Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . ith the inside. It is not a good plan, I think, to punish children by such meth-ods as this. The feeling of shame is one of the most delicate andsensitive of the susceptibilities of the human heart, and it shouldbe touched very gently. It should be cherished and preserved,not trampled upon and destroyed. This teacher was, however,in the main just, though he was sometimes rough and severe. When the teacher heard the
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . ith the inside. It is not a good plan, I think, to punish children by such meth-ods as this. The feeling of shame is one of the most delicate andsensitive of the susceptibilities of the human heart, and it shouldbe touched very gently. It should be cherished and preserved,not trampled upon and destroyed. This teacher was, however,in the main just, though he was sometimes rough and severe. When the teacher heard the great wooden latch of the doorlifting up, he looked to see who would come in ; and when hesaw Johnny come, with one apple in his hand, and the shapes ofthe others plainly visible in the satchel, he immediately supposedthat Johnny had been getting the fruit in some way or other fromthe garden. So he came up to him with a very stern counte-nance, and with his rod in his hand, saying, Johnny! Johnny! you young buccaneer, where did thoseapples come from ? I know those apples very well. They camefrom Farmer Rolands garden. JOHNNY AND THE APPLES. 113 Picture of Johnny coining 17 JOHNNY AT THE DOOR. H 114 JOHNNY AND THE APPLES. The teachers questions. Josephs magnanimous conduct. Johnny was very much terrified. He dropped his bag fromhis hand. One of the apples rolled out of the bag upon the , however, still clung unconsciously to the one which he heldin his hand. Just at this instant the door opened again, and Joseph andHodge came in, Joseph being foremost. The teacher paid no at-tention to them, but was proceeding to threaten poor Johnny, whodid not know enough to say any thing in self-defense. But Josephwas too magnanimous to allow the affair to pass so. He mighthave gone to his seat, and thus escaped all responsibility of whathad been done. But he wTould not do this. So he said, Johnny did not get the apples, sir ; I got them for him. You, you young vagabond ! said t
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