An' mebby the township trustee won't be sorry he give the school this year to a strange girl instid o' to Jane Rankin er Effie Dickens! Congressman Ritchey hadn't no business puttin' his nose into our affairs anyhow, no matter if this here teacher is a friend of his fambly.

He's got some kind a holt on these here trustees--'y gosh, I'd like to know what 'tis.

He c'n jest wrap 'em round his finger an' make 'em app'int anybody he likes.

Must be politics.

There, it's recess! I'll jest light out an' pay the schoolhouse a little visit." Inside a capacious and official pocket of Mr.Crow's coat reposed a letter from a law firm in Chicago.