Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-28
said the poor gentleman.

EYES," said the poor gentleman.
"Well-she is not pretty" was the cam
| did rejoinder.
She is good" was the husbands gall
liant retort. -r
Then, if thou art rich, keep her still,
but buy another
L saw displeasure not unnatural, rising
in the woman's face; so 1 broke up this
inclsive dialogue to ask if the gentleman
! would not like to retire a while, that the
girls might unveil for the women. He
said he would withdraw to the garden
and write out his notes. AS soon as he
was gone the girls unveiled and began to
chatter eagerly to the young Woman
They wanted to see and touch everything
about her-her watch, her bracelets, her
shoes. She laughed at first and was very
obligins, but SHE soon had enough Of
their curiosity. and We left the classroom
and went to the kindergarten.
The inspector rejoined us. Here we
We're at our ease, and all were little child-
rem. The inspector called out the biggest
of the class and asked him if he could
read. "
of course" said the baby, a I can
write, too. 1 go to two schools-this one
and another, where I write with a reed ON
a board. l have my inkstand here,,"
pointing to it stuck in his waistband,
and when 1 have covered my board with
my writing, my master washes il and>l
may write again. But see how funny! In
that school 1 write thus'-fromr right to
left-"but in this school I write 50" from
left to right. Canst thou write both
ways?"
NO. ! am sorry, but l can write only
from left to right
II am happy that I know more than a
ST. Dost thou get much money!"
The Inspector smiled. Il get enough"
said he.
All" said the urchin, Il hope to be rich
some day."
He wrote pipe creditably on the
blackboard, and was duly congratulated
and praised-so much so that as l was
leaving the room l felt my dress pulled,
and. turning back, found the cousin of
the hero standing by my side. his face
working with tears.
What is the matter with you?" said I.
why does not the 'Si' speak to me?' he
faltered.
Well" I said, soothingly. you are but
a very little boy, and you don't know
much"
But I too, want to get rich and have
many dou1los gold pieces. If the ST does
not hear me my cousin Will get rich and 1
shall not. / want to get douros."
Now, as both these children belonged
to a family intimately connected with
our French official life-the father of one
being a cadi Gudge), and the other the IN
termediary usually employed by the gov
ernment in it's dealings with the natives
as both had done their utmost to further
the interests of Our schoCl and had shown
much personal kindness to me, l was anX-
ious that no painful jealousies should be
engendered. So. in a whisper / explained
the situation to the inspector, who kindly
called the second child, saying: well, lit
tie man, can you count UP to fifteen?'
Il can try said the boy. He took up
his chaplet, drew aside seven beads, then
another seven, n finally one.
That is two times seven and one,' he
said.
The inspector was not used to this kind
of enumeration. Can you write fifteen
on the blackboard" he asked. q
The child hesitated for a moment,
counted his beads again, and saying.
chat is ten and that is five" he wrote,
10, 5. a.
"Itis not quite So" said the inspector.
"Then how is ito" asked the puzzled
child, See, here are ten beads, l write 10;
and five, I mark shat must be fifteen 2"
well, WE'LL said the inspector, Il am
| quite sure that by and by you will be "a
clever and honest man and acquire a for-
tune" 4r
Does that mean heaps of douros?"
yes, both for you and your cousin"
And with that happy prophecy the in
spector and the women withdrew.