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licltOus for that honok say we, for
though net CashmeFian myself nom
lthe prospect ofa pupilsss under said teach
er, my interest was littls less than that OF
my friends. Esquire Morse bad never
boarded before save tie youug minister,
when be FIRST came to tie place, but be gave
out il was pity such q person as the sen
Of the famous John Basion should board
IN any home poorer than his oWn. q He
must net think be has gene missionary to
the Sandwich Islands 10 coming to Cash
mere he said
Il ! am net sure obut 10 win, after all
commented Hattie Wilde. who always said
| just what she willed to b fS>s@panions for
thef say that esna Of tx Missionaries have
been eaten by the island4 snd If Mr. Bal
ssoa is not eaten alive " Mrs Morse and
4 Eluiira. be may consider himself fortunate
4 And here let me say that Hattie Wilder
and several others represented homes equal
" well provided With that Of Esquire
Mcrss's family bus heeldest Of the Morse
girls effected great precedence in the vii
lage from the fact of some superior advan-.
tages connected With the city aud accord
inglY she realized tie firth Of the words Of
the sneient Latin historian, that one Of the
most difficult things is TO overcome envy
With glory
Few events could excite greater aston
ishmcnt than cur FIRST acquaihtance with Mr.
Balsson--the heir Presum ptive of Indefinite
hundreds Of thousands We had pictured
him as what We called "a splendid maR.'
with a law, insinuating voice. something like
wind harp, and the general manner Of the
most fashionable refinement In short. We
we're prepared for kind Of Orsay, with
ipiee of the Bulwer intellectually, and
many declared themselves especially fortu-
Rate 10 be thus associated with such type
of high life.
We found OursVlves strangely disappoiat-
ed Our new teacher compared with our
standard as nearly IS hieroglyphic Of the
temple Of Egypt With an elegantly written
liue Of an eminent writing MASTER like
enc, for instance, that Addison mentions,
who possessed such Superior art. that hs
Transcribed the whole Of the Old Testament
ipto the lining of full 5ottomed periwig -
On his frst presentation in the Academy
Hall. / think we nearly all exchanged
shilea, and my seathate whispered Hattie
Wilder, by way Of reminding her of deco
rum Why considsrest not the beam that
il in thine own eye
Whereupon Hattie quickly rejoined that
she thought beam would groan at him, as
she had read beam once did at Mahommed
Of;course, who heard this sally laugh
ed and not iAaudibly, xfor schoo.-g rls can.
not help laughing upon occasion. And the
next consequence was, the attention of the
- r.
sehtm:lte and myself, for Hattie Wilder was
never found laughing when she did not wish
ID ks. ~ tl.-a-c ris,fs she ,~aeetaraing the
ledvss Of her Bible sefiousiy, IN preparation
fsa lha morning exercise
But such look as was that upon US
have not forgotten the language Of it yet
aud il may be seen upon my retina, as Jose
rhus days of certain antiquities, to this day
In that moment of lerilous recegni ion, 1
fsls that could realize what privilege it
would be to feeImyself entirely hidden from
mortal sight. even if it were in that we'll at
the depths of one the famous Pyramids W.
Mr. nalston was very tall, very dignifed,
and certainly not favored with person al
,csisrnis His words were few. hut this lack
J WAS srtpplied By the impressiveuess Of his acts
1t Imss directly evident we were under a
;riew ADMINISTRATION Our former teachers
sbhd praised, llttered and betrayed decided
sTprtisaities. by turns Mr. Balston never
<fat,efel, very seldom commended. and
Sr5ades il rule tn grant especial privileges
stb no ;one in preference to others. unless in
sdeed, his acts might sometimes be interpret
sseh as moro than equal in favor of.some ne
;Gecte;d member Of The school His FIRST
sIords to US, were characteristic of his brew.
silly ofspeech, his high sense % integrity -
4 "a good name is rather to be chosen than
I great riches
I All this at first Inspired US with awe, for
seur new teacher seemed less a man than the
sincarealion Of solemn mystery But the
seffort to please him seemed well worth the
.makihg "a single smile upon his grave
$eounteuance, the simple word of approval,
accompanied By the power be always east a.
Shout him, repaid US for many laborious task
I Th.re is an inde6nable charm about grave,
edigaised men, provided they are not fools
3And refuse TO speak lest they should DO found
;eut which the rnau Of fashion, and the flow
.of soAl,r can never inspire To be sure
smany standard writers have laughed with
stheir pens about dignity, aud tried 10 crush
i. doeR with bandinage and direct oppres.
sion but il sill lives, sl5ea ia varying de.
Heroes. evea a. the siupendous sphinx stands
|. y aalys4 "a. sgs sitter age, though tho sand
I kss rt led aboai il, Ike the waves Of a sea,
= nsaseasd 70 sabnerge il
al the. peenlisrilies Of eur new
se.sA were settled, and he was voted pop
ulag - al. the next question was, who
s51ll. ever hs fsuni Sufficiently angelic 10
..ins.ias admiration In himl And one day.
Iwhenive were taking lightly Of this. Al
school girls always all. We saw that Elmira
Morsa blushed, aud Looked world Of intel.
ligence upen the subject in point We cues.
toned her She replied With simpering
emphasis, that she knew mere about il than
she e.lose to tell; but one thing she would
say. Mr. Balston was SO particular in his
preferences bat be vas quite another man
al hoEie, in the bosom Of their family, from
what &c was at school
tMhere is Sophie Gray 2 asked Hattie
Wldif. On learning she was not present.
The VIZ ef our school declared it was her O.
pinisli that Mr.. Balston cared more fer So
phie than every other person in Cashmere !;
she hsd seen him lock q her, speakto her, in
maEaer which resulted from nothing less
than peculiar interest,"
Sophie Gray repeated Alnira Morse,
Do you think such . man IS Mr. Balsten
woulaY-'but she suddenly ceased, re-
membsrisg hew many friends Sophie num-
beredSa the group, and that il was net pop
uIar u speak in thai wise Of one Of she most
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