Year: 1878

she said pleasantly:


=" am glad to see so many bright,
young faces here this morning. Our
purpose is the same-to work. 1 to
teach, you to learn. l shall give you
very few rules, so there will be no
temptation to break them, and hope
that the end of the season will find our
school one to be proud of. Let us begin
by saying the Lords prayer"


The fresh, young voice had charm
peculiarly it's own. She was so girlish-
looking, it filled the scholars with sur
prise to hear her address them with
such quiet dignity A chapter from the
Bible followed the prayer. Then she
said:


1.-THE older pupils will please take
the books they have been accustomed to
use, and prepare lessons. L will form
the classes as soon as 1 have time to ex-
anime all, but it will be slow work.
feel sure that you will aid me in my
duties by being as quiet as possible until
we get into smooth, working ORDER
First, will give the little ones an ex-
ercise.o


She went to the blackboard, gave
few bold, free strokes with some colored
crayons she had brought, and lol
picture of dog lying at the feet of
child stood out in fine relief. Smiling
at the children's delighted faces, she
told them a brief but engrossing story
about the two, holding attention from
first to last, then printed some short ex-
planatory words underneath her sketch
for them to say over in concert until
memorized.


There, children, that is your first
lesson in reading and spelling. Now
sit down. You shall have states and
pencils to copy"


Just then large spit ball whizzed
past, escaping her cheek and lodging
on the blackboard. She glanced around
in search of the sender, whose look of
preternatural innocence at once betrayed
him.


The boy who is studying so very
industriously may come to me-"


A pair of merry brown eyes glanced
up from his book. Their owner saw he
was found out, and looking rather
shame-fa faced, went forward, amid a sub
dued giggle from the rest Of the pupils.


"What is your name ?-Jack? Well,
Jack, l see you have an active tempera-
ment and are happiest when busy
| Please take these slate pencils and
sharpen them nicely. We want good
materials to work with, don't we,
chicks ?'' with bright look at the little
ones.


So on, through the long day, with
many experiences calculated to vex her !;
but she bore them all with imperturba-
BILE good-humor.


A lecture by an experienced instructor,
to which she had once listened, had i'm
pressed her with its good sense; and
one of the maXims was, "Never lose
command of your own temper, if you
wish to control Others"


When the Oldest class was called for
examination, she felt, as the stalwart,
ruddy. faced boys lowered up in front of
her, that it was almost presumption to
think of teaching them. But she soon
found the benefit of her thorough drill
in the Normal College. Though the tall
pupils were good in their studies as far
as they went, they had as yet only pad.
died their boats on the edge of the ocean
of knowledge, while she had breasted
some of the breakers.


She worked patiently and persevering.
ly on, and after time, succeeded in
making the school a marvel of order
and industry.


One among the larger boys - Harry
Chisholm - had always led in every
kind of frolic and mischief He was a
little past his sixteenth birthday hand.
some and sunburned, with curly hail
and merry blue eyes.


Before Miss Brown took up hel
"mimic sceptre," he had been one OF
her predecessors most ardent adherents
and had pledged himself to his mates
to annoy the teacher in whatever way
they should suggest.


Now he would gladly have been ab.
solved from his promise, as Miss Brown
had also become great favorite with
him but it was too good an opportuni-
ty for fun to be lost, and the boys in
sisted that he should fulfill his compact
and-kiss the teacher.