The Forrest City times., 1895-10-11

qulred, and she did not hesitate to re- prove him severely for indolence and carelessness. Nor was this all. He had habit of asking questions and bringing up subjects for q ssioB in class entirely outsi7 a lesson. though connected 5vita it or naturallv suggested by it Miss .tSater sletass- ed these unexpected questions. which she was nof always ngeparad to an- swer al condemned aH discussion of priac ples as a s'tr3ublasaras inte~ru D. ton happened therefore tBaf d. thoigk history was his <ayoriae st0ay, aud he was cQnss sons ef deeper nd more thorough para1ian thaa mos. tnenaers of se class, FyRak sas doh R3faset no eratlt Iu :, but. On ae contrary, was repeatedly narl as | having failed, and markea,A 1t ap- peared to him, most unjustly. There was irritation on both sides. As have said, his temper was by no means perfect, ana his vexation over i some of the rulings of his teacher was i quite too manifest. Perhaps nothing makes 1t harder to do right than feel ing that you have done wrong and that the person whom you offended is making the very most of the offense. On the day in question Miss Atwater had repeated to the principal an inn pudent remark of Frank which had a tone of disrespect and MT. Bates had given him, before the class, stinging reproof.
 All this ranked deeply, and as he walked home Frank Alcott was as thoroughly miserable as boy who is, at heart, anxious to do right, can well be.
 Like most villages, Hillsdale had it's Christian Endeavor club. The young women, among whom Miss Atwater was almost an oracle, had planned a course of lectures and one of the best was to come off that evening. The two boys usually went together. and Albert called punctually for Frank. He found him in very gloomy humor, and it required good deal of persua- sion to get him out. Mrs. Alcott's face, too, showed signs of tears.
 Il wouldn't be hired to worry over things night and day, as you and your mother don' Albert exclaimed, as soon as they were out1df doors.
 Iris beastly!' was the brief. re- sponse.
 I'll tell you, Frank, I've been puz- zling over it all the afternoon myself. say, let's do our history together after this; you come home with me one day ana I'll go with you the next; we'll take it the first thing after cur grub. We'll do it brown! I'll put you through oil AZ points, and you can enlighten me on general ideas. I tell you, we'll beat the crowd"
 Frank hesitated-half from proud sensitiveness which made him quick to refuse any help, but at that moment Albert's hand slipped through his arm affectionately; the scale tipped.
 All right, Bert; begin to-morrow?"-
 To be boy is not to lack feeling, but often it is his greatest care to hide it.
 The lecture was good one-on char acter building The two boys were in an impossible condition and some of it's sentences struck home.
 ''Keep right with yourself, then mo- body can ruffie your temper" And he quoted from Marcus Aurelius: What ever anyone does or says, I must be good, just as if the gold or the emer- aid. or the purple were always saying this: Whatever anyone does or says, 1 must be emerald and keep my color"
 Toward the close of the lecture a few terse but impressive sentences were addressed to those in charge of the | by taking him on lower plane than that of his own intention;" and again; "An independent view of life, or of any subject, is far more precious than mere information. Cherish it as a sacred possession.
 | What was it that reused in Miss At water a sudden sense of having fallen 1 beneath her true standard? Was it that just then she caught sight of Frank Alcott, in an attitude of ab- sorbed attention, with the two bright spots of red in his checks that some times showed so vividly in class, that vivid color which she always regarded ! too hastily as mark of ''temper?"
 If she was somewhat rigid, she was woman who strove to live in obedi- ence to conscience. Have l wronged that boy?" The question filled her with dismay.
 The audience poured out The side walks were slippery with ice, and, as it happened, the two boys were just behind Miss Atwater, who walked on, rather gingerly, by herself They all turned off the main street at the same l p.tf fax eta she suddenly slipped, caught herself,