The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-01-15
From Graham's Magazine.
The Teacher Taught.
BY MARY S. ADAMS.
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Well, Harvey Hall felt really grieved that
scholars should have their attention drawn
away from their studies by such nonsense as
children's love affair. Charles Lane was
promising boy to be sure but he must go
through college, and be settled in life before
he ought 10 think of fancying any one. He
might become dissipated-such bright boys
often did or fickle-in Short no one knew
which rein of his character the future might
pull And Annie-pretty creature-who
could not pass day without some mirthful
episode, how ridiculous for a child like her to
think of selecting lover her mind was not
disciplined at all-her taste not pronounced;
she might make different choice when she
really knew her own wishes, and had seen
more of the world. 1t would be wrong to
entangle herself with any passing fancy like
the prcsent-really wrong to suffer child to
make decision by which the acoman must
abide. And then the good minister would be
shocked1o see his plaything, Annie, forming
any foolish attachment. Yes, he must do all
he could to prevent it. But how could Par
son Hinton be so blind The other evening
when he called there, Charles Lane knocked
at the door, to bring slip of geranium, which
he had walked several miles to get for Annie
and the old gentleman only said, =" You are
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often" SO strange not to know it was just
like such precocious youths to fancy them
selves in love with every pretty girl. So laws
were enacted stricter than those of the Modes
and Persians, against all billets passed in
school; as if Cupid, had he made the essay,
would not have delighted to jeopardise all
regulations, and fly IN the face of all laws.
One day as Mr.. Hall was ascending the
steps to enter school, he saw Annie give
Charles Lane knitted purse, and heard her
say something about " the philippine AS
said, he was princtpled against such inter
change of sentiment, or gifts, between such
children but the present instance did not
come precisely under his dominion, being out
of school-and he entered upon his duties
with somewhat cloudy brow. Every one
has observed how much the sky of his feel
ings influences the earth of reality. If one
wakes out of tune }" in the morning, the
events of the day seldom harmonic him.
Let YOU walk out in city, feeling blue and
5urthened. and how many things conspire to
annoy vou You are blinded by dust, or con-
tamnated with mud, or the snow slumps. or
or your feet slip at every step; child is al
most run over in the street; people jostle
rudely: the bell tolls the town-crier seems
to scream at every corner where you turn
the lady you particularly admire Is talking
with vast animation To-, and does not
even perceive you bow thrown away; Mr.
Lawkens, the deaf man, will cross over to
speak to you, but cannot hear your answer.
although you have repeated 1t the third time !;
a gust of wind blows off your hat, and bore
holds you by the button to tell you, what you
well knew, the election has gone against your
favorte candidate while you inwardly ex-
claim, " misfortunes never come single
Our pedagogue had hazy atmosphere
around his spirit this day-and nothing clear.
cd it. The Rotations were miserable. and
the boys full of pranks-which boys are heir
to; the girls were anything but book
The class in chemistry was called, and as MIR.
Hall was performing some experiments on
the apparatus, he said
"Now. when apply this, you will see that
it won't co. he added, as the desired re-
suit, from some cause, failed
"Certainly we see il" smilingly whispered
Annie to the next on her seat.
The sound reached Mr.. Hail. already morti-
fed by the failure of the experiment.