Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-24

my account. / could see. however
that she would give ME no peace unti
she haa her own way about the BOYS
ans, perhaps, after all, l thought Il
might be as Well for them, as they arr
still so young.
Nv no IS e teach them at home z" |
asked, after Il pause.
Why not have governess
"A governeSS No. that won't do:
neither for them nor for me Y
well, perhaps not said Miss Grit
Tie, rettectvely "a tutor, then
You could not set tutor cut here;
we are too far from town: unless YOU
mean him 70 live in the house"
"Aes, Of course, y resident tutor:
some young man OF good abilities who
has been At the university, and who
would. teach them under my direction,
as Mr.. Meek, the curate, used To do in
my establishment.
u could not agree to that. | am u
business man, and my boys will so into
business. don't want them Is learn
nothing but Latin and Greek
We'll, then, said Miss Critic, "let
them have u foreigner Moderulan-
guages will be useful in business.
Some of those foreigners are Very Gle
yer, and can teach almost anything.
The dear boys will pick up continental
languages almost without knowing it,
and | will take charge Of tho English
myself. | have as you know, instruc-
ted boys of Is or l6 years of age, and
with the help of 4 tutor could conduct
my nephews education to finish.
! had often seen and pitlcd Miss
Critics senior pupils taking 4 walk
hand.iu-hand, with comforterS round
their neoks, and string of little chill
dron following them; reedy, pale-faccd
youths they were, Of weak health APP
.parently, and not very strong minds;
that would account for their having
uniformly failed 10 justify Miss Critics
expectations when they left her foster
ing care for the rougher climate of Il
public school. / consented, however,
for the sake of peace, to put an adver-
tisement Ill The Times for tutor, hop
ing that there would lie no reply to il,
or none that would be worth noticing.
| drew one up rs follows:
Tutor wanted to teach two boys. A
German preferred. Fair stipend, with
board and lodging. Apply, etc. etc.
Miss Critic made II fair copy Of II III
the. following terms:
"A private tutor is required to i'll
struct two young gentlemen in CONT
mental languages and other branches.
4 |, al, -
English, would be preferred. An AIDE
quate stipend is offered, with board and
residence. Address, etc, etc"
On the evening of the same day
which gave our advertisement to the
world through the medium Of the
Tines" as Miss Critic expressed it,
the posthfah, aAer knocking at the
door rang also" having more letters
to deliver than he could 10y any means
thrust into the iettcr-box. Some OF
them were very large, containing
pamphlets or books; others were stuffed
with TESTIMONIALS, cartes-de- riSite, etc.,
which it was requested might be re-
turned as quickly as possible, the ar
plicants hoping, | suppose, by that
means to secure an answer of some
sort or other to their letters. saw AT
once that there was all evenings work
before me, and my slster-in-law began
ut once to open the letters and "peruse'
them with much apparent gllsto; but
my heart failed me rs | thought Oh
what tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and
tomorrow would bring forth these
twenty-three letters spread out upon
the sideboard were probably but rs the
first drop a of thunder-shower; and
foresaw that there was a bad time com.
ing, and that my Christmas holiday was
likely to be spoiled.
Be very careful" ] said to Mis-,
Critic, mot to get the letters mixeC
together; keep all the testimonials
separate, and III their proper envel
opes.'
"Of course. she replied; and when
after short absence from the room,
returned, found that she had literally
followed my directions, which, alas
had not been sufficiently precise fol
the occasion. The testimonials in theil
envelopes were laid in one row, the
letters and pamphlets in second, anc
the c0rtes de-eiSite in third. How these
last were ever to be identified and re
turned to their originals was to me 1
puzzle; but Miss Critic maintained
that she knew where they belonged
and could only leave it to her t.
manage. Meantime we set TO work
upon the letters.
The first taken in hand was from b
native Of Ireland, probably a home
ruler, he considered himself a foreign
err" he said and perceiving from oul
advertisement that some knowledge 81
English was required, h. begged etc
We sorted his testimonials al once,
The second was from a Frenchman
He chad spent some time lately in Ger.
many, and could read the language; he
could also teach drilling Peace had
lately been signed at Paris. and tie
writer Of this letter had no doubt spent
his time in Germany under painful
necessity. and not in intellectual pur-
suits. The third gave no direct infor.
nation on the question Of nationality
and was mysteriously signed +. g.
Taking his letter Us specimen Of bis
qualifications rs tue initials seemed e
suggest NO conH only conclude That he