Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . and by the hidden andthe lowly. Hebron school-house was a small andsorry copy of Hebron church. Both werethe barest of frame buildings, brown fromtime and weather, unpainted, and with-out bell or steeple, or glass in their win-dows. Except for anopen space before themeeting - house door,and a path leading toit from the lonely redroad, the forest girdledthem into its solitude;and low mountainsshut in all, their thickverdure tinged with ahaze blue as indigoagainst the soft azureof the summer sky. The old meeting-house looked well a
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . and by the hidden andthe lowly. Hebron school-house was a small andsorry copy of Hebron church. Both werethe barest of frame buildings, brown fromtime and weather, unpainted, and with-out bell or steeple, or glass in their win-dows. Except for anopen space before themeeting - house door,and a path leading toit from the lonely redroad, the forest girdledthem into its solitude;and low mountainsshut in all, their thickverdure tinged with ahaze blue as indigoagainst the soft azureof the summer sky. The old meeting-house looked well ableto hold its own foranother half - century;but its companion, ofa much later date,showed already signsof decay. Its woodenshutters, flatly flungback against the stain-ed weather - boarding,sagged low from theirhinges. The uncouthdoor sagged too, andhad worn a wide curveof a lighter color inthe dark floor. Insidewere the teachersdingy pine table andsplit-bottomed chair,and the heavy home-made benches for thepupils, the boys sitting Vol. CIX.—No. & He spread out his stubby Fingers on one side of the aisle that they formedand the girls on the other; but of otherfurnishing there was none, nor sign ofstove or fireplace. School held for onlya few weeks of summer, when crops werelaid by, and when long mountain roadswere not too long for little feet. How many fingers have you on yourright hand? How many on your left?How many on both V The teacher readthe questions with labored precision fromSmiths Arithmetic. He was a round-shouldered young manwith slate-colored hairand a sallow skin. Theday was hot, and hisslate-colored coat hungon a peg behind hischair. How many did yousay? he repeated inhis authoritative mon-otone. The little boy in thepink calico body andthe patched trouserswhich reached downto his dusty anklesanswered cheerfully,Four, and onethumb; four, and onethumb—ten in all,and then spread outhis stubby fingers andlooked at them atten-tively to make surehe could h
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