, 1869-04-04
A Rculnxknb1c Story

YeatB Ago 6nA college student ilon1 know
thA: ,here u any lax recurring me- y nams % re
t1uu aforesaid, lad, ercn II there VA, neither
racks, nor redhos plDcer1, nor moihefa-lniAW, nor
any oahez known Instrument Of torture, ccuid COM
pei NE 10 tell the trutn. AL shAll lsy On that
subject Is that Ma be1oFc ny halr turned TO liz
ptraslt ElYe.Elt hue, zod while WIS yet tnno-
cent hApig and Rna1es1 q loaaaa, -! %n tbs
Knew thai thcir most pfo1nisinG papu had gone 10
The lad, and become i w1rtcned touznallst7
,has Tas the most promising stnIent IN the uni-
vcsbity. 1rAs called before the faculty fot lnno-
cent nlsdtmeanon oftcDrf than any other 1nan,
ana made nose o. IN, aase AZ
Az wo4 saying We h1d N ancient Greek pro
iessor among our instructors l An not sure
prepared % soiemnly ai!rm-betng Of Quaser rso-
cuyittes- -shni he had taught Gfeek foE At aeA5t
sixty years. Uc waS good-te1npcred old hr1eks
to his duties, perfectly Indifferent to everything
'bu. Greek. I know from experience that the
stove IN the rccttasion-roon could b. spfnkle'1
y 1th ptpplr until the human throat E1S reduced
to sIaaIna Of strtnEulaIon. and he would never
apparently Notice that anything WAL WRONG Siml-
larry you might put hall pound Of asaAinttda on
the stove and rpaat II for an hour, but ho would
be absolutely Ignorant Of the existence OF tny IN
usual perfume What We suffered from efforts
made 10 arouao the Aged Brck to : consciousness
ol ANYTHING but Greek would make your hA}E tlnEle
snd your hnRtrz stand on end, but spare !on the
Ealufnl rectal. We suffered In win, but trust
that 1QuG Oh Us were QeEcIitI knAA lhCk llOnk
doing our whole duff III The matter.
THIS Aged lirck was the sweetest-tEmpered old
sonl that ever lived. Nothing could disturb hls
serenity. A whole pick Of nre-crsckes1 ted under
move him hsir u breadth We tr1ed It once, aad
until his coat tails took are and blated up, no
yety Quietly, /" E Emcral Will put me out, bile
The Class soes on with tho recitation" confess
that I WIS 10 touched BY the old man gentle
waT1. that Iept the silver snut box that Eel from
his pockrt lefore had thoroughly exungatshed
hin, as souvenir. II you don't 6eneve me, 90 20
slmpson =, and ask him Il be nas snuiY.oox IN hs
chasve Ii he sayR Yea " ns be Is sure 70 do, per
haps yon7l then yield to the weight Of unlmpeach"
81 Hnt vasn1 be up IN Grsek, ,hough' &c eouldnt
| that We once had \ scarcity Of ciergymen u M ths
vi1ase-shey had III gone % the city VIA ne
passes ozer the IailwsE Mhcn raes nao -
| who VAL about to psoduce a nlaAonaf! ballet
illustrating the progress OF missions among w
Caun1bal Islanders: the entertainment 70 consiooe
! nth 4 grand transformation scene, In which tne
natires-eIcins1velyt female abandoned their halt
| eaten dinner Of roasted American sailor, and Eo
solved themselves Into seT1nS s1eie.:: ,.,1,n 1nt
1nan, was called on 10 supply the vacancy. =.
got hinuae,f into difficulties shougn, for he ~
| 10 sooDct taken bis text than he Wandercd o0 int
so sntirely forgot wnczu ho was that at tho end Q
The ee11non he announced thnt " he would re9uet
Lesson Of he day, which VIA the 9, 2 IN
10 Sections Of the ? Book o. Inne5aaee,a 1 T.
mediately, and he WIS Afterwards rcSafaed =
hall the Compensation as an lnl1del toler;
mention these llss!e things tlst 70 give Soa =,
! tNea OF the old chan for tho auecdase Whhn a.
niout to tell-pcThape ought rniher to call i
traectiy-sclatts entirely 70 him. Will Pfocec
VII ae ~ faet Ia The NOR ihnk Of the Aged nr.c
the mort wonder at his Unparalleled tnnosens
| ann sweet temper. remember tnat unc ~
without nI1us or legs, who csH do anything no
sewing up to skating and PLAYING on inc naf1
piano, guitar and .tollr, al u 9nfe' ,o W1tn ~,
| in GFrtce-ne had only heen to senango Conn!
Tennsylvania-and liyet on the old geutieman, Il
ei1 weeks while he told him nc bsHess 1ao, kano
| stspye1ers about tho present state Of the hclcu
AZ Al ior conversation the AKed Brick conl!tt "a
with nan Eoan, s5a oe Minutes W,aout orio
| inC IN something n.,oat the GreeE TIC wAy
which he would ahlE Grect nAtaea y w na nv
memi,on, and Mcthueclch, and Emmett md ",
Tune, and Contuc1ns ana HeIod ana Al tnE,e Inc
poraIy Old nics, would be sluas a ~
~ 'hs s,aD4 0ss sa7 ,gcs assfn,s g. .ins ieas ss
Fellow ~ the bu.nnnoe, nn come sa'1 r9sgdof 4'
Inc, when the unhappy victim hao in.euae1
ssss 9, sqaT z = Spo 10 o,ner
1nasinc, and 10 entertain him With q new thee
Of the AmrhIctyonc Council, until ne enu3
! na1!s ring }or morning service the next day.
!. ). The good temper Of this Aged I,r1eI vas 70
,uitly miraculous You couldn't st nm II anS !
= n.rht Win eunI,owder, While the old boy was N
= = he va. 10 tim and tight that be wns safe 70
: any distance without hurting himself: nno " y
. in a sitting posture on the grass he tu:t sat
: and Kept IN reAdtng n!s sopnoeles, 3! nc NC ns
+ Light, Is nothing hsd happened: W. s,a ae;
= did exrlos1on too for tho bo! whom We nisen
u touch "a the powder WAS blown into suea "
!, rIeccs TINT We kept picking them up au Over
- nctchtorhood for the next week -,
- A 70 the anecdote which vas About 20 te!
:! an sshamed to 80. thss1 can't eIocuJ reIneuf
81 il II ,his momen. The moral. hoMSyes, 90
~ member, md I: Is rs follows: "The nan
y. does gotnethlng"-1 forget precisely Wns-
II purr 10 have something elre"-wh!cn hss toss
~ - escaped my mind" happen TO him
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