Page 39 - 1901 Pinakidia

• 'ext we corue to. 'o. 12, a picture once ~e~n. n~Yer forgllttt•n ,
"The \"illage Pedagogue." In my minds eye, I can see him with left
hand in the collar of ~ome young hopeful, while in his right he gra~ps
hb ferule with which he is gently coaxing thi~ delinquent urchin

• There tn hts nm ~ m.luswn
skill«! to rule,
The village master taught his
little •chool ;
:\ man severe he wa~. anti
stern to vic\\.
I lnew h\m \\ell. :l.lld t:vcn
truant knew;
Well ha I the bod tug trembler,; l~arn~d to trare
The daJ 's disasters iu his mourning fare;
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for mauy a joke had he;
Full well the busy whisper cirdtng round,
Conveyed the dtsmal tidings when he frowned "
We see him with left hand in the collar of some Hopeful,
while in his right he grasps his ferule, with which he is gently coax·
ing this delinquent urchin along the flowery paths of knowledge.