Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-03
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Ot 'e-and Il was upon a time. Of
soun-e-thcrc lived a king who had one
daughter and two sons The king did
NO, believe in the education ~ girls. bat
Zoe tie instruction of the princes be- had
one profcs-or.in-chicf. with a stah oi
onc who was callssi tutor.
The pfofcs-or.in chief took for hi. share
of the pupils the brigh, Prince Quickly.
who learned everything by reading Il
over oncc. Tho tutor however. was
,omTsllcd TO teach Prince Slowloy. who
was tco tirrd to study. and did not want
to study. and -aw No use ia studying.
and could not remember sny way, ~
lherc, Tho very much Younger than the
profcs.or.in-chicf. the tutor. was the
wiser - the two. ani YET the wiscst man
la the world canno, teach q youngster
who will not learn. ! know. for have
lricd a.
iLcause Prince Slowhoy would not
earn. 18th the king and the professor In.
.hirf constantly found fault with the
tutor. n N be- wcrr a. blame The poor
youns man va. In the palace garicn
,nc day moaning over his sld lot. when
b. bcthought him - something his old
nur.c had taught hini. ~ which be- was
10 make u.e only when IN great trouble.
- the Tutor did m his old nurse had
told him IIe picked a leaf ~ iansy and
= hlack and yellow pansy. and be- found
, four leaf clover underneath maple
.rvc. anil with thc-e thrrc in his right
hand hr knocked with all his might and
main uI-ou the hollow oak where dwelt
lhc Busy lie. The Busy ljcc was a
iairy. Who came out Immediately upon
the application ~ this charm and sang
tcosu. at the cali q The symiois thr~.
What 49, che tutos sant 9Th me-
Now though the tutor was a very
bright Young man be had never before
ihi. found any usc for poetry. and not -
rhyme came into his head. In plain
AMI vigorous pro-e. therefore. he told
his wo-s-
Il ann set Ca teach Prince SloNboy.
who T. alwa'. too tired o. study. asd
los not want o. study. and scc- no good
in siud,ing. and cannot remember any.
say. ~ there lwork lord. and ] think
I know A. much a. the profe-.or-in-chisf.
bat b. teaches Prncc Quickly. who learns
cr,thing by reading II over once.
- hc gets all the praise and ! gct all the
blaine
The llusy liz was very indignant and
sang
Fis ug-Sn The iafy -tghii
Rab ne ta.os. uT-rn hls bal
t.raf - irsf. frum lrft D. righi.
Thus our fairy t.ooks Afr road
Then shc lew hack into the hollow
lak
The tutor considered this decidedly RI.
iiculou. advice. but that very afternoon
Prince Slowboy was ~ provokingly siu.
pi1 over his geography lesson that really
noihing remained uniricd cHccp, the
'aify charm. - the tutor solemnly and
ar'ully mbbcl the three pages % that
law lesson over the princes head FROM
lcft a. night. the boy mcanw bile looking
somewhat frightened and Astonishcd, as
sas natural. To L. surc. Then the tutor
b,gpQ his questions again. and found b
In~<e ighi that Prince Slowboy had n
priest Lesson. lie knew all the capitals
and principal cities. and could hound
everything aud tell u products.
Progress was easy and pleasant from
hat moment. Latin. history. arithmetic.
;rammar-ii wasall play Ia Prince Slow
BY now. Four times the ordinary lcs-
.ons we're learned In wonderfully short
lime. Newspapers were read, and vast
amount Of general Information was
picked up from the magazines, all In
nh. exIs,litiCus manner Small wonder
that when ihc king next came toeNamine
his two -ons he found Prince Slowboy as
much In advance Of his brother as hc had
before l-vn behind him. The ohagrin
and establishment ~ the professor-in'
thief can hardly b. imagined. lie re-
loublcl his efforts. and still the tutors
pupil grew rapidly wiser than
his own.
At length he decided Ia be present. I'm.
sen. at one of Prince Slowboy's rccita-
lions. that he might gain some insigh,
into the new methods which mad been ~
strangely succcssful. Thus he learned
.le fairy charm. and hurried oil In great
ylee 10 tell the king about H. And
now. your majesty" said he, with "a
"let us bring that young peda-
Susue Ia confusion. Allow me 10 Use his
,harm most vigorously upon Prince
Quickly for few hours. and then call
he boys up for examination When We
have exposed the tutor we may well dis
miss him. a. shall then be able myself
lo care for the two.
The king did not quite like IL. but he
agreed TO the programme Of the professor
ln-chief. and Ia "A few hours sent for the
loys and their teachers. as he often did.
To test their progress IL was To be OBJ
served that the professor-in'chief was
very warm. and appeared faiigued. his
arms hanging quite limp. while Prince
Quickly hair was In "A shockingiy con-
fused state. and his books sadly crumpled.
Both. however. SEEMED confident and
pleased.
Then the king began TO ask questions.
But what had happened Prince Slow
boy replied more readily than ever be-
fore. but Prince Quickly appeared TO
have forgotten everythingl He could
not decline mensa. he could not parse a
common noun. he could not give the
multiplication OF tens, he did not know
where London l.. lie was In an alarm
Ing state Of ignorance.
"what have you done 10 himy' cried
the king In a fury. and dismissed the
professor-in-chief ON the spot, while the
tutor was promoted to his place with
double salary.
what did do, TO be surey' muttered
the old man. as he crept away. "And
why did not the charm work as well In
my hands as In hisy' After long thought
the truth suddenly flashed upon MIN. lie
had rubbed In the wrong direction. Rub
bing from right 10 left had reversed the
charm. and had drawn out OF poor Prince
Quickly's brain all the learning II had
ever contained. Having come 10 this
"a word us>d IN college 70 sxprr~s hard studs
,or the ale psr,oss of pa~sins IN exalsi.Aiioa