Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-13


o. considered 4 confirmed somnams,T-
! list. The family were one evening
having supper. when thcv were startled
by the young>ter suddenly walking in,
i'll his night-dre>>. and then going ia
the Fireplace. where he >trovc his hes,
to get up the chimney. But the freak,
of this Noung>ltr were not TO hc com.
pared with those Of >chool-fcllow OF
| the clergyman : son above mentioned.
who narrated 10 H. the story of the
! really remarkable frat> performed dur.
inc his sleep. Incredible aS ;hc story
| NAV appear, ! have every reason 10 be
1 lirvc that the facts were 10y no m"aas
/ exaggerated: but of this my readers
can judgc. ~ will repeat the nagra-
/ tive To the best of my ability is
heard il:
Il MAS educated" said the clergy.
man >un. at grHmmar->Cl0o near
/ Leeds. aud am"n- the boys wa> the son
/ ofauraithlfrrmrl IA 'ir ncig hhnThood.
/ Yuuu. Bu, hI,'-c Ms dun auL mcapa-
bic at lrammg. All hN thoughts
cattle ne had left. AID his only wish
WAS 10 be able to leave his books and
return to his former play mates on the
farm. Ii WAS both painful and irk-
some 10 him to prepare his lessons. f0E
he could never retain ANYTHING long
in his memory, although he nj wht have
labored for hours to master his task
In spite OF every encouragement on the
part of the master to brighten up the
boy 5 faculties. no signs of improve
ny, could he seen. Ii" seemed TO be-
cor daily more wrarird aud tired Of
tbS. di>agreeable struggle ne had to
maintain to prepare his lessons This
state of things went on for some time.
when suddenly an inrtplicahlc change
became manifest in the manner in which
Buckridge prepared the tasks he was
set. He who had been the dullrSt and
most callouS of scholars suddenly be-
came the most correct and perfect in
the school. Formerly he had been un-
able to struggle through his exercises.
but now they were found TO be care
fully written aod almost faultlcSs. How
he managed II msz u mystery. During
the day he seemed rs liStleSs and mat
tentive As ever. He did not curtail his
hours of play. neither did he give a
minute more to study than formerly
The key to the enigma was at length
discovered by an accident.
''ln room adjoining the dormitory
where Buckridge slept one of the
junior masters used Ia sleep; and one
night fancying he heard q noise below
in the school-rOom, he rose to see
whether any one had broken into the
house. Stealing quietly downstairs.
he peeped into the room and caught
sight of Buckrid@e with lighted lamp
in his hand. Seeing that the boy was
evidently asleep. he WAS led by CurioS-
lty to watch his movements. Buck
ridge walked to his desk took out his
books, arranged them in proper order.
and began 10 study. the master. think
ing it was trick on the boy part. shook
and pinchcd him repeatedly. hut with
out avail. The boy was ln>rn>ible tn
everything. Having gone through all
his lessons and mastered them. he
walked up 10 tn" principal desk and
went through his imaginarv rAamina-
ton with ease The master informed
the principal of what hc had seen. and
il WAS decided to watch his perform
ance again the next night Again the
boy rose. stole siealthilv down to the
kitchen, lit lamp and repaired TO tn.
school-room. Here he once NOR.
opened his desk ana prepared his less
sons. with tn" addition of writing out
an exercise. Thi, finished. he walked
up to the masters desk. where he IT,
peated his lessons accurately in their