbonnet protected her
head. She beamed out of its depths.
"Want some of the Limas, do you,
Tor plantin ? Well, I do' know how
many we'll have. 1 hain't got 'em
down for pa yet." She glanced at him
suspiciously.
He shirted from one foot to the
other. It might have been hope or it
might have been impatience.
Aunt Jerusha's look changed to af-
fection. "He wants some, dreadful,"
she confided to Richard, "but it ain't
'ime yet."
She crossed the room and took from
a high nail by the shelf a key. It was
the key to the parlor door. "You come
with me. Richard," she said mildly, as
she waddled away.
Uncie' Eben looked wistfully after
them. He seated himself in a straight-
hacked chair and, lifting his feet to
the front round, rubbed his lingers
thoughtfully.
i Aunt Jerusha opened the parlor
door into the dim light. "You can
come right in," she said proudly
"Never mind your feet. Women were
made to sweep up dirt. I've got to
clean here next week anyway."
The room was speckless. Not a
trace of dust rested on any object,
thought Aunt Jerusha gave an osten-
tatious puff to the plush album as she
lifted it. She opened it with a little
gesture of pride. It was half filled
with pictures, and in the hole left va-
cant in the other half reposed a key.
"I keep it in here," she whispered.
"He wouldn't ever think of looking in
there." She chuckled softly as she
drew it out. She snapped the heavy
clasps safely and returned the album
to the table.
"1 thought I might's well show you."
She stood in the dim light, watching
him mysteriously out of her sunbon-
net. "If anything should happen to me,
•ouiebody'd hev to know, and be
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contest. "He'll have * try (or tta
team," said one.
They strolled on.
"It's the shoulders that count."
"Partly—and muscle."
"And grit. Did you see his face?
Looked as if he was chewing iron."
Richard and the boy shook hands
and went back to the classroom. The
professor was on the platform. Ha
had mild brown hair and a large nose,
surmounted by spectacles. He
glared through them at the hapless
youth. He had a sensitive ear for
Greek accents and the entrance exam-
inations wore on it. The assistant had
been showing him the written work.
It was very poor. His face was pre-
pared for the worst. The oral exam-
ination would consist of reading in
the original Greek.
Tiie boys subsided beneath his glare
and there was ominous silence.
"Next," growled the professor. He
surveyed Richard—his heavy shoul-
ders and big hands—and groaned In-
wardly. He resigned himself to his
fate.
Richard struggled to his feet. His
face was red and his throat dry. The
words came with rasping hoarseness.
Then the swing of the rhythm caught
him. His voice opened and deepened
nnd he was off on the lines. The si-
lence of the woods was about him,
and the sound of the cross-cut saw
rose upon it. He swayed to its tune,
the words rolling out—rising and fall-
ing to a kind of heavy chant. The
professor on the platform started a
little Me pushed his spectacles high
on his forehead and rubbed his great
nose. The wrinkles smoothed from
his brow and the pence of days settled
upon his face. The boy on the back
scat nudged his neighbor. "Fanner's
getting there," he whispered.
"H-s-h!" growled the professor.
Richard came to a stop, looking up
blinkingly. He had forgotten the class
and the professor. He and Tom had
been swaying back and forth to the
sound of the cross-cut saw, chanting
the deep, monotonous sounds.
The professor beamed on him. A
faint, half-scared cheer went up from
the class. The spectacles descended
and glared at them. "Time to cheer
when you are out of the woods," ha
said. "Next."
The next youth rose and blundered
on. The hour wore away and the class
escaped, but bruised and sore.
The professor detained Richard by
a gesture. "Where did you fit?" he
asked brusquely.
"At home."
"Where?"
"In Ashton."
"Massachusetts?"
"Yes."
"There's no school there."
"No, sir; I studied by myself and
with an old man."
"Umph!" The spectacles regarded
him.
"And did he read Greek the way
you do?"
The boy's face reddened. "Not ex-
actly. Wo did it that way, sawing
logs—I got into the swing of it and
forgot."
The professor leaned forward, tap-
ping the Odyssey with his spectacles.
You recited Greek in the woods7"
"Yes, sir."
The professor's face grew light. He
chuckled. "And we think we can
teach them indoors!"
"Is It all right, sir?"
"All right?" growled the professor.
"It's the way they did it in Greece—
3,000 years ago. Go home and thank
your lucky stars you had. something
besides boards over your head while
you learned it."
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
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•You Come with Me, Richard," She Said Mildly, as She Waddled Away.
left. "That's my will," she said sig
nilicantly to Richard. "I've left every
thing to him."
A glow of appreciation overspread
Uncle Eben's face. "Why, Jerusha,"
—his boot-heels came down with a
clatter to the floor—"why, Jerusha—"
"Not a word!" she said sternly,
turning on him. "I don't want to hear
a word."
She turned hack to the open space
and searched among the packages.
"Here they be." She gave a fat sigh
and descended from the chair, closing
the mysterious doors. She emptied
the package in her lap, Uncle Eben
eyeing it enviously from afar.
"I shall divide even,'' she said with
a calm air—"just even." She counted
out the beans, one by one, each in its
separate pile, and handed one of the
piles to Richard. "There. Tell your
mother 1 divided equal.''
"I'll tell her," said Richard, stowing
away the bag in his pocket, lie knew
better than to hurt Aunt Jerusha's
feelings by refusing any proffered fa-
vor.
She sat leaning comfortably hack in
her chair, looking at him. ' They say
you're learning Greek. Richard," she
said at last, rocking a little.
Uncle Eben tipped eagerly foiward
in his chair.
She ignored him. "Are ye?"
"Yes, ma'aui."
"And you're going to college?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"How's Amanda Herring going to
pay for it?" she asked severely.
"I'm going to pay my own way."
jugate, as being the easiest thing
on the paper. But it was unex-
pectedly difficult. He was confused.
Kmily's saticy eyes were coming be-
tween him and the page, snatching
away its meaning. "I have loved—
you have loved," his pen scratched
desperately on. How pretty she had
looked that morning. And he had
thought he was over it! He shook
himself. "I shall love—" He glanced
despairingly at the clock. The time
was nearly up. It must be the coming
away from home that had upset him.
She was not worth a thought. He
gathered himself for a fresh start and
wrote rapidly.
"Farmer's getting rattled,'' whis-
pered the boy on the back seat.
Richard made another mental uote
and plunged on.
"Time." It was the voice of the as-
sistant.
Richard dropped his pen and gath-
ered up his scattered notes, running
his eyes hastily over them. They
were enough to flunk him. He could
see that nt a glance. He handed theni
in with sullen face.
"In half an hour the oral examina-
tion will be held In this room," an-
nounced the assistant in a stereotyped
voice.
The boys plunged into the open.
Richard sought out the boy of the
back seat and salved his wounded
feelings by hand-to-hand measures.
"You've got muscle," he said envi-
ously.
Two upper-claBsmen, pnsslug, had
stopped for a moment to watcU the
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In a few years coppers will no
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this country. As it is no more bronsse
moDey is now coined, and the short-
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The metal, or rather an alloy of Mi,
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