CHAPTER XIV.
WHEREIN A NEW POSITION IS TENDERED ELNORA, AND PHILIP AMMON IS SHOWN LIMBERLOST VIOLETS The next morning Mrs.Comstock called to Elnora, "The mail carrier stopped at our box." Elnora ran down the walk and came back carrying an official letter.

She tore it open and read: MY DEAR MISS COMSTOCK: At the weekly meeting of the Onabasha School Board last night, it was decided to add the position of Lecturer on Natural History to our corps of city teachers.

It will be the duty of this person to spend two hours a week in each of the grade schools exhibiting and explaining specimens of the most prominent objects in nature: animals, birds, insects, flowers, vines, shrubs, bushes, and trees.

These specimens and lectures should be appropriate to the seasons and the comprehension of the grades.

This position was unanimously voted to you.