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CARL, THE YOUNG EMIGRANT.


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CARL,

THEYOUNGEMIGRANT:

A HEHOIR 0F

SCHOOLS AND SGHOOLMASTERS.

WRITTENFORTHE

AMERICAN

SUNDAY SCHOOL

UNION

PHILADELPHIA

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HISTORICAL

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AMERICAN

SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION,

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the

Clerks

Oflice of

the

District

Court

of the

Eastern

District

of

Pennsylvania.

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are

published

by

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without

t he

sanct io n o f

t he

Committee o f Publication, consisting of

f our t e e n members, from t he

following

denominations o f Christians, viz.

Baptist,

Methodist,

Congregationalist,

Episcopal, Presbyterian,

and Re

formed

Dutch. Not more

than

three

o f

t he members can be

o f

t he

same denomination,

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1 PREFACE.

THE

pages

which

follow

contain

scenes

and

dialogues,

rather

than a st ory o r p l o t .

If

t he lessons which are ofl'ered should

gain t he attention o f young persons, and

especially

o f

young

teachers,

I shall

no t

regret

t he l i t t l e veil o f

fiction which

i s

thrown ov er them. Neither argument nor

observation

has lessened my

respect for

t he moral narrative, t he apologue, or

t he

parable, and

there i s g o o d reason toybe

lieve t hat t he

present

century

will no t

destroy a predilection common

t o _

a l l

pre

ceding centuries, for this vehicle o f in

struction.

1 K

6


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6 PREFACE.

I f

the

tale

shall win

one

additional

favour or

kindness

f o r the European emi-

grant t o o ur s h o r e s , I s h a l l thankfully

r e j o i c e . Equally glad shall I be, i f i t

contribute

t o

elevate

t he

name

of

the

teacher

in any ones

estimate,

or to

cheer

on any

beginner

in t he path o f

instruction.

The book, such as

i t

i s ,

i s

for t he lovers o f

children: those

who

are

not

of

t h i s

f r a t e r

nity had b e t t e r lay i t down. The r e l i g i o u s

truths inculcated

are increasingly

dear to

me,

and

my

humble

prayer i s that t h e y

may be imp re sse d

on

t he he art o f e v e ry

reader.


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CHAPTER

1 1

run oixs.

THE

boys

were

a l l

gathered

under

a

spread

ing chestnut-tree, no t far from which a stone

quarry had b e e n o p e n e d and then l e f t to grow

up with gorse, brambles and

t u f t s

of

grass

and

weeds. I t i s such a cav ern as children l o v e ,

afl'ording a

hundred amusements to . t h o s e

who

a r e i n q u i s i t i v e . Barry w a s , f o r t h e t i m e , one of

the boys. He s a t in the shade of the

mighty

t r e e ,

with b o o k

in hand, but unopened. His

eyes

were

looking

over

a t

t h e

d i s t a n t

h i l l s ,

and

the intermediate landscape checkered wit h fie ld

and orchard, and se ame d with hedges

and

brooks. But

the

noise and antics

of

his

young


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CARL,

THE YOUNG EMIGRANT.

\

companions k ep t

him

from

musing

long o n

any

o ne

thing.

Grave

as

he might

b e ,

i t

was

im

possible for

him no t to turn h i s head and smile,

when

he

saw the cheery

faces and high gambols

of these healthy, happy f e l l o w s .

Now they

are

trying to bury the Newfoundland

do g

i n new

hay, from

which

he

r i s e s

l i k e an

animated

hay

cock. Now they

are

repeating the

experiment

with Bob Bolton, the biggest and best-humoured

o f the s e t . Now they turn somersets down the

green

side

of

the

quarry;

and

now

they

are

o fi ,

l i k e a herd of

antelopes,

i n a race to the foot

o f the green h i l l , where a s i l v e r r i v u l e t marks

the lowest spot in the ext ensiv e field.

Timorous parents are sometimes greatly

afraid

of

bones

being

broken

or

health

being

endangered in such sports. But they are ig

norant

of the safeguards of Providence, and

occasionally

interfere

to

the injury

of their

c h i l d r e n . I t i s wonderful ho w r a r e such e v i l s

a r e , among tens of thousands of instances. I

think

I have observed that in many

families

t h e e l d e s t sons a r e the most f e e b l e and f e a r f u l :


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CARL, THE YOUNG EMIGRANT. 9

when

the l i t t l e fl oc k

increases,

the sports be

come more gay, and the adventure more bold.

And home-sports,

such as

these, when unabcom

panied by

i l l tempers

and

i l l

words, are g o o d

and

laudable,

e v e n though

their

noise should

sometimes

jar

o n

the

ear

o f

the nerv ous.

Un

l e s s we would rear a generation o f e fle minat e

creatures, we

must put up with some noise and

some

s o i l i n g

and

tearing

of

raiment.

Barry

was almost

disposed t o join in

the

sport

;

though

he

half-doubted

whether

h i s

dig

nity as an

usher

might no t

s u f f e r

by the

co n

descension. The scruple

was unnecessary: but

Barry had no t reached the point in h i s expe

rience where t h i s i s found o u t .

When

the

sun

began

to draw

towards

h i s

s e t t i n g , he rang h i s l i t t l e b e l l ,

and was

i n s t a n t l y

surrounded

by

the

whole

company, a t l e a s t

tw en ty i n number. There they

sat

or stood

around

him,

red

and

panting

and

co v e re d wit h

healthful moisture. What

sight o n earth

i s

lovelier or more

hopeful?

Who

i s happier

than a loving teacher? Barry f e l t t h i s , and

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10 CARL, THE YOUNG EMIGRANT.

gazed o n them with a new and swelling emotion.

What hope, what joy, what confidence i n these

countenancesl Even t wo

or

three l a d s ,

who

had b e e n

sullen

and

refractory

in

the

school

room, were here

contented

and d o c i l e , and

clung

t o

him,

with

a

readiness

to

do

whatever

he should

order.

Look

yonder, boys, said Barry, rising as

he

spoke, and

stretching

his

hand

toward

t he

west. All the boys

turned

i n the same direc

tion,

and

their

faces

were

illuminated

with

'the

blush

of the

setting

sun,

which

at that

instant

was

just

sinking among

a clump of

distant

t r e e s .

Oh, how grand Oh, how beaut iful burst

from s e v e r a l . Indeed, the sight was glorious.

What

do you

think,

boys? said Barry.

Can

you

se e

any thing l i k e that in a show?

Can

any painting,

or any panorama equal

that?

Various

exclamations were uttered by t he

_

more

animated

boys,

for

the

spectacle

was

un

commonly fine, e v e n

i n

a land

where we have

to

bless God for

so

many b r i l l i a n t

sunsets.

Little Carl was s i l e n t .

His hands we re

crossed


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CARL, rm: YOUNG EMIGRANT. 11

upon

h i s

breast, and h i s

blue

e ye

drank in the

l i g h t s of the west, as i f

none

had

b e e n

present.

Carl, said Barry,

turning

t o the l i t t l e f o

reigner,

that

i s

what you c a l l , in

Germany,

the

Abendroth, and i t i s a beautiful word.Yes,

s i r ,

said Carl,

and

the

tears

filled

h i s

eyes:

he

wiped

them away with

his

l i t t l e

checked

handkerchief. The boys were a f f e c t e d : they

knew he was

thinking of

Bingen

o n the

Rhine.

Burnham,

who

led

the

school,

turned

to

Mack

and s a i d , in a lo w v o i c e ,

Mack, theres

something i n t h e Dutchman, a f t e r

a l l ;

l e t s not

quiz him so hard

A distant

bugle-note

broke

up

their

s e n t i ~

mental gazing; i t was the signal for the

e v e n

ing worship. Barry l e d the way t o the s c h o o l ,

and the boys

f e l l

into an

irregular procession.

I t

was

p l a i n they had

received benefit

by ev en

t h i s

momentary

contemplation

of a

great

ob

ject in

nature.

Why

should i t no t

be a part of

education t o draw f o r t h

t h e

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12 CARL,

THE

YOUNG

EMTGRANT.

towards

such wonders, and to graft upon them

the

needful

lessons?

Dr. Newman was no t the man to neglect

such

means

of usefulness.

He had

been gazing

o n the same western sky, as he sat i n the po r

t i c o ,

holding

the

hand

of

his

motherless

daugh

t e r . Both

were

in mourning,

but bo t h

seemed

revived

by a transient gleam from the

sinking

luminary. As

Dr. Newman

led

the v/ay into

the l i t t l e chapel, the lingering rays of the sun

s e t

were

just gilding

i t s

eastern

w a l l .

He

rose in the p u l p i t , and read the beautiful 104th

Psalm.

At the 19th

verse,

the

youthful

wor

s h i p p e r s a l l f e l t , a t l e a s t f o r t h e moment, the

meaning of those words, The sun k n ow e th his

going

down.

They

were

therefore

very atten

t i v e , when the Doctor began h i s l i t t l e address:

My dear children, said

he , I

dare

say

you

hav e be en

looking

at the beautiful sunset.

I t

i s

good

t o

do

s o .

Those

l o v e l y c u r t a i n s

of

coloured clouds are hung there to

attract

o ur

eye. They are pictures i n the b o o k of

nature,

from Gods

o wn

hand.


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S e e

ho w

God d i r e c t s

us t o study

t h e s e

works

of

creation. It

i s

plainly

so in

the

chapter

we

have

just read. So also in

other places. I n

t he b o o k of Jo b ( x x x v i i i . , xxxix., x l . ,

x l i . )

God

speaks out of the whirlwind; but a l l h i s discourse

i s concerning

the wonders

of creation.

We must

no t

confine

ourselves to the

b o o k

o f nature.

'If

we had no other guide, i t s cha

r a c t e r s would be u n i n t e l l i g i b l e . .They would

speak a strange language. The heathen have

the

b o o k

of

nat ure ; but

they

read

i t

amiss.

Blessed

be

God for t h i s

other

B o o k , the

Book

of r e v e l a t i o n (and here Dr. Newman l a i d h i s

hand o n t he gre at f o l i o Bible which lay before

him.) I - I e r e we

l e a r n ,

what b r i l l i a n t s u n s e t s

can

ne v er

teach

u s ,

that

God

so

loved

the

world

as to give h i s only

begotten

Son, that

whoso

e v er believeth in

him

should no t perish, but

have everlasting l i f e . But,

after

we have learned

t h i s

blessed

gospel-truth

from

the

Scriptures,

we can come back to the b o o k of nature, with

i t s beautiful

sunsets,

and behold, in ev ery hue

and every cloud, an emblem of Gods love and

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CARL,

THE YOUNG EMIGRANT.

mercy.

Therefore, my

children,

believe

in

God,

and then, when

you turn your eyes

t o _

wards the crimson and gold of the gorgeous

west, you

may

say to

yourselves,

The

God

who displays

those

lovely s i g n s , i s my Father,

through

Jesus

C h r i s t .

Then

they

joined

in

singing

the

following

v e r s i o n of the 19th Psalm:

I love the volume of t hy word;

What

light

and joy those l ea v es afl'ord

To

souls

benighted

and

distressed

,

Thy precepts guide my doubtful

way,

Thy fear forbids

my

feet to

stray,

Thy

promise leads

my heart t o r e s t .

Thy

threatenings wake my slumbering eyes,

And

warn me where my danger

l i e s ;

But

t i s

thy

blessed

gospel,

Lord,

That makes my guilty conscience clean,

Converts my soul, subdues my sin,

And gives

a

free, but large reward.

Who knows

the

error of

his thoughts?

My God,

forgive

my

secret

f a u l t s ,

And

from

presumptu ous

sins

restrain:

Accept my

poor

attempts o f praise,

That I have

read

thy book o f grace

And book of nature

no t

in

vain.


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rm: rouse

E M ' I G R A N I .

15

It i s a

happy

thing for

our

children,

when

they go to a school

where religious

service i s

no t

made

a

drudgery,

but i s

connected

with

pleasing

a s s o c i a t i o n s . Such

was

the c a s e a t

t he Oaks. There was no boy who remained

there

long

who

d i d

not

l o v e

t h e

sound

of

t h e

bugle,

which

called

him to t h i s

short but inter

esting

exercise. Dr. Newman

almost

always

made an address, but i t was seldom longer than

that which has b e e n

given

above. It

was

cus

tomary

at

the

Oaks,

after

t e a ,

to

spend

some

time

in

walking,

o r , i f the

time of year were

forbidding,

in

a t h l e t i c

games, in a large 00

vered play-room, called the

hippodrome.

This

was

not

indeed the hour f o r t h e i r regular gym

nastic

exercise; but i t was

spent

in t h i s place,

because of

the large space allowed for walking

and running, and

for

forming l i t t l e

groups for

c o n v e r s a t i o n .

Howe v er inclement

the

weather

might

be ,

here

the

boys

found

themselves

warm

and sheltered; and the recreation was go o d

before

returning

to the

short tasks

of

the

e v e n

ing. But

the

plan of the school did no t admit


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o f much work by candle-light,

for

early

rising

was

the order

of the day. Into t h i s hippo

drome the larger boys went at a l l

times

during

play-hours;

and here they were

assembled

in

considerable force o n

the

evening in

question.

A

large

lamp

of stained

glass

hung

from

t he

centre of the r o o f , and cast a pleasant gleam

o v e r the space below. A knot of gay young

fellows, in

loose

summer-dress, was

seen in

the inner c i r c l e , some leaning o n benches, and

some

arm-in-arm, against t he

column

in t he

midst.

I t

was evident

that some plan

was

on

foot;

for boys

are

planning creatures, and i t i s

w e l l when t h e i r schemes i n v o l v e no m i s c h i e f .

I

am glad

to

say,

such

was

now

the

case.

They were talking in a lo w tone about the pale

German

boy, Carl Adler. Carl had come t o

school with scarcely any knowledge of English,

and a

few

months

had

not s u fl i c e d t o remove

his oddities

of

pronunciation.

He

could

no t

for h i s l i f e say, Thirty thousand thorns thrust

through the t hick o f their thumbs. The at

tempt t o u t t e r t h i s

formidable

formula, which


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CARL, THE YOUNG

EMIGRANT. 17

he n e v er refused, used to produce peals of

laughter,

such as

are heard

only from a

group

of

boys. Few a t t h i s

age can abstain

fro m run

ning r i g s on a comrade. B ut C a r l , though he

used

to redden,

and

hang his head,

never

l o s t

his

t emp er;

and

t h i s

won

him some

favour.

Though he

could no t

talk

English

w e l l , he

was

the best Frenchman in the school; indeed, he

spoke the language fluently. Then he was far

before

the rest of h i s

age

in Latin. He could

swim,

w r e s t l e ,

and

fence;

and was

always

ready

t o do a

f a v o u r .

That e vening, the boys had

observed him weeping

under

the chestnut-tree.

Boys are as sagacious about such things as

men:

they

knew

he was thinking of home, and

the

word home i s sweet

a t

a b o a r d i n g - s c h o o l .

But

l i t t l e

Carls home was far o v er the sea,

o n

the Rhine ; and

he

was

an orphan; and, what

was more, the boys had learned, within a fe w

days, that

he

was

poor,

and

that

h i s

uncle,

Mr.

Schneckenburg,

had written to Dr. Newman

that he must be

tak en away and put to

a

trade.

Now they

began

t o regret

their r i d i c u l e

of the

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18 cm,

THE

YOUNG

ummnasr.

stranger, and

were busy contriving some

way

to help him :

for

they could

no t

bear

the thought

of losing so amiable and clever a companion.

I'll t e l l you what i t i s , said Murdock, who

was the so n of

Captain

Murdock, of

the

army,

Ill

give

a l l

my

p ock e t -m o n ey

for

the

year,

rather than l e t the

Dutchman

s u fl ' e r .

Dutchman

cried

Merriman,

who slept in

the same

chamber, I

t e l l you, he i s no

Dutch

man;

he

i s

a German

boy,

from

Bingen on

the

Rhine,

and

his

father

was

a

judge

in

that

t own.

Never mind, Merriman, said Murdock,

Dutchman or

German

i s a l l on e; he i s a fine

l i t t l e man, i f he does c a l l think, sink, and bath,

b a s s .

Put

my name down for

as much as you

choose.

Dr.

Newman

has my

money for

t he

quarter, and he says i t s to o much by half.

We are a l l

ready,

said

Mack,

who was a

square-built,

rosy-checked,

brave-looking

boy

:

I dont believe there i s a fellow o n o ur side

who w i l l refuse t o give

somethingall

he can

but the

thing

i s ,

how s h a l l

we

do i t ?


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THE YOUNG EMIGRANT. 19

True enough,

said Burnham;

it

w i l l

nev er do t o hurt the l i t t l e mans f e e l i n g s . He

i s q u i e t ,

and

he i s

p o o r , but

then he

i s

very

proud ;no,

no t pro ud, exactly;

I

dont

mean

q u i t e t h a t . B ut he i s above begging, and

above

being

helped;

and

he

nev er

would

forgive

us i f he knew

what

we are saying.

There i s

no

danger of that, said Merri

man; for I l e f t him writing a l e t t e r t o h i s

s i s t e r , in those funny, l i t t l e , slanting, p e a k e d

German

l e t t e r s , that

we

used

to

quiz

him'about.

I m sorry I laughed at him so much,

for

once

I

saw

him dropping tears o v er the sheet so

fast that i t must have blotted the paper. He

w i l l no t be down for

an

hour.

I t e l l

you,

said

Murdock,

we are in

danger of a l l going wrong, unless we take ad

vice;

and there

i s

no

better

way than to talk

i t o v er with Mr. Barry. He i s always ready

to

help

everybody,

and

he

thinks

the

world

and a l l

of

Adler.

'

Good

good c r i e d

s e v e r a l ; Barry i s

the man.


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Yes, said

Mack;

and what i s more, Mr.

Barry

has

b e e n

in

Germany,

and

understands

a go od deal of the

language.

I

am

glad you

thought

of i t .

So

i t

was agreed to lay the matter before

Mr. Barry;

the

boys meanwhile

determining

to

be

ready with their contributions. The bell

rang, and they went to t he scho o l-ro o m, with

f a c e s f u l l of earnestness and animation.


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THE

YOUNG

EMIGRANT. 21

CHAPTER

I I .

TRIALS

OF

THE EMIGRANT

SCHOOL-BOY

THE

cooler

days

of

summer,

in

our

American

climate, are admirably suited f o r open-air exer

cise; and boys at school know how to enjoy

them. Did yo u ever k n o w a healthy youth

who did

no t

l i k e to

spend

such days out of

doors . 7

Especially

a t

l a r g e

s c h o o l s ,

where

they

have no t their parents

t o

go t o , young p ersons

seek recreation in the fields and woods. Here

they

learn

a thousand

things

which are useful

to them in

a f t e r - l i f e .

It i s

no t the

l e a s t

import

ant part of

their

education. For t h i s

reason,

those

schools

are best where the pupils

have a

wide range ofmeadow and grove, pleasant brooks

and safe bathing-places. This was remarkably

true

of

the

Oaks,

which

was

so

called

o n

ac

count of a

number

of great and ancient

t r e e s ,

r e l i c s

of t h e f o r e s t , which were scattered in

clumps upon the h i l l - s i d e in front of the house.


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22 CARL, 'run rouse nmeass'r.

I t had been

t h e

s e a t of an

o l d English

family

be fo re t he Re v olut io n,

and

bore

many

charac

t e r i s t i c marks of the a r i s t o c r a t i c mansion. The

spacious

but irregular

house

was

of

hewn stone,

as were the stables and

o fl i c e s .

A gentle r i l l

s t o l e

along

the

b o t t o m

of the

d e c l i v i t y ,

passing,

in

i t s

course,

through

an

old-fashioned

spring

house,

which

was of snowy whiteness, and over

shadowed by a gigantic sycamore. A gre en lane

behind

the

principal dwelling ran

o f f among

cherry-trees,

t i l l

i t

was

l o s t

i n

an

extensive

wood,

and,

through

t h i s

shaded

walk,

conducted

to

a .

stream called

by an Indian name, Wicomico.

Upon

the bank of

t h i s

stream

several

boys

were seated during the noon of a h a l f - h o l i d a y .

The voice of Carl Adle r might have been

heard in pensive but co nt inue d discourse: he

was

giving

an

account of h i s native

t o w n on

the Rhine. I w i l l

no t attempt

to imitate

his

broken

English,

for

i t

i s

no t

my

purpose

to

e x

c i t e a smile at h i s expense: and what he said

was worthy of

no

r i d i c u l e . He was t e l l i n g

o f

the

rapids

in the Rhine, near

Bingen, and

o f


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THE

YOUNG EMIGRANT.

23

t he

antiquity of

t h i s

l i t t l e

town,

which

i s said

to have b e e n known to

the

Romans.

But now, said

he,

I f e e l that I

am

quite

an American. My uncle l i v e s in America,

and

The

boys knew what h e

meant:

h i s

f a t h e r

and mo t he r

were

d e a d .

Yes, said Merriman,

you

are as much

dn American

a s

any

of

us; a n d , before the year

i s o u t , you w i l l lose a l l the l i t t l e German burr

that

i s

o n your

tongue. _

He i s losing i t already, said Burnham.

Who could have spok en the

address

of

An

tony b e t t e r than Adler

d i d

l a s t

night

?

Carl smiled, and

s a i d ,

I

am

glad you have

come

t o

think

b e t t e r

of

me.

Everybody

i s

kinder

to

me

than before. For you must k no w,

I was beginning t o think I never should open

my

l i p s without

uttering something laughable.

Come, come,

said

Merriman, laying

an

arm

across

h i s

shoulder,

no

more

of

that.

L e t by-gones be by-gones. You can take a joke;

and that i s the surest way to avoid one. And

i f anybody imposes o n you, l e t

me

hear o f i t .


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24 can,

THE

YOUNG EMIGRANT.

And

me,

and me,said

t wo or

three

at once. I t was evident that some remarkable

interest had b e e n awakened i n t he st range r.

Carl,

however,

drew himself up, and

s a i d , I

believe you have a l l

found

out that I do not

often

n e e d

help.

I m

no t

fond

of

quarrels,

but

I was taught by my mo th er no t t o fear.

Where s h a l l you

spend

the holidays?

asked

Mack. I

Heigh-ho that i s more than I can t e l l ,

r e p l i e d

C a r l .

Probably

my

holidays

w i l l

be

gin

rather

too

soon.

What

do you mean

by that,

Carl?

Why, I mean that I am going away sooner

than I wished.

Instead

of going to

c o l l e g e ,

as

I hoped, I am informed by my uncle that I am

to be place d wit h a mathematical-instrument

maker in New

York.

There was silence for

some

minutes. Though

a l l

had

expected

t h i s

news,

no

o ne

knew

what

to say. At l a s t , the smallest boy, Frank Shaw,

looked up

in

Carls f a c e ,

and

s a i d ,

Carl, i t

w i l l never do ; we c a n t l e t yo u

g o . What can we


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CARL, THE room EMIGRANT. 25

do to k e e p yo u ? Cant

we write

a lo ng

l e t t e r

t o

Mr. Snakebug,

and ge t

him to

l e t

you

stay?

Schneckenburg i s my uncles nam e , said

Carl, with a smile; but h i s mind i s

made

up,

and

he has g o o d reasons

for

what he

does.

What

reasons?

asked

Frank,

eagerly

;

but

t he other boys

prevented

a

reply.

Never mind

about

the reasons, said Mer

riman; I hope something w i l l turn up t o

change your uncles

purpose.But

who are

these

horsemen?

As

he

spoke,

Dr. Newman rode

up,

in com-

pany with Mr. Barry. They had been r i d i n g

o ut t o

the

neighbouring v i l l a g e ,

and

now

paused

to chat a fe w minutes with the boys. This

broke

up

the conversation for a moment. The

group was dispersed, and presently no o ne was

l e f t o n the bank but

Carl,

who

waited

a fe w

moments,

and

then

began,

with a

sweet, touching

voice,

t o

sing

a

l i t t l e

German

song,

beginning:

Kemut

du da:

Land,

we die

Citronm

bliihn?

I * Goethe.

3


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26 CARL, rrm YOUNG EMIGRANT.

Presently

he walked slowly along

t h e

f o r e s t

pa t h

leading

back

t o the Oaks.

Why

did

he

so o ft en pause

under

the green branches? Why

did he reverently l i f t h i s cap, and look up

wards . 7

Why

d i d

t h e

drops twinkle i n h i s eye,

while

his

pale,

thin

l i p s

moved?

Why

did he

take that l i t t l e worn v o lume fro m h i s bosom,

and undo the s i l v e r c l a s p ,

and

k i s s

t h e

gilded

name upon the cover, and e age rly t urn o v e r

the pages, a s i f i n

search

f o r some passage?

These

questions

may

be

answered

by some

readers without my

prompting.

The

truth

was,

Carl

was a . bo y of many

de e p

r e fl e c t i o n s . He had been

brought e a r l y

i n t o

the school of

sorrow,

and had borne the yoke

in h i s youthi This had kept a l i v e in him the

instructions of h i s mo th er and h i s grandfather,

now

in

heaven.

Among the scholars, he

found

n on e to sympathize with h i s serious

f e e l i n g s .

Some

of

them

had

e v e n laughed

at

him

when

he would s i n g h i s German hymns,

and

he e v en

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CARL,

' r u n

YOUNG nmcmsr.

27

began to f e e l a shyness creeping o v er him in

regard to religious things. The only person

to whom he dared to o p e n h i s mind was Mr.

Barry; f o r

Barry had

b e e n in Germany, and

was

himself an

orphan; and, what was more,

Barry

did

no t

conceal

h i s

persuasion

that

r e l i

gion

i s the

main

thing, and that

no

o ne can

be

happy without i t . I t was, therefore, with plea

sure that Carl saw, o n

leaving

the wood, that

Barry

was

walking towards

him, i n the

green

lane,

having

given

h i s

horse

to

a

servant.

Carl,

said

he,

with a joyful look, mein

freund, fassen

wir

uns kurz: hier sind

die

Briefe

(But I must give

t he subst ance

in

English.) Here, friend Carlquick, my boy

Here are

the l e t t e r s

And

upon

t h i s ,

he

placed

in the trembling hand of the bo y a couple of

scaled

papers.

He l o s t

no t

a moment in tear

ing

them open.

As

he read, he

turned

pale and

re d

by turns,

and

at

length

burst

into

t e a r s .

Well, said Barry, what have you to say

now 3

I

have to say, said Carl, looking

upward,


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CARL,

THE YOUNG

nmeansr.

that God i s a bearer of prayer. How soon

has he answered my poor l i t t l e p e t i t i o n s

See

See

Mr. Barryread f o r y o u r s e l f I'm

too

happy to t e l l you I s h a l l stay, I s h a l l stay

No leaving

school

f o r me No instrument

maker

Uncle

says

I

s h a l l

stay

Oh

hap

py, happy Carl

Adler

Thanks, thanks

Barry could no t but be affected by the j o y

of h i s l i t t l e p u p i l . Boys began to

gather

around. There are fe w secrets a t their age.

By

general

request,

Mr.

Barry

re ad alo ud

parts

of

the

l e t t e r s ,

by which i t

appeared that a

grand-aunt

of C a r l s , in

Darmstadt,

had

author

ized Mr.

Schneckenburg,

who

was her

son, t o

e x p e nd as much money as

should

be necessary

for t he education o f Carl and

his

sisters, Char

l o t t e

and Ursula.

It i s hard to say whether the l i t t l e common

wealth

of the Oaks was most gratified by the

approaching

fireworks,

or

by

the

news

about

Carl. While he was only the Dutchman,

he

was

a butt

for

ev ery ones arrow; as so on

as he became

poor

l i t t l e

Carl,

he grew into


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CARL,


a favourite. There was much shaking of hands

and congratulation; a n d , what i s

worthy

of no

t i c e , n on e

of the

boys

made any allusion t o

their plans

for

h i s r e l i e f , which were now hap

pily frustrated.

Some of

the

duller

and

coarser

boys thought

i t o dd that Carl

should

frequently be caught

with we t

eyes,

a t a time when he had so much

cause for

joy.

They

perhaps learned to un

derstand

the thing better

when

they grew o l d e r .

As

for

Carl

himself,

I

w i l l

no t

undertake

to

explain h i s emotions. I t i s an e f f e c t of

early

grief t o give the

appearance

of greater age;

and Carl had, at fifteen, gone

through

more

v i c i s s i t u d e s , seen more countries, and learnt

more lessons, than many a man o f

f o r t y .

Well

was i t for him that he had a gay,

e l a s t i c

t emp er;

and better s t i l l

that he had b e e n bred

in

the

r i g h t ways of

t h e

Lord.

Se e

him, i n the dusk

of

the

evening,

i n

his

chamber.

The

shadow

i s de e p en ed by the enormous o ak which extends

i t s

branches

almost to the

eaves of

t he ho use .

The vociferous

sports of the

school below

form

3


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30 CARL, THE rouive EMIGRANT.

a

contrast

t o

the

silence of the

chamber.

Carl

s i t s i n the window, with h i s arms

folded, while

next h i s bosom he has t wo miniatures, and a

letter in one o f his hands. What can he

be

thinking about,

i f

no t

the blessed days when

he

sat

with

h i s

father

and

m o th er

under

t he

lime-trees of h i s native t o w n ? As he mused,

he grew

sadder and sadder, t i l l

at

length he

was about to become quite womanish i n his

tenderness,

when,

a l l of a sudden, a smart bl ow

o n

the

shoulder

woke

him

from

h i s

revery,

and

he looked up, to discover that Barry stood o v e r

him.

Come, come, Adler, said the

usher;

this

w i l l nev er do There i s such a thing as pons

dering too

much o n ones

troubles.

Troubles, Mr. Barry I was thinking of

my joys; how happy

I

was

at

homeand how

happy

I

ought

t o

be

no w

Yes,

you

have

much

to

be t hankful

for

youth, health,

strength,

friends, and new pros

pects

of education.

Dont

m o p e ,

dont

give

way to melancholy.


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CARL, THE YOUNG

EMIGRANT.

31

You mistake me , Mr. Barry. I never was

more

brimful

of j o y in my l i f e , and ye t I can't

help thinking

and thinking. And

I have just

been saying t o m y s e l f , Oh, how happy would

father and mother b e ,

i f

they could

s e e

me

s o

well

o f f

d They are happier where they a r e , Carl.

Heaven i s better than earth. Who knows but

that they are e v e n now informed of your condi

t i o n , and rejoicing i n i t ? At any

r a t e ,

they a r e ,

we

t r u s t ,

in

Christs

presence,

where

there

i s

fulness of joy;

and

the

thought

of t h i s

ought

to lead yo u to follow their s t e p s .

But

come

o u t , and take some exercise: you can ne v er

fulfil

your duty in l i f e

without

strength of

body ;

and

y o u w i l l never have

strength

o f body

without

exercise.

Down they

went, for

a long walk upon

the

high-road, where

there were

houses in

abun

dance,

and

carriages

and

horsemen

and

pedes

trians

enough to break the

thread

of

Carls

pensive thoughts. This was exactly what Barry

intended; and

he

further pr o m o t e d the

same


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CARL, ' r u n

rouse

EMIGRANT.

end, by a constant s e r i e s of questions about

things

the

most

re mo t e fro m

his

companions

present

a fl ' a i r s .

Some

people

have ye t t o learn

that t h i s

i s

the true method of quieting

dis

turbed minds and diverting sickly thoughts.

Butust

then, a more

violent

interruption

t o o k

place.

A horse suddenly appeared,

running

away with a c a r r i a g e , i n which two l a d i e s were

seated. The

driver had b e e n

thrown

out; and

the

vehicle was

rapidly

approaching a rude

bridge,

o v er

which

i t

s e e m e d

impossible

that

they

should

pass

unharmed. Barry

disengaged

himself

instantly

from Carl,

and rushed

to

wards the

frantic animal.

What he appre

hended really occurred; the passage was t o o

narrow,

the

carriage

was

overturned

into

t he

dry

be d

of a l i t t l e summer-brook, and the horse,

entangled

in the harness, lay struggling and

kicking, in

the most alarming

manner, while

the women, re ally in the greatest p e r i l , were

shrieking,

and

unable

t o extricate themselves.

Barry threw

himself

o n the floundering horse,

and, holding h i s head close to the ground, pre~


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csan,

THE

YOUNG

EMIGRANT. 33

vented

h i s

r i s i n g ,

while

he

rapidly

separated

him

from

the vehicle;

a l l the while shouting to

Carl t o take c a r e of

t h e

women. I t seemed a

most dangerous position

for

a man no stronger

than Barry; but he succeeded in separating the

horse,

which

he

t o o k

out

and

made

f a s t

t o

a

neighbouring post, and afterwards repaired to

the

green

bank

where

Carl had

deposited

h i s

charge. One of the women was unhurt, the

other was bruised and bleeding, and shortly

the

young farmer, who had been thrown from

his s e a t ,

came

up,

more

frightened

than hurt,

and f u l l of apprehension

about

h i s wife and

s i s t e r .

As

they

resumed

their

walk,

Carl

said

to

himself,

One

thing i s c e r t a i n , whatever the

fellows may say, Mr.

Barry

i s

far

from being

a

coward:

I

s h a l l t e l l t h i s t o Mack and Mer

riman, the next time they utter such a

slander

on

o ur

usher.


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34 CARL, THE

YOUNG

EMIGBANT.

CHAPTER I I I .

WHAT runs was HAPPY rmcurm?

To those who love i t ,

teaching

i s as f u l l of

interest as

hunting

to

the huntsman,

or flowers

to the gardener. Why

should i t

no t be as

interesting

to contemplate

d i f f e r e n t

kinds o f

boys

as

d i f f e r e n t

kinds

of

minerals

and

plants

?

Why should we not examine the ways and ha

b i t s of g i r l s , as eagerly a s those of fish, fowl,

and insects? Next t o parents, the persons

who

get

the clearest insight into children and

youth are

teachers. Some of these only teach

for a living; i t i s a drudgery to them; t h e y

mean presently to leave i t and go to some

thing

else:

how

can

such persons be

happy

teachers?

Others

love

their

work,

and

ask

no better employment. Hence, they always

m e e t

their pupils with a s m i l e , and hear

e v e r y

lesson with animation. The scholars, in their


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cum, ms rouse smemnr. 35

turn, se e t h i s , and are a l l

alive;

teacher and

scholar

pull together, and there i s more pro

gress made in a week than at o ne of the

drudging schools in

a

month.

What

exclaimed Miss Hotchkin, who was

on

a

v i s i t

a t

the

Oaks,What take

plea

sure in teaching such a s e t o f uncombed c o l t s

as those yonder And she pointed with her

parasol

to the

green,

o v er which the

boys,

just

dismissed

for their nooning,

were

bounding

and

shouting.

The

thing

i s

impossible,

Mr.

Barry. '

I

dare

say,

you

think so, replied Barry;

yet, I say what I think and

f e e l .

I t i s a

positive pleasure to

me

to be their teacher.

And, then,

allow me to speak a word

for the

young

f e l l o w s . They are

now

in t h e i r summer

trim and

school-jackets,

and you se e them just

at the moment of release; but some of them are

already

gentlemen,

i n

every

sense

of the

word,

and s e v e r a l of them a r e already s c h o l a r s .

But such a

n o i s e ,

Mr. Barry And such

violence


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YOUNG EMIGRANT.

Noise,

madam, i s no t

always

amiss. I n a

sick

room,

at

a

funeral,

during

worship

o r

study, noise would be

altogether out

of

place.

But

what say

you

to the noise of a mill or a

cascade? And

what

say

you to a pack o f

hounds,

a parrot, or

an

aviary? It i s

as

much the nature of growing boys to exert

their

limbs

and lungs

as f o r

young

kids to do

the same. It i s healthful, i t i s unavoidable,

and t o

me

i t i s

agreeable.

Oh,

s i r ,

you

shock

me

Had

I

boys

under

my

charge,

they should never be

allowed

t o

bellow l i k e

those fellows,nor~

Nor,

said Barry, smiling, t o have a torn

c o a t , or a speck o n their shoes; a l l should be

starch and rose-water. I t i s no t in this planet,

however,

Miss

Hotchkin, that

your

ideal

semi

nary can be conducted. The earth w i l l s o i l ,

cloth w i l l wear, and youthful

s p i r i t s

w i l l

break

over

the

brim:

our

great task

i s

t o

keep

mat~

t e r s within bounds, and t o prevent i l l words

and

i l l tempers.

Can

you ever persuade me , s i r , that

those


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THE

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EMIGRANT.

37

vehement f e l l o w s , who are now so busy i n sad

dling

yonder c a l f , a r e

fit

f o r

study ?

Among

the first boys in the

school,

re

plied Barry,

and

among the best in e v ery

s e n s e .

You now

s e e

them

f u l l of s p i r i t

a n d

fun;

you

w i l l

presently

see

them

s i l e n t ,

c o l

lected, and studious,

as

eager

to master a

d i fl i -

culty i n algebra or grammar as yesterday they'

were t o win at a

rowing-match.

You

amaze me I thought play and study'

were

exact

opposites.

So

they are; but the charm of l i f e i s

made

up

of

these delightful opposites.

I t

i s the

transition from hilarity to

seriousness

which

gives a zest to school-boy l i f e , never to be

' forgotten. I sometimes think

we

Americans

might

gain

something by carrying

the

same

a

l i t t l e

farther

into l i f e . I t

might

prevent some

wrinkles and

gray

h a i r s , e v e n

though

i t should

interrupt

us

a

l i t t l e

i n

o ur

race

after

money

o r

ofiice.

So

you

l e t them do as they please?

By

no

means, madam You

s e e they

are

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CARL, THE YOUNG

EMIGRANT.

this moment under my supervision: in half

an

hour, I s h a l l be relieved by Mr. Cole.

Let

a single

step be

made

into

the

field of impro

p r i e t y or danger, and i t

becomes

o ur duty to

check them.

But why

repress the genial flow

o f

a

season

which

can

never

return?

Even

Paul could say, without a word of disapproval,

When I was a

c h i l d ,

I spake as a c h i l d , I un

derstood a s a

c h i l d ,

I thought as a c h i l d . Dr.

Newman

often says t o the boysand I agree

with

him

Work while

you

work

:

play

while

you play. .

They are

too

merry, by h a l f . Just think

o f the

troubles

which await them in l i f e

What

a preparation

i s

t h i s f o r

them?

I might

answer you i n the words of Gray,

w r i t t e n i n view of such a

scene:

To each

his

sufierings:

a l l

are

men,

Condemned

alike to

groan;

The

tender,

fo r

another s pain,

The unfeeling, for his

own.

Y e t , ah why should they know their fate,

.Since sorrow

never comes

t o o

late,


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THE

YOUNG EMIGRANT.

39

And' happiness to o

swiftly

flies?

Thought would disturb their paradise.

No more;

where ignorance

is bliss,

Tis

f o l l y

to be wise.

B u t ,

continued Barry, I w i l l no t rest

o n

the

poets

answer,

which

i s

o p e n

to

some

e x

ception.

I t i s safer to say, what i s unques

tionable,

that high

animal spirits

and

the

in

dulgence i n animated boyish sports i s in no

degree inconsistent with the most sober views

of

l i f e

that are

proper

in

boyhood.

Surely,

you

would

no t

have a

bo y

to look o n

h i s future

course with the eyes of an old man God

n e v er intended

i t .

Attempt t o rear a child o n

this plan, and you violently and cruelly r e s i s t

Providence.

N o ,

no If you

would

make

men

of them, send your boys to a

school

where

they

shall

hav e wide

range, free

exer

c i s e , and where t he t eache rs s h a l l no t be in

perpetual

fear

l e s t

they

break

their

necks.

If observation teaches me any

thing,

i t i s , that

they w i l l study a l l

t h e b e t t e r f o r it.But

here

i s my colleague, Mr. Cole, who takes my seat


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of

i n s p e c t i o n , w h i l e

I go t o c o r r e c t the

Latin

exercises.

Mr.

Cole

was

a

t a l l ,

raw-boned

young man,

who had lately

taken the place of

second

usher in Dr.

Newmans school. His

eyes

were

deeply

s e t

i n

h i s

head,

and

he

wore

spec

t a c l e s .

His smile was so reluctant and sour,

that the

boys used

t o

say he

laughed

with t he

wrong side of h i s mouth. Yet he was a co n

scientious and a learned

young

man, and had

gained

a

number

of

prizes

for

solving

t o ugh

problems in mathematics. .

He approached the

bay-window, i n which

the v i s i t o r was seated, and made a very angu

l a r and jerking

bow. I t

was

well

meant,

and

Miss

Hotchkin

received i t in

g o o d

part,

though

she could

no t

help

saying

to

herself,

How much some people f a i l i n the graces o f

l i f e , by overdoing

matters and

no t letting

themselves

alone

This

spot, said Mr. Cole, . i s o ne

o n

which

I must int rude , as i t i s the only o ne which

commands a view of my entire field of battle,


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and' i t will not do t o

le av e t he se

outlaws t o

themselves.

Outlaws

do you c a l l them,

Mr.

Cole?

_ Are

they

no t scholars? And are

they

no t

gentlemens

sons ?

Mr.

Cole

smiled,

in

h i s

peculiar

way,

and

s a i d , You

may be sure, madam, they are

such that I would no t st ay ano the r day among

them, i f i t were no t to enable me to prepare

for a professorship of which I have the o f f e r .

Then, you

do

no t

love

teaching?

Love i t

Talk

of loving to drive c a t t l e ,

or herd

swine

No animal known

t o

me i s

s o

annoying as a half-grown boy.

And here Mr. Cole

picked

o i l from h i s coat

t a i l an impudent

l a b e l , which

he had just

disco

vered,

and

which some

wag

of an urchin had

attached to him by means of a p i n .

Why,

Mr. Cole, your estimate of boys i s

no t

l i k e

that

of

Mr.

Barry.

N , no, indeed

i t

i s not. Mr.

Barry

i s a

young man

of

genius;

especially

versed

i n the

modern tongues; no t

bad, I must o wn, e v e n

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i n the higher mathematics; a t good f e l l o w ,

t o o ,but, but,

But what ?

But he i s a boy himself; and, therefore,

he loves

boys;

loves t o

teach

them, loves t o

be

with

them-strange

to

say,

loves to

play

with them. He t h e r e f o r e l o o k s on h i s s i t u a ~

tion here with eyes very d i fl e r e n t from

mine.

And

here Mr. Cole wiped

his

spectacles.

You are

very

r i g h t , Mr.

Cole. This

way

o f

encouraging freedom and mirth i n s t r i p l i n g s , and

letting them vault o v er fences, run l i k e wild

g o a t s , and

bellow l i k e oxen,

i s

a way I

was no t

brought up t o . And as to teaching

them,

I

can

judge

what

i t

i s ,

by

an

attempt

I

made

to

teach a chambermaid of o urs to

read:

my tem

pe r was so

curdled

by her stupidity, that

we

ne v er

go t beyond

the

alphabet. But

what suc~

cess has Mr. Barry o n h i s plan?

Oh,

better

than

I

can

account

f o r .

No

classes show better than h i s . Indeed, truth

forces

me t o say, that h i s pupils make extraor

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progress.


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Perhaps i t i s

because

they l i k e him so

I

much 2

I dare say t h a t i s i t ,

madam.

They w i l l

do

any

thing f o r him, though he i s perfectly i n

exorable as to h i s

rules

and

regulations,

and, in

some

respects,

i s

the

s t r i c t e s t

man

i n

t he ho use .

But he has singular ways of interesting them

in their work.

Indeed,

he

seems

t o be

actually

interested himself, and goes o ver a geography

l e s s o n with

a s much z e s t a s i f

he were the

youngest

among

them,'and

were

getting

the

l e s s o n with them.

'

That i s singular, indeed; but i t shows how

light

h i s

labour

i s .

I t does, Miss Hotchkin. And a l l t h i s i s in

great

contrast

to

my case;

for I

go

into school

with the s p i r i t of a turnkey, and come out with

a wish

no t

to

behold

the face of a

lad

during

the interval.

Well,

w e l l ,

Mr.

Cole,

we

a l l

have

o ur

weak

points and our strong points; and i t i s very

plain that neither you no r I were e v er intended

to gain eminence as teachers.


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44 CARL, THE rouse EMIGRANT.

Mr. Cole reddened, and s a i d , Excuse me,

madam; you do no t exactly take my meaning.

I would

no t

have you t o suppose that I

am

de

ficient

as a

teacher.

On the

contrary,

I have

the pleasure o f b e l i e v i n g t h a t I am a s w e l l i n

structed

and

as

laborious

as

any

man

here.

But, the truth

i s ,

I do mywork

against

my

will.

Then,

s i r , be

assured,

you do

i t

poorly,

said Miss Hotchkin, with a s h r i l l laugh, f o r she

loved to say things which

s t i n g .

Yes, you

do

i t

poorly.

So

should

I ,

but

I

take

good

care to shun ev ery thing l i k e school-teaching,

and

s o

should

you.

Go od

morning,

Mr. Cole.

And

here

she

tripped

away,

to walk fiv e

miles

before dinner, and to gain s p i r i t s for a party

in the

evening.

Mr. Cole, though

somewhat mortified

a t

t he

turn the

conversation

had

taken, was

led t o

some ne w r e fl e c t i o n s . Especially was he drawn

to

consider

the

secret

of

h i s

past

troubles

as

a

teacher. These

reflections

were much seconded

by a remarkable c o i n c i d e n c e . I t was the day

f o r him

t o

c o r r e c t

the

English

compositions of


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rouse nmenm. 45

t he boys. Among

these

was a

l i t t l e

o ne by

Carl

Adler.

Here i t i s , i n i t s corrected form;

for i t had numerous violations of idiom.

C ' a r l s

Composition.

Methought

I

was.admitted

o ne

evening

to

a.

r o o m f u l l o f boys and g i r l s , who had t h e i r

b o o ks before them. The teacher s e e m e d to be

a

capable

and worthy person, but s t i l l the c h i l

dren did

no t adv ance . Some

were

c a r e l e s s ,

some

were

stupid,

and some

were

c r o s s .

The

t eacher was

concerned,

and even v ex ed .

He

went first t o one, and then to another. He ad

vised,

he

threatened,

he e v e n 'chastised them.

S t i l l

there was

l i t t l e progress, and

the p o o r

teacher wen t to be d quite disheartened; but

before he

f e l l

a s l e e p , he o f f e r e d

a

prayer t h a t

he might know what i t was that he

needed.

The

next

morning,

I

looked

into the same

room,

and saw

the

same

teacher,

and

the

same

l i t t l e

boys and g i r l s , getting the

same

lessons.

But what a change All were o n the alert;

a l l

were

diligent ;

a l l were

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THE

YOUNG smeaxur.

frowns

and t he

rod were

both laid

aside.

Joy

played

upon a l l

the happy countenances; and

the

happie st o f a l l

was

that of the

teacher.

But

now I perceived a new inmate in the

room. Wherever t h e teacher wen t among

his

children,

a

bright

and

beautiful

form

accom

panied him, o r hovered o v e r him. I t

was

f a i r and benignant, and smiled gently o n e v e ry

part of

the

work. I

approached

with diflidence,

and asked

t h e

name of t h i s ne w a s s i s t a n t . With

a

heavenly

smile,

she

turned

to

me ,

and

an

swered, I

am

LovE.

I t was only

o ne i n s t a n c e ,

out of many, in

which scholars

instruct their

teachers,

without

knowing i t . The lesson wasnot altogether lost

o n

Mr. Cole, though

he nev er carried i t

fully

i n t o

p r a c t i c e .


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CHAPTER

I V.

LESSONS

OCT-OF-DOORS

A

LARGE

garden

a fl ' o r d s

some

of

t h e b e s t

amusements and safeguards, of either family or

school. Not only does i t k e e p

the

young

folks

o ut o f

mischief,

but i t b e n e fi t s

thpir

health and

teaches them many useful lessons. The gar:

den

a t

the

Oaks

had

been

o r i g i n a l l y

l a i d

out

for a ge nt le man s e s t a t e . The great green

house

s t i l l remained;

the

grape-vines we re an

cient and knotty, and clambering

o v er the

largest t r e e s . The box-borders were several

feet high, and

made

fine hiding-places for

the

boys.

A

trumpet-creeper had hung i t s green

mantle o v er the whole side of a building which

lay

o n

o ne boundary

of

the garden.

I n the

middle

st oo d a

stubborn-looking

h o l l y ,

beset

by

i t s prickly palisade, with

every

leaf separately

armed; a noble t r e e , bo th

for

beauty and for

a s s o c i a t i o n s .


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CARL,

THE YOUNG

EMIGRANT.

When a boy came t o school, he

was

allowed

free access t o t h i s

garden

and the tool-house;

but i t was no t until

he

had

b e e n there a

month

that h e was allowed to have a plot of ground

t o cultivate

for

himself.

Before

t h i s month

was

o u t , more

than

half

the

young

gentlemen

threw up the spade and dibble : but there were

always some who continued to t i l l their l i t t l e

gardens.

These

were separated by narrow

gravel-walks, edged with box. The boys were

permitted

t o

choose

any

sort

of

cultivation

vegetables,

flowers, or fruits; t he

only condition

being that they must

stick

to what they began.

Donald, the old gardener, was invested with

absolute

authority

in the enforcement of

these

rules; and sometimes the

young gardeners were

o n the point of insurrection. Like other emeutes,

however, in larger

governments,

these

were

mostly unsuccessful. Princes have smiles as

well

as

frowns,

rewards

as well

as

punishments;

and though King

Donald,

as he was called,

had

neither

blue

ribands no r embassies

in

his

g i f t , he had green-gages, seckel-pears, and de


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49

l i c i o u s grapes

and peaches. Hence, the l a t t e r 7

part of

summer was almost always

a time of

peace in

his

government; there was l i t t l e work

and much

f r u i t ,

and subjects were

exce'edingly

quiet.

One

day,

abo ut no on,

when

ev ery

thing

was

radiant in the sunit was about the

middle

of

AugustDonald was

cleaning and trimming

the

dead

leaves

from a fine pomegranate-tree,

wheeled

out

o n

the

north

terrace. The

deep

green

of

t h e

f o l i a g e ,

contrasting

with

the

laugh

ing re d of the blossoms,

caused

HelenNewman to

break out i n t o

admiration. She was

i n mourn

ing,

for

she had

lately

met with t hat gre at e st

loss for

a

c h i l d ,

the

l o s s

of a

mother. But

the

sweet works of creation, i t may be observed,

do

no t interfere

with

t he sacredness

of

g r i e f .

What God has spread out in the sky and o n the

earth soothes the

rufiled s p i r i t ,

which would

revolt

at

a

gay

speech

or

a

boisterous

j e s t .

The old man pitied the young lady. He

had

served he r mo th er many, many years; and,

what was more, he had b e e n tried with a fi l i c l

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50 CARL, ' r n r . rouse smeaas'r.

t i o n ; he kn ew ho w t o sympathize with those

who s u fl ' e r e d . He wisely drew Helens atten

tion from

o ne

to another beauty of the garden,

t i l l

she

i v a s

entertained and

refreshed

almost

against he r w i l l . He showed her how the lady

slippers

flaunted

in

their

parti-coloured

coats;

and how the large altheas, fro m go od pruning,

were a l l o v er flowers. T i g e r - l i l i e s , l a t e r o s e s ,

and the stately

y ' u c c a ,

were in

season. Old

Donald pointed out the beauties of each. But ,

no t

content

with

t h i s ,

he

went

to

a

choice

corner o f t he gre en-ho use , and brought her a

bouquet of rare

and exotic

flowers; and

his

hard, withered old face

softened

into a fatherly

smile,

as he placed

i t

in

Helens

hand.

But,

while she was examining i t s colours, and e n

joying

i t s

fragrance, and f o r a moment forget

ting herself i n these flowers of the field, she

was violently interrupted by a rush of the

young

gardeners

into

their

place

of

labour.

She

could no t but smile when she saw

Bolton,

Burnham, and

Merriman,

with coats o i l , and

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51

Donald,

beseeching

him

t o

f u r n i s h

them with

some strawberry-plants, t o s e t out i n their beds.

It so happ en ed that

King

Donald

was

no t in

the

best humour with them,

by reason

of a

trampling down of h i s newly-sown turnip-beds;

he

therefore

held

out

some

time

against these

requests.

At

length,

however, Carl

entered

the garden, and joined in the petition; upon

which the old man instantly relented.

What i s the reason, Donald, said Helen,

that

yo u

always

seem

s o

p a r t i a l

t o

the

Ge r

man 3

Because he i s a German, miss. I mean,

because

he

i s a

foreigner.

I was

once

a new

com er

in t h i s land, myself,

and

I know

the

heart

of a

stranger,

as the

Bible says.*

I thank

you

for your kind feeling, said

Carl; but,

indeed,

I

am

suffering very fe w

of

the

troubles of a

foreign

boy, just now. It

was

rather

different

when I first

arrived;

but

a text in the same g o o d b o o k often came into

* Ex. xxiii. 9 .


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rouse

EMIGRANT.

my mind, when I was walking i n the crowds

of New York: | : The Lord] doth exe cut e the

judgment

of the

f a t h e r l e s s and widow, and

LOVETH THE

'STRANGER,

i n giving him

food and

raiment. *

Well

s a i d ,

my

boy

said

Donald,

smiling

and

patting Carl

o n

the shoulder;

keep

up

your courage, and

the

day w i l l come when you

w i l l f e e l as much at home i n America as e v er

you

did

o n the

Rhine.

I d o , as much as e v er

I

d i d

a t

K e l s o

a n d

H a w i c k .

I t

i s

s o

w i t h

trees and shrubs. Se e that ailanthus, or ce

l e s t i a l

t r e e , how kindly

i t grows

here, though

i t

came from t he Moluccas;

and

se e this

double

althea, or Ilibiscus

Syriacus,

which has

forgotten i t s

native

Asia.

Very w e l l , Donald, said Carl, I hope i t

w i l l be s o .

But

I se e by the knots and marks

o n t h i s a l t h e a , t h a t

i t has had

a good d e a l o f

cutting

and

pruning,

and

so

have

I.

Look again, my young friend, said the

* Deut. x. 18.


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gardener, and yo u w i l l observe the e f f e c t s of

t h i s cutting and pruning. The l i t t l e tree

has

become more vigorous, and has

put

out thicker

branches, and i s covered

with

t en times

as

many fl owers as i f i t had ne v er known a fi l i c

t i o n .

This

i s

one

of

t h e

l e s s o n s

o f

the

gar

den.

I

se e

i t ,

I se e it exclaimed

Helen; and

I

t r u s t we

s h a l l

a l l profit by

the

hand

o f our

merciful Lord.

Just

s o ,

young

lady,

replied

the

o l d

man,

with a benignant s m i l e . For, what says o ur

blessed Master ? Every branch that beareth

f r u i t , he

purgeth i t ,

that i t may bring forth

9,

more f r u i t .

* John

xv .

2.

5


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EMIGRANT.

CHAPTER

V.

TEACHING AND TRAINING.

THE

Oaks

was

a famous place

for active

and

manly exercises.

Not

only

did

the boys a l l

learn horsemanship, as a necessary part o f

their education, but the teachers frequently

made

l i t t l e

excursions, in

the

same

way,

to

greater distances than they could have reached

o n

f o o t . One day,

the t wo

ushers

were seen

mounting a couple of

bright

sorrel horses be

longing

t o

Dr.

Newman.

The

Doct or

himself

was looking on with s a t i s f a c t i o n , a s they

s e t

f o r t h .

- There are fe w

things,

said Mr. Barry,

more exhilarating than a ride o n a fine horse.

It

puts

the

blood

in

motion,

and

a g i t a t e s

t he

frame; i t cheers the s p i r i t s and exercises the

courage ; i t carries o ne rapidly through

changes

of scene,

and gives

much

pleasure


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55

at

l i t t l e expense. What

a pity

i t s value i s

so

much unknown to sedentary men

All

true,

said Cole, provided a man i s

a go od r i d e r . For my

part,

you s e e , I

s i t

my

horse. l i k e a pair of compasses. I could se e

the

s t a b l e - b o y s

t i t t e r i n g ,

a s

I

rode

through

the

gate.

They are severe c r i t i c s

in their own de

partment,

Mr.

Cole.

But why

should you

no t

practise t i l l you become expert?

I

am

ready

enough

to practise,

but

ev ery

o ne laughs at my awkwardness. I seem to

make no progress.

You must have had

bad teachers,

said

Barry, for you s e e m to be a willing scholar.

Why, do willing scholars

always

make

proficiency ?

Yes, unless incompetent from some na

tural defect; and

you appear to have a l l

the

usual

l i m b s .

You

must

have

had

bad

t r a i n

ing.

I c a n t

a l t o g e t h e r admit

i t , r e p l i e d C o l e ,

though

with some

embarrassment,

f o r

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roune nmenas'r.

showed strong

dispositions

to

throw

him o v er

h i s head. I c a n ' t

a l t o g e t h e r

admit

i t ; f o r

some of them

are excellent r i d e r s ,

and they

are every moment pointing out

my

f a u l t s , and

e v ery moment

trying

t o laugh

me out

of

th em .

I have seen that

method tried

i n schools,

I Mr. Cole

I have tried i t myself, said Cole.

But I have ne v er seen

i t

succeed. It d i s

courages,

i t

disheartens,

i t

sours

t he

mind,

i t

disgusts the beginner.

What

you would

no t point

out

faults

I

would point

out f a u l t s ; but i t i s the

very

smallest part of the teachers work.

Suppose, Mr. Barry, yo u

exemplify your

r u l e ,

in

regard

to my

riding,

said the

other

with a smile.

No sooner said

than done.

Barry d i s

mounted

in

an

instant,

and,

applying

himself

to the stirrup-leathers, lengthened them about

t h r e e

i n c h e s .

That

i s the first

step, ' s a i d

Barry. No


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man of your dimensions can

r i d e ,

either

safely

or

gracefully, when trussed

up

after

that fa

shion.

I n the next

place,

g o o d s i r , allow your

heel t o withdraw i t s e l f a l i t t l e from the

horse,

as ev ery

motion

makes him f e e l the spur.

The

same

means

w i l l

help

you

to

what

i s

called the c l i p , by which you w i l l hold o n the

b e t t e r .

After a

few roods

had been p a s s e d , Cole

s a i d , I

f e e l much

e a s i e r

a l r e a d y . I

think

I

am

improving.

Certainly,

you

are; and the reason i s

worth your

notice:

I have given you a l i t t l e

training.

You

s e e m

to

lay

an

emphasis

o n

that

word, Mr.

Barry.

/

I

d o ,

s i r .

Did yo u

ever

consider the

difference b e tw e en teaching and training?

And did you e v er apply i t in the

school

room?

I am not

s u r e t h a t I take

your meaning.

But I

am

willing to be informed; especially as

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o f bringing o n yo ur

p u p i l s , which casts

me a l

together in the shade.

As

to

t h a t ,

Mr. Cole, I am no t

a

fit judge:

but I am persuaded of o ne thing, namely,

that i n school-keeping, in

forming

habits, in

moulding

manners,

i n

e v ery

thing

connected

with education,

we

must no t o nly

teach,

but

train.

Do

no t

k e e p me in

suspense, Mr. Barry;

pray what i s your

meaning

?

Let

me

state

a

case, replied

Barry.

A

boy comes into school, who

writes

a very

bad

hand.

You laugh

at him, you

storm

at him,

yo u punish him. You say a hundred

times

that he

writes

i l l , that he

writes

horribly, that

nobody can e ndure

i t , and t h i s you consider

teaching

him. S t i l l he

w r i t e s

a s

i l l e g i b l y

or

a s

scrawlingly

a s

e v e r . You think

your duty

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