The North Carolina Presbyterian . soms, and just close-by, standing all inrow. were his own little sisters, for they,too,^ nad been wakened and dressed bythe raindrops. He was too ha^py tospeak; all he could do was just tostretch up his two hands to the sun,who tenderly kissed the tiny fingers,while the birds sang a welcome and theblossoms fairly danced for joy. Two Stupid Boys Den Stanley once said to a boy, If Itell you I was born in the second half of1815, can you tell me why I am calledArthur ? The name of the hero ofWaterloo was then on all mens lips. When nine years of age Arthur wassent
The North Carolina Presbyterian . soms, and just close-by, standing all inrow. were his own little sisters, for they,too,^ nad been wakened and dressed bythe raindrops. He was too ha^py tospeak; all he could do was just tostretch up his two hands to the sun,who tenderly kissed the tiny fingers,while the birds sang a welcome and theblossoms fairly danced for joy. Two Stupid Boys Den Stanley once said to a boy, If Itell you I was born in the second half of1815, can you tell me why I am calledArthur ? The name of the hero ofWaterloo was then on all mens lips. When nine years of age Arthur wassent to a preparatory school. He wasbright and clever, but he could not learnarithmetic. Dr. Boyd writes in Longmans Maga-zine that the master of the school, , declared that Arthur was thestupidest boy at figures who ever cameunder his care, save only one, who wasyet more hopeless, and was unable tograsp simple addition and multiplica-tion. Stanley remained unchanged to theend. At Rugby he rose like e rocket toevery kind of
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