San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-09-12
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not believe In the education Of girls, bu
for the instruction Of tho princess he hat
one professor-in-chief, with staff O
ono who was called tutor.
The professor-i chief took for his shar,
Of the pupils the bright Prince Quickly
who learned everything by reading 4
over once. The tutor, however, wa,
compelled to teach Prince Slowboy, VIII,
was too tired to study, and did not wan
to study, and saw no use In studying
and could not remember any way, .,
therei The very much younger than tn,
professor-in-chief, the tutor, was the
wiser Of the two; and yet the wisest man
In the world cannot teach youngstei
who will not learn. I know, for I have
tried Il.
Because Prince Slowboy would not
learn, both the king and the professor-in'
chief constantly found fault with the
tutor, as II he were TO blamei The poor
young man was In the palace garden
one day meaning over his sad lot, when
he bethought him Of something his old
nurse had taught him, Of which he was
to make use only when In great trouble.
So the Tutor did as his old nurse had
told him. He picked a leaf Of tansy and
black and yellow pansy, and he found
four leaf clover underneath O maple
tree, and with these three In his right
hand he knocked with all his might and
main upon the hollow oak where dwelt
the Busy Bee. The Busy Bee was q
fairy, who came out Immediately upon
the application Of this charm and sang:
lcome at the call Of the symbols three
What does tho tutor want with mei
Now, though the tutor was very
bright young man he had never before
this found any use for poetry. and not
rhyme came into his head. In plain
and vigorous prose, therefore, he told
his woes.
II am set to teach Prince Slowboy,
who is always too tired to study, and
does not want to study, and sees no good
IN studying, and cannot remember any
way, SO therei Iwork hard, and l think
! know as much as the professor-in-chief;
but he teaches Prince Quickly. who learns
everything by reading 1t over once.
So he gets all the praise and I get all the
blame."
The Busy Bee was very indignant and
sang:
Fie upon tho lazy wight
Rub the books upon bis head
Loaf by leaf, from left to right;
Thus our fairy books arc read.
Then she few back into the hollow
oak.
The tutor considered this decidedly r.
diculous advice; but that very afternoon
Prince Slowboy was 90 provokingly stu.
pid over his geography lesson that really
nothing remained untried except the
fairy charm. So the tutor solemnly and
rubbed the three pages Of that
days lesson over the princes head from
left to right, the boy meanwhile looking
frightened and astonished, rs
was natural, to be sure. Then the tutor
began his questions again, and found TO
his delight that Prince Slowboy had
perfect lesson. He knew all the capitals
and principal cities, and could bound
and tell its products.
Progress was easy and pleasant from
that moment. Latin, history, arithmetic,
yrammar-it was all play to Prince Slow
boy now. Four times the ordinary les
sons were learned In wonderfully short
lime. Newspapers were read, and vast
amount of general information was
picked up from the magazines, all I'm
his expeditions manner. Small wonder
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MS two sons he found Prince Slowboy as
much in advance of his brother as he had |
,efore been behind him. The chagrin
md astonishment Of the professor-in-
;hief can hardly be imagined. He re-
loubled his efforts, and still the tutors
pupil grew rapidly wiser than
lis own.
At length he decided to be present, un-
zen, aJ one or tT1nce SiowDoy's recita-
ions, that he might gain some insight
nto the new methods which had been so
trangely successful. Thus he learned
no fairy charm, and hurried of In great
,lee to tell the king about It. "Aud
low, your majesty" said he. with q
"let US bring that young peda-
,ogue to confusion. Allow me TO use his
harm most vigorously upon Prince
quickly for few hours. and then call
he boys up for examination. When we
ave exposed the tutor We may well dis
Mss him, as shall then be able myself
0 care for the two"
The king did not quite like II, but he
greed TO the programme Of the professor
l-chief, and In q few hours sent for the
oys and their teachers, as he often did,
D test their progress It was to be OBJ
erved that the professor-in-cbief was
cry warm, and appeared fatigued, his
rms hanging quite limp, while Prince
'uickly's hair was In q shockingly con-
Ised state. and his books sadly crumpled.
9th, however, seemed confident and
eased-
Then the king began 10 ask questions.
ut what had happenedi Prince Slow
" replied more readily than ever be-
re. but Prince Quickly appeared to
I've forgotten everythingi BE could
4 decline menss, he could not parse q
'mmon noun, he could not give the
tlitlpuCalAou Ol btuts DO otu nv hnON
here London n he vas In an alarm
z state Of ignoranceL
"what have you done to himT cried
Q King In Q fury, and dismissed the 4
on the spot. while the
tor vas promoted 10 his place With
'1ble sAlary.
What did I DO. 70 Be sure muttered
e cd man. - he crept away. And c
by did not the charm vork - vel IN
y hands ~ IN hisr After long thought
= truth s8ddsnly aAsbed upoa him He
q rubbed IN the wrong direction Rub
n fron righf 70 Ieft had rsvsrssd the
arm. and hsd drawn cut q poor Prince =
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