. The corn lady; the story of a country teacher's work. nk me, JNlax,is just by keeping on and trying your yerybest to make use of every opportunity thatcomes to you. I will try, he replied, quietly. I have a new name. Last week I attendedmy first box supper. The young ladies bringboxes trimmed so beautifully with, paperand artificial flowers and filled with goodthings to eat; and the young men bid themin. Of course, 1 took a box. I had somepaper napkins with a design of ears of cornon them. I decorated my box with these,making a border all around it of the earsof corn cut out—and then I put a
. The corn lady; the story of a country teacher's work. nk me, JNlax,is just by keeping on and trying your yerybest to make use of every opportunity thatcomes to you. I will try, he replied, quietly. I have a new name. Last week I attendedmy first box supper. The young ladies bringboxes trimmed so beautifully with, paperand artificial flowers and filled with goodthings to eat; and the young men bid themin. Of course, 1 took a box. I had somepaper napkins with a design of ears of cornon them. I decorated my box with these,making a border all around it of the earsof corn cut out—and then I put a nice earof corn on top, tied with ribbons. It wasreally pretty, and full of good things to eat. When the auctioneer put it up, I heardsomeone say: Whose box is that ? and tw^oor three answered at once: Why, dont you know? It is the CornLadys. The Corn Ladys box brought a THE CORN LADY 51 good round sum and now everyone thatknows me well is taking up the name andthey say it in the nicest way, with a friendlylook and a tone that seems to say, We like. SELECTING PRIZE-WINNERS you quite well. Miss Corn Lady. You areinterested in the things we are interestedin. You are one of us. 52 THE CORN LADY And Daddy, maybe it seems strange toyou, but this girl of yours, because she likesthe land and the people who raise the com,likes to be called The Corn Lady.
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