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Not Ashamed of Ridicule.
shall never forget a lesson which

were somewhat older than myself and the
latter looked upon rs soit Of .ee,lc; il:
,na't'''S Of cpir'on as well as Of sport. H.
was not at heart malicious, but he had q
foolish ambition of being thought witty and
sarcastic, and he made himself feared by o
beset:ing habit of turning things into RI
! cule, so that he seemed continually on ,ne
| look out for matter of derision.
'Fast!y was new scholar, and little was
known OF him among the boys. One morn
ing IS sc were on our way to school he was
seen driving COW along the road towards
rtishboring field. A group of boys,
among whom was Jemson, met him rs he
was passing. The opportunity was one not
to be lost by Jemsou. "ueloa w be ex-
claimed "what's the price of milk? I say
Jonathan, What do you fodder on9 What
will you take for all the gold on her horns
Boys if you want to see the latest Paris
style, look at those bootsw
Hartly, waving his hand at US with a
plea-.nt smile, and driving the COW to the
field, took down the bars of rail fence,
saw Ter safely in the enclosure, and then,
putting up the bars, came and entered the
schoc with the rest Of US. After school in
the aternoon he let out the COW, and drove
her a, none of us knew where. And every
day i,r two or three weeks, he went through
the SINE task.
1:::e boys Of B Academy were
nearl' all the sons of wealthy parents, and
some -pt them, among whom was Jemson,
were ounces enough to look down with
sort O: disdaa upon scholar who had to
riv
som were accordingly often awarded He
once, on plea that he did not like the
odor Of the ban, refused to sit next to
Hartiy. Occasionally he would inquire af-
ter the cows health, pronouncing the word
"ke-oy" after the manner Of some of the
country people.
I:-,h admirable good nature did Fartlv
bear all thes. silly attempts to wound and
annoy him. do not remember that he
was even once betrayed into look or word
of angry retaliation. Il suppose, Hartly,"
said Jcmson, one day, Il suppose your daddy
means to make milk-man of you" "Why
not!" asked Hartly. 20 nothing; only
don't leave much water in the Cans after
you rinse them-that's all n. The BOYS all
laughed. and Hartly, not in the least morti-
fed, replied, Never fear if ever should
rise to DC milk .lan III give good nlcas-
ure and good milk"
The day after this conversation there was
apuhlic exhibition, at which number of
ladies and gentlemen from ncighboring
cities were present. Prizes were awarded
by the principal of our academy, and both
Hnrtly and Jemson received creditable
number; for, in respect to scholarship, these
two were about equal. After the ceremony
Of distribution, the principal remarked that
there was one prize, consisting of gold
medal, which was rarely awarded, not 80
much on account Of its great cost as be-
cause the instances were rare which rendered
its bestowal proper. 1t was the prize for
heroism. The last boy who received one
was young Manners, who three years ago
rescued the blind girl from drowning.
The principal then said that, with the
permission OF the company, he would relate
short story. mot long since, some schol-
aIs were flying a kite in the street, just as
poor boy on horseback rode by on his
way to the mill. The horse took fright
and threw the boy, injuring him so badly
that he WAS carried home, and confined
some weeks to his bed. Of the scholars
Who had unintentionaly caused the disas-
ter, none followed to learn the fate of the
wounded boy. There was one scholar how.
ever, who had witnessed the accident from
the Gi,tance, who not only went TO make
inquiries, but stayed to render services.
This scholar soon learned that the wound
ed boy was the: grand sone Of poor widow,
whose sole means OF support consisted in
selling the milk of fine COW of which she
was theoWner. Alas what could she now
do9 She was old and lame, and her grand
son on whom she depended TO drive the
cow to the pasture, was now on his back,
helpless. "Never mind, good woman" said
the scholar, II can drive your COW" With
blessings and thanks the old woman accept
ed the offer.
"But bis kindness did not stop here.
Money was wanted to get articles from the
apothecary. II have money that ny moth
er sent me to buy pair of boots with |;
but can do without them for while"
20, no." said the old woman u cant con-
sent TO that {; but here is pair of cowhida
boots that I bought for Henry, who can't
wear them. If you would only buy these,
giging US what they cost, we should get along
nicely The scholar bought ths.,boots,
clppsy as they were, and has worn them up
to this time.
"Well, when it was discovered by other
boys Of our Academy that our scholar was
In the 'babitof driving, COW, he was aasail-
ed eyefy day with; Laughter and ridicule.
|sldis hide boots in particular we're made
tfnatt 81 stniSth& But be kept on ohserfally