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cations from tamo' to 'audire,' I'd beaten you
IN the multiplication table, and now you Weso
going to let me beat you running Pretty boy,
you! wouldn't be . boy, il I hsd to bo as
stupid as that"
Il do know multiplication y says Ned. .
"How many are
TWELVE 1ms ELEVEN,
them"
Twelve times eleven had long been atuu.-
bling block to little miss, aud, mindful OF that
hhe now brought it up as 3 sumner for tho 1ace
II know, but I Won't TELL" said Ned, snllenly
kicking pabble into the brook
Theo clappe1 her bands and laughed outright.
you can tell me- how many twelve times eleven
are, I will write your next Latin e1erase Tor
.sGammon," said Ned, giving the pebble .
vicious kick. IT tell you what, Missy, there's
one thing gil can't do: shs & cant se sst sa1oa %
going to do. I'd rather be sailor than to know
how much ninety-n1ne times twelve IT,, Ao6 1
guess I've got YOU -.-.
g But you can't conjugate anso TO save yon
life, said Theo tEiumphanty.
A vsrm. bright zoom~ A young Lady, With
brilliant grny eyes, q firm mouth dazzling white
teeth, and bright pink cheeks, sat on one side Of
the cheerful fire opposite her sat slender,
elegantly handsome young man. graceful as
young women OF Is adored because they were
10 naughty, rowing, brigandlsh. wicked black
eyes they were. People still said, What 8 pity
tho boy wasn't girl Just opposite the bright
tire. half way between these two, an oldish man
recliued in m easy-chair. He had : big, bald
head and The expression Of face Of q baby The
Young lady Was Theodora, the young man was
Ned Wallace, md the bald-headed man with the
baby-face WAS Daddy Dinkle. It WAS Daddy
Dinkle and his wards. Daddy Dinkle wAs lee
turing tham
IN HIS MILD a1oSoTosEs-
my children, liberal learning will revolution
izo the world. The wisdom OF the ancidnts, i,
yoked with the inventive geniua Of tho modern
ward, overturnng in the track the barbarian of
the past and the wickedness Of the present
have infinite faith in the ultimate elevation Of
the whole human race through the power Of lib
eral learning. believe that the golden dream
OF the promised time il yet coming true in this
world. when men md Women Rhall be gentle
mauuered and honest, when NO n1an will hnve
need to ask, vino Ia my neighbor and who are
my brethren2 but every man shall po every
mans brother. To tha end OF hasteninS this
fabors, refusing the enolunlents which have
moro than ouce been afforded me-. Mine was
uobler task tl,an to hemp up money. AZ my IA
orite Virgil 80 beautifully put it:
ss'Majns opus osoueo.'
"To this work, my dear children, looking for
ward with toy to the day when your two bIleht !:
my feeble old hands, have trained yon- 1t has
been the hope and dream Of my later years that
:ou two children would one day take my school
and continue it, training the future man, as I
have tried to do to read the classics and loye
teach Xou embroidery, but taught you Latin
It is my belief that you can read Latin with any
Professor in these loose and careless times.
couldn't teach you to make wa1-tiowers, but
AIr rr1a
and have discovered with Joy thai. your In
clinatons and mine ran together, and you were
! ever the brightest pupil had
"But it ID not good for man to be alone: I
have been dreary old bachelor through my life
why, one now in her grave alone knows. De
/ n,oriuis NOR nil nisi 5onun, We will not speak OF
that. But. !, dreary old bachelor. testify that
| solitary life is not d good or pleasant life.
God never meant people to be old maids or old
| bachelors. Ny moro thnn children, my two
friends. who have made LIE leas lonely Tor me,
| il, besides continuing my school for me, you
could find 1t in your hearts to walk through ne
| togethgr-I tell you, next to my hope and faith
that the promised time will come, it has been
nv fonlest earthly hope that before my eyes
close d., this world, they will look upon you two
"a
! HUSBAND AND WIFE.
| Believe me, know You better than you know
yourselves, and no other man or woman can eTc1
bo to either of you vhat you can be to eacE
| othe-."
| Ho spoke with more than his usual mild en-
| ersy. a. be concluded The cir! blushed slightly
and cast down her eyes. The young man looked
up first, with fash Of his brigandish, wicked
black eyes, ut the placid face OF Daddy Dlnklo,
| and then with another fash into the TIRE, and
arm, happily unnoticed by the peacefui Old man.
| but bv no means lost on the sensitive girl.
| GOOD night; uny Children said the gentle
old man. 'fThink about what said
Then the old-fashioned old gentleman took his
old-fashioned cane-stick and tr,1dged of to bed;
The moment the door vas aottly closed behind
/ him, Edward Wallace sprang to bis feet with q
look OF extreme yexation:
s'Dadi1,e Dinklc ia doos1d old Don Qui1otc, ,
| he said. "What sort OF weapon is Greok
root to fight the world With never said the
couiugatious in my life that didn't get 'eu
tangled, and don't know what the operntive
| mode means to this day. And even II I had al
! the tarnation old rubbish at my t11iger-euds,
what use would it bo to me? II tic old gentle:
| man had only seen fit to teach mo botany ant
| zuatomy!"
II Ike Daddy Dinklos vny best" said Theo
"Oh, yes, it's well enough for girls to sit a
| home aud learn rubbish. They take no part II
| the stirring, actise life OF the world for tnen
| there are no worlds to conquer and measure, NJ
bounllces acres Of marsh and forest to wresl
| frnm the hand of Nature, and make habitatlon
for man; no secrets OF the ages to drag init
| light and force them to disclose the origin O
the race and of the world; oh! my sPlr m
uuiye1s within me- when think OF it, and 1ont
| to be gone, It'll do for women to sit BY the hT
| and droue over nntiquated lore; = more gloriou
| career awaits man-the
| mMEAsUnABLE FIELD or ACTION"
Theo tapped on the floor With her ~ toes, an'
mans eyes rested on her for monent aud
Iook of slight pain mingled with o look OF an
noyauce on: his handsome face. He paced thu
floor two or three minutes, Us It ho dldn: knov
: In had Tf10F n