The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-11-17

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d never could remember which wa
: which, but then, Inspectors are new
: er particular about such little things
; l know all about the poles and othe
5 circles, and that's more than SON.
e other teachers know"
] "SOme other teachers; you speak a
I though you were already one"
"Well, shall be before long, ant
: one might as well get used to th'
D sound.'f
"You don't know anything abOu
5 Arithmetic"
"Why, yes do; can write mum
bers and know the "Fives, "''Tens, ,
I and sElevens,' of the multiplication
table, and have ciphered as far a
Cancellation, and if fail on any o
. the other questions, shall just ge
Lieutenant st. Clair, or somebody
else, to come forward and vOueh fol
. me and shall get the certificate al
the same as though I answered ques
tions ever so we'll"
''Well, what dOyOu know Of Alge.
bra?
"Well, what do I care, such knOwl.
edge is very useless to person who
has only to teach children how to sit
and how to stand, and how to spell
Z cat eat, dog dog, pig pig, hen
! hen. A knowledge of algebra would
! help meabOut as much as your French
embroidery and music (which has
cost fortune), will ever help you in
. washing dishes, and making butter
and cheese, when you get settled on
that big farm"
-"Well, ifyour success is in proper
ton to your credulity, you will prob
ably obtain certificate for life"
"Oh, pll let you and Peter Parkin-
son take the life certificate; I don't
want one that will last more than six
months the first time"
This allusiOn usually brought a
blush to Fannie's cheek.
But the conversation was suddenly
changed by the hurried entrance of
old Ben, exclaiming;
''LieutenRnt st. Clair is in de barn,
and he's awful sick. He's just com'd
home from de village, and he most
fell'd of his horse fore he got here. I"
This statement reused both the sis
ters, and brought the color to Mary's
face, she scarcely knew why.
They started to make further inqui-
~, but were met in the hall by Mr..
Lazelle, whotOld them that it was
nothing dangerous, and he guessed
he'd get over it soon.
But there was something about his
manner which prevented further in
quiry, and they were left TO their own
differences why he was left in the barn
to get well, and why he came to din
ner next day with bloodshot eyes that
could look nobody in the face.
When Mrs. Lazelle cOntrasted his
vacillating features with the firm, in-
telleetual and manly form that sat
opposite her at the table, there arose
prayer of thanksgiving to Him
whose ways, though mysterious and
past finding out, are all ordered in in
! finite wisdom.
/ Six hours later, and he was as CAV
and interesting to the careless Obsery-
/ or as before, and his wavy hair, fine
broadeloth coat and velvet vest. glist-
ened as brightly as though they did
not cover a load of sin, that fairly
weighed him TO the earth.
Lieutenant st. Clair and the Misses
Granger had been invited TO spend
that evening at Mr.. Gray's, who was
a near neighbOr and where there were
two young ladies, who, like too many
others, had a foolish partiality for
blue coats and brass buttons, and it
was evident that whatever doubts
might have existed in their minds be-
fore in regard to certain reports about
Mr.. st. Clair's morals being some
what lax, that evening dispelled all
uncertainties, and they were ready
thereafter to contradict all similar
statements.
His ambition was not entirely Was
ted, and there was yet one heart that
high sounding titles and soldiers uni
form had not won. This he determ-
med to capture, and to write his name
upon its very citadel. Although -it
was not fortified by long years of eX-
perience, or bitter disappOintments,o or
artifice, or guile, yet he found it as
impenetrable as an irOM-olad. True
to the masculine instinct, this was the
one of all others he most desired to
subiugate. In fact, it was the only
one he knew of in the world worth
having, flor men never value a heart
easy of access and he would find
some avenue leading to it, and the
battlements should yet fall. Though
he had always been successful in
throwing dice when hearts were st
stake, this time he was confident of
success, for he had a strong array Of
forces.
Now he could muster for the con-
fiiet titles and talent, wit and beauty,
duplicity and sincerity, earnestness
and deception, in short all the quail
ties known to man Of a fair exterior,
but with a corrupt, deprayed and hol-
low heart; and surely the aTtless, un-
pretending girl Of sixteen could not see
through all these disguises.
''Well, sis, here you are in the
schoOl-room after all, and like to sue
ceed for what l see. Well, how do
you like teaching, anyhOwW
"Oh, I'm delighted with it. I would
not be sitting idle in the parlor again !
for anything. To weave the web and !
woof ofhuman life Is far more inter-
esting to me than muslin embroid- /
cry"
frWould you not like to unravel
misshaped life and form it anew, I
pattern of your oWn?"
'sAh, no -! it is much pleasanter for /
me to shape the minds that have not |
once been warped amiss."
'fBut would there not be more mer- |
1t in reclaiming one lost sinner, than /
in saving a multitude never lost ?n
'T do not know exactly what is I'M !
piled by the passage to which you re-
fer. But I do say that it is more sat 4
isfactorY to me to so direct the minds /
of the young, pure, and viFtuOus, that I
they may never fall into the snare Of |
the tempter, that it could possibly be 4
to follow the erring footsteps Of some /
willing, wilful, persistent sinner,
through the sloughs and quiek-sands 4
of life of disobedienee, and when the
race was all run and the lamp of a
life expiring in its sockets, to insult
the majesty of heaven with the vast
ed, Pickering fame"
"But does the Bible not say: There
is more Joy in Heaven over one sim
ner that repenteth than over ninety
and nine just persons who need no re-
pentance?'
"WelI, then, you doubtless have it
in your power to cause great rejoicing
among the angels, and will certainly
be without excuse if you do not re-
pent."
'tBut l cannot unless / have some
one to encourage and persuade me. 1t
is not the nature of man to do these
things unsolicited"
"If the dictates of conscience, the
mandates of reason, the teachings Of
the Sacred Scriptures, and the WOO
ings of the Holy Spirit are not suf1-
cient TO bring a man to repentance, ! /,
should not like to interpOse my unim-
portant influence"
"And yet that influence might be
Just the element requisite to complete
the whole. Woman, you know, IS the
mere complement Of man, and yet his
existence is incomplete without
herr
''If that was the design in the crea-
lion, then each woman must have
been created inferior to the man Of
whom she is the counterpart"
mot necessarily so. In many re-
'pects woman is vastly superior to
man"
"Please sir, have the goodness to
mention some Of the points of differ
snce where you are willing to award
he superiority to woman ~
"One is. the affections Of woman ,
ire stronger than those of man, and in !
his orffot1lo- che oonNrola him -