HOME LIFE AND EARLY TRAINING 9 



paired, wrote to his father. One morning a mes- 

 senger told the lad that some one wanted to see him 

 in a nearby cafe. Louis entered and found his 

 father who had come to bring him back home. As 

 Stephen Paget remarks, this was his first and last 

 failure. 



After a few days of joy in the companionship of 

 his family he took up some work again in the col- 

 lege of Arbois. For a time he became interested 

 in art, and drew several portraits of friends and 

 acquaintances, some of which have been said to 

 possess real merit. Having obtained from the col- 

 lege of Arbois about all that this small institution 

 afforded, it was deemed wise that he should go to 

 the college of Besangon which was situated only 

 about thirty miles from his home. Besides, the 

 father visited Besangon occasionally in the course 

 of his business and could look after him from time 

 to time. If homesickness recurred while he was in 

 the college of Besangon Pasteur never complained 

 of it. Fortunately there were a few members of 

 the faculty who were enthusiastic and capable 

 teachers, and young Pasteur applied himself most 

 diligently to work. "Dear sisters," he wrote, "let 

 me tell you again, work hard; be loving compan- 

 ions. When one is used to work one can no longer 



