The Morning herald., 1877-08-17
lesson In Fractions.

,,,s such a blow to; me-suee a
"'s 'sor vhelming blow! Ihad been
,','fortabl. | 's and happy since the
''''Iu. .ma.tsr boarded with me- me
',nt ,n'T Chamber had been SO grim
V", ',t,r always shut up and empty.
"nr sp.re room when poor, dear
w" w,, alive, but now that Twas
\ ], and poor, it was a needless
| to krepa guest-cI'amber. None
| III friends cared to visit me now;
[nan needed them most, when J
|"rJy and sad and miserable, and
(' y. ronp. But when Mr.. Slade
'o roo,u, | didn'tgrieve about the
tr;ru,.. 1t seemed odd to have
for A,s guest-chamber, but the
L,, was situated rcconciled me
|thonyht very speedily indeed.
|, when my boy Charley got into
[rsye at school, l should just have
Fit had been any body but Mr..
I,,,me," said he, "your boy is
[,yr,,.-very mischicvous."
|. SIR" said lneekly.
|iwrxtcnda rope in such a man.
|,t the unconscious heels of his
/ ,Da.l oc tripped up thereby; to
hat ofIrr instructor with stones;
wax upon the bench, 50 that the
\ hi. coat may adhere to the sticky
|u,c, and thus come to grief-all
thiur, are very reprehensible,
h, and merit a coadign punish
|. Sir, replied, and wiped away
trtf,1 tears. | knew what was
!. Either Charley would be ex-
from the school or dreadfully
by this iajurcd man. 1t was bet
have him beaten than expelled,
fhpr was horrible.
base don't expel him Mr.. Slade,'
"lIo must be punished, Of
|; but please don't beat him very
hall not hest him at ALL" he said.
hit cxrsl him. | entreated.
|r expcI lin," he replied. eff
leave the boy to me, there will
Further trouble. He has a good
and an open, generous, manly
!. will appeal to these, madam,
b allow me. | think we can get
Eith Charley if we take the right
|, Mr., Slade," l said, Chow noble
Fe.. how generous! how magma
Think heaven was good to
e such "A boarder."
rev a little red under my praise.
it was school-time, bowed HIM
!; but really he looked like an
lscl to me as he walked down the
Of course the simile was alb
lie was tall and lean and un-
|; the tails of his long coat did
, as gracefully as many another
lose by. Charley said he was
'kn"ed; perhaps he was; l don't
FI'at the term means. He might
eeA knsrk-kneed, but to me he
1hh was desirable in man.
way he managed Charley after
p iilrac'llous; there is no other
pr II. The boy was as wild and
f'''" a young colt when Mr..
f""H hold Of him, and shortly
N's hs was the most tractable
perry OF mortalsXI could see,
, the time and trouble it cost to
pen wonders with him. In the
t!cy went fishing together, and
"'taHght Charlie how to manage
\ ana line. and wheedle the poor
f'l TO his bait. In midsummer
\ upa collection of beetles and
("d butterflies and all sorts of
1t was terrible to the poor in
|S"ppose; but oh, dear Heaven !
resi- and comfort it was to me to
,N'ey amused and kept out Of
H.
M to rest on Mr.. Slade, to cor
''.", to ask his advice, and in
'"%' 1t, upon all occasions, to
~ take advantage of his knack
lf'"s thinsAbout the house,
''"S IN order troublesome do
'''''''S. lie always put up the
"'Ose-clcaning time, and hung
"'"$; and what / should have
'''''''' him that time the ma
Nv out of order, Heaven only
! "ad a dress to finish for Mrs.
~ ah'l was working away, when