. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. ork. None of the Banbridgemerchants wanted linen of such fine texture, andBronte did not care to fall back on coarse andill-paid work. He had saved money, and was ablefor a time to give all his hours to study. Harshawsaw that he had reached a period when he mightsafely give up his loom altogether, and live for thefuture by education. At that time a teacher was wanted for theschool in connection with Glascar Hill Presby-terian Church. Harshaw applied for the schoolfor his pupil Bronte; but the managers did notconsider a youth whose moth
. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. ork. None of the Banbridgemerchants wanted linen of such fine texture, andBronte did not care to fall back on coarse andill-paid work. He had saved money, and was ablefor a time to give all his hours to study. Harshawsaw that he had reached a period when he mightsafely give up his loom altogether, and live for thefuture by education. At that time a teacher was wanted for theschool in connection with Glascar Hill Presby-terian Church. Harshaw applied for the schoolfor his pupil Bronte; but the managers did notconsider a youth whose mother was a RomanCatholic a suitable person to teach Presbyterianchildren. Besides this there was some dangerthat the Orange party would not send theirchildren to be taught by a Bronte. Another238 LEARNING AND TEACHING 239 candidate was appointed to the post, but some-thing prevented him from accepting the situation,and in the hour of disappointment the ministerof the congregation, the Rev. Alexander Moore,appointed Bronte teacher on his own GLASCAR SCHOOL, WHERE PATRICK BKOJ^TE FIRSl TaUoHJ The Brontes, who lived less than a mile from theGlascar school, were known as people who wentregularly to no place of worship on some of them dropped into GlascarMeeting House at the time of public worship; butsuch casual attendance did little to remove the 240 THE BRONTES IN IRELAND Stigma of living like the heathen. They seldomrepeated their visits, for they were proud people,and did not like to be stared at as reprobates. From the time of his appointment young Bronteattended regularly at the Presbyterian service, andassisted in conducting the music. His brothersand sisters also became regular worshippers atGlascar, and he himself became soon a favouriteboth in the school and in the Church, except witha few extreme Orangemen, who never missed anopportunity of reminding him of his mothersreligion. It is still remembered that Master Brontestudied the char
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