The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

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81 was only thinking" he said, that
perhaps you might be so much hsppier---"
"Happlerl Nonsensel | AM as happy as
I can be- Six pupils already. To be sure |
have lost one" she sighed; "and the best
am ong them all
When her grandfather left her Iris placed
candles on the writing table, but did not
light them, though it was already pretty
dark. She had half an hour to wait; and
she wanted to think, and candles are not
necessary for meditation. She sat al the
open window and suffered her thoughts to
rsmble where they pleased This IS a rest
ful thing to DO especially if your windows
look upon to,erably busy but not noisy
London road. For then it is almost as
good as sitting beside a swiftly running
stream; tue movement OF the people below
is like Tho unccasing flow of the current;
the sound Of the footsto ps is like the whisper
of the water along the bank; the echo OF the
half heard talk strikes your ear like the mys-
FERROUS voices waited to the banks from tho
boats Jas they go by; and the lights of the
shops and the street presently become spec
trail and unreal like lights seen upon the
river in the evening
Iris had a good many pupls-sr, In
fact, as she had boosted; why, then, was
she so strangely disturbed on account Of
onei
An old tutor by correspondence may ba,
and very likely is, indifferent about his
pupils, because he has had so many; tut Iris
was young tutor, and had as yet known
few. One Of her pupils. for instance was a
gentleman in tho fruit and potato line in the
borough BY reason OF his early education,
which had not been neglected. so much as en-.
tirely omitted, he was unable TO personally
conduct his accounts Now a merchant
without his accounts ia rs HOPELESS as a tour
isl without his Cook So that he desired. in
his mature age TO learn book keeping, com
pound addition, subtraction and multiTli-
cation He had no partners, SO that he did
not want division But it is diflicult--say
well nigh lmpoSsble-for a M dle-aged
merchant not trained in the graces OF letter
writing, TO inspire young lady with per
sonal rcgari, even though she /, privileged
60 follow the current Of his thoughts day by
day and 60 set him his sums
Next there was young fellow Of nine.
teen or twenty, who WAS beginning life as
All assistant teacher in "A commercial school
at Lover Claplon. This way is n stony and
n thorny path TO tread; no one walks upon
1t willingly; those who are CumH,llsd TO
enter upon it speedily either run away and
enlist, or they 60 and frd a secluded spot in
which to hang themselves. The smoother
ways OF the profession are only to be entered
10y one who Is the posspssor OF degree and
it was the determination Of this young man
TO pass the London University examina-
tons, and obtain the degree o. Bachelor
In this way his value in the educational
market would be at once doubled, and be
could command better place and ligh Ter
work. He showed himself. in hi ie,ters, 10
be an em!nently practical, shr wi, selflsh
and thick-sSinned young man, who would
quite certainly get on in the world, and
was resolved 10 lose no opportunities,
and, with that view, he took as much
work out Of his tutor as be could get
for the money. Had he known that
tho az A." who took such wonder
full amount OF trouble with his IApsrs VA
only woman, be would certainly have Ell
torted great deal moro work for his money
All this Iris read IN hrs letters and under
stood 1hars Is no way in which q man
more surely and more naturally reveals his
true character than in his corre.pondsnca
90 that after a while, even though the sub
ject Of the letters be nothing moro inrrest
ing than the stulies in hani, thoss who
write the letters may learn 70 know each
other IL they have but tbs mother vit 70
read between the lines Certainly this young
schoolmssier did nat know Lis, nor did hs
desire to discover what she Wa like, bslnz
wholly occupied with the stuiy Of hiunslf
Strange and kindly provision Of na.ar. Tbs
less desirable . man actually sppesrs 70
Others, the more fondly be loves and -
lisves In himself have heard II whispered
that Nsrcissus was buDchhAoh
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