The Ringwood Leader. (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Rlngwood Leader
W H Watkins Pub
RINGV'OOD IIIS OKLA
Now to the time to begin the safo
nnd eaae Cbrietmes shopping
In changing cabinets Spain to mem
ly swapping horses la midstream
Aviators will soon utilise and ride
high winds Instead of fighting shy ol
them
Lightning has been hitting Texas oil
tanks thereby becoming greased
lightning
Diaries for 1910 are out This fact
has a bearing on the Christmas shop-
ping question
Alaska is said to be a future dairy-
ing country It should produce high-
grade Ice cream
How does lovely woman find the
time to work ten hours a day and do
up all her hairT
Railroad reports show that old Gen-
eral Prosperity is making use of his
return-trip ticket
Unless football to made a less dan-
gerous game it will be placed on the
list of prohibited sports
Kaiser Wilhelm says he never will
fly Just wait until the new aerial
safeties are out and we shall see '
For the Information of the uniniti-
ated we would state that pellagra the
new corn disease Is not a near rela-
tive of the Jim-Jams nor “dlllrlous
triangles"
A Chicago woman is suing for a di-
vorce because her husband thinks
that 25 cents s day to enough to live
on What extravagant notions some
women have!
A worthy government official says
that fishermen are as great an asset
as are the farmers Show this to
your wife the next time you are In-
vited on a fishing excursion
For a few moments of sport West
Point has sacrificed a cadet on the
gridiron The country has lost a stal-
wart defender and parents a beloved
son Is the game worth the candle?
An alleged expert on the subject of
theft being under arrest for Its prac-
tice asserts that it "Is a disease"
Even so the traditional practice of
isolation looks like the best method
of controlling U
It Is the era of short skirts for la-
dles In street attire Of course Paris
not only seta the fashions but follows
them and in Parts streets the short
skirt la In full swing And the short
skirt necessarily implies care in foot-
wear And so it comes that short
skirts are booming American shoes
The Parisian lady wants the best that
to going and she finds it in the Amen
lean shoe
The only pleasant feature of the
hookworm disease to the ease with
which the cause can be expelled from
the human system It what 1s said
about it 1s true one of the wonders of
the twentieth century will be the
story of this disease It has only late-
ly been discovered only within the
last year or two has It been discov-
ered that a considerable proportion of
the recruits to the military services
have It — and at once a plan 1s made
to spend 91000000 in wiping it out
The real forestry problem of the
United States is In the bands of the
states and Individual citizens Only
a small fraction of the forest area of
the country Is In national forests and
if America is to be saved from the
fate of desiccation which has over-
taken every spendthrift nation In the
world’s history scientific forestry
must be made the everyday practice
of the people and it must be recog-
nized in the fundamental law of the
states
Not only are beef-and pork growing
scarce with prices high but now
comes word that there to a shortage
In the poultry supply One explana
tion Is that farmers and ranch own-
ers In the west have found It more
profitable to give up their acres to
wheat growing at prevailing rates
than to raise cattle and chickens But
at the fancy figures prevailing or
promised there should be "money In
fowls” Present conditions tend to
encourage vegetarianism
It Is evident that the Immigration
laws of the United 8tates have some-
thing to commend them to other coun-
tries The Mexican minister to Cuba
Is now here studying the workings of
the system at New York with a view
to devising laws for his own nation
and -for similar purposes Many be-
lleve’our restrictions are not sufficient-
ly severe and that unfit aliens creep
in through our Immigrant stations
But there must be merit In the plan
In operation here when other coun-
tries seek to copy our laws
SYNOPSIS
Richard Derrlng returning from a win-
ter In the woods to his mother's farm
tome Is overtaken by his uncle accom-
panied by his eccentric wife coming to
Pay a visit at the farm Aunt Jerusha'a
luestions about Emily Hutton supposed
be Hlchard's sweetheart bring out the
met that she Is to marry a merchant
Cdwards Derrlng disappointment sttm-
llates his ambition and under the advice
f Seth Kinney a hermit of the woods
is resolves to fit himself for college Kin-
ley promises to teach him Oreek Der--Ing
tells hta mother his resolve and In
lla grandfather’s old laboratory begins
he study of Oreek Beth Kinney hears
Richard's Oreek recitation In the woods
ehlle he and Tom Bishop ply the cross-
mt saw
CHAPTER VI
When the snow began melting from
the partridge-berries the wood had
been cut and hauled Only scattered
ships remained to tell the winter’s
work And although all the village
(new that Richard was learning
3reek it did not know that in the
gooda he had learned something hard-
ir than Greek No one but he and
Seth knew that with every blow of
die ax he had made a stroke at hla
rouble — and cut It and sawed It and
ipllt It and piled It high and sledded
to town and sold it at so much a
lord — till his heart was as sound as a
I rum
And when one morning he passed
Emily In her new spring array trip-
ling along the country road he could
-ift bis hat and smile at her proudly
tnd Emily fingering the ribbons that
fell from her throat called him In her
leart a fickle thing and rejoiced anew
hat she was to be Mrs Edwards
He was on his way to Uncle Eben's
aben he met her — carrying a message
irons his mother He found the old
nan In the side garden pottering
ibout over the half-dried earth and
warming his stiff back in the sun
"Limy beans?” said Uncle Eben
when he heard the request "You’ll
lave to go into the house and ask her
She hain’t give' me mine yet It’s
time for ’em too She keeps ’em
ocked up in the secrltary— ch’ice as
fold” He rose stiffly from his knees
tnd led the way to the house
Aunt Jerusha was hurled In the
leptbs of the Dutch oven a long
feather duster In her hand with which
the whisked Its sides She emerged
ibining and aurprtoed
"Well I declare Richard Is that
you!” She readjusted her spectacles
ind 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
lead She beamed out of Ita depths
"Want some of the Limas do you
lor plantin'? Well I do' know how
nany we’ll have I hain't got ’em
town for pa yet” She glanced at him
luspiclously
He shlrted from one foot to the
other It might have been hope or It
night have been impatience
Aunt Jerusha’s look changed to af-
fection "He wants some dreadful"
the confided to Richard “but It ain’t
:lme yet”
She crossed the room and took from
i high nail by the shelf a key It was
'he key to the parlor door “You come
with me Richard” she said mildly as
ihe waddled away
Uncie Eben looked wistfully after
hem He seated himself in a straight
backed chair and lifting bis feet to
the front round rubbed his fingers
thoughtfully
Aunt Jerusha opened the parlor
loor into the dim light “You can
:ome right in" she said proudly
’Never mind your feet Women were
made to sweep up dirt I’ve got to
jlean 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
Jfted it She opened It with a little
(esture of pride It -was half filled
with pictures and In the hole left va-
ssal 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
slasps safely and returned the album
to the table -“I
thought I might’s well show you”
3be stood In the dim light watching
him mysteriously out of her sunbon-
let “If anything should happen to me
omebody'd bev to know and he
wouldn’t have no more care 'an a
child" She directed her nod towards
the kitchen
Uncle Eben looked up hopefully as
they returned the key to the secre-
tary borne In Aunt Jerusha'a palm
Mounting a chair In front of the
high secretary she Inserted the key
In the lock The doors swung open
Uncle Eben feasted his eyes There
were packages of seeds and velvet
bonnets and a string of gold beads
and a high ahell comb She touched
a package of papers that lay at the
"You Come with Me Richard” 8he
left "That's my will” she said slg
nlflcantly to Richard ‘T'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 back 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 Hb
separate pile and handed one of the
piles to Richard "There Tell your
mother I divided equal”
“I'll tell her” said Richard stowing
away the bag In his pocket He knew
better than to hurt Aunt Jerusha'a
feelings by refusing any proffered fa-
vor She sat leaning comfortably back in
her chair looking at him "They Bay
you're learning Greek Richard” ahe
said at last rocking a little
Uncle Eben tipped eagerly forward
In his chair
She ignored him "Are ye?”
"Yes ma'am”
"And you’re going to college?”
"Yes ma'am-'’
- "How’s Amanda Derrlng going to
pay for It?” she asked severely
"I'm going to pay my own way”
8he nodded slowly “I thought like
enough But you can’t do it”
"I'm going to"
She looked at him more approving-
ly "The Lord 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 9100" she said slow-
ly "I shall give you that every year
till you getithrougb And if anything
happens to me Eben'a to give It to
you — same as if I was alive”
"Of course I—” began Uncle Eben
from his chair
She stopped him swiftly "Don't say
a word"
His open mouth collapsed He
rubbed bis fingers thoughtfully
She turned to the boy “Run alpng
home Richard Don’t forget to tell
your mother I divided the beans with
her— even”
- CHAPTER VII
"Who's the farmer T’ 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 seats away But the ears
accustomed to note the falling of a
leaf were keen and the whisper was
loud He would hare it out with the
fellow at noon Now he merely
shrugged his shoulders a little and de-
voted himself anew to his verb
He had chosen It first to con
Said Mildly as She Waddled Away
jugate as being the easiest thing
in the paper But it was unex-
pectedly difficult He was confused
Emily's saucy eyes were coming be-
tween him and the page snatching
awa7 its meaning "I have loved —
you have loved” his pen scratched
desperately on How pretty she had
looked that morning And he had
thought be was over It! He shook
himself "I shall love—’’ Ho glanced
despairingly at the clock The time
was nearly up It must be the coming
away from home that bad 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 note
and plunged on
"Time” It was the voice of the as-
sistant Richard dropped bis pen and gath-
ered up his scattered notes running
his eyes hastily over them They
wiere enough to flunk him He could
see that at a glance He banded them
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 bis wounded
feelings by hand-to-hand measures
"You’vo got muscle” he said ’envi-
ously Two upper classmen passing had
Btopped for a moment to watch the
contesL "He'll have a try for DM
team” said one
They strolled on
"It's tbe-shoulders that count" '
“Partly — and muscle"
"And grit Did you see his facet
Looked as if he was chewing Iron"
Richard and the boy shook bands
and went back to the classroom The
professor waa on the platform He
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 bad
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
The boys subsided beneath his glare
and there was ominous silence
"Next” growled the professor He
surveyed Richard— his heavy shoul-
ders and big bands — 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
and he was off on the lines The si-
lence of the woods waa 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 He pushed his spectacles high
on his forehead and rubbed his great
nose The wrinkles smoothed from
his brow and the peace of days settled
upon bis face The boy on the back
seat nudged his neighbor "Farmer's
getting there" he whispered
"Il-s-h!” growled the professor
Richard came to a stop looking up
bllnklngiy He had forgotten the class
and the professor He and Tom had
been swaying back and forth Co ths
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 cheet
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?” ha
asked brusquely
"At home”
"Where?” 1
"In Ashton" I
"Massachusetts?" I
"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 We 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 woods?”
"Yes sir”
The professor's face grew light Ha
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—
3000 yeare ago Go home and thank
your lucky stars you had something
besides boards over your bead while
you learned it”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
COINS OF ALUMINUM
In a few years coppers will no
longer weigh down man’s pockets in
this country As it is no more bronze
money is now coined and the short-
age is being felt Aluminum will be
substituted and It Is hoped that the
new coinage will have been begun by
the end of the year
The metal or rather an alloy of It
will be used only for penny and half-
penny pieces which will be about the
diameter of but both much- thicker
and lighter than francs and bait
francs and thus easily distinguish-
able from these coins The recent
quarter franc piece In nickel has
proved a failure because It Is con-
stantly being taken for a franc as
tourists here know to their cost Be-
sides lightness cleanliness Is another
advantage of aluminum which does
not oxydlze in air — Paris correspond-
ence London Telegraph
Value of Tears
Certain bacteriologists have been
enlightening the public as to the value
of tears A good cry they say that
washes the face with team Is an ex-
cellent antiseptic bath Owing to the
large percentage of sodium chloride
or common salt which they contain
they sterilize the delicate mechanism
of the eye and render harmless the
badll which may have found lodgme it
on the cheeks
Stern Roman Law
Many thieves were stolen alive from
the cross by rriends and that Is why
Rome ordered their legs broken
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Watkins, W. H. The Ringwood Leader. (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1909, newspaper, December 9, 1909; Ringwood, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1719565/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.