not say. But young Carl did not succeed save in dis- LITTLE 

 turbing the peace among the households of the half JOURNEYS 

 dozen clergymen who in turn had him. The boy evi- 

 dently -was a handsome fellow a typical Swede with 

 hair as fair as the sunshine blue eyes, and a pink face 

 that set off the fair hair and made him look like a Cir- 

 cassian jfi Jk 



He had energy plus, and the way he cluttered up the 

 parsonages where he lodged was a distraction to good 

 housewives. Birds' nests, feathers, skins, claws, fungi, 

 leaves, flowers, roots, stalks, rocks, sticks and stones 

 and when one meddled with his treasures there was 

 trouble. And there was always trouble; for the boy 

 possessed a temper, and usually had it right with him. 

 Q The intent of the parents was that Carl should be- 

 come a clergyman, but his distaste for theology did not 

 go unexpressed. So perverse and persistent were his 

 inclinations that they preyed on the mind of his father 

 who quoted King Lear and said, " How sharper than 

 a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" 

 His troubles weighed so upon the good clergyman 

 that his nerves became affected and he went to 

 the neighboring town of Wexio to consult Dr. Roth- 

 man, a famed medical expert. 



The good clergyman, in the course of his conversation 

 with the doctor, told of his mortification on account 

 of the dullness and perversity of his son. 

 Dr. Rothman listened in patience and came to the con- 

 clusion that young Mr. Linnaeus was a good boy who 

 did the wrong thing. All energy is God's, but it maybe 



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