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and the high heat was all the sooner applied to the 

 potatoes. To increase the temperature, these were 

 wrapped in a wet cloth, and a weight was put on the 

 close-fitting lid of the pot. Practically, the young 

 housekeeper seems to have made an independent 

 discovery of the process well known to housewives as 

 that of " steaming." 



David's colleague, Robert Miller, wrote a beautiful 

 hand. He prepared, as specimens of his writing, a 

 number of large cards, announcing the opening of the 

 school. They got them put into a number of shop- 

 windows about the neighbourhood. The fine hand- 

 writing attracted notice, and, starting with a few 

 scholars, they soon had a pretty good class. Robert 

 Miller took the writing, and David Robertson the 

 arithmetic. They got on very well, and at last had 

 little space to spare for more scholars. 



When the winter session was drawing to a close, 

 and the evening school with it, Robertson had to 

 consider whether it would be possible for him to 

 continue his college classes during summer. It could 

 not be done without income from some source or 

 another. He thought of many things. The great 

 difficulty was to meet with such an employment as 

 he could leave during his class hours, and also one 

 that would not make his clothes unpresentable at 

 college, seeing that his changes of raiment were far 

 from numerous. After several applications, he obtained 

 an engagement with a Mr. Douglas, dyer and 

 renovator. 



Although this occupation was taken up merely to 

 put bread into his mouth while he was preparing for 



