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thing out of Dick,” said Matilda, “ evidently. 
He thinks it is- a tine thing to have his 
schooling for nothing.” 
“ Even supposing your charitable conclu¬ 
sion to be the true one, Matilda, does it not 
show at least a desire of knowledge and 
self-improvement in him ? I am inclined 
to think that Richard will derive benefit 
from these lessons as well as his pupil,” she 
continued. “We cannot always tell ex¬ 
actly what we know till we try to impart 
our knowledge to others. You have found 
that out, Kate, already, have you not?” 
“Yes, indeed,” replied Kate,who had re¬ 
cently taken a class in Sunday-school. “ I 
thought myself a pretty good Bible-scholar 
till I tried to explain to tbe children.” 
“I suppose, then, you would recommend 
young ladies to teach district school by way 
of completing their education?” said Ma¬ 
tilda, scornfully. 
“ I should think it a very good plan, cer¬ 
tainly, if they happened to be competent,” 
replied Miss Taylor, smiling. “ But, while 
we are talking, time is slipping away, and 
we shall have to make haste not to be late 
at dinner.” 
