Below are a few ¿ample sentences from the story of The Brown Mouse Every teacher, every pupil, every par- tu t of a pupil in the rural schools, cuglit to read this story. Subscribers will find it in the Enterprise soon. Those who not subscribers, instead of paying |2 for the book, can get tbe complete story in he Enterprise by paying only 50 ceats for a four-months' subscription aud the publisher agrees to discontinue the paper at the end ot the four mouths unless the subscriber sends in a renewal, •It seem« as if It ought to be pos sible," said Jim, “for a man to do work on the farm, or In the rural schools, that would make him a liveli hood. If he la only a field-band, it ought to be possible for him to save money and buy a farm." ‘‘Pa’s land Is worth two hundred dollars an acre,“ said Jennie. "Six months of your wages for an acre— even If yon lived on nothing.” "No,“ be assented, "It can't be done, and the other thing can't, eltber. There ought to be such conditions that a teacher could make a living.” “They do,“ said Jennie, "if they can live at borne during vacations. I do." his fellow-workers of the field the T m 1° " ’‘Kory wn* *>U ro- .I®“ , °ri|h ’ “ *■ ,eDDle'* “Humph I" retired this romance from circulation. I d ^ o r a / 1 *b° W*d * ”H«npt for the idea of his marrying. It relegated him category with other de fectives, and badged him with the cell- b«cy of « «on of Twentieth-century monk, without the honor of the priest- f vocation. From another girl it h we b#en b,u enou<h. but from Jeiwle Woodruff—end especially on that quiet summer night under the linden—it w ss Insupportable. “Ooed Hight.- said Jim -sim ply be cause be could not trust himself to say more. HALSSY ENTERPRISE. X brown ? MOUSE tyJfferbert~Quick The grading gang laughed. Newton grinned even while In the fell clutch of circumstance. Ponto tried to smell the chauffeur'» trousers, und what had been a laugh became a roar. Cau tion and mercy departed from the Chauffeur’» mood; he drew back his fist to »trike the boy—and found It caught by the hard hand of Jim Irwin. "You're too angry to punish this hoy," »aid Jim gently, “even If you had the right to punish him at a ll!’’ The chauffeur, however, unhesitat ingly released Newton, and furiously delivered a blow meant for Jim’s Jaw, which miscarried by a foot. In reply^ Jim countered with nn awkward “But a man teaching In the country ought to be able to marry.” “Marry!" said Jennie, rather unfeel ingly, I think. “You marry!” Then after remaining silent for nearly a *11 " ) H E N H e rb e rt Q uick writes a story it is the time fo r every- 1 1 7 one to sit up and take notice; fo r he is one o f the most ver Jim “You Marry! Humphl" minute, she uttered the syllable—with out the utterance of which this narra tive would not have been written. “You marry I Humph 1” Jim Irwin rose from the bench tingling with the Insult be found In her tone. They had been boy-and-glrl sweethearts In the old days at the Woodruff schoolhouse down the road, and before the fateful time when Jennie went “off to school" and Jim began to support his mother. They had even kissed—aud on Jim's side, lonely as was his life, cut off as It necessarily was from all companion ship save that of his tlnv home and C T R E Y O U a brown |q 1| mouse? Have you •T&JJ a touch of that lun- “ “ acy called genius, which gives you extra ordinary ideas and makes you do things better or at least different from the average run of people? I f so, you are a Mendel- ian segregation of genetic factors (not meaning to call names) which scien tists say produces the brown mouse and other odd things in the animal creation. Read TSe Brown Mouse By HERBERT QUICK Here is one of the most original stories in the world; a novel as enter taining a# it is instruc tive; a regular thought- awakener containing ac tion , rom ance, hum or, real ch aracter studies and a love interest. It is not about mice but about" people, th e ir problems, ambitions, emotions and affections. T he au th or s im p ly h ad a h a p p y thought when he took a b ro w n » p u » Ç and ap plied its characteristics to a human. Follow the Story Serially in 'he Enterprise Countered W ith an Upper C u t Awkward swinging uppercut. It landed fairly on the point of the Jaw. The chauffeur staggered and slowly toppled over into the soft earth which had caused so much of the rumpus. “Oh, cut It out,” said a fat man In the rear of the cm, who had hither to manifested small Interest In any thing save Ponto. “Get In, aud let's be on our way 1“ Colonel Woodruff, waiving toward him In his runabout, held up by* the traffic blockade, asked what was going on here, and the chauffeur, rising grogglly, climbed Into the car; and the meeting dissolved. Good work, Jim." said Cornelius Bonner. "I didn't think 'twas In ye!" “It's beastly," said Jim, reddening. 'I didn't know, either.” . The deadlocked members of the board bad been so long at loggerheads •hat their relations had swayed back to something like amity. Jim had scarcely entered when Con Bonner ad dressed the chair. “Mr. Prisldent," said he, "we have wld us t'nlght, a young man who nadec no introduction to an audience in this place, Mr. Jim Irwin. He thinks we're bullheaded mulea, aud that all the schools are bad. At the proper time I shall move that we hire him f r teach er; and pin ding that motion, I move that he be given the floor. Ye've all heared of Mr. Irwin’s ability aa a white hope, and I know he’ll be lis tened to wid rcfpcct;" “We have bad the privilege of Us- t'nln'," said Con Bonner, rising, “to a great speech, Mr. Prisldlnt. Makln’ a good spache is one thing, and teach ing a good school Is another, but In or der to bring thia matter before the board, I nominate Mr. James E. Irwin, the Boy Orator of the Woodruff dis trict, and the new white hope, f r the Job of teacher of this school, and I move that when he shall have received a majority of the votes of this board, the secretary and prisldlnt be ln- sthmeted to enter Into a contract with him f ’r the cornin' year." The president followed usage when he said: "If there's no objection, It will be so ordered. Prepare the bal-1 lots for a vote on the election of teach- ] er, Mr. Secretary." There was no surprise In view o t i the nomination of Jim Irwin by the ' blarneying Bonner when the Secretary i smoothed out the first ballot, and read: “James E. Irwin, one.” But i when the next slip came forth, “James E. Irwin, two," the board of directors | of the Woodruff Independent district were stunned at the slowly dawning knowledge that they had made ao election! Before they bad rallied, the secretary drew from the box the third and last ballot, and read. “James E. Irwin, three." » * * * * * * “More we adjourn." »»Id Peterson., “No *bjectlon 'tls so ordered!” said Mr. Broneon. The secretary and Jim went out, while the dlrecters waited. "What the Billy—" began Bonner, and finished lamely 1 "What for did you ve tf fog the dub. E a r (Gontinued la column 5J satile and entertaining geniuses in this country. Farmer, school master. la w y e r, editor, public servant, social w o rke r and novelist, he has had a great round o f experiences and has w orked many o f them into his stones. Born in G rundy county, Iowa, he has been mayor o f Sioux C ity, nominee fo r supreme judge, editor o f Farm and Fireside, member o f the Federal Farm Loan bureau and several other national commission«, and during the w a r, had the rank o f colonel conferred upon him by the Red Cross. , T h e B ro w n Mouse, M r. Quick has taken his inspiration from the scotch scientist w h o crossed Japanese w altzing mice w ith the common w h ite breed and among ether hybrids got a b ro w n individual that was different from anything else in the w orld. Unlike its domes ticated parents, it w as w ild ; it ran aw ay, bit, gnawed, scratched and raised hob generally. Jim Irw in , the hero o f the tale, is a b ro w n mouse. H is peddling father w as a w altzing mouse, no good except to jump from one spot to another fo r no valid reason. His mother w as a w h ite mouse hav ing had all her color washed out in one w a y o r another Like the .b r o w n mouse w h ic h refuse« to act according to the rules o f heredity, Jim had ideas o f his o w n and did many surprising things. H e com pletely w oke up a sleepy farming community and showed it w h a t a touch ot genius can do. T his C harm ing T a le W ill Run as a Serial in The Halsey Enterprise If you are interested in cow testing and want to interest your neighbor in it, get him to read “ The Brown Mouse,” "I voted fbr him," replied Bronson, raise nothing but a family ot farmers I “beceuse he fought for my boy this A »no thing!" afternoon. I didn't want It stuck Into "They will be farmers anyhow," him too hard. I wanted him to have cried Jim, “In spite of your effort»— one vote." ninety out of every hundred of them I "An' I wanted him to have wan vote, And of tha other ten, nine will ho too,” said Bonner. '7 thought mesllf wage-earners In tho cities, and wish to the only dang fool on the board-—an’ Ood they were back on tho farm : and he made a spache that aimed wan tho hundredth one will succeed In tho vote—but f r the love of hlvin, that city." dub f y a teacher! What come over The guns of Mrs. Bonner and Mra. you, Haakon—you voted f r him, too 1" Peterson were silenced for a moment, “Ay vented him to have one wote, and Mrs. Bronson, after gazing toq," gajfl Petereqo. _ at the typewriter, the hecktograph. the exhibits of weed seeds, the Bab * * * * * * * * cock milk tester, and the other un- “Jennie," said Colonel Woodruff, scholsstlc equipment, pointed to tho after the party had broken up, ‘Tm list of words, and tho arithmetic losing the best hand I ever had. and problems on the board. I’Ve been sorry." "Jto you get them words from tho “I’m glad he s leaving you," said speller?" she asked. Jennie. "He ought to do something ex “No," said he, "we get them from a cept work In the field for wages." lesson on seed wheat." "I've had no idea he could make “Did them examples come ont of an good as a teacher—and what is there arithmetic book?" cross-examined she. In It if he does?" "No,” said Jim, “we used problems “What has he lost If he doesn't?” we made ourselves. We were figuring rejoined Jennie. “And why can't he profits and losses on your cows, Mra. make good?" Bronson 1” "Ezra Bronson,” said Mrs. Bronson “The school board’s against him, for loftily, “don't need any help In telling one thing," replied the colonel. "They’» tire him If they get a chance. They’re what's a good cow. He was farming the laughing-stock of the country for before you was born!” “Like fun, he don't need help! He'» hiring him by mistake, and they're Ir ritated. But after seeing him perform going to dry old Cherry off and fat tonight, I wonder if he can’t make ten her for beef; and he can make good." more money o n the cream by beefing about three more of ’em. The Bab “If he could feel like anything but an underling, he'd succeed.” said Jen cock test shows they're Just boarding nie. on us without paying their board 1" The delegation of matrons ruffled "That's his heredity," stated the like a group of startled hens at thia colonpl. whose live stock operations Interposition, which was Newton were based on heredity. “Jim's a scrub, I suppose; but he sets as if he Bronson's effective seizing of the op might turn out to be a Brown (Mouse.” portunity to Issue a progress bulletin In the research work on the Bronson “What do you mean, pa,” scoffed dairy herd. Jennie—“a Brown Mouse!” “Newton 1“ said his mother, “don't "A fellow In Ddlnburgb,” said the colonel, “crossed the Japanttee wnltx- interrupt me when I’m talking to the Ing mouse with the comr*>n white teacher!" “Well, then," said Newton, “don't mouse. Jim's peddling father was a waltzing mouse, no good except to tell the teacher that pa knew which Jump from one spot to another for no cows were good and which were poor. good reason. Jim's mother Is an al If any one In thia district wants to bino of a woman, with «all the color know about their cows they'll have to washed out In one way or another. come to thia shop And I can tell you that It'll pay 'em to come, too, If Jim ought to be a mongrel., and I’ve always considered him one.. But the they're going to make anything selling Edinburgh fellow every once in a cream. Walt until we get out our re ports on the herds, ma I” while got out of his vhrtbuply-colored, Tha women were rather stampeded waltzing and albino,hybrids, a brown mouse. It wasn t a conauon bouse by this onslaught of the Irregular troops—especially Mrs. Rronson. She mouse, either, but a wild m nuseusllke felt a flutter of pride in her son, but any he had ever seen. It ran away, It was strongly mingled with a moth and bit and gnawed and. raised hob. It erly desire to spank him. The depu was what we breeders call a Mende- tation rose, with a unanimous feeling llan segregation of genetic factors that that they had been scored upon. had been in the walfzers and albinos "Oowel” scoffed Mrs. Peterson. "If all the time—their original wild an we leove you In this yob, Mr. Irwin, cestor of the wop&s and fields. If our children will know nothing but Jim turns out to be a brown mouse, cows and liens and soils and grains— he may be a bigger man than, any of and where will the culture con e In?” us. Anyhow, I'm, for him.” "Culture!" exclaimed Jim. “W h y - why, after tea »years of the sort of school I would give you If I were a “What we came for, Mr. li-win. Is —But you should read the whole story, to object to the way the teechln's wnicli will soon appear as a serial in the being done—corn and wheat, anil hogs Enterprise. and the like. Instead of the learnln' schools w ss made to t'-acOv I can see an' the whole district can w e H a t it's easier fur a man that's been « farm hand to teach farm-hand knowledge, than the learnln' schools was set up to teach; but If so be he hasn't the hook education to do the right thing, we think he should get out and give a real teacher a chance.” “What am I neglecting?" asked Jim mildly. Mrs. Bonner seemed unprepared for the question, and sat for an Instant The Brown Mouse Every school pupil who belongs to an agricultural or industrial club ought to read Herbert Quick’s story. ’ Every parent who wants his children to grow up with respect for the dignity of the farmer's calling, and with an atnbition to make it a success, will enjoy the story. By H ERBERT QUICK Did you ever hear of • mouse that did any good? Neither have we; hot it ap pear» that there « a brown one which ha« a •peat fac ulty for stirring up things in mouse society; and when a human is horn with some of t he charac teristics of this little ani mal, he always a lanages to Every schoolteacher will enjoy it. “Any job’s as bigas the man who holds it down said Farmer Woodruff. Are you big enough to make your job grow ? The brown mouse was. Send me 5Oc atid I will send the Enterprise four months, contain ing the complete story of “The Brown Mouse,’’ be sides its ordinary quota of local and state news, editorials and, far from the least, advertisements that will tell you how to save money and properly satisfy many needs. 1 will send it to you or to any address yen m.\y name, and will discontinue it at the end of tho four months unless the subscription is renewed. This story is copyrighted by the Bobba-.Merrill company. I have obtained the right to publish it in Halsey, for I believe it will benefit our schools. Wm. H. WHEELER Publisher Enterprise, Halsey, Oregon FACE 3 “Ws Object to the W ay ths Tsschln’s Being Done.” mute. Mrs. Peterson interposed her attack while Mrs. Bonner might be re covering her wind. "We people that have had a hard time,” ahe said In a precise way which seemed to show that ahe knew exactly what she wanted, “don't want our children taught about nothing but work. We want our children to learn nice things, and go to high school, and after a while to the Junlwerslty." "Aren't your children happy In school, Mrs. Peterson?" “I (loo t (tend them to school to be happy, Yim," replied Mr«. Peterson, calling him by the name moat famil iarly known to all of them; “I send tn e m to learn to be nigner people than their father and mother. That’s what America means!" 'TTiey'll be higher people— higher than their parent»—higher than thaie teacher—they'll be efficient farmers, and efficient farmers' wives. They'll bo happy, because they will know how to use more brains la farming than any lawyer «e doctor or merchant can possibly nse In hla business" "It's a fine thing," said Mra. Bonner, coming to tha aid of her follow sol diers, "to work hard for a lifetime, a«' make a stir in 1 is circles. If you are a fa rmer you ire going io lev el in this story, for, along i nth some very delightful i 'omance, it carries a n il mher of ideas that are ra ire to be valuable in your’ business. If you are a to wn person it carries some ideas that will greatly in Iwest you, and you will I tc charmed by its love st ory. Read shout Jim In rin, the hu man brown mouse, who dared to as pire to the affections of the queen mouse of his district Cfil » e N ew Seri i il Story * Starti ng in Tl te (Halsey E Enterprise