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Adventures in Contentment
·
David Grayson
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Baxter's
lamp
stands
on
the
table,
casting
a
vast
shadow
of
the
chairman
on
the
wall.
"Come
to
order,"
says
the
chairman,
and
we
have
here
at
this
moment
in
operation
the
greatest
institution
in
this
round
world:
the
institution
of
free
self-government.
Great
in
its
simplicity,
great
in
its
unselfishness!
And
Baxter's
old
lamp
with
its
smoky
tin
reflector,
is
not
that
the
veritable
torch
of
our
liberties?
This,
I
forgot
to
say,
though
it
makes
no
special
difference--a
caucus
would
be
the
same--is
a
school
meeting.
You
see,
ours
is
a
prolific
community.
When
a
young
man
and
a
young
woman
are
married
they
think
about
babies;
they
want
babies,
and
what
is
more,
they
have
them!
and
love
them
afterward!
It
is
a
part
of
the
complete
life.
And
having
babies,
there
must
be
a
place
to
teach
them
to
live.
Without
more
explanation
you
will
understand
that
we
needed
an
addition
to
our
schoolhouse.
A
committee
reported
that
the
amount
required
would
be
$800.
We
talked
it
over.
The
Scotch
Preacher
was
there
with
a
plan
which
he
tacked
up
on
the
blackboard
and
explained
to
us.
He
told
us
of
seeing
the
stone-mason
and
the
carpenter,
he
told
us
what
the
seats
would
cost,
and
the
door
knobs
and
the
hooks
in
the
closet.
We
are
a
careful
people;
we
want
to
know
where
every
penny
goes!
"If
we
put
it
all
in
the
budget
this
year
what
will
that
make
the
rate?"
inquires
a
voice
from
the
end
of
the
room.
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