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    KkCIIMIOOATKD MAXIMS.
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those of the hitter, and the; representation
of one clRsa by the other would at best be
hut partial. Some may hold that the ef
fect of the measure would he a powerful
inducement on the part of the illiterate, to
come out from their condition. Now
while this would he true of a portion, we
cannot expect the .same result from them
all. Human nature gives us no ground
for .such an assumption. Whether the
elective franchise be based upon educa
tion or property, seems to me not
to dill or in principle. In either
case, many useful citizens are dis
franchised. Again, the enforcement
of such a scheme would he a mere
farce. We all know how few persons are
in any degree educated, and how many,
though not reckoned as illiterate, are yet
barely able to read intelligently. If wc
add to this the; other difficulties of the
plan, wo will see that if the standard he
made low, it will not client the desired
results; if it ho high, it will cause a vat
amount of deception.
In order to meet, the great end in view,
our system of education can he extended
and improved. If public sentiment can
be made to cooperate, then it, is well and
good: put in our eagerness to improve our
national condition, we must not let zeal
blind our eyes to the fact, that obstacles of
the most serious nature often lie in the
way, even of the best of schemes.
Caius.
I! ECU ROC ATM J) MAXIMS.
CHAPTER III.
Tlilu tory vn rominonruil In thn Mnv !suo.
Unci; numbers cnn ho obtiilneil by mlilrtiH-iiii: tho
lliiNincnK Milliner.
"Wo twi lm'o rln nboiit tho lirniw
Anil pu'od tlm gnu-miD lino;
Hut wo'vo wuniliirod mony a wunry lit
Sin' uultl lnng nyno." Aulil Lang Syne.
Ten years have now passed away. In
these ten years Howard McKeo has made
the tour of Europe, studied law, been ad
milted to tho bar, and at this lime is a
judge of no mean reputation,
Nellie Raymond lias during this time
lead a quiet life at home, and we find her
now in womanhood with that same "s,wcet,
attractive grace" which formed socharac
(eristic a feature of her character when
she was llrst introduced to the reader iu
her teens. It is a frosty evening late In.
No vein her, and she is sitting by a small
table iu front of the cosy sitting-room lire,
busily engaged with some fancy needle
work. At length she lays aside her work
and going to the window, peers out into
the street as if anxiously awaiting her
father's return from his store. Mr. Ray
mond had been for some days suffering
from rheumatism, and Miss Raymond
generally met him in the hall when he re
turned home, to help him oil' with his
great coat, and put away his hat and cane.
To-night however he was later than usual,
and Miss Nellie, returning from the win
dow, brought along to the light the morn
ing's paper which she found on the win
dow sill, and began to look over the col
umn of local items. At the third para
graph her eyes rested upon the following
announcement.
TIIIO IB ON. HOWARD MO
KHE gives n tomperence letcure at
Library Hall this evening. Let every one
come out and hour him.
"Well," mused Miss Nellie, "who
would have thought (hat the boy of ten
years ago would have become tho sober
Judge MoKee of to day. Some good peo
ple hinted to mo then that ho would with
out any doubt be in a druukards's gravo
ere this, What a great mistake they
made; probably because the mistook his
boyish faults for more seated vices. I
wonder if all smart hoys must sow wild
oats before they become men of strong
minds and staunch moral characters. It
does seem to me that real smart hoys are
more or less wild. I don't believe that
old saying: "Just us tho twig is bent tho
tree's inclined" will always apply to boys,
that is, smart boys. Real smart boys
seem to have a coat of mischief, which,
like the pupa skin of some insects, must
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